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Wonderful Surgical Feats Surgeon operates on himself

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  Wonderful Surgical Feats  Surgeon operates on himself    In 1961, at just 27 years old, Leonid Rogozov was the sole physician stationed at a Soviet Antarctic research station. His skills were put to the ultimate test when he developed acute appendicitis—a life-threatening condition that required immediate surgery. Trapped in the remote wilderness of Antarctica, where evacuation was impossible due to severe weather conditions, Rogozov faced a dire situation: the only way to save his life was to perform an appendectomy on himself. On April 30, 1961, Rogozov prepared for the operation with meticulous care. Using local anesthesia, he enlisted the help of two colleagues, who handed him surgical instruments, held a mirror for better visibility, and adjusted the lighting. Despite the challenges of performing the procedure on himself, including battling pain, nausea, and the psychological stress of operating on his own body, Rogozov successfully removed his inflamed appendix in a grueling op

Surgery for Small Trigonal Vesico-vaginal Fistula repair is demonstrated

Surgery for small Trigonal Vesico-Vaginal fistula  repair is demonstrated in the video.   youtube link for the demonstration of the surgery for  Trigonal vesico-Vaginal Fistula Repair surgery This is a case of small trigonal vesico-vaginal fistula. The patient is a young woman of 22 years, who had history of obstructed labour, when she was not able to deliver the child vaginally, she ultimately went to hospital for delivery. By that time the fetus had died in-utero, and since it was obstructed labours, the dead child was delivered by cesarean section. Soon after surgery, patient developed leakage of urine. The patient could not get proper treatment for 3 years after which she presented to us. The cystoscopy was done first to assess the size of vesico-vaginal fistula. There as small trigonal fistula present just below the inter-ureteric crest. Double J stenting was done. The vaginal opening was confirmed by vaginoscopy and instilling methylene blue dye in urinary bladder. The tran