In recent times, with the advancement in medical sciences and availability of latest technologies, life saviour operations are performed successfully. These have helped in saving the most critical patients too. One such case has been reported at Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital, Udaipur’s Plastic Surgery & Burn department where a 7 years old kid was saved performing reconstructive plastic surgery.

It was informed that last week Sanya Meena, resident of Sirohi district was on bike with his father. When suddenly they met with an accident leading to crushing of Sanya’s left side’s face. Sanya’s eye lid, upper cheeks and skull were crushed and severely injured. The flesh could be seen which required immediate medication. She was aided with normal dressing at a nearby hospital of the district. Prevailing to no heal, in emergency state she was brought to Geetanjali Hospital where she underwent reconstructive plastic surgery by renowned & senior reconstructive plastic & burn surgeon Dr. Ashutosh Soni. The surgery lasted 3 hours leading to reconstruction of eye lid, cheeks and the covering of skull which was immediately required as the brain could get damaged at any moment. The surgery saved the vision and brain from further damage.

Dr. Soni said that, “Reconstructive procedure or surgery is performed to treat structures of the body affected aesthetically or functionally by congenital defects, developmental abnormalities, trauma, infection, tumours or disease. Reconstructive surgery is, in its broadest sense, the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body; reconstructive plastic surgeons do reconstructive surgery on faces after trauma and to reconstruct the head and neck after cancer”. This surgery saved the life of the kid and she is getting better & healthy day by day, he added.