Maxillectomy Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of maxillectomy 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 maxillectomy in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your operation is planned, done by keyhole or a standard method, and you go home after a short stay, 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 you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for maxillectomy, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Packing, splints or dressings
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

A maxillectomy takes away part or all of the upper jaw bone (maxilla), which forms the roof of the mouth, normally to treat cancer of the mouth, sinuses or nose.

Cancer Research UK says that removing bone from the roof of the mouth leaves an opening between the mouth and nose, which is either rebuilt with tissue or sealed with a dental plate called an obturator.

The choice depends on how much bone is taken out and on general health.

Speech and swallowing may change at first; an obturator is adjusted over time, and specialist dental and speech therapy help with eating and talking.

Cancer care needs a multidisciplinary team, so it is worth asking who provides follow-up and how it continues after you return home.

Flying home: cabin pressure changes can cause pain or trouble after ear, nose or sinus surgery, so the ENT surgeon checks you are fit to fly at the review appointment.

A Gurgaon quote for maxillectomy is normally made up of these items:

• Pre-operative tests: blood work, imaging and an anaesthetic assessment.
• Theatre and anaesthesia charges: mostly set by time in the operating room.
• Consultant fees: which differ from one hospital to the next.
• Type of operation: open, keyhole or robotic where there is a choice.
• Partial or total: the extent of surgery.
• Reconstruction: tissue flap or obturator.
• Dental and speech therapy: after surgery.
• Further treatment: including radiotherapy.

Cancer surgery costs depend on the stage, the reconstruction and any further treatment including radiotherapy, so complex cases in Gurgaon can cost more than the range above.

ENT surgery in Gurgaon is carried out in multi-speciality hospitals with endoscopes and operating microscopes, and head and neck cases can involve reconstructive and cancer teams.

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 sits on the south-western edge of Delhi, a short road transfer from Indira Gandhi International Airport, which is the usual arrival point for international patients.