Sakra World Hospital has highlighted the trends and technical advancements in the total knee replacement (TKR) procedure. At the day-long first-ever Indo-Japanese knee course, Dr. Nao Shibanuma, HOD & senior consultant of orthopaedics, Kobe Kaisei Hospital, Japan and Dr. Chandrashekar, HOD, Institute of Bone & Joints at Sakra World Hospital also unveiled the Handheld Pocket Navigation in total knee replacement which is the latest advancement in the field.

The annual Indo-Japanese exchange programme was attended by around 150 doctors across the country. Among those present included Prof. Rajesh Malhotra from AIIMS (Delhi), Dr. Akhil Dadi, Srikara Hospital (Hyderabad), Dr. Aashish Sharma from SDMM (Jaipur), Dr. Anil Thomas Oommen, CMC (Vellore), Dr. P Dhanasekara from Ganga Medical Center & Hospital (Coimbatore) and Dr. Banarji B H from Sakra World Hospital.

The course focused on the computer assisted TKR procedure being adopted at Sakra World that helped in faster recovery, lesser blood loss, higher accuracy, safer options for diabetic, hypertension, blood pressure and heart patients among others.

The purpose of this course has been to find out the latest technology available that can be shared with the young doctors in India as well as benefit the end patient. The best of Indian doctors who were part of the faculty shared their experience and expertise in the subject,” said Dr. Chandrashekar. P, head, Sakra Institute of Bone and Joints, Sakra World Hospital.

The one-day course which was divided into three sessions and two live surgeries divulged into various topics including basics of knee arthroplasty, biomechanics of the knee and bones, detailed explanation on the various techniques used by surgeons during knee arthroplasty, introduction to computer assisted knee replacement procedure, different types of navigational knee replacement procedure, benefits of computer assisted knee replacement over conventional knee replacement procedure, followed by discussion of complex case studies by the experts in the field.

“Though India and Japan are so different in terms of culture, language and food, yet what we practice in medicine is similar. We will be able to exchange the best of techniques and templates in the advanced treatment of total knee replacement procedure and believe that it will benefit both sides and will continue to collaborate moving forward,” said Dr. Nao Shibanuma, HOD & senior consultant, Kobe Kaisei Hospital, Japan.

The 350-bed multispecialty hospital offering neuro sciences, cardiac sciences, orthopedics, women and child health, digestive and hepatobiliary sciences, renal sciences, emergency and trauma care has 12 integrated modular operation theatres.