Briton gets ailing shoulder fixed in Chennai hospital

March 29, 2024A British mountaineer with a shoulder problem joins the legion of foreigners arriving in Chennai for healthcare. Delays in U.K., cost factor lead Mark Carr to India CHENNAI: The prospect of a long wait for undergoing surgery on his painful shoulder, some quick calculations on the cost factor and a Google search led…

Arthroscopy `cheaper, less painful” by Sujatha

March 29, 2024http://www.thehindu.com/2005/02/08/stories/2005020812550600.htm Date:08/02/2005 CHENNAI, FEB. 7. Arthroscopy is a less painful and cheaper option for treating damaged knee cartilages than surgery, but rehabilitation takes longer, says consultant orthopaedic surgeon, A.K. Venkatachalam. Shock absorbers People suffering from knee pain are generally referred for surgery, but this may not be required. An MRI scan can reveal…

American in Chennai for Knee surgery

March 29, 2024The Hindu 06 March 2006 Date:06/03/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/03/06/stories/2006030614940500.htm ——————————————————————————– Tamil Nadu – Chennai American in city for knee surgery Staff Reporter James Spark is 59-year-old mountaineer CHENNAI: When grave injuries to his knee and shoulder cast a cloud over his passion for mountaineering, James Spark logged onto the Web from his U.S. home…

Indian Knee surgery for British lady

March 29, 2024http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B6815280B%2DE697%2D45CD%2DB4A4% 2D840A05598BDA%7D&CATEGORYNAME=Chennai Chennai,May 29: A ”high flex” total knee replacement was done recently on a 69-year old Osteo-arthritis afflicted British woman through a ”minimally invasive operation”, at a city hospital here, the doctor, who performed the surgery, said today. “The woman, Mary Carmichael was able to walk with a frame, bend and touch…

Gender specific knee launched in Chennai

March 29, 2024Woman specific knee The “Gender specific Knee” a High flex knee replacement implant specially designed for women was introduced for the first time in South India in Chennai at the Bharathiraja hospital by Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam, consultant Orthopaedic surgeon. The patient is a 43 year old South Indian housewife who has been suffering from bilateral…