High Tibial Osteotomy Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of high tibial osteotomy 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 high tibial osteotomy 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 high tibial osteotomy, 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

A high tibial osteotomy (HTO) cuts and realigns the shin bone just below the knee, moving weight away from a worn inner side of the knee in people with early arthritis on one side.

Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust makes clear that HTO is for knee arthritis largely on one side that has not improved with non-surgical care, with better results in people under approximately 60 with smaller deformities and stable ligaments.

The correction is worked out with planning software and X-rays, and either a wedge of bone is removed (closing wedge) or the bone is opened to the planned angle (opening wedge).

The trust advises putting weight on the leg as comfort allows from the day after surgery, with crutches for approximately four to six weeks, driving after approximately six weeks and full recovery in approximately four to six months.

It reports continued benefit at 10 years in approximately 90% of people, and blood clots, slow healing or fracture in 1 to 5 in 100.

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 high tibial osteotomy 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.
• Technique: opening or closing wedge.
• Fixation: plate, screws and any bone graft.
• Stay: generally one night.
• Physiotherapy: for a number of months.

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.