Placing India among an elite league of countries with a comprehensive and sophisticated knowledge bank, the Indian Society of Hip and Knee Surgeons on Saturday launched the Indian Joint Registry (IJR) in Bengaluru.

The registry was launched by Corin Wilson, Acting British Deputy High Commissioner, in the presence of 400 orthopaedic surgeons from across the globe at the 13th edition of the National Congress of Indian Society of Hip and Knee Surgeons (ISHKS) that began on Friday.

The registry has been put together by ISHKS along with Northgate Public Services – who also set up the National Joint Registry for the U.K. government. The IJR will serve as a highly secure platform to store data on hip and knee surgeries across India and will churn out focused reports for surgeons and patients to access, thereby helping them make more informed choices and better implant selection as well as post-surgery monitoring, said H.P.C. Khincha, organising chairman of the congress.

“The Indian Joint Registry is an initiative run by ISHKS in the interest of patients. Thousands of hip and knee replacement procedures are undertaken in India every year, bringing great benefit to many patients. The success of these procedures has resulted in greater numbers being undertaken each year,” he said. “IJR collects information on patients undergoing hip and knee replacement in India, to monitor the performance of implants,” he added.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Bengaluru – April 13th, 2019