| Hip replacement surgery in India is cheaper than that | | | | which acts as glue and attaches the artificial joint to |
| in western countries. Over the years, it has become | | | | the bone. Uncemented joints are attached using a |
| a global centre of excellence in orthopedics surgery | | | | porous coating that is designed to allow the bone to |
| including the total hip replacement surgery by | | | | adhere to the artificial joint. Over time, new bone |
| promoting the notion that medical services in India | | | | grows and fills up the openings in the porous coating, |
| can be bought off the shelf from the lowest priced | | | | attaching the joint to the bone. |
| provider anywhere in the globe, care. The concept | | | | |
| has broad appeal, as Indian private facilities offer | | | | Doctors most often use general anesthesia for hip |
| advanced technology and high-quality procedures on | | | | replacement surgeries, which means you'll be |
| par with hospitals in the major industrialized countries | | | | unconscious during surgery. But sometimes they use |
| at a fraction of the cost. It is a deepening of the | | | | regional anesthesia, which means you can't feel the |
| whole notion of health care that is being pushed | | | | area of the surgery and you are sleepy, but you are |
| today which emphasizes on technology and private | | | | awake. The choice depends on your doctor, on your |
| enterprise. More and more western patients seeking | | | | overall health, and, to some degree, on what you |
| surgery are looking towards eastern destinations, for | | | | prefer. Your doctor may recommend that you take |
| their medical needs. Once in India you can be rest | | | | antibiotics before and after the surgery to reduce |
| assured about your proper diagnosis and medication. | | | | the risk of infection. If you need any major dental |
| Furthermore, if situation demands, surgery packages | | | | work, your doctor may recommend that you have it |
| are also within your reach. Here medical treatment is | | | | done before the surgery. Infections can spread from |
| amid the best in the world, facilitated by the most | | | | other parts of the body, such as the mouth, to the |
| skilled doctors and up to the minute super sphere | | | | artificial joint and cause a serious problem. |
| hospitals. In India hip replacement surgery is a | | | | |
| common surgical procedure with a high success rate. | | | | Cost of hip replacement surgery |
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| Total hip replacement surgery replaces the upper end | | | | The patient can go back to his country by the 12th |
| of the thighbone (femur) with a metal ball and | | | | day in case of single hip joint replacement and by |
| resurfaces the hip socket in the pelvic bone with a | | | | 20th day after the surgery. The stay is shorter after |
| metal shell and plastic liner. It replaces damaged | | | | double hip replacement surgery as the intervening |
| cartilage with new joint material in a step-by-step | | | | period between sequential knee replacements is |
| process. Doctors may attach replacement joints to | | | | avoided. The total cost of the hip replacement |
| the bones with or without cement. Cemented joints | | | | surgery in India is very less as compared to USA or |
| are attached to the existing bone with cement, | | | | UK. |