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Exploring Traumatological Anatomy of Gulpha Sanghat: A Review

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Gursewak Singh Dr Lalit Nagar , Dr Ringzin Lamo
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si7.043

Abstract

Gulpha as a sandhi (joint) situated in bilateral lower limbs along the junction of the paada (foot) and jangha (legs) whereas Sanghat explained as union of two or more Asthi joins together with help of surrounding structures such as mamsa, sira, snayu and kandra which hold strongly and provides more stablity to Sanghat. Acharya Sushruta, considered Gulpha as Rujakar Marma which means those areas of the body where pain persist even after the best management of trauma. In modern era due to fast life style changes and increased road side injuries which cause over use of the Sanghat thus leads to trauma. The talocrural / ankle joint is a very stable joint but when subjected to distraction and compression, gets injured which leads to different conditions such as sprain, fractures etc. Sprains are termed as injury to the ligaments and ankle joint is a type of joint which mainly depends on the ligaments for stability. The ligaments of the lateral side of the ankle are weaker and prone to injuries leading to rupture of the ligaments. Injuries around the ankle joint cause functional deformities. Hence, this study was planned to review and explore the hidden complexity which was described by Acharya’s for better understanding the anatomy of Gulpha Sanghat and providing a better solution to the management of trauma

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