Hi-Tech Healing Opportunities: Joint Replacement
Surgery
Shoulder/hip
replacement and bilateral knee replacement surgery using the most advanced
key hole or endosopic surgery and anthroscopy is done at several hospitals
in India including the Apollo Hospital, Leelavati and Hinduja Hospital in
Mumbai and the Chennai Institute of Orthoepaedics and Trauma Sciences.
Some hospitals like Apollo in Delhi have Operation Theatres with
Laminar Air Flow System which compares with the best in the USA and the
UK. A Knee joint replacement costs about Rs. 2.5 Lakh in India whereas in
the UK, a similar surgery using the same implarits and medical consumable
costs around Sterling 10, 000.