SAILENT FEATURES OF Dr. K. C.
Mehta's SPECIAL TECHNIQUE
Dr. K. C. Mehta does all knee replacement with minimal invasive technique. It means the incision is very small.
Dr. K. C. Mehta does not use diathermy during surgery,which is believed to be reducing chances of infection.
Very few patients require blood transfusion for knee replacement, provided their hemoglobin level pre operation is normal.
One of the cases operated by Dr. Mehta, who had been in quadraped position for many years and was operated with the same technique, has recovered walking on two limbs without any assistance of physiotherapist. DivyaBhaskar Group has selected this case as one of the top ten miracles of the medical sciences for the year 2010.
Patients operated using the same special surgical technique, can start walking with support of walker within 3-4 hrs and can generally start walking without any support within 24 hours up to 3 weeks.
Patients have walked as long as 300 km without pain and problems often.
Average length of hospital stay following surgery is just less than 3 days.
Dr. Mehta has successfully operated patient aged up to 94 years using the same technique, who had recovered without the help ofany physiotherapist.
Dr. Mehta has successfully operated patients with weight up to 135 kg having BMI more than 50.
