Man gets new face after bull attack, thanks to a series of surgeries

According to a recent success story, a 38-year-old man from Bikaner, Rajasthan, has received a new face after a series of reconstructive surgeries as a result of an attack by a raging bull in September 2020. Reportedly, in the attack, Karnee Bishnoi lost his right eye, in addition to having the right side of his face, including his nose, lips, and scalp, torn to tatters. With the local hospital in Bikaner offering lack of expertise to treat the condition further, reports reveal that the victim was transferred to a hospital in Saket. On finding that his ventilation tube to be blocked with some material which was found to be his pulverised brain, the neurosurgeons and plastic surgery team were called in. The surgeons will full PPEs had to perform surgeries for 10 hours while painstakingly putting together bone, flesh, nose pieces. After another surgery that lasted nine hours, the team not only managed to save his life but also restored the face to a human form. Four months later, the victim underwent second-stage reconstruction surgery. At this time, the right side of his face was completely paralysed with loss of smiling, inability to lift right side eyebrow and forehead and a saddled depressed nose. For the first time in India, some ingenious constructive surgery techniques such as forehead muscle to muscle neurotisation were performed. By July, Bishnoi was able to move his right eyebrow and forehead. In addition to this, his facial shape and symmetry are known to be good. Reportedly, Bishnoi will be undergoing more procedures in the next few months for artificial eye and scar revisions.