The 10-minute knee replacement surgery in the UAE

The RAK Hospital has signed a partnership with Shalby Hospitals, India, and the founder and chairman, Dr Vikram Shah, who conducts the ‘zero technique’ ten-minute Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery will begin conducting the first such surgery in RAK within six weeks!

Dr Shah explained the process: “Normally, surgeons take approximately two hours to conduct a TKR surgery. The usual incision is about seven inches, but my cut is smaller, about 4 inches. When I cut less, there is less bleeding, less pain, and no requirement for blood transfusion, all of which accelerate recovery. I do the surgery under spinal anaesthesia which makes recovery quicker.

Elaborating on the zero technique he said: “I eliminate all occasions of delay that surgeons usually have. Surgeons tend to hold several trials of the joint which takes up at least 15 minutes of extra time. When I make the incision, I complete the soft tissue balancing immediately and after placing the knee only require one trial. My patients begin walking in two hours and climbing steps in seven hours and are discharged from hospital in three days.”

Original article by Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary

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