Avinash Mehta,18, came to us when he twisted his knee during a routine basketball practice in college one day. Doctors at Sitaram Bhartia advised medicines for pain relief and applying ice packs to reduce the swelling in his knee. They asked him to get a scan after 5 days to confirm a suspected ACL injury.
When Ravinder Singh, a 73 year-old man came for his orthopaedic check-up, his difficulty with walking was quite evident. He had been suffering from knee pain and slowly his mobility had begun to recede. “5 years ago, my doctor had told me that I would need a knee replacement surgery soon” Mr. Singh told us.
Mr. Oberoi, a 60 year old gentleman, had been told he required a knee replacement surgery. He had nearly finalised a date with his surgeon when he was told about an option for having customized knee replacements – or patient specific knees – made for him.
“I wasn’t sure what to expect at first” Mr.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers found in men and usually, 1 in 8 men are diagnosed with it. Most often, prostate issues are noticed when men face difficulty with passing urine.
Prakash Nanda, a 60 year old man, had been waking up multiple times during the night because he felt the need to urinate.
Bariatric surgery, also commonly known as weight loss surgery, can be done for obese individuals who want to reduce their weight and want to live healthier and more active lives.
With bariatric surgery, depending on their unique circumstances, a patient could have their stomach reduced (gastric sleeve surgery) or a large portion of it bypassed by rerouting their small intestine to a stomach pouch.
A gall bladder removal surgery, also known as a cholecystectomy, is quite a commonly performed surgery which is carried out when people experience pain due to stones in their gallbladder. There is no medical treatment for gallbladder stones, these have to removed by surgery.
Traditionally, a gall bladder surgery is done with four cuts on the patient’s abdomen at most hospitals.
A hernia occurs due to a weakness in the muscles of the abdomen or pelvis. Usually, people feel a bulge under their skin or a dull ache in the abdominal area for a while, just as Rohit Gupta did when he was diagnosed with a hernia.
“I’d been feeling this bulge for a while” Rohit told us “and it would become larger when I coughed or bent down to pick up something heavy.
“Very often, we see people put off an important knee replacement surgery because they’re worried about the recovery period” says Dr. Nitiraj Oberoi. “They think they’ll be in a lot of pain for a long time and getting better will be difficult. But that’s not always the case.”
This is a valid fear.
A knee replacement surgery is a routine and commonly seen operation, especially for people older than 60 years of age. But everyone who suffers from knee-related health concerns does not always require a replacement surgery.
“When someone’s been suffering from knee-related trouble, we try to make surgery the last option” say Dr.