Visakhapatnam :

In a rare achievement, the doctors of Vizag Steel General Hospital have performed arthroscopic surgery (keyhole surgery) without opening the joint to fix fractures within the knee joints (Tibial Eminence Fractures) on two patients. G Venkateswara Rao, a senior most surgeon in the field of arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine at the hospital, led this technically demanding and challenging task.

In a release, Venkateswara Rao said that some fractures within the joints are treated by putting a plaster cast or through surgery carried out by opening the entire joint through incisions which are 10-15 cm long. However, Venkateswara Rao used the state-of-the-art arthroscopic equipment, and performed the ‘ACL Avulsion fixation and ACL pull out repair’ with 3-4 stab incisions of less than 5 mm. “Special Titanium screws and suture material were employed to prevent complications such as stiffness and infection,” he said.

The convalescence period of the two patients was reduced to two weeks each as against two months under the general method. Venkateswara Rao said such advanced methods could be adopted due to the state-of-the-art equipment available at Vizag Steel General Hospital. On the occasion, the officials of Vizag Steel expressed happiness at the success of this advanced operation technique.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service / October 15th, 2015