Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, May 28: After successful complex total knee replacement surgery on both knees, the orthopaedic surgery team at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Narayana Superspeciality Hospital here made it possible for 71 years old patient from Jammu to walk again normally.
Dr. Vikas Padha, Senior Consultant Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement decided to operate both the knees during one operation to avoid multiple surgeries and associated discomfort and pain.
According to Dr. Padha, the patient was suffering from Advanced Osteoarthritis of both knee joints for over 6 years which was progressing with time.
Deformities the patient had developed in both knee joints had crippled her life so much that she was unable to walk for the last 7-8 months.
Usually both knee joints develop same type of deformities in majority cases but in this case, the patient had one type of deformity in one knee and exactly opposite type of deformity in other knee, a phenomenon known as Wind Swept Deformity because of which her knees became very unstable and it was impossible for her to walk without support of walker.
Patient’s daughter, a Gynaecologist, was thinking of getting operated her mother outside J&K, changed mind after consulting Dr. Padha and decided to get her operated from him only.
After meticulous pre-operative planning and its proper execution in the operation theatre, both knee joints of the patient were replaced simultaneously by Dr. Padha.
On first post operative day, she started walking with the aid of walker, first time without pain after many years. “She was discharged in a good health in a couple of days and with regular follow up and physiotherapy she has been able to walk confidently without any external support,” stated Dr. Padha.
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