Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (SR/CN)

Mangalore, Jul 21: A team of orthopaedic surgeons headed by senior consultant surgeons Dr Shantaram Shetty and Dr Ajit Kumar successfully completed a hip-revision surgery for a 57-year-old patient at Tejasvini Hospital on Wednesday July 21.

Dr Shetty said, “The average scenario of hip-revision surgeries as compared to primary hip-replacements surgeries is 1:20, making them rare and complex. However with advanced surgical techniques, evolving implant designs, and materials customized to suit varied lifestyles and anatomic requirements of patients, the success rate of complex hip-replacement surgery has been optimal.”

For this hip-revision surgery, the doctors employed ‘Solution’. Post-operative care is highly essential and patients are required to follow the recommended rehabilitation and physiotherapy with utmost care to ensure healthier joints and longer lasting implants. People who undergo primary hip-replacements usually can walk on the first day after the operation. This, however, may differ depending on individual medical histories.

Patients undergoing hip replacements at a younger age would probably require a hip arthoplasty later as the lifespan of an implant is usually 10-15 years. This lifespan varies from individual to individual depending on lifestyles and the amount of physical activity undertaken.

Dr Shetty added that the cost of hip and knee surgeries in India was a fraction of what they cost in the United Kingdom (UK).

Free surgeries are also conducted in the hospital for the poor. He said that insurance was a must in the present era as this will assist in paying bills.