BHR with stem Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of Birmingham Hip Resurfacing in Chennai typically ranges from $510 to $4,900 USD (about ₹48,400 to ₹4.65 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for Birmingham Hip Resurfacing in Chennai is around $1,650 (about ₹1.57 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If a standard implant is used and you stay in a shared room, your bill is likely to be closer to $510 (about ₹48,400). It is likely to be nearer $4,900 (about ₹4.65 lakh) if a specialised implant is used, both sides are treated, it is a repeat operation or you choose a private room.

When comparing Chennai packages for Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Implants, plates or screws
• Physiotherapy
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

BHR with stem covers Birmingham Hip Resurfacing and similar metal-on-metal hip implants, where a metal cap is fitted over the ball of the hip rather than replacing it, and such implants call for careful choice of patient and monitoring for life.

Where a conventional total hip replacement cuts off the ball of the thigh bone and inserts a stem down its centre, resurfacing only trims and covers the ball, so more natural bone is kept.

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) alert MDA/2015/024 states that the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) system should no longer be used in women or where the femoral head is 46 mm or smaller, and advises yearly review for the life of the implant with imaging and metal ion blood tests.

Recovery is similar to a hip replacement, with walking aids for a number of weeks and physiotherapy.

Because the bearing is metal on metal, pain or a limp should be reported, and regular reviews with scans and metal ion blood tests are needed.

Fitness to fly: aviation guidance has no single figure for bone and joint surgery, but leg operations make clots on long flights more likely, so ask about prevention; the UK Civil Aviation Authority's medical guidance suggests 24 to 48 hours after a plaster cast.

In Chennai, the price of Birmingham Hip Resurfacing is generally built from these parts:

• Assessment before surgery: X-rays, scans and a fitness check.
• Theatre and anaesthetic: billed largely on operating time.
• Physiotherapy: while you are in hospital and after you leave.
• Implant: resurfacing or stemmed.
• Selection: by sex and head size.
• Stay: a few days.
• Monitoring: lifelong scans and blood tests.

Ask each Chennai hospital for an itemised costing showing any implant, surgeon, theatre, stay and physiotherapy, so offers can be compared fairly.

Orthopaedic departments in Chennai handle joint replacement, arthroscopy and trauma, generally with physiotherapists on site so that you start moving soon after surgery.

Hospitals in Chennai can hold NABH accreditation, India's national quality standard set by a board of the Quality Council of India and itself accredited by ISQua, and the NABH website shows whether an accreditation is still valid.

Joint Commission International (JCI) accredits a number of Indian hospitals, and its public directory lets you check whether a Chennai hospital on your shortlist is currently included.

Foreign patients can apply online for an Indian e-Medical visa, and family members who travel with them for an e-Medical Attendant visa; the official visa website lists the current conditions.