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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.