British Grandma has Knee surgery

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006051819280400.htm&date=2006/05/18/&prd=th& Date:18/05/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/18/stories/2006051819280400.htm ——————————————————————————– Tamil Nadu – Chennai British grandmother undergoes high flex knee replacement surgery M. Dinesh Varma Stages `remarkable recovery’ in 10 days CHENNAI: Neither cancer in old age nor a near-crippled knee could stop 69-year-old British grandmother, Mary Carmichael from coming all the way to Chennai for surgery. Ms. Carmichael who…

Fit for the mountains

American Mountaineer gets Knee surgery done in Chennai Search for More News Chennai, Feb 10: A 60-year-old American mountaineer John Parker, who recently underwent an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) ‘reconstruction’ and ‘partial medial menisectomy’, will be able to pursue his passion for rock climbing in three to four months’ time, his doctor has said. “He…

First High flexion Knee replacement in Tamil nadu

Location: Tamil nadu Special prosthesis which allows 155 degrees of knee bending A senior doctor from North India flew in to Chennai to undergo a high flexion total knee replacment. The surgery was peformed in a laminar airlflow theatre with minimally invasive instrumentation and a special prosthesi which allowed the knee to bend 155 degrees…