Abstract

APPLICABILITY OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF SUSHRUTA IN MODERN ERA

Harsha Gohatre* and Kedar Nita M.

Abstract

Sushruta father of surgery, has elaborated the basic principles of surgery in ancient era Sushruta is well known as „pioneer of plastic surgery‟. He also has elaborated many concepts of Medicine, Paediatric, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Toxicology, Psychiatry, ENT diseases, Fracture and Dislocations and detailed anatomy of human body with cadaver preservation and dissection, etc. Sushruta‟s principles of surgery has been complied in Sushruta Samhita. He has described very minute and discrete concepts of surgery like saptavidha Shopha upakram, Trividha karma, Trividha bandha, Ashtavidha shatrakarma, Shashti vrana upkram, Raksha karma, Gunas of Shalyachikitsak, Surgical ward maintenance which are very relevant in today‟s era also. In Bandha Vidhi Adhyay, Sushruta has described 14 types of bandha, bandha according to organs, according to bandaging and its importance, application of medicated gauze piece (which resembles to Bactigrass in modern surgical management of wound), Three types of bandaging, organs for tight and loose bandaging, bandha according to doshas, bandha according to season, importance of proper bandaging, complications due to faulty bandaging or if bandaging not done at all. He has also explained which wound to be bandaged and which not to be bandage and rules and regulation regarding tying knots.

Keywords: Bandha, Karma, Upakram, Basic principle of surgery, Fundamentals.