At the concluding session of three days workshop organized by Uttarakhand chaper of Indian Orthopaedic Association (UAIOACON), it was decided that all private ortho hospitals and clinics would hold free knee surgeries all over the state from August 3 to 5 as part of Corporate social responsibility. Nearly 150 doctors from across the country participated in the workshop deliberating on new techniques available in the ortho field of medicine.
The experts said that over the past 20 years, an increase of 70 percent in knee problems was observed in people on account of sedentary life style and wrong eating habits. The workshop was organised to mark the 15th foundation day of the association.
The orthopedics voiced common concern over modern sedentary life style and adulterated foods which resulted in joints problems and arthiritis.
Speaking to The Pioneer, patron of the association and president of Indian medical association Haridwar chapter Dr A K Jain said, “We are going to start the HTO technique of surgery of knees very soon in all orthopedic hospitals of Haridwar. This High Tibial Osteotomy is alternative of knee replacement and can be easily done on patients aged between 45 to 55 years.” Notably knee replacement is needed when both the compartments – lateral and medial of knee are destroyed.
Speaking about the cost effectiveness of the HTO technique, Dr Jain said, “The imported implant costs around Rs.90,000 and for poor patients, the Indian implant is even lesser upto Rs. 60,000. This implant can be done for medial compartment of the knee.
During the three days workshop renowned orthopaedics from Delhi, Gurgaon and other regions participated giving inputs on the latest development in the field of surgery. The organising committee president Dr R K Singhal, secretary Dr Prem luthra, Dr Himanshu Tyagi, Dr Deepak Kumar and Dr J S Chufal were amongst the eminent doctors of the city present in the workshop.