Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar has conducted successful Quadruple Joint replacement surgery in a crippled patient, the first of its kind in Odisha and second Case reported Globally, AIIMS release informed Saturday.
A 37- year female from Aul Block of Kendrapara district was admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar with severely painful arthritic knee and hip joints on both sides.
She was suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and was on numerous medications. Unfortunately, she was crippled because of severe arthritic involvements of the hips and knees.
She was able to walk to her toilet with the help of walking aids and that too with extreme difficulty. There were no movements in the hip joints and she had very little movement in both knees.
She needed replacement surgeries of all four joints. The patient was evaluated by a team of doctors and planned surgeries of both the hip and knee joints in one setting.
Four joint replacements in one setting incur numerous challenges to the patient and surgeon. The bleeding and surgical stress on the patient were evaluated during the surgery with blood parameters.
The replacements of the hips were performed first followed by the knees. The surgery could be completed in three hours and the patient started walking on the third day and was happy with the outcomes.
The surgery was done by Dr Sujit Kumar Tripathy and Dr Mantu Jain who were the chief orthopaedic surgeons and the anaesthesia team was led by Dr Sritam Swarup Jena.
AIIMS sources claimed that previously only one case has been reported from AIIMS Delhi in which an Odia patient was operated on with all four joint replacements in one setting. This is the second case to be reported globally and the first of its kind in Odisha where all four joints were replaced in one setting.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive director Prof (Dr) Ashutosh Biswas congratulated the team for managing such a complex case and providing mobility to the patient.
Such surgeries are rare and must be carried out with extreme caution, said Dr Biswas.
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