Excelsior Correspondent
-Excelsior/Rakesh
JAMMU, July 11: Dr Ranjit Singh, senior consultant, Knee replacement Surgeon from Fortis Hospital, Amritsar, said he has innovated a new technique for knee replacement surgery.
Addressing media persons here today, Dr Ranjit Singh said with this new technique there is almost zero pain, zero bleeding and zero bed rest after surgery. Patient starts walking around two hours after knee replacement surgery and the very next day the patient is made to even climb stairs. The time required for surgery is just 15 minutes and the patient gets discharged just three days after surgery.
He added that as there is minimal bone cutting and muscle and tissue dissection with this new technique, so there is very less blood loss and post operatively there is no pain.
Dr Ranjit Singh further added that he infiltrates a unique cocktail of drugs in the knee which gives faster recovery and reduces pain and bleeding to almost zero. The success rate of knee replacement with this technique is more than 99 percent and in two weeks time patient is able to achieve near normal life and it able to walk independently without any support and can even sit cross legged.
This new technique is in great contrast to the old conventional technique where time required for knee replacement is one to two hours and there are lot of problems associated with like pain, bleeding and delayed recovery which have totally been eliminated with this new technique.
He said for patients with knee pain who require knee replacement but are scared of the surgery due to associated problems, this new technique serves as a boon and can be future of this problem.
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