Knee Replacement Surgery-Revision

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Hi , I am Aravindkrishnan from Coimbatore . I just want to understand the intricacies of knee replacement surgery. My mother in law has to go for Knee Replacement surgery-Revision(Since her primary surgery was unsuccessful ). Our surgeon prefers foreign vendor knee than Indian vendors. Surgeon also says cost difference of foreign suppliers over Indian suppliers is around 2 lakhs (approx. ). Since it is revision , please guide me to choose the type of knee. Do we have quality standard for Indian vendors ?? How good it is ??.

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Dr. Bakul Arora Orthopedist 16 yrs exp Thane Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Bakul Arora

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Various companies offer quality Knee revision systems, few of them are: Zimmer-Biomet (USA), Aesculap (Germany), Link (Germany), JnJ Depuy (USA). The choice largely depends of surgeon's preference & expertise. Unfortunately quality systems by Indian companies are not available yet.

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