Orthopedic Surgery
The Orthopedic clinic of DOC Medical Center is well equipped to handle all sorts of orthopedic surgeries ranging from birth defects to injury, arthritis, and many more. Generally, orthopedic surgeries focus on correcting anomalies in the bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and nerves. The surgical procedure can range from simple to complex ones depending on the severity of the injury and the parts of the body affected.
Diagnosing a disease condition is essential for any surgical procedure, especially those related to orthopedic surgery. DOC Medical Center's diagnostic facility is equipped with leading-edge diagnostic equipment and experienced technologists that operate them. The extensive capacity to take various tests quickly helps our doctors diagnose patients’ conditions on time and start treatment quickly. Orthopedic surgeries may require several surgical techniques and the intervention of specialized surgical professionals such as neurosurgeon, face reconstruction surgeon, among others.
DOC Medical Center is a specialist center with several specialized clinics offering services from orthopedic surgery to rehabilitation and everything in-between. In essence, we provide all services required to make precise diagnoses, carry out advanced surgical procedures, and provide the necessary post-surgery support for complete recovery.
Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques
DOC Medical Center focuses on minimally invasive surgery techniques where possible. This approach is safer than conventional open surgery and allows the patients to recover faster. Since this technique uses fewer incisions, the pain and scarring reduce substantially as the patient heals. Given our advanced surgical procedures, our experienced surgeons can use minimally invasive methods to perform surgeries with a high level of precision.
Below are some of the orthopedic surgeries performed at DOC Medical Center.
Types of Surgery
The spine or backbone plays an essential role in the daily activities of humans. Medical professionals at DOC Medical Center are equipped to provide comprehensive spine care, including surgery when required.
The surgery option comes as a final resort when other therapeutic methods, such as physical therapy, medicaments, spinal injection, and pain management failed to yield the desired result. For instance, we would recommend surgery for a patient with degenerating spinal cord complications that did not respond to non-surgical treatment. The goal of the surgical approach to spine problems is to improve symptoms and halt degeneration.
After the surgery, the patient should experience improved mobility, significantly reduced pain that enhances mental health and improves sleep. The patient should return to normal life at work and home after the spinal surgery procedure.
Some of the common spine surgery include:
Decompression Surgery: This surgery aims at relieving symptoms caused by pressure on the spinal cord or nerve root. Some examples of this type of surgery include discectomy, Disc prolapse (herniated disc), and Spinal Stenosis (Laminectomy ).
Spinal Fusion: This procedure, also known as dynamic stabilization, relieves painful movement and stabilizes the spine. It entails fusing two vertebrates to a single bone to achieve the above objectives.
Medical Tourist from different nations comes DOC Medical every year to undergo knee surgery by our expert surgeons. Besides the advanced diagnostic imaging and leading-edge surgical techniques carried out by our surgeons, our attention to detail and compassionate care make us outstanding. DOC Medical Center orthopedic surgeons perform all types of knee surgeries ranging from the common ones to complicated knee surgery procedures.
Knee-related traumas that required surgery are often performed immediately after the necessary diagnostic imaging. However, steroid injection, physiotherapy, pain management, or orthopedic support such as braces may treat some knee conditions effectively. Our orthopedic doctors would only recommend surgery when conservative treatment for degenerative knee conditions did not yield satisfactory results.
A few conditions that may require knee surgery include: arthritis, fractures, infection, knee deformity, avascular necrosis, sport-related injury, knee malalignment syndrome, just to mention a few.
Some knee surgeries performed at DOC Medical Centre include:
- ACL reconstruction surgery: A surgical tissue graft replacement of the knee’s anterior cruciate ligament using the arthroscopic procedure.
- Knee fracture surgery: Kneecap injury resulting from trauma would require surgical intervention where realignment would not yield the desired result.
- Kneecap / lateral release surgery – If you have a dislocated kneecap that has not responded to conservative treatment, a lateral release technique may be recommended.
- Neuro-orthopedic surgery: This surgical procedure treats trauma-related knee contracture, stiff knee gains resulting from cerebral palsy or stroke, and many more.
- Total Knee Replacement: This procedure replaces the bones and cartilages in the shinbone and thigh bone, replacing them with an artificial knee implant.
The orthopedic department of DOC Medical Center offers comprehensive treatment for arthritis and other conditions that causes chronic pain in the hip and knee joints. Treatment procedures include physiotherapy, anti-inflammatory injections, pain management, and lots more. In cases where degeneration continues despite conventional treatment, surgical intervention would be necessary.
The following joint generative conditions may require total joint replacement:-hip dysplasia, hip fracture, bone tumor, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, among many others.
Our in-house orthopedic surgeons collaborate with other specialists to provide care for individuals undergoing joint replacement surgical procedures. Our team of experts tries their best to preserve the joint and only performs the entire joint replacement when necessary. We use minimally invasive surgery techniques and other leading-edge technology that enhances precision surgery. These procedures offer exceptional outcomes, minimize pain, reduce scarring, and improve the patient’s speedy recovery.
You are assured of post-surgery support to enhance your complete recovery so you can live an everyday life again.
The anterior cruciate ligament, commonly referred to as ACL is the fibrous tissues that connect the tight bone to the shin bone. The ACL controls the knee movements, including rotations, side-stepping, pivoting, and other knee-related activities. A sudden twist in the ACL, which may occur during sporting activities, undermines the knee integrity. Symptoms of ACL injury include swollen knees, restricted knee movement, loss of full-range motion, and severe pains.
Our resident orthopedic consultant would inspect the patient with ACL injury and may request a diagnostic scan imaging test. With CT scan, MRI scan, and X-Ray readily available at DOC Medical Centre, diagnosis of ACL condition is accurate, and treatment is fast.
When there is a need for surgery, the orthopedic surgeon prepares to perform a minimally invasive arthroscopic ACL surgery. The ACL reconstruction procedure requires replacing the damaged ligament from a donor (allograft) or the patient’s body (autograft).
ACL recovery requires lots of rest and patience. However, the teams of professionals at DOC Medical Centre are committed to providing the support you need to recover completely. We provide an in-house rehabilitation program that helps the patient return to pre-injury functionality quickly.
The feet and ankles play a crucial role in human mobility. The anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and the calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) are the two ligaments that maintain foot and ankle strength. Just like other ligaments of the body, strain can cause these tissues to wear and tear, which may require surgical repair.
DOC Medical Center orthopedic consultants use the latest diagnostic technologies to determine the extent of damage and determine the best treatment method. Conservative treatment for foot and ankle conditions includes physical therapy, anti-inflammatory medication, bracing, casting, and many more.
If surgery is required, we use minimally invasive surgical techniques such as arthroscopy and lateral ankle ligament reconstruction. These methods ensure minimal incisions and quicker recovery for the patient. Our team of professionals provides post-surgery support and rehabilitation the patient needs for complete recovery.
Apart from strain on the vital ligaments of the feet and ankle, other conditions that may require surgical intervention include ankle fracture, spur foot, and bunions. Other foot defects include congenital feet conditions like overlapping toes, clubfoot, toe fusion.
Several factors such as degenerative diseases like asthma or trauma occurrence such as accidents may affect sections of the hand and wrist. Common hand-related orthopedic conditions include trauma and fracture, tennis elbow, osteoarthritis, and few others.
Although some fractures, such as distal radius fractures, can be treated without surgery using a splint or cast and immobilizing the hand. In any case, DOC Medical Center diagnostic department is well equipped with modern diagnostic imaging technologies such as MRI Scan, Digital X-Ray, and CT Scan. Our r doctors can quickly diagnose a patient’s condition accurately and recommend a treatment method that delivers the best outcomes.
DOC Medical Center has a team of highly experienced orthopedic surgeons and medical professionals treating all types of fracture, traumatic injuries, and correct congenital conditions. Whether the patient requires multiple surgeries that include bone repair, soft tissue corrections, or replantation of limbs, we can handle it.
It is essential to treat hand/wrist-related orthopedic conditions quickly before they deteriorate. Book an appointment with our orthopedic clinic here.