Case presentation A teenage boy presented to a major trauma centre (MTC) after a fall from a tree of ten feet height. He was from a close by suburb and fallen directly on to a steel rod fixed to a concrete wall and it had penetrated the left side lower chest wall. He had removed
Traumatic elbow dislocations Authors; Melanie Amarasooriya1,2, Supun Gamage3, Udesh Somarathne3, Salinda Pathirana3 Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, National Hospital Sri Lanka. Lecturer/Academic Consultant, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Registrar, Orthopaedic Surgery, National Hospital Sri Lanka. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5629-543X DOI; https://doi.org/10.62474/FGDB3996 Introduction The elbow is the second most common joint to dislocate in adults after the shoulder joint (1). The reported
Fasciotomy done for vascular trauma at a tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka Author ; JOEL ARUDCHELVAM DOI https://doi.org/10.62474/UHXT2336 ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4371-4527 ABSTRACT Introduction Compartment syndrome is a major factor contributing to limb loss and poor outcome following lower limb vascular injuries. Method This is a retrospective study done on patients with vascular injuries and undergone fasciotomy at
Metaverse: Some of its applications to trauma care in Sri Lanka Indika Jagoda, Melanie Amarasooriya DOI: https://doi.org/10.62474/SLJT-EJLX5117 Introduction Metaverse is a concept introduced three decades ago which simply means a shared real and virtual world or a universe. It refers to a virtual reality existing beyond the true reality. The science-fiction author Neal Stephenson coined the
