Diabetes/Cancer/Orthopaedic
DIABETES:
1) We provide comprehensive care for diabetes with proper diagnosis,treatment & preventive education for foot care with other precautions.
2) Newly diagnosed patients are taught about various aspects of diabetes like symptoms
of hypoglycemia, precutions and first aid treatment, complications. Diagnosis of
sugar level by urine and blood testing.
Treatment- by diet, exercise, oral medications, insulin injections, insulin infusion
pumps , etc.
3) Foot care-infection requiring debridment & dressing is regularily done.use of
proper foot wear ,to prevent and for early healing of foot ulcers.
CANCER:
1) Biopsies cab be taken under local or general anaesthesia. Eg Cancer of cervix,oropharyngeal
cancer, breast cancer & gastrointestinal cancer.
2) Chemotherapy drugs for various tumors can be given in a day care centre.
3) Venous access difficult in many cancer patient therefore indwelling venous catheter
are used regularily. These catheter require regular flushing with heparin & dressing
which can be done.
4) Blood & blood products can be administered to cancer patient.
Besides these patient education & screening programs can be done at ADC.
ORTHOPAEDIC:
Minimally Invasive:
a) Local Hydrocortisone injection
b) Joint aspiration
c) Needle biopsy
d) Skeletal traction
Endoscopic Procedures:
a) Arthroscopy: Diagnostic / Therapeutic.
b)
Epidural injection
Open procedure :
a) Trauma: Fracture fixation (radius ulna)
External fixator application
Implant removal
b) Infective: Incision & drainage, wound wash
c) Open Biopsy: Infection, tumour
d) Excision biopsy: Bursa, Ganglion,lipoma
e) Contracture release: Polio, cerebral palsy
f) Soft tissue release: carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger thumb, Tenosinovitis, Transfer
of ulnar nerve.