Pranav Mahajan

Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute, Madhya Pradesh, India

Publications

• Research Article
  Role of pre-operative check list in orthopaedic trauma surgery at tertiary care centre in India
  Author(s): Rajeev Shukla, Pranav Mahajan* and Ravi Kant Jain
  
  Introduction: Pre-operative planning is one of the most important aspects in surgical treatment of patients in modern day surgery. It helps in reducing the common errors before and during surgery and hence saves time, labour and benefits the patient. Materials and Methods: In this study, we analyzed the role of pre-operative checklist in planned orthopaedic surgical procedures. We included adult trauma patients who had closed fracture of upper or lower limb and were planned for surgery. One group of patients were monitored and worked up pre operatively as per routine protocols. The second group of patients was strictly monitored according to the points given in the pre-operative check list applied in their case file. Results: The mean age of the patients was 43.46 years. Majority of patients were males (68.44%). 518 patients were operated by closed techniques. Open techniques were use.. Read More»