Hyderabad: Osmania doctors removed an iron road which had got stuck near the spine of a 24-year-old electrician from Warangal. The patient, Mr M. Ramesh, fell on the iron rod which pierced through his left buttock and got stuck in spine near Kakatiya Medical College at Warangal. Mr Ramesh fell off an electric pole that he was working on, and the iron rod got impaled in his back on Sunday.
Mr Ramesh was rushed to Kakatiya Medical College which referred him to Osmania. The patient was sent in an ambulance with the rod still in his body.
Dr Pandu Naik, senior anaesthetist, said, “The patient was lucky that his vital organs were intact. The nerves in his body near the lumbar 3 vertebra were damaged, and removing the rod was the biggest task.”
Neurologists, orthopaedics and spine specialists began their surgery at 11 am which lasted till 4 pm.
Hospital superintendent Dr G.V.S. Moorthy said the nerves controlling the movement of the limbs were damaged. “The patient was writhing in pain due to the iron rod in his body and had to be given painkillers,” Dr Moorthy said.
The operation was successful but Mr Ramesh will be kept in intensive care unit for three days.
The doctors state that the rehabilitation will take time as his nerves connecting to the limbs have been damaged.
