| Knee replacement surgery in India is world class and | | | | 5000- 7000 US dollars is quoted for a Knee |
| patients get huge cost savings. Patients from the UK, | | | | replacement depending upon the type of implant |
| US and Canada increasingly prefer India as destination | | | | chosen and the class of accommodation. Implants |
| number one for Joint replacements of knee, hip and | | | | & prosthesis are designed and manufactured in |
| shoulder and hip resurfacing. Indian surgeons are well | | | | the west and have FDA approval. In some cases |
| trained and Indian hospitals have infrastructure at par | | | | even implants which did not have FDA approval like |
| with the west. A large population of baby boomers | | | | the Birmingham hip, Oxford knee, were available in |
| lacking insurance and unable to afford private | | | | India before they were obtainable in the US. |
| treatment in the socialized health systems of the | | | | If you know that your surgeon is overseas trained, |
| West has fuelled the demand for Joint replacements. | | | | then it is re-assuring. Infrastructure of the hospital is |
| High success rate, affordable costs, safety of the | | | | vitally important. The operating theatres in some |
| surgical procedure, are main factors attracting | | | | leading Indian hospitals provide "Ultra clean air" with |
| overseas patients to Indian hospitals. | | | | ideal parameters. Exponential Laminar airflow is ideal |
| Costs are very reasonable and are lesser than a | | | | where air is changed 25 times per hour. The delivered |
| similar procedure in countries like Thailand, Singapore, | | | | air is treated by special HEPA (High efficiency |
| South American countries and only amount to one | | | | particulate air filters) with 99. |
| tenth of the cost in the West. A price range of | | | | |