November 14, 2022 Monday Adarsha Hospital, Kundapura During the rounds of Dr. Adarsha Hebbar in the morning, we saw Pt. Manjunath Naik, who was admitted on 12/11/22 for gangrenous 4th right toe (ring toe). He is k/c/o T2DM,HTN.PVD and his 5th toe (little toe ) was amputated in our hospital few days back. We had done arterial and venous doppler of right lower limb which showed decreased blood supply to lower part of the lower limb. The 4th toe had turned black and looked very bad. The patient and his attenders were not reluctant for the amputation of the 4th toe. They requested the doctor to save his 4th toe by any means. At that time Dr. Adarsha Hebbar suggested inj.Prostal ( Alprostadil) 500mcg. He said we will try inj Prostal for 5 days. Even after this injection if there is no improvement,then we have to amputate the 4th toe to save others nearby toes in the future. Gangrenous toe Some details about Inj Prostal (Alprostadil 500mcg) Prostal Injection is used to treat paten...
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