BHR with stem Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of Birmingham Hip Resurfacing in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for Birmingham Hip Resurfacing in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 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 $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if a specialised implant is used, both sides are treated, it is a repeat operation or you choose a private room.

When comparing Gurgaon 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 refers to Birmingham Hip Resurfacing and related metal-on-metal hip implants, in which the ball of the hip is capped with metal instead of being replaced; these implants need careful patient selection and lifelong monitoring.

A standard total hip replacement takes away the ball of the thigh bone and places a stem inside the bone, whereas resurfacing reshapes and caps only the surface of the ball, keeping more of the patient's own bone.

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 required.

Flying home: aviation guidance sets no single wait for bone and joint operations, but leg surgery makes clots on long flights more likely, so ask how to prevent them; UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance suggests 24 to 48 hours after a plaster cast.

A Gurgaon quote for Birmingham Hip Resurfacing is normally made up of these items:

• Tests before the operation: X-rays, other scans and an anaesthetic check.
• Theatre and anaesthetic: charged mainly by operating time.
• Rehabilitation: physiotherapy on the ward and once you leave.
• Implant: resurfacing or stemmed.
• Selection: by sex and head size.
• Stay: a few days.
• Monitoring: lifelong scans and blood tests.

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

Orthopaedic departments in Gurgaon cover joint replacement, arthroscopy and trauma, usually with in-house physiotherapy so that patients start moving soon after surgery.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

International patients apply online for India's e-Medical visa, and up to two family members can usually travel on e-Medical Attendant visas; confirm the current rules on the official Indian visa portal.