Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 20: Fortis Hospital Ludhiana today held Inaugural Knee & Hip Joint Sunday OPD in Jammu city for the benefits of people in and around J&K State.
Well Known Dr Neeraj Bansal, Consultant-Orthopaedician and Joints Replacement Surgeon, Fortis Hospital Ludhiana, will provide consultancy on various joints ailments on 3rd Sunday of every month at Healthline Multispecialty Clinics, Resham Ghar Colony, Jammu.
The inaugural OPD here began with a tremendous response from the public. 85 turned up in the joints check up camp, which provided them a unique chance to discover more on the options of joint replacement therapy and get their questions answered on managing the pain of Joints, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Knee replacement is one of the most important Orthopaedic surgical advances of this century. When medicines, using walking supports and physical therapy fail to manage the knee pain and swelling, one should consider total knee replacement. Newer knee joint implants have better quality and they last longer. They are so designed that a patient can even sit cross-legged. As female’s bony structure is different from males, hence specially designed knee implants are used for them.
Dr Neeraj Bansal informed that some latest advancements in joint replacement surgery are the minimally-invasive surgery, stitch less Surgery where the size of incision is half the size of conventional incision, which is more cosmetic. Some new hip prostheses are surface hip replacement prosthesis where the bone cut is less, hence the original bone is saved as only the surface is replaced.
The Department of Advance Orthopaedics at Fortis Ludhiana has been performing joint replacements since one & half years from now. All kinds of joint replacements like knee, hip and shoulder are being successfully done, said Dr Bansal.
Prashant Puri (Managing Director HLMC) said that keeping in public interest and demand in general of State, Management of Fortis Hospital Ludhiana has given endeavour to extend best healthcare services to the residents of Jammu & Kashmir and neighbouring areas, so that the local people can avail specialized medical care in their neighbourhood itself.
Dr Naresh Aggarwal Director ASSC (Aggarwal Super Specialty Clinic’s), Visiting consultant Healthline Multispecialty Clinics, will give free follow up to Ortho OPD patients on every 3rd Wednesday.
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