10 Best Orthopedic Hospital in Kolkata

• Recent studies state a 95% success rate of knee replacement surgery in India. 

• The cost of hip replacement surgery in India ranges from Rs. 2,50,000 to Rs. 3,00,000.
• Click here to know more about the cost of ACL surgery in India.

• Dr. K. H. Sancheti and Dr. P. K. Dave are among the best orthopedic doctors in India.
• Click here to know who are the top 10 orthopedic doctors in India.

• The recovery period varies depending on the surgery itself. For instance, ACL surgery has a recovery period of 8 to 12 months. But it only takes 3 to 6 weeks to recover from a knee replacement surgery.

Listed below is the most common type of orthopedic surgery

• Knee Replacement
• ACL Surgery
• Hip Replacement
• Shoulder Replacement
• Arthroscopy
• Joint Fusion

The operations with the highest mortality in the 1.5 months after surgery were femur fracture reduction and coronary artery bypass.

For laparoscopic repair, in which doctors use special tools to make several small incisions, recovery is 1 to 2 weeks to resume light activity and full recovery at four weeks

You should be able to stop using your crutches or walking frame and resume normal activities 6 weeks after surgery. 

• At one year, survival was 99.5%, and at five years, 97.4%
• At one year, in event-free survival, it was 84.6%, and at five years, it was 65.9%
• At one year, in ischemia-free survival, it was 84.6%, and at five years, it was 44.8%

Following your operation, while you're still healing, you should avoid some things like:

• You should, for a few days, avoid placing weight on your knee by staying off your feet
• Avoid going around; you will require a walker or crutches
• Don't put stress on your knee
• Don’t raise your knee