Dr. Ankur Mitra

Dr. Ankur Mitra Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon

Master AN, a 4-year-old boy, suffered a blunt trauma along his left wrist while playing at home. He was rushed for consu...
21/09/2025

Master AN, a 4-year-old boy, suffered a blunt trauma along his left wrist while playing at home. He was rushed for consultation the next day by his parents, where radiological investigation revealed a greenstick fracture of the distal end of the radius along his left wrist. He was immediately immobilized with a plaster of Paris slab and pain medication, along with proper assurance to his parents. After 2 weeks, his plaster was removed, and a fresh X-ray showed near-complete union of his fracture. Thus, he was advised to refrain from sports activities for a couple more weeks. He went on to heal well.
Thus, greenstick fractures are very common in this age group and can be completely treated conservatively with no residual deformity.

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Mrs. GH, a 62-year-old lady, had a history of domestic fall injuring her left wrist. Immediately after the injury, she w...
14/09/2025

Mrs. GH, a 62-year-old lady, had a history of domestic fall injuring her left wrist. Immediately after the injury, she went to a local hospital where she was treated conservatively. When she came to me after 15 days of conservative management, it was found that her distal radius fracture was completely displaced and her wrist was completely deformed. She was immediately advised to undergo operative management, and all her preoperative investigations were done. Her operation went uneventfully. After a brief period of immobilization, she was advised to undergo physiotherapy. Within 6 weeks, she gained a full, painless functional range of motion of her left wrist joint.
Thus, distal radius displaced comminuted intra-articular fractures, when treated operatively in elderly patients, provide the best functional outcome in no time.

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11/09/2025

Valuable opinion from a happily healed patient..
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Mrs SB, a 71 years old lady presented with a history of domestic fall, following which she injured her left knee and was...
08/09/2025

Mrs SB, a 71 years old lady presented with a history of domestic fall, following which she injured her left knee and was unable to bear weight on her left lower limb. On further evaluation it was found that she had suffered from a comminuted displaced patella fracture. She was immediately treated with immobilization and pain killers. And was asked to undergo surgical intervention.
She was a known diabetic, hypertensive, ischemic heart disease patient who had recently undergone stenting surgery for her heart block. She was also suffering from chronic kidney disease, and thus on multiple medications.
On performing all her preoperative investigations, and after consulting with her cardiologist it was found that under no circumstances she can undergo any sort of operative intervention. Thus after discussing with her family members, we decided to go on with conservative management.
A cylindrical cast was done along her left lower limb and she was asked to continue quadriceps exercises for the time being.
In no time she gained full confidence and started walking with support. After 4 weeks when her cast was removed, she was advised to undergo regular physiotherapy.
On her recent followup after 3 Months, she had near full painless movement of her left knee with full weight bearing without support.

Thus comminutted patella fracture can be treated conservatively if done properly under a trained hand.

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A truly happening event of Orthopedics camp. My gratitude towards ঋত্বিক দাস (Sun pharmaceutical) , Souvik Nath (Ipca p...
24/08/2025

A truly happening event of Orthopedics camp.

My gratitude towards ঋত্বিক দাস (Sun pharmaceutical) , Souvik Nath (Ipca pharmaceutical) , saha (Alkem pharmaceutical) and da ( Alembic pharmaceutical) for their related contributions.
And Apollo Clinic - Sonarpur for their splendid coordination.. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

And last but not the least.. My gratitude to all those who turned up today and made this event a grand success.

Miles to go before I sleep.
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24/08/2025

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23/08/2025

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Mrs AG, an 86 years old elderly lady had a history of fall about a month back following which she had immense pain and w...
19/08/2025

Mrs AG, an 86 years old elderly lady had a history of fall about a month back following which she had immense pain and was unable to bear weight on her right lower limb.
She was a known patient of ischemic heart disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, Asthma with COPD and was on multiple medications.
On further evaluation it was found that she had suffered from a right sided Neck of Femur fracture, which would require an operative intervention.
After doing all her preoperative investigation, and under very high risk she was finally prepared for right sided Hemiarthroplasty (Hip replacement).
With God's grace her operation went uneventful and within One week she was able to walk on her feet again.
The neck of the femur fracture at such age should be operated as early as possible and the patient needs to be rehabilitated. Nonoperative treatment for such cases had a higher morbidity and mortality.


Miss TD, a 10-year-old girl, suffered from a fall while she was at school. Initially, on presentation, she had immense p...
06/08/2025

Miss TD, a 10-year-old girl, suffered from a fall while she was at school. Initially, on presentation, she had immense pain and swelling around her left wrist with a few abrasions all around her forearm. She was immediately immobilized, and on radiological investigation, it was found that she had a greenstick fracture around her wrist joint with acceptable angulation.
Thus, she was managed conservatively with a plaster of Paris cast after her swelling subsided and the wound healed. After three weeks, her immobilization was removed, and she was advised to undergo proper exercises for her forearm and wrist joint. She went on to heal completely with no residual deformity and full functional outcome.
Thus, greenstick fractures are very common at this age and can be treated conservatively with normal functional outcomes.


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