A farmer from Uttar Pradesh led a normal life for nine years with bullet shards in his knee
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A farmer from Uttar Pradesh led a normal life for nine years with bullet shards in his knee
Indrapal, hailing from Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, could easily be called a bullet man. The farmer, who had been shot at during a scuffle nine years ago, lived a regular life with pieces of a countrymade bullet embedded in his left knee.
And life wasn't very difficult as the only external reminder of the bullet splinters was a slight bump on his injured knee. Showing the swollen knee he said, "I approached the Aligarh Medical College again, where the doctors referred me to Delhi."
Talking about the exceptional case, Drain Dhal, a senior interventionist at Max, said, "This is pseudoaneurysm, where the femoral artery develops the tendency to expand, causing a rupture of artery and compression on vital structures. It needs to be operated upon as soon as possible; otherwise the leg of patient may have to be amputated."
Explaining the process that helped Indrapal resume normal life, Dhal said, "With the help of stint-grafting technique, Indrapal's artery was operated upon three days ago. In this technique an artificial tube is grafted with the help of a wire. This tube helps blood flow and relives the pressure on the artery."
The splinters would be removed in the next step.
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