Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to S J Vadodaria.
A simple system for irrigating large wounds can be made for use in any operating theater or ward. This versatile system allows the surgeon to change the force, volume, and speed of different solutions with an economy of movement and a minimum of manipulation. The same bottles of solutions can be applied in more than one patient, minimizing fluid waste.
Although biologically more or less inert, a white patch is a social taboo in India. When a white patch is localized and remains static in spite of conservative treatment, it can be dealt with by tattooing as a camouflage procedure. Inert pigments of skin color match are impregnated into the intradermal plane. The procedure is simpler than melanocyte transfer and serves the purpose of hiding a white patch. In the present study, histology of the tattooed skin was studied to confirm the retention of the pigments into the intradermal plane. The patient remains pain-free in the postoperative period. The procedure does not keep the patient away from work, nor does it require hospitalization or general anaesthesia. It can be dealt with as an office procedure, making it relatively inexpensive.
A new graft spreader for applying the skin graft is described that solves the problems of removing subgraft fluid collection and reverting the curled edge of the graft.