United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Anyone familiar with surgery for BPI in India? Thanks guys and gals!

Courtney

Hi,
I am suffering with the same.

Regards,
Naren

I am aware of surgery in india. let me know your injury details.

I am looking at having a gracilis muscle transfer. It was a suggestion by a doctor here in the states. I was just wondering if anyone was familiar with this. Thanks.

Courtney

Hi Narender,
I am from India too...and my husband had this injury, he had avulsion of 4 of his nerve roots except for c5 which was ruptured.
Are u currently in India....also how did ur injury happen? What does doctor say about these injuries in India?
Thank you,
Shafali.

I was told that they do a lot of gracillis transfers in India as well. I think it is a Dr. Sabapathy? I might be wrong. Just today at my daughter's soccer, I met a women who will be taking her children (for a different reason) to India for surgery. She said basically that a surgery that costs $10K here will cost $10 there. She told me that if I ever wanted to take my daughter there she would help me figure things out. All 3 of her children need multiple surgeries for a genetic problem so they will be going to India and staying for a while.

How does one go ahead and make a decision about this? How do you rate a doctor in a different country? I guess it would be the same way you would do it here. Is there a rating system? Can you get the names of other families or individuals who have gone there and find out what results they had?

I am sorry but may i know ur name please, as I saw ur post but no name.
are u tbpi or obpi?
Thanks

Hi All,
You guys and gals are good so i'm sure you have aiready done this.But i'm throwing my two cents worth anyway.I no nothing of his work personally,but I did find this.They have a link to the left on some of his brachial plexus work.=)......Marshall



http://www.gangahospital.com/microsurge ... intro.html


Introduction
The Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery was founded in 1991 by Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy after his training in Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Stoke Mandiville Hospital and Canniesburn Hospital in the United Kingdom and at the Louisville hand Surgery, Louisville in Kentucky, USA.

The Department was the first to introduce Reconstructive Microsurgery to this region, when reattachment of a totally amputated hand of a saw mill worker was done on Sept 15th,1991 and we are proud to remain as the premier institution for reconstructive microsurgery in this region. Major fields of interest are Hand surgery and reconstruction of major mutilated injuries to limbs and facio maxillary trauma.

Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy is assisted by Dr. R. Ravindra Bharathi and Dr. Hari Venkatramani, who joined as permanent staff in 1999. Dr. Ravindra Bharathi completed his Plastic surgical training from Madras Medical College and has special interest in Jaw fractures, facio-maxillary surgery and cosmetic surgery. Dr. Hari Venkatramani completed his plastic surgical training from JJ Hospital, Mumbai and has special interest in Brachial Plexus surgery, correction of Spastic Hand deformity and Microvascular Surgery. All are interested and fully trained in Microvascular surgery. In addition the department has three Post M.Ch Plastic Surgery Registrars who come from various centres in the country for one year training and one orthopaedic registrar as a Hand fellow.

In addition to providing round the clock replanatation services (reattachment of amputated fingers and hands), the department is actively involved in providing soft tissue cover for open fractures. This service has revolutionised fracture treatment and has vastly improved the results and in many instances prevented amputation of the limbs. The department remains the premier centre for this type of surgery and has attracted visitors from all over the country as observers and visiting fellows. The Ganga Microsurgery Training Institute is one of its kind in the country available for training of aspiring microsurgeons with quality microscopes and instruments.

The department is ably assisted by Dr. V. Ravindra Bhat, Consultant anaesthesiologist and his team who provide round the clock service. Anaesthesia department has attracted many trainees and visitors to observe their special skills of anaesthesia pertaining to upper limb surgery.

Thank you sharing Marshall..