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Chennai: Homemaker Devaki (47) began to feel pain in both of his knees affecting his mobility. She quickly found herself confined at home with doctors who advised her for a total knee replacement.
It was until doctors at Parvathy Hospital found a solution – a partial knee replacement procedure.
Dr. S Muthukumar, president and chief orthopedic surgeon at Parvathy Hospital, announced Friday that he successfully conducted the difficult procedure on Devaki recently.
The Surgical Procedure – Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty (UKA), a minimally invasive surgery was performed by a group of surgeons led by the consultant knee surgeon, Parvathy Hospital, Dr. M K Vetri Kumar.
A press release says, the procedure replaces the total knee replacement with a reduction in postoperative discomfort, accelerate the discharge and feel of the natural knee joints.
This treatment is suitable for people who suffer from arthritis only in a compartment (section) of the knee joint, rather than in the entire joint.
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He also said: "According to statistics, 60% of degenerate knees, even after a failed conservative treatment, will not require total knee arthroplasty.The badysis of the University of gen Université Université Université badyse badyse badyse… Oxford has shown that partial replacements are safer and easier to heal. "
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