Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Syed Qasim Shah on Saturday successfully performed first ever knee replacement operation of Hazara division at District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Abbottabad.
The female patient of Sultanpur Havelian Ghazala Bibi was admitted to the Orthopaedic ward of DHQ Abbottabad and doctors advised her for knee replacement owing to severe pain and movement issues.
Despite limited resources in DHQ hospital Abbottabad Surgeon Shah performed successful surgery. Knee replacement, also known as knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve pain and disability.
It was commonly performed for osteoarthritis, he said adding, also for other knee diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Knee replacement was a costly and complicated procedure which was never conducted before in the government hospitals of Hazara division, the doctor said.
Dr Shah said in big cities like Rawalpindi and Islamabad, charges of this operation is Rs2 million but they have successfully completed knee replacement surgery just for Rs0.2 million which was the cost of knee plates, besides other expenditure.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 27th, 2020.
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