*Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, A P E-mail: druma_pothula@yahoo.in
Online published on 26 October, 2012.
Patient about 48 years age, Male, admitted in the Department of Orthopaedics, Govt. General Hospital, Kakinada with a complaint of pain and discomfort while walking in his right leg. Coming to history Inter locking nail was fixed for fracture of right tibia 4 years back. On taking X-ray Right ankle shows IL nail with Tibia and diagnosed as post-operative malunited fracture tibia with wrong distal locking.
The Patient was admitted on 10.08.2009 for removal of Inter Locking nail after routine investigations and was operated on 12.08.2009 and removed the IL nail without any complications during Surgery. On the same day after 6 hours patient developed burning sensation and breathlessness. After sometime the patient became unconscious. Even though the patient was shifted to Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, he expired on 13.08.2009 at 04.15 AM. As the relatives staged dharna alleging negligence of Doctors, Case was registered by the Police U/S 174 Cr.P.C. and body was sent to the Forensic department for Post-mortem.
Fracture tibia, IL Nail, Postoperative malunited fracture, wrong distal locking
