Orthopedic Surgery in India
India is also a famous medical tourism destination for many years. There are a large number of super specialty well-equipped Orthopedic hospitals in india. Orthopedic hospitals in India are equipped to perform surgeries like hip replacement, knee replacement, and fusion. Orthopedic hospitals in delhi can perform cartilage and bone transplantation using minimally invasive techniques. We can organise for all major medical treatments and surgeries for different orthopedic procedures. There are number of specialist orthopedic surgeons in india who have made their mark across the world. Various leading super speciality hospitals across the length and breadth of India offer modern treatments in the area of Orthopedics.
Cardiac and Vascular Procedures
Cardiac Procedures
India is at the forefront of providing superior cardaiccare, both invasive and non-invasive, with specialty hospitlas like Escorts Heart Hospital, New Delhi, Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology in Bangalore, the Cardiology Hospital in Kanpur, the Heart Hospital in Calicut and the Sree Sudihindra Medical Mission Hospital in Cochin and Naraya Hrydayalaya Bangalore. They provide comprehensive cardiac care, right from preventive tests to assess your heart condition to robotic surgery. Their success rate is about 98%, at par with any hospital in the world. The cost is just 25% of what it would cost in any country outside Asia
Non-Invasive Cardiology
This includes procedures like Echocardiography, Color Doppler, Nuclear Scanning and Coronary Angiography. Other diagnostic techniques include intravascular ultrasound and closing of holes in the heart without surgery.
Invasive procedures
These include angiography, angioplasty, open heart surery and pediatric intervention procedures. Other procedures include coronary artery stenting, balloon valvuplasty, rotoblation and coronary atherctomy. An RF ablation costs about $2000. Let us understand some of these invasive procedures.
Angiography
This is an x-ray of the blood vessels using a dye . The purpose is to find out blockages in the arteries of the heart, detect atherosclerosis and to map the heart before surgery. Usually the femoral artery in the leg is punctured and the cardiologist inserts a catheter through this to the heart. It is a simple procedure done under local anesthesia. This costs about $570.
Angioplasty
In case the angiography reveals atherosclerosis, angioplasty is used to insert a balloon in the artery to remove the blockage. The balloon is mounted at the tip of a catheter inserted in to a blood vessel at the elbow or the groin. On reaching the blocked artery the surgeon inflates the balloon removes the deposits and then withdraws the catheter and the balloon. This costs about $4200 with three days of hospital stay. Angioplasty with a regular stent costs $6300 and about $8000 with a medicated stent.
Bypass
Coronary bypass improves blood flow to the heart through the coronary arteries. It costs about $8000 including hospital stay. It is done through a vein in the leg or from the internal mammary artery, or from an artery in the wrist. This creates an alternate path to carry blood to the heart by bypassing the blocked artery. This costs about $7000 including hospital stay of 8 days.
Open-heart surgery
The surgeon opens the patient’s chest and works on the heart or clears the blocked arteries. Here a heart-lung machine supports the patient while surgeons work on his heart. The operation takes about 5 hours and a hospital stay of a week. The patient is observed first in the ICU and then in the general ward. The incisions disappear after some time. But you must give up smoking and observe a healthy lifestyle to avoid recurrent blockages in your arteries.
Vascular Surgery
This is a common procedure in most hospitals. Vascular surgery includes operations to remove the gall bladder, spleen and hernia repair. All hospitals like Apollo Hospital Delhi and Manipal Hospital Bangalore have trained surgeons toperform these operations at alesser rate than in countires in the West.
Cost comparison
In the US, a total hip replacement surgery would cost around $39,000 (= 1,911,000 INR) whereas in India the same surgical operation can be done for a sum of only $6,000 (= 294,000 INR) Similarly, the cost of a total knee replacement in the UK comes around 9,500 pounds (= 788,500 INR), whereas the same in India costs just 3,000 pounds.A knee replacement will cost about 4000 pounds in India and about 10,000 pounds in the UK. Replacing both knees costs $12600 including the cost of the implant and two weeks hospital stay. Hip replacement costs about $5400 with a week’s stay in the hospital. Prices are indicative and vary in different hospitals.
Combine travel with health care
Along with the medical tourism one can get the chance to tour the wonders of Kerala and that too at no extra cost. Experience the beauty of enchanting backwaters, exotic wildlife, sea kissed beaches, lush green forests, mouth watering cuisine and popular Ayurveda health treatments on your medical tour to Kerala. The government and private hospitals endeavor to make Kerala a hub and world leader in health care solutions.