Excelsior Correspondent
AMRITSAR, Feb 25: Smt Paarvati Devi Hospital installed latest generation knee joint surgery navigation machine and spacesuits in OT.
On the occasion, Dr Guriqbal S Chhina, senior joint replacement surgeon at Smt Paarvati Devi Hospital, along with Dr Heiko Graichen, a well acclaimed joint replacement surgeon from Germany highlighting the importance of computer aided navigation surgery, along with superior infection control in the OT for a successful joint replacement procedure.
Dr Graichen said that tremendous advances have been made in joint replacement over the past few decades that have made this surgery a safe and viable option for a greater number of patients suffering from severe joint pain and misalignment due to arthritis. As the need and acceptance of joint replacement surgeries increases in India, it is important for patients to understand that while the quality of knee and hip implants used is critical, an equally important factor is the environment in which the surgery is carried out and the procedure adopted.
“In my own experience, computer navigation aided total knee replacement has an alignment accuracy rate of 99.8 per cent”, he added.
Dr Chhina said that computer navigation, a recent advancement in joint replacement surgery, enables us to accurately and clearly view the component position, range of motion, ligament tensioning, and overall limb alignment at every step during the operation. Errors in techniques that would otherwise go unnoticed can be quickly seen and corrected. Owing to the correct implant positioning and alignment, longevity of the implants increases tremendously. Using the computer navigation for joint replacement also enables us to minimize the amount of surgical dissection thereby reducing the size of post-operative scar.
He added that at Smt Paarvati Devi Hospital, they wear sterile closed air circuit helmet systems along with spacesuits to prevent germs being spread by the orthopedic surgeons in the operating room. These helmets are air tight and have special in-built arrangement for the doctor to breathe, thereby making the success rate of joint replacements even better, he said.
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