Limb Lengthening Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of limb lengthening 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 limb lengthening 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 limb lengthening, 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

Limb lengthening gradually increases the length of a bone, normally in the leg, after it has been divided and fixed with an internal nail or an external frame, so that new bone fills the gap.

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) says that the bone is cut and a magnetic nail fixed inside, and lengthening begins six to seven days later at about 1 mm a day with a handheld controller, so gaining 50 mm takes about 50 days.

The new bone then takes months to harden, and the nail normally remains for 18 to 24 months.

RNOH names stiff joints and tight soft tissues, which can be permanent, nerve or blood vessel injury, poor bone healing, infection and blood clots, risks that weigh heavily when surgery is done to gain height.

It describes X-rays every two weeks while lengthening, two crutches and essential physiotherapy, so a long stay or dependable follow-up is 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 limb lengthening 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.
• Implant choice: brand and type of joint, plate or screws.
• Rehabilitation: physiotherapy on the ward and once you leave.
• Device: internal nail or external frame.
• Length gained: sets the duration.
• Physiotherapy: intensive and long.
• Second operation: to remove the nail.

Ask each Gurgaon hospital for an itemised estimate showing the implant, surgeon, theatre, stay and physiotherapy, so that 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.

Gurgaon was officially renamed Gurugram by the Haryana government in 2016, so hospital letters, maps and taxi apps may use either name.