Indore: Apollo Hospitals, Indore today achieved a landmark by becoming the first daycare centre in the country for both knee and hip replacement that allows the patient to be discharged on the same day. The daycare hip replacement surgery, which is the first in Central India and the second in the country, was successfully performed on a 30-year-old female suffering from acute pain in both hip joints since three years.

After the surgery, which involved the replacement of the damaged left hip joint with prosthetic components, the patient was discharged from the hospital the same evening in less than 12 hours after admission. This less than 12-hour hospital stay is a great advantage over the conventional joint replacement surgery that requires patients to stay in the hospital for up to a week to ten days for post-operative care, and reduces the cost and risk of hospital-acquired infection.

Dr. K Hari Prasad, President, Apollo Group Hospitals, said, “Apollo Hospitals has always been at the forefront when it comes to bringing in cutting-edge medical technology that helps provide the best of services to our patients. With improved surgical techniques such as minimally invasive or robotic surgery and better pain management methods, there is less blood and muscle loss with recovery faster and easier, making outpatient surgery possible on some elective procedures such as knee and hip replacement. Studies indicate that outpatient total joint replacement is expected to increase 457% for knee replacements and 633% for hip replacements over the next decade.

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