Flexor and Extensor Tendon Repair Surgery Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of flexor and extensor tendon repair in Chennai typically ranges from $1,550 to $5,750 USD (about ₹1.47 lakh to ₹5.45 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for flexor and extensor tendon repair in Chennai is around $2,850 (about ₹2.70 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 $1,550 (about ₹1.47 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $5,750 (about ₹5.45 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 flexor and extensor tendon repair, 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

Flexor and extensor tendon repair stitches together cut or torn tendons in the hand, which bend (flexor) or straighten (extensor) the fingers and thumb.

The NHS makes clear that hand tendon repair might be needed after a deep cut or bite, or because of a long-term condition such as rheumatoid arthritis, and is done under general or local anaesthetic.

A repaired tendon is weak at first, so careful protection and therapy shape the end result as much as the operation does.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust observes that a flexor tendon takes up to 12 weeks to heal, with a splint worn day and night for six weeks and part-time for two more, and no driving for no less than eight weeks.

Both too much and too little exercise can lead to rupture or to tendons sticking to nearby tissue, and the NHS also sets out infection and incomplete return of movement.

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 flexor and extensor tendon repair is generally built from these parts:

• Assessment before surgery: X-rays, scans and a fitness check.
• Theatre and anaesthetic: billed largely on operating time.
• Implant: the make and model of joint, plate or screws.
• Physiotherapy: while you are in hospital and after you leave.
• Tendons: how many and which fingers.
• Type: flexor or extensor.
• Anaesthesia: general or local.
• Splint and hand therapy: for approximately 12 weeks.

Ask each Chennai hospital for an itemised costing showing any implant, surgeon, theatre, stay and hand therapy or 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.

If a Chennai hospital runs an international patient service, ask whether it can provide the invitation letter for your e-Medical visa and arrange airport collection, interpreters and nearby accommodation.