Knee and Hip Joint Replacement Becoming Common by the Day
With technology taking over almost every aspect of our lives, can the medical industry be left behind? In fact, Ahmedabad, in particular, is doing well in the field of medical tourism.
There is believed to be a boom in the medical sector in the city. Not only big institutes but also mid-level organisations are competing to offer state-of-the-art facilities to patients.
The number of patients going for joint replacement surgeries – knee or hip – is going up by the day.
Talking to DNA, city-based orthopaedic surgeon Dr Kalpan Desai said, “On an average, there are minimum 25-30 patients for kneeor hip joint replacement surgeries.
There is no dearth of patients requiring surgery. Initially, people with such problems were reluctant to undergo surgery.
However, when they talk to their peers and learn about the benefits of undergoing a surgery they get ready for it.”
Dr Desai added that last decade’s statistics showed that there were many patients who underwent surgery for either osteoarthritis or osteoporosis and the success rate is around 96%.
Medical tourism in Gujarat has been at its peak lately, as not only NRIs but foreign nationals visit Gujarat to undergo high-end surgeries.
Availability of low-cost, state-of-the-art infrastructure along with well-trained experts, makes India a hot destination for patients wanting to undergo knee and hip joint replacement surgery.
The senior vice-president of a city-based hospital said that the hospital operates upon 6,000-7,000 patients a year or around 30 surgeries a day. Patients from across the state come to this hospital for their corrective surgeries, he added.
He added that surgeons during the operations the hospital are asked to wear space suits so as to keep the operation theatre infection free.
The surgeons here are thorough professionals who have been in this field for quite some time now. There is a long waiting list of patients to undergo knee and hip joint replacement surgeries most of the time.
Patients not only from across India, but also from UK, USA, Tanzania for undergoing surgeries, he said.
He further confirmed that the technology has reached its pinnacle with knee joint or hip joint surgery patients walking just an hour after the operation.
After 15 days of the surgery, patients are allowed to go home as he or she can get the stitch removal procedure done from any of the hospital’s centres later. Post surgery, the patients can consult their doctors or surgeons, with the help of telemedicine.
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