Columbia Asia Hospital performs minimally invasive ‘Short Stay’ Knee Replacement Surgery reducing the recovery time from weeks to days

Mysore :

 A 58-year old man — John Sinclair — suffered with debilitating pain and stiffness in his right knee. The pain had started interfering with his daily activities as well, which made his mobility difficult. For a man who had dreamt of travelling across the length and breath of France, the knee pain was just physically unbearable and that too for an extremely active person like him.

Finally, after deciding to consult doctors at Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysore, Sinclair underwent an unique surgery to rid him off this excruciating pain.

A group of doctors from Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysore, led by Dr. B.R. Prashanth, Joint Replacement Surgeon, conducted a first-of-its-kind ‘Short Stay’ knee replacement surgery that helped Sinclair come out of his discomfort and lead a healthy life. Unlike a normal surgery, which takes weeks for a patient to recover, Short Stay surgery through its less invasive techniques reduces the hospital stay to a few days.

After the surgery, in a day’s time, Sinclair was able to ambulate with a walker and perform exercises as instructed by the doctors. In fact he was discharged home within 48 hours of the procedure, walking comfortably on his walker.

John Sinclair started experiencing the pain ever since he had a thigh bone fracture following an accident several years ago in the UK. Conventionally, a joint replacement surgery is thought of as a slow convalescence with a hospital stay for a week. However, with recent advancements in Arthoplasty procedures, ‘Short Stay’ knee replacement surgery can help a patient discharge from the hospital in a few days’ time.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 17th,  2014