Treatment of acute avulsion of posterior cruciate ligament of left knee with bony fragment by Siddha Varmam therapy and traditional bone setting method.

Bone setting PCL fracture Siddha varmam therapy

Journal

Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine
ISSN: 0975-9476
Titre abrégé: J Ayurveda Integr Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101551404

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
received: 16 12 2017
revised: 15 05 2018
accepted: 24 05 2018
pubmed: 13 1 2019
medline: 13 1 2019
entrez: 13 1 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

A 42-year-old man with the complaints of left knee swelling, severe pain, difficult to stand was reported to Siddha Varmam division after a road accident. He was diagnosed as acute avulsion of Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). It was diagnosed based on the history of trauma, knee pain and swelling after trauma, positive posterior drawer test and avulsion fracture shown by radiograph. He was treated with Siddha Varmam therapy and traditional bone setting. After a month of treatment, the PCL avulsion fracture got healed without any surgical interventions and patient able to walk normally. This case report summarises the novel Siddha Varmam therapy and traditional bone setting treatments for acute avulsion of PCL with bony fragment.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30635248
pii: S0975-9476(17)30634-4
doi: 10.1016/j.jaim.2018.05.008
pmc: PMC6598807
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

135-138

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2018 Transdisciplinary University, Bangalore and World Ayurveda Foundation. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

S Natarajan (S)

Varmam, Thokkanam and Traditional Bone Setting Division, Department of Clinical Research, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, India. Electronic address: drnatarajan78@gmail.com.

C Anbarasi (C)

Varmam, Thokkanam and Traditional Bone Setting Division, Department of Clinical Research, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, India.

R Meena (R)

Varmam, Thokkanam and Traditional Bone Setting Division, Department of Clinical Research, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, India.

S D Muralidass (SD)

Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, India.

P Sathiyarajeswaran (P)

Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, India.

K Gopakumar (K)

Santhigiri Siddha Hospital, Pattom, Kerala, India.

R S Ramaswamy (RS)

Central Council for Research in Siddha, India.

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