Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, Successfully Performs Scalp Replantation Surgery on 13-Year-Old Girl

DELHI: Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, has successfully conducted a complex scalp replantation surgery on a 13-year-old girl. This rare and intricate procedure is unique in its own kind of advanced reconstructive microsurgery.

The young patient, hailing from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, suffered a traumatic total scalp avulsion when her long hair got caught in the fan of a generator at a local fair. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where initial stabilization was done. However, due to the lack of specialized microvascular surgical facilities, her family sought further treatment. The patient was referred to Amrita Hospital after her parents contacted Dr. Sachin Gupta, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, who recognized the advanced reconstructive surgical expertise available at the hospital. Dr Niti Gulati Batra Senior consultant and Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, took special care in maintaining the stable hemodynamic status of the patient during surgery which forms the bedrock for the surgical procedure.