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Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery 8(4):p 111-113, October-December 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/jcms.2454.7123.8422.1
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Role of Wide Awake Trendelenburg’s Operation of Prevention of Recurrence of Venous Ulcer
Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Nishad. K, Neljo Thomas, Barath Kumar Singh, Jacob Antony Chakiath
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Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery 8(4):p 111-113, October-December 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/jcms.2454.7123.8422.1
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Nishad. K, Neljo Thomas, Ravi Kumar Chittoria, et al./Role of Wide Awake Trendelenburg’s Operation of Prevention of Recurrence of Venous Ulcer/J Cardiovasc Med Surg.2022;8(4): 111-113.Timeline
Received : October 20, 2022
Accepted : November 21, 2022
Published : December 30, 2022
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was a testing time for the healthcare facilities all over the world, every day new frontiers were met. The patients were to be treated with compassion and care meantime following all safety norms. Trendelenburg’s operation the time tested treatment available for varicose vein usually done under spinal or general anesthesia, using the electrocautery for dissection and hemostasis. But due to the risk of aerosol generation the spinal anesthesia or general anesthesia or use electrocautery were reserved to minimum. In this article, we share our experience of undertaking the Trendelenburg’s operation for one such patient who got her 8 years old venous ulcer completely healed during the pandemic without getting covid transmission and comparable results that of the conventional Trendelenburg’s operation.
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We would like to express our gratitude to the patients, their families, and all those who have contributed to this study.
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Nishad. K, Neljo Thomas, Ravi Kumar Chittoria, et al./Role of Wide Awake Trendelenburg’s Operation of Prevention of Recurrence of Venous Ulcer/J Cardiovasc Med Surg.2022;8(4): 111-113.
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| October 20, 2022 | November 21, 2022 | December 30, 2022 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/jcms.2454.7123.8422.1
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| Received | October 20, 2022 |
| Accepted | November 21, 2022 |
| Published | December 30, 2022 |
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Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
