The Burns Unit was initiated in the year 1974, when the then Dean, Prof. H.D. Singh unfurled the importance of a separate burn unit proposed by the then Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Prof. K. MathangiRamakrishnan. The Government then sanctioned a 10 bedded BURN UNIT attached to the Department of Plastic Surgery and was commissioned in June 1981 at the First floor of the GuruswamyMudaliar Block. In the same year a proposal for upgrading the unit to a 50-beded unit was envisaged and the Government sanctioned the same and the same was commissioned in the First floor of the existing Out-Patient Block in March 1985, with increase in the posts of Staff Nurses and Assistant Professors.
Details of the existing staff in the burns intensive care unit.
| Professors | 2 (Two) |
| Associate Professors | 2 (Two) |
| Assistant Professors | 8 (Eight) |
| Tutors | 2 (Two) |
Academic Activities
| 1 | 6MCh Plastic Surgery Post Graduate students are trained every year |
| 2 | MCh Post graduates from Other centers are trained in Burn Care for 3 months during their curriculum |
| 3 | MS Post graduates are posted for training in Burn care and Plastic Surgery for a period of 1 month during their curriculum. |
| 4 | Nursing Students are trained in Burn Nursing for 1 month during their curriculum |
| 5 | BPT (Bachelor of Physiotherapy)and Occupational therapy students, both government and private institutions are trained in Burn Physiotherapy for 1 month during their internship. |
Library : The Department has a large collection of Text books and Journals in Plastic Surgery and Burns
The BURN UNIT is a comprehensive Unit with an Intensive Care Ward, a separate Male, Female,Pediatric&Post operative Wards.An exclusive 2 table Operation theatre functions for 4 daysin Burns & 3 days in a week exclusively for Plastic Surgery with a separate OT complex which has 2 OT tables. Emergency procedures for Burns, Trauma, Hand &Facio-maxillary injuries are carried out 24×7 in the emergency Operation Theatre.A separate Physiotherapy center is a great boon to the department. A dedicated Dietitian caters to the needs of all Burn patients. Rehabilitation of the burn survivor is planned by the members of the burn team and effectively executed by the NGO attached to the department.
During festivities like Deepavali, we create public awareness to reduce the incidence of burn injuries by conducting camps and through NGOs and Press.
The BURNS Unit is the,
| 1 | One of Largest Units in South India |
| 2 | Tertiary Referral Centre for neighbouring States |
| 3 | Has International Recognition |
| 4 | Has trained many Super specialists in Burns and Plastic Surgery over the past 40 years |
| 5 | Several Publications have been made in National and International Journals. |
| 6 | Contributions for many Text Books have been made from the Department Of Burns & Plastic |
| 7 | Visitors from various Burn Centersall over the World have visited the Department. KMC was the apex training centre for NHM sponsored “BURNS MANAGEMENT TRAINING “ program for medical personnel across the state. |
Services Offered in the Burn Unit
| 1 | 24 hour Care of the Burn Patients through out the year |
| 2 | Intensive Care Unit to resuscitate and revive the acutely burnt patients |
| 3 | Male, Female and Paediatric Burn Patients are looked after in separate wards |
| 4 | Self contained Operation Theatre exclusively for managing Burn Patients with 3 operation tables. |
| 5 | Separate Physiotherapy Unit to rehabilitate the patients |
| 6 | Patients with Post Burn Sequelae are followed up regularly with surgery and Splintage. |
| 7 | Burn Patients get all modalities of treatment all under one roof. |
Statistics – 2018– 2020
| BURNS | PLASTIC | |||||
| YEAR | OP | IP | SURGERY | OP | IP | SURGERY |
| 2018 | 5601 | 1215 | 698 | 3620 | 712 | 951 |
| 2019 | 2185 | 1234 | 522 | 3590 | 796 | 967 |
| 2020 | 1416 | 1012 | 428 | 1755 | 446 | 301 |
| 2021 | 1757 | 1057 | 647 | 2642 | 399 | 390 |
| 2022 | 2426 | 1133 | 1024 | 3977 | 492 | 873 |
| 2023 | 2151 | 986 | 1110 | 4465 | 620 | 962 |
Aim
| 1 | To develop curricula for the training programme for the primary health care workers |
| 2 | To train the health workers in Burn Prevention Programme, to reduce the incidence of burns |
| 3 | To establish Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy Unit to envisage training of the Health Workers in the Rehabilitation programme for burn survivors. |
| 4 | To train primary health care physicians, nurses and general practitioners in Burn Care, Rehabilitation and Preventive aspects. |
| 5 | Use of Audiovisual aids and mobile propaganda units to educate and train social service personnel and school Children in full-fledged preventive programmes. |
| 6 | To co-ordinate with the WHO with regard to the epidemiology and demography of Burns. |
| 7 | To establish satellite centers in each District Head Quarters to house small burn units with 5-10 beds for primary care. The centers will co-ordinate with the tertiary center for specialized treatment. |
| 8 | To envisage research facility with regard to Burn Care. |
| 9 | To have a Certificate Course in Burn Care and Rehabilitation of 6 months duration. |
Special Mention :
- KMC is the apex centre for burns in the state of Tamil Nadu providing special training program under NHM all over the state. People from all over the state, divided as batches attended the training program held in our department. The groups consisted of heterogenic population including doctors, staff nurses, physiotherapist, microbiologist, MNA,FNA. The training was catered to all the people benefitting the whole group and emphasising the importance of “Team Work”.
- KMC also provided special training for the people of AIIMS in starting “SKIN BANK”. As KMC has a well established and a fully functional skin bank and as AIIMS wanted to start a SKIN BANK we had organised a special training program for the same.
- Dr. CK Paul visited our Burns unit as a part of his central government scheme.
| Department List |
| S.No | NAME | EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION | DESIGNATION | TNMC REGISTRATION NO | RECENT PASSPORT SIZE PHOTO (SOFT COPY) |
| 1 | Dr.P. Nellaiappar | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Professor and HOD | 46248 |  |
| 2 | DR.K.Mahadevan | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Professor | 52647 |  |
| 3 | Dr.S.K.S.Sutha Sellamoni | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Associate Professor | 52245 |  |
| 4 | Dr.N.A.Gunasekaran | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Associate Professor | 50092 |  |
| 5 | Dr.J.J.Lankaram | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Associate Professor | 69682 |  |
| 6 | Dr.K.Panchapakesan | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Assistant Professor | 62149 |  |
| 7 | Dr.K.A.Balasundaram | M.B.B.S, D.N.B ,M.Ch | Assistant Professor | 77922 |  |
| 8 | Dr.H.Divya Devi | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Assistant Professor | 89533 |  |
| 9 | Dr.T.Alia Hussain | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Assistant Professor | 85549 |  |
| 10 | Dr.K.Prasanna | M.B.B.S, D.N.B,M.Ch | Assistant Professor | 83973 |  |
| 11 | Dr.K.Murali | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Assistant Professor | 86118 |  |
| 12 | Dr.B.Shankari | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Assistant Professor | 59426 |  |
| 13 | Dr.R.Ashok Kumar | M.B.B.S, M.S ,M.Ch | Assistant Professor | 75245 |  |
| CME’s |
GUEST LECTURE 2022:
| S.No | DATE | TOPIC | GUEST LECTURER |
| 1 | 2/6/22 | Botox and its clinical applications | Dr Karthik |
| 2 | 11/6/22 | Mandibular reconstruction | Dr Anand Ramakrishnan |
| 3 | 18/6/22 | Threads- Fillers | Dr Vinod Kumar |
| 4 | 22/6/22 | Very recent developments in plastic surgery | Dr Sridhar |
| 5 | 15/7/22 | Management of Post burns sequele | Dr Vinitha Puri |
| 6 | 23/7/22 | Medico-legal aspects of burns | Prof Selva Kumar |
| 7 | 29/10/22 | Third eye | Dr Nirmala |
| 8 | 29/11/22 | Role of clinical microbiologist in combat against antimicrobial resistence | Dr Suresh kumar Dr Yamuna Devi |
GUEST LECTURE 2023
| S.No | DATE | TOPIC | GUEST LECTURER |
| 1 | 31/10/23 | Why should one take burns as a career option | Dr Anant Sinha |
| 2 | 11/11/23 | Free Fibula flap | Dr Selva Seetharaman |
GUEST LECTURE 2024
| S.No | DATE | TOPIC | Speaker |
| 1 | 24/2/24 | Lasers in plastic surgery | Dr Jayanthi |
| 2 | 27/4/24 | Hyperbaric oxygen therapy | Dr Somesh Balakrishnan |
Publications of the Teacher
| No | Name of faculty and Present Designation | Year of Promotion | Title of the article | Date of Acceptance of Research publication (Copy should be enclosed) | Whether First / Second or Corresponding Author | Name of the Journal |
| 1 | Prof. P. Nellaiappar | 2023 | Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and stress among Diabetic foot ulcer patients | Oct 2017 | Second Author | International Journal of Current Research |
| Surgical management of patients with Diabetic foot ulcer at a tertiary care hospital, Chennai | Oct 2018 | First Author | Global Journal For Research Analysis | |||
| Quality of life in presurgical patients with diabetic foot ulcers at a tertiary care hospital in south India | Nov 2018 | First Author | Global Journal For Research Analysis | |||
| Efficacy of Custom made Pressure garments on Post burn hypertrophic scar- a pilot study | Jan 2019 | Second Author | Indian Journal of Applied Research |
| S. No | Name of faculty and Present Designation | Year of Promotion | Title of the article | Date of Acceptance of Research publication (Copy should be enclosed) | Whether First / Second or Corresponding Author | Name of the Journal |
| 2. | Prof. Mahadevan. K | 2023 | 1.Cross leg flaps: arethey relevant in the present era? | July 2017 | First Author | International Journal of Orthopaedics |
| 2.Fourth Dimention in Reconstruction of Defects following Excision of Basal Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck | July 2018 | First Author | Journalof Cutaneous and Aesthetic surgery | |||
| 3.Application of embryonic equivalents in male-to-female sex reassignment surgery | Oct 2018 | Second Author | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery | |||
| 4.Technical considerations in post burn neck reconstruction | Feb 2020 | Corresponding Author | Indian Journal of Applied Research | |||
| 5.Reconstructive algorithm for soft tissue defects round ankle region | Feb2021 | First Author | Global Journal for Research Analysis | |||
| 6.Versatility and Efficiency of Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap in Regional Soft Tissue Reconstruction | March 2023 | Corresponding Author | International Journal of Academic Medicine and Pharmacy | |||
| 7.Fat Grafting- to counter the Facial Contour Deformities | April 2023 | First Author | International Journal of Scientific Study | |||
| 8.Giant Cell tumours of the Hand- Their varying Locations and management | Aug 2023 | Corresponding Author | Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research | |||
| 9.Single Incision Dual Cover with Temporoparietal Fascial flap for exposed cochlear Implant: A Novel Take on a Workhorse Flap | Jan 2024 | Corresponding Author | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
| 3. | Dr. Sutha SKS. Sellamoni Associate Professor | 2019 | Demographic Profile of Electrical Burns in a Tertiary burn Care Centre-; Dr. S K S Sutha S Sellamoni, Dr. U. Rasheedha Begum, Dr.Vinoth Kumar, Prof. G. Karthikeyan; IRA- International Journal of Applied Sciences,4(2),284-295(2016) | 2016 Vol. 04, Issue 02 | First Author | Institute of Research Advances – International Journal of Applied Sciences |
| A epidemiological study of Paediatric Burns in a Tertiary Burn Care Centre- Dr. S K S Sutha S Sellamoni, Dr. Rasheedha Begum, Prof. Nirmala Ponnambalam; IRA-International Journal Of Applied Sciences Volume 03 issue 02,217-239,(May 2016) | May, 2016 Vol. 03, Issue 02 | Second Author | Institute of Research Advances – International Journal of Applied Sciences | |||
| Dr. S K S Sutha S Sellamoni, Dr. Angeline Selvaraj, An analysis of foot trophic ulcers and the outcomes of management Indian Journal of Applied Research: Volume -7/ Issue -12/ Decemeber – 2017 | December, 2017 Vol.7, Issue 12 | First Author | Indian Journal of Applied Research | |||
| Dr. Angeline Selvaraj, Dr. S K S Sutha S Sellamoni, Dr. Nirmala Ponnambalam, A study of pediatric Electrical burns in a tertiary burn care center, Indian Journal of Applied Research: Volume – 8/ Issue – 1 / January – 2018 | January, 2018 Vol.8, Issue 1 | Second Author | Indian Journal of Applied Research | |||
| Ms Sreedevi Sriram, Dr. Sutha Sellamoni, Dr. G. Karthikeyan, Role of occupational therapy in the rehabilitation of burn victims, Indian Journal of Applied Research: Volume – 8 / Issue – 10/ October – 2018 | October, 2018 Vol. 8, Issue 10 | Corresponding Author | Indian Journal of Applied Research | |||
| A study on demographic profile of suicidal burns in a tertiary burn care centre., Dr. S.K.S. Sutha S. Sellamoni, Dr. Angeline Selvaraj, Dr. J.J. Lankaram, Indian Journal of Applied Research: Volume -12, Issue – 8 August -2022 | August -2022 Vol. – 12, Issue 8 | Corresponding Author | Indian Journal of Applied Research | |||
| Paradigm Shift in burn scenario during Covid 19 pandemic – A report from a tertiary burn care centre, Dr. Angeline Selvaraj, Dr. S. Suja, Indian Journal of Applied Research : Volume -12, Issue – 8 August -2022 | August -2022 Vol. – 12, Issue 8 | Corresponding Author | Indian Journal of Applied Research |
| 4. | Dr. J.J Lankaram Associate Professor | 2021 | Lankaram JJ, Karthikeyan G. Study of Paraumbilical Perforators in a Normal Population Group, and its Clinical Correlation with Paraumbilical Perforator Based Abdominal Flaps in South Indian Population.Int J Sci Stud 2019;6(12):1-7. | March, 2019 Vol. 6, Issue 12 | First Author | International Journal of Scientific Study |
| Lankaram JJ, Rasheedha BU, Karthikeyan G, Ramadevi V. Analysis of challenging reconstruction of soft tissue defects around the knee joint and evolving a treatment algorithm. Int J Res Orthop 2020;6:151-7 | January, 2020 Vol.6, Issue 1 | First Author | Institute Journal of Research in Orthopedics | |||
| Lankaram JJ, Selvaraj A, Ramadevi V. A Study of Epidemiology and Analysis of Outcome of Facial and Scalp Burns by Satisfaction Smiley Score in a Tertiary Burn Care Center in South India. Int J Sci Stud 2021;8(12):1-9 | March 2021 Vol.8, Issue 12 | Corresponding Author | International Journal of Scientific Study | |||
| A study on demographic profile of suicidal burns in a tertiary burn care centre., Dr. S.K.S. Sutha S. Sellamoni, Dr. Angeline Selvaraj, Dr. J.J. Lankaram, Indian Journal of Applied Research: Volume -12, Issue – 8 August -2022 | August -2022 Vol. – 12, Issue 8 | Second Author | Indian Journal of Applied Research |
| S. No | Name of faculty and Present Designation | Year of Promotion | Title of the article | Date of Acceptance of Research publication (Copy should be enclosed) | Whether First / Second or Corresponding Author | Name of the Journal |
| 5 | Dr. Suja Assistant Professor | NA | Retrospective Study of Evaluating the various surgical modalities and formulating an Algorithm in managing post burn elbow contractures | Feb 2024 | First Author | International Journal of Academic Medicine and Pharmacy |
RESEARCH PROJECTS
| S.No. | Title of the project | Principal Investigators | Co-Investigators |
| 1 | Multicentric community based study of Prevalence, Knowledge, Aptitude & practice for Prevention & First-Aid of Burns, Quality of life and out of pocket Expenditure of burn injury & evaluation of Information, Education& Communication | Dr. Sutha SKS Sellamoni | |
| 2 | A Prospective study of efficacy of Decellularised glycerol preserved allogenic skin in healing of chronic non-healing ulcer | Dr. Divya Devi | Dr. Sutha SKS Sellamoni Dr. Thyagarajan Dr.Prakash |
| 3 | Efficacy and safety of platelet rich plasma as an adjunct therapy to Split thickness skin graft in burn patients with Granulating Raw wounds | Dr. Nellaiappar | Dr. Alia, Dr. Murali |
Awards
| Name | Date | Description |
| Department Of Burns, KMC | January 26 ,2020 | Tamilnadu Government |
| Prof .V.Ramadevi as guest faculty-SURGIFEST KMC | Mar-20 | KMC-Department of General surgery |
| Best Doctor award to Prof. Angeline Selvaraj | August 15, 2020 | Tamilnadu Government |
| Covid warrior award- Faculties of the Department | January 26,2021 | KMC -Tamilnadu Government |
| Collector award | Jan 30 2024 | Tamil Nadu Government |
| Best teacher award | July 1 2024 | Tamil nadu Government |
| Description |
|---|
| Total no. of faculty in department –14 Total no. of PGs in department – 18 No. Of units – 2 Total no. Of beds – 60 OPD per month – 700 No. Of surgeries (major and minor) per month -140 No. No Of samples collected per month (laboratory department) – 300 No. Of X rays, USG, CT per month – 36(X rays), 15(USG), 36(CT) |
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