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Jammu, March 26:

Balwant Singh, 63, year old male patient, was admitted with Department  of  Orthopaedics ASCOMS and  Hospital Sidhra, Jammu.

Patient was having  Gouty arthirits with pain & deformity left knee. Patient was also having difficulty  in  walking for the past two years.Patient was operated on 22/3/2018 & Total Knee Replacement  of left knee was done.The implant  for Total Knee Replacement  was high flex freedom  knee.It has the advantage that patient  can bend his knee fully and can sit & squat. This is one of the latest innovations in the field of Total Knee Replacement. With Total Knee Replacement Patient can walk second day after surgery and it is very satisfying both to patient and concern orthopaedic surgeons. Total Joint Replacements including Total Hip Replacements & Total Knee Replacements are being routinely done in the  Deptt. of Orthopaedics, Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical  Sciences(ASCOMS)&Hospital,Sidhra,Jammu.

Total cost of Knee replacement including medicines and implant is approximately 1.25 to1.5 lakh.

Surgery was conducted by team of doctors from Deptt.of Orthopaedics ASCOMS,includingDr.Anoop Kumar(Associate professor)DrRajesh Gupta (prof & head),Dr Sunny Sharma(senior resident) & Dr Aditya Gupta. The anaesthesia to the patient was given by   Dr Ashok Choudhary& his team. The department of orthopaedics  Ascoms and Hospital  is also doing specialised orthopaedic surgeries like Spine /Trauma/Arthroscopy/Correction of congenital deformities ets.Our  institution  is also having empanellment with differnt organisations like ECHS,NHPC ,FCI etc. and different insurance companies for treatment  of  patients.