Dr. Shwetabh Rai is a consultant orthopedic and trauma surgeon in Varanasi who performs 10 to 12 surgeries every month at Shubhyash Hospital & Speciality Clinic, Bhojuveer, treating wrist, hand, arm, collarbone, elbow, shoulder, hip, femur, tibia, ankle and foot fractures with plaster casting, closed reduction, plating, intramedullary nailing, K-wire fixation and external fixation. Because this orthopedic fracture specialist in Varanasi works in a hospital with a 24x7 trauma and emergency service, a fresh injury is examined, X-rayed and splinted the same night rather than held over until the next morning.
He holds an MS and a DNB in Orthopaedics, an MCh, and a Diploma from SICOT (Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie), the international orthopaedic and trauma society based in Belgium. Over more than twelve years of practice he has combined Indian and international training in complex joint and spine work with modern trauma management, and he leads orthopaedics and trauma care at Shubhyash Hospital, where he performs 10 to 12 surgeries every month.
Patients and families value three things about his approach. He tries non-surgical treatment first and says so when surgery is not needed. He explains the X-rays and scans, the options, the risks and the costs in plain Hindi or English. And he gives every surgical patient a written plan with expected timelines, so recovery is measured rather than guessed.
Clear diagnosis, honest options, and a recovery plan you can measure.
Dr. Shwetabh RaiMS (Ortho) | DNB (Ortho) | MCh | Diploma SICOT (Belgium) | 12+ years of orthopaedic experience
These before-and-after images show fracture patients of Dr. Shwetabh Rai at Shubhyash Hospital, Varanasi, treated with plating, intramedullary nailing and hip fracture fixation. Images are shared with each patient’s written consent, and results vary from patient to patient.
Before and after internal fixation of a displaced fracture with a plate and screws.
Before and after intramedullary nailing of a long bone fracture.
Before and after surgery for a hip fracture after a fall.
Individual results depend on the condition before treatment, the procedure performed, other medical conditions and how closely the rehabilitation plan is followed.
Fracture treatment puts a broken bone back into position and holds it there until it unites, and fracture surgery is required only when the break cannot be held accurately enough in a plaster cast. Most fractures unite in about six to twelve weeks and a large proportion never need an operation. The decision turns on two questions an X-ray answers: has the bone moved, and can a cast hold it?
Every fracture plan has the same three parts, whatever the bone. Reduction restores the alignment, either by manipulating the limb without opening it or by exposing the fracture and placing the fragments by hand. Fixation holds that position, with a cast or with a plate, a nail, wires or an external frame. Rehabilitation restores movement and strength in the joints above and below the break, because a bone that unites in a stiff limb is only half a result.
Fracture surgery becomes necessary when the fragments are displaced or rotated beyond what the bone will tolerate, when the fracture runs into a joint surface, when the skin is broken, when several bones are broken at once, or when a hip fracture must be fixed so an older patient can be stood up quickly.
First aid for a suspected fracture has four steps that take two minutes and change the outcome: stop using the limb, support it, control the swelling and reach a hospital with X-ray facilities. Never straighten a deformed limb or push a protruding bone back under the skin. Immobilise the part as it lies with rolled newspaper or folded cloth tied above and below the break, support an injured arm in a sling, raise the limb and use ice wrapped in cloth. Cover an open wound, remove rings before the hand swells, and give nothing to eat or drink.
Fracture treatment in Varanasi is needed by anyone whose X-ray shows a broken bone, and fracture surgery specifically by those whose fragments are displaced, whose joint surface is involved, whose skin is broken, or who has a hip fracture that must be fixed within 24 to 48 hours. Dr. Shwetabh Rai sees these eight presentations most often, and each is matched against the X-ray first.
A fall onto the outstretched hand is the commonest cause of a broken wrist, showing as pain above the wrist, rapid swelling and an inability to grip. Wrist fracture treatment in Varanasi begins with an X-ray in two views: an undisplaced break goes into a cast, a displaced one needs a plate or K-wires. A rotated finger bone that unites crooked crosses its neighbour.
Pain over the upper arm or elbow with swelling and a joint that refuses to straighten points to a fracture of the humerus, the olecranon or the radial head. Arm fracture treatment in Varanasi depends on the joint surface: an undisplaced crack can be braced, while a broken joint surface is plated so the elbow, which stiffens fastest of all joints, can move early.
Landing on the point of the shoulder, the usual two-wheeler mechanism, breaks the collarbone or the top of the humerus, showing as a tented lump and an arm held against the chest. Most collarbone fracture treatment in Varanasi is non-surgical, in a sling, because the bone unites well. Plating is reserved for a collarbone badly shortened or broken in several places.
A hip fracture in an older patient usually follows a trivial fall at home, with thigh pain, a leg that looks shortened and rolled outwards, and an inability to stand. This fracture is a race against the clock: NICE recommends surgery on the day of admission or the day after, within 24 to 48 hours, because every extra day in bed adds chest infection, pressure sores and clots. Such a fragility fracture also prompts osteoporosis assessment.
A broken tibia announces itself clearly: severe shin pain, obvious swelling or deformity, and a leg that gives way under weight. Tibia fracture treatment in Varanasi follows the pattern, with a stable crack managed in a brace and a displaced shaft fracture fixed with an intramedullary nail. The shin is the commonest site of an open fracture, so any wound over it is an emergency.
An ankle that twists, swells within minutes and will not take weight needs an X-ray rather than a bandage, because fracture and severe sprain look almost identical. Ankle fracture treatment in Varanasi turns on whether the joint is still congruent: a stable fracture goes into a cast or boot, a displaced one is plated, since millimetres of malalignment cause arthritis later.
A child who stops using an arm or leg after a fall and cries on any attempt to move it likely has a fracture even when the X-ray looks almost normal. Children break bones differently: buckle and greenstick fractures bend rather than snap, growth plate injuries may not show on a first film, and remodelling forgives angulation an adult could not.
A road accident that breaks several bones, or one bone into many pieces, is treated as orthopaedic trauma rather than a list of fractures. The priority is the patient, not the X-ray: breathing, bleeding, head and abdominal injury come first, unstable limbs are splinted or externally fixed, and fixation follows once the soft tissues allow. Complex fracture treatment in Varanasi is why the 24x7 trauma service exists.
A large share of fractures heal perfectly well without an operation, so Dr. Rai treats every break that can be held safely from outside the limb without surgery. If the fragments can be brought into acceptable position and kept there, a cast does the same job as an implant with none of the surgical risk.
Non-surgical treatment is not a soft option and not for every fracture. An open wound, an incongruent joint, a displaced hip fracture, a numb or cold limb, and a fracture that slips inside a cast all need surgery instead. See cast or fracture surgery and implants used in fracture fixation.
Send your X-ray to Dr. RaiDr. Shwetabh Rai treats five broad groups of fracture in Varanasi, closed and stable fractures, displaced fractures, open or compound fractures, hip and femur fractures in older patients, and fractures in children, and the group a break belongs to decides whether it is cast or operated. Select each tab below.
A closed fracture is one where the skin over the broken bone is intact, and a stable one is where the fragments have not moved far enough to matter. This is the commonest group at any fracture clinic in Varanasi, and most of it never reaches theatre.
A displaced fracture is one where the fragments have shifted, rotated or shortened enough that healing in that position would leave the limb bent, short or stiff. The bone must be brought back into line and held there.
An open or compound fracture is one where the bone has broken through the skin, which makes it an emergency because bacteria now have direct access to bone. Open fracture treatment in Varanasi starts the moment the patient reaches the emergency room.
A hip or femur fracture in an older patient is an urgent operation, not a planned one, because the danger comes as much from lying in bed as from the broken bone.
Children are not small adults when it comes to fractures. Their bones bend before they break, they heal considerably faster, they remodel away angulation an adult could not, and they have growth plates to protect.
The choice between a cast and fracture surgery is made on the X-ray, not on preference, and it comes down to one test: can this bone be held in an acceptable position from outside the limb until it unites? If yes, a cast is better, because it carries no surgical risk. If no, fixation surgery holds the alignment a cast cannot.
Usually advised for: stable wrist and forearm fractures, most collarbone fractures, undisplaced ankle fractures, and buckle and greenstick fractures in children.
Usually advised for: displaced wrist and ankle fractures, joint-surface fractures, hip and femur fractures, displaced tibial shafts, open fractures, and any fracture that slips in a cast.
Fracture fixation surgery uses four kinds of implant, a plate with screws, an intramedullary nail, wires or K-wires, and an external fixator frame, each chosen for the bone, the pattern of the break and the state of the skin over it. None of them heals the fracture; they hold the bone still and in the right place so that your own bone can do the healing.
1. Plate and screwsFixed along the bone to hold the fragments and the joint surface
2. Intramedullary nailPassed down the hollow centre of a long bone to share the load
3. Wires and K-wiresThin wires that hold small or paediatric fragments in place
4. External fixatorA frame outside the limb, used when the skin is not safe to openFracture surgery is performed in six stages, assessment with X-rays, splinting and the treatment decision, anaesthesia, reduction of the fragments, fixation with an implant, and closure with early movement the same day. Follow the steps below to see what happens at each stage.
In the emergency room or clinic
Dr. Rai examines the limb for deformity and tenderness, then checks the three things that change the plan at once: whether the skin is broken, whether pulses and sensation beyond the fracture are normal, and whether another injury has been missed. X-rays in two views establish the pattern.
Within the first hours
The limb is splinted and elevated and pain relief is given before any discussion of surgery, because a supported fracture hurts and swells far less. The X-ray is then explained to you and your family, with the choice between a cast and fixation set out plainly. An open wound gets antibiotics and tetanus cover now, not later.
On the day of surgery
Most upper limb fractures can be fixed under a regional block that numbs the arm, while lower limb and hip fractures are usually done under spinal or general anaesthesia. An antibiotic is given before the incision, and a tourniquet is used where the fracture allows it so the fragments can be seen clearly.
First half of the operation
The fragments are brought back into alignment, either by manipulating the limb under X-ray guidance without opening it, which is closed reduction, or by exposing the fracture and placing the pieces by hand. Length, angulation and rotation are corrected, and a joint surface is rebuilt smooth and level.
The main step
The implant that suits the bone is applied: a plate with screws along the bone, a nail down its hollow centre, K-wires through small fragments, or an external frame when the skin is too damaged to open. Position is confirmed on X-ray in theatre, because this is the only chance to correct it without a second operation.
Day of surgery onwards
The wound is closed in layers, a dressing and often a light splint are applied, and the limb is elevated. A physiotherapist moves the neighbouring joints and gets lower limb patients standing under a clear weight-bearing instruction. Most go home in one to three days with a written plan.
The benefit of fracture fixation surgery is accurate alignment held securely enough that the limb can move within days, and it is most valuable where a cast cannot hold the bone or where weeks of immobility would do more harm than the operation. For a stable fracture a cast gives the same result with less risk, which is why the two are weighed on your own X-ray.
A plate, nail or wire holds the reduction exactly where the surgeon put it, confirmed on X-ray in theatre. A displaced fracture in a cast can slip as the swelling settles, which is the commonest reason a cast is abandoned for surgery.
Because the bone is held by the implant rather than the plaster, the shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee or ankle beside the fracture can move within days. That is what prevents the stiffness which takes longer to treat than the fracture itself.
In hip and femur fractures the real danger is immobility, not the break. Fixing or replacing the hip within 24 to 48 hours allows standing the next day and reduces the chest infections, pressure sores and clots that come with weeks in bed.
Where a fracture runs into a joint, the surface has to be smooth and level or the joint wears out years later. Open reduction lets the fragments be placed under direct vision and fixed, which no cast can achieve.
Fixation often replaces six weeks of rigid plaster with a light splint and a clear weight-bearing instruction. Washing, dressing, sleeping and light work all become considerably easier during the healing period.
Most patients with an upper limb fracture return to desk work within two to four weeks of fixation, and lower limb fractures allow office work once walking is comfortable. Heavy manual work waits for union on the X-ray.
Fracture treatment carries real risks whether or not it involves surgery, infection, delayed or failed union, malunion, joint stiffness, implant problems, nerve and vessel injury, clots and compartment syndrome, and serious complications are uncommon but never zero. Dr. Shwetabh Rai goes through each of these before you consent, because a decision taken without them is not an informed decision.
Wound infection is uncommon after a closed fracture fixed electively, and is reduced by antibiotics before the incision and careful wound care. The risk is considerably higher after an open fracture, and deep infection around an implant may need further surgery.
Some fractures take longer than expected to unite and a few never unite without further surgery, which is non-union. Smoking, diabetes, poor nutrition, an open fracture and a badly comminuted break all raise the risk, which is why stopping smoking is insisted upon.
A bone can unite in a position that is not quite right, leaving an angulation, a rotation or a shortened limb. Minor malunion is often tolerated well, especially in children, but one that affects function or a joint surface may need corrective surgery.
Any limb held still loses movement and muscle bulk, and the elbow, shoulder and ankle stiffen fastest. This is the commonest unwanted outcome of fracture treatment, and it is prevented by physiotherapy starting as early as the fixation safely allows.
Nerves and vessels run close to bone and can be injured by the fracture itself or, rarely, during surgery, causing numbness, weakness or a cold limb. Pulses and sensation are checked before and after every reduction.
Severe swelling inside the tight muscle compartments of the forearm or leg can cut off their own blood supply, which is compartment syndrome and a surgical emergency. Deep vein thrombosis is also a real risk, so early movement is encouraged.
Fracture recovery time runs from moving the nearby joints on day one to confirmed union at about six to twelve weeks, with a hospital stay of one to three days, cast removal between three and six weeks in adults, and heavy work cleared only on the X-ray. Open each stage below for what is restricted.
Preparation is shorter than for planned surgery because the clock matters, but the same checks are done: blood tests, an ECG where age requires it, and a physician fitness review.
The limb is kept elevated to control swelling, pain is managed with tablets and injections, and a physiotherapist moves the nearby joints and stands lower limb patients up.
The first fortnight is about elevation, wound care and gentle movement rather than strengthening, with stitches out around ten to fourteen days.
The bone does most of its early healing now and physiotherapy moves from movement to control, and casts come off in this window in most adults.
Most fractures are united by six to twelve weeks, with children faster and the tibia and femur slower, and the remaining work is strength.
Fracture rehabilitation and physiotherapy begin in hospital on day one and continue for about three months, because fixation holds the bone while physiotherapy restores the movement and strength lost while the limb was protected. Stiffness after a fracture is harder to treat than the fracture was, and it is preventable.
Physiotherapy goals by stage
Your rehabilitation plan is written down at discharge with the exercises, the weight-bearing limit and the X-ray dates on it, so progress is measured rather than guessed.
After fracture treatment most patients move every joint that is not immobilised from day one, return to desk work in two to four weeks for an upper limb injury, drive once out of plaster and able to brake safely, and resume most usual activities around ten to twelve weeks once the bone has united. Healing time varies by bone, so these are confirmed against your follow-up X-rays rather than the calendar.
Fracture treatment cost in Varanasi depends on six factors, whether the fracture is cast or operated, which bone and how many are broken, which implant is used, the room category and length of stay, your other health conditions and what the package includes, so Shubhyash Hospital gives a written itemised estimate after examination and X-ray rather than a fixed price. Any website quoting one fixed price without seeing your X-ray is guessing.
Shubhyash Hospital makes fracture and trauma treatment affordable for families across Purvanchal by accepting Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY), all major health insurers and cashless TPA, and by itemising every line in writing. Cost should never be the reason a fracture is left to unite crooked.
Choosing the best fracture doctor in Varanasi comes down to six checks, orthopaedic trauma training, whether the hospital is open when your injury happens, whether the doctor will treat your fracture without surgery when a cast will do, how clearly your X-ray is explained, what the written estimate contains, and who provides the physiotherapy. Ask these at the consultation rather than judging from a website.
Ask what the doctor trained in and where. Dr. Shwetabh Rai holds an MS and DNB in Orthopaedics, an MCh and a Diploma from SICOT in Belgium, with more than twelve years of orthopaedic and trauma practice.
Fractures do not happen in clinic hours. Shubhyash Hospital runs an OPD until 10:00 PM and a 24x7 trauma and emergency service, so an injury at night is X-rayed, splinted and planned the same night.
The most useful answer a fracture surgeon can give is that a cast will do the job. A doctor who recommends fixation for every break, without showing you why the position is unacceptable, is one to question.
You should leave knowing which bone is broken, how far it has moved, whether the joint surface is involved and what happens if it unites that way. If the film is described only in general terms, ask to be shown it.
Ask for the estimate in writing with implants, theatre, stay, plaster, physiotherapy and check X-rays listed separately. A bundled figure makes it impossible to compare hospitals.
Fracture results depend heavily on the rehabilitation that follows. Confirm who provides physiotherapy, when the check X-rays are due, and what your weight-bearing limit is.
These Google reviews come from fracture patients treated by Dr. Shwetabh Rai at Shubhyash Hospital, Varanasi, and are reproduced in the patients’ own words. They describe the emergency assessment, the X-ray review and the recovery that followed.
एक दुर्घटना में पैर की हड्डी टूट गई थी। परिवार वाले मुझे शुभ्याश हॉस्पिटल लेकर आए। डॉ. श्वेताभ राय ने एक्स-रे देखकर इलाज की पूरी जानकारी दी। नियमित जांच और डॉक्टर की सलाह से रिकवरी अच्छी चल रही है।
घर में गिरने से हाथ में फ्रैक्चर हो गया था। बहुत दर्द और सूजन थी। डॉक्टर साहब ने जांच करके प्लास्टर लगाया और जरूरी सावधानियां बताईं। इलाज के दौरान हर सवाल का अच्छे से जवाब दिया। अब हाथ पहले से काफी ठीक है।
सड़क दुर्घटना में पैर में गंभीर चोट लगी थी। शुभ्याश हॉस्पिटल में समय पर इलाज मिला। डॉ. श्वेताभ राय ने ऑपरेशन और आगे की देखभाल के बारे में विस्तार से समझाया। अब डॉक्टर की सलाह से धीरे-धीरे चलने की प्रैक्टिस कर रहा हूँ।
Reviews are published as written by the patient. Clinical results vary from patient to patient.
Shubhyash Hospital & Speciality Clinic at Kautilya Kon Road, near Vishal Mega Mart, Bhojuveer, Varanasi 221002 is the fracture and trauma hospital where Dr. Shwetabh Rai consults and operates, with an OPD open until 10:00 PM and a 24x7 trauma and emergency service, so an injury at midnight is X-rayed and splinted that night rather than the next morning. Patients come from across Varanasi and from Chandauli, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and western Bihar. Areas we serve →
Fracture treatment at Shubhyash Hospital follows six stops from arrival at the 24x7 emergency service to rehabilitation, and a cast is used whenever it can hold the bone in position.
A fresh injury is seen when it happens, day or night. The limb is examined, pulses and sensation are checked, pain relief is given and the part is splinted before anything else is planned.
X-rays in two views establish which bone is broken and how far it has moved. CT is added when the fracture runs into a joint surface.
Dr. Rai shows you the X-ray and says plainly whether a cast will hold this fracture or whether fixation is needed, with the risks, the timeline and the estimate for each.
A stable fracture is reduced if needed and cast the same visit. A displaced, open or hip fracture goes to theatre, urgently where the injury demands it.
The limb is elevated, pain is controlled, and a physiotherapist moves the free joints and stands you up with support.
Stitches come out around ten to fourteen days, check X-rays at about two and six weeks confirm union, and physiotherapy runs for roughly three months.
These 16 answers cover emergency care, casts and surgery, healing time, cost and how to reach Dr. Shwetabh Rai at Shubhyash Hospital, Bhojuveer.
Dr. Shwetabh Rai is an MS, DNB and MCh qualified orthopedic and trauma surgeon in Varanasi with 12+ years of experience, operating at Shubhyash Hospital, Bhojuveer.
He also holds a Diploma from SICOT, Belgium. The right fracture doctor still depends on which bone you have broken, so apply these checks to anyone you consider.
A good fracture doctor in Varanasi will explain your X-ray to you in plain language.
Go straight to the 24x7 trauma and emergency service at Shubhyash Hospital, Bhojuveer, where a fresh fracture is examined, X-rayed and splinted the same night.
Call +91 99567 61112 on the way so the team is ready. Do not wait for the morning OPD if any of these apply.
Emergency fracture treatment in Varanasi works best when you remove rings and bangles before the limb swells.
Yes, a large proportion of fractures heal without surgery, using a plaster cast, splint, sling or functional brace to hold the bone until it unites.
Closed reduction comes first if the bone needs manipulating back into line, and repeat X-rays confirm the position has not slipped.
Fracture treatment without surgery in Varanasi works whenever a cast can hold an acceptable position.
The choice between a cast and fracture surgery rests on the X-ray and one test: whether the bone can be held in position from outside the limb until it unites.
If it can, a cast is better because it carries no surgical risk. If it cannot, fixation surgery holds the alignment a cast cannot.
Any of these four findings usually moves fracture treatment in Varanasi towards surgery.
Most fractures unite in about six to twelve weeks, though bone fracture healing time varies with the bone broken, your age and your general health.
Healing is confirmed on X-ray and by the absence of tenderness, rather than by the calendar.
Fracture recovery time in Varanasi is checked with repeat X-rays at about two and six weeks.
Fracture surgery cost in Varanasi has no single fixed figure, because it depends on whether the fracture is cast or operated, the bone, the implant and your hospital stay.
Shubhyash Hospital gives a written, itemised estimate after X-ray, and accepts Ayushman Bharat, health insurance and cashless TPA.
When comparing fracture surgery cost in Varanasi, ask whether physiotherapy, plaster changes and check X-rays are extra.
Yes, eligible patients can have fracture treatment under Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY) at Shubhyash Hospital, with eligibility checked at admission without delaying urgent treatment.
Health insurance and cashless TPA are also accepted, and for an emergency admission the team begins pre-authorisation while treatment starts.
Fracture treatment under Ayushman Bharat in Varanasi starts faster when a family member brings the card.
Hip fracture surgery in the elderly is urgent because the danger comes as much from lying in bed as from the broken bone.
NICE guidance recommends surgery on the day of admission or the day after, so the patient can be stood up early.
A hip fracture in Varanasi should reach the emergency service the same day.
An open or compound fracture is one where bone has broken through the skin, which gives bacteria direct access to the bone and raises the infection risk.
Treatment is urgent and runs in a set order, and the hospital stay is usually longer than for a closed fracture.
Any wound over a suspected fracture in Varanasi needs the emergency service, not the OPD.
Yes, children's fractures are treated differently, because their bones bend before breaking, heal faster, remodel angulation and have growth plates to protect.
Pediatric fracture treatment therefore relies far more on casting and flexible wires than adult treatment does.
Pediatric fracture treatment in Varanasi often ends with wires and plates being removed once the bone unites.
Keep a plaster cast completely dry, elevate the limb above heart level for the first few days, and move every joint the cast leaves free.
Never push an object inside the cast to scratch. Follow these rules at home, and treat the last two as same-day problems.
Your plaster cast is checked for tightness at your early review.
Put weight on a broken leg, ankle or foot only when told to, because the instruction depends on your fracture pattern and fixation.
Going beyond your limit can displace the fracture or loosen the fixation, so follow the written limit given at discharge.
Your next X-ray date in Varanasi is written down alongside your weight-bearing limit.
No, plates, screws and nails normally stay in permanently in adults, and are removed only if they cause a problem such as irritation or infection.
Implants hold the bone still while your own bone does the healing. Children are the main exception to the adult rule.
Your fracture implant is explained in plain language before surgery.
A fracture that stops healing is a non-union, which usually needs further surgery such as bone grafting, while one healing slowly is a delayed union.
Union is watched on your follow-up X-rays, and some of the risk factors are within your control.
Keep every follow-up X-ray appointment, because slow healing is easier to manage when it is caught early.
Desk work commonly resumes two to four weeks after an upper limb fracture, and driving usually waits until around six weeks, once you are out of plaster.
These timings vary by bone, so they are confirmed against your follow-up X-rays rather than the calendar.
Check your insurer's position too, because driving against medical advice can affect cover.
Call or WhatsApp +91 99567 61112 for an appointment with Dr. Shwetabh Rai at Shubhyash Hospital, Bhojuveer, where the OPD is open until 10:00 PM.
The trauma service runs 24x7, so come straight in for a fresh injury rather than waiting for an appointment.
Fracture treatment in Varanasi is available day or night at Shubhyash Hospital.
Bring your X-rays to Shubhyash Hospital, Bhojuveer, or come straight to the 24x7 trauma and emergency service with a fresh injury, and Dr. Shwetabh Rai will tell you plainly whether your fracture needs an operation or whether a cast will hold it.