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95 Year Old Woman Undergoes Total Knee Relplacement
COIMBATORE 2007: A 95-year-old woman, Lakshmi Devi,
has undergone a knee replacement surgery and this has prompted the
hospital where she underwent the procedure to stake claim for a
place in the Limca Book of World Records.
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon G. Balasubramanian at Sri Ramakrishna
Hospital, where the surgery had been done, claims that total knee
replacement in a 95- year-old person may be a rare achievement.
Lakshmi Devi, a resident of Coimbatore, was suffering from painful
knee for the past few years. The pain became so severe recently that
she could hardly take a few steps. She lost sleep and life became
increasingly miserable for her at this age.
Finally, she consulted Dr. Balasubramanian and opted for a knee
replacement surgery. The surgeon said the surgery was successful and
that the patient started walking in two days after the procedure was
done. She returned home in a week.
Dr. Balasubramanian says that because of increasing life expectancy
and the changes in lifestyle, thousands of people are suffering from
arthritis in the knee.
Though knee replacement is very successful in terms of relief from
pain and the restoration of mobility, patients are reluctant to
undergo surgery at an early stage.
They come for surgery only at a very late stage when the knees are
bent and bow-shaped.
They should be encouraged to undergo surgery at an earlier stage so
that they do not have to suffer for years. The deterioration into a
bow shape can also be prevented.
The doctor says there is reluctance to undergo surgery once such
people cross 60 years of age. "This woman is an example that knee
replacement can be done even for people who are 100-years-old. The
anaesthesia and surgical techniques are much developed now and
therefore safe," he says.
Dr. G. Balasubramanian
Sri Ramakrishna Hospital
395, Sarojini Naidu road,
Coimbatore,
India
E-mail:
[email protected]
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