Osteotomy Cost in New Delhi, India

The cost of an osteotomy in New Delhi 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 an osteotomy in New Delhi 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 New Delhi packages for an 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

An osteotomy is an operation that cuts and reshapes or realigns a bone, most often around the knee or hip, to ease pain and correct deformity while keeping the natural joint.

A high tibial osteotomy realigns the shin bone below the knee for arthritis on the inner side, and a distal femoral osteotomy realigns the thigh bone above the knee, often for knock knees.

Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust describes knee osteotomy as a way of keeping the natural joint, often seen as buying time before a joint replacement. It is offered mainly to younger, active people whose damage is limited to one part of the joint.

Recovery depends on the bone treated, and after a knee osteotomy the trust describes crutches for about four to six weeks, longer after femoral osteotomy, with overall recovery of about four to six months.

General risks include blood clots, slow bone healing and fracture, reported in about 1 to 5 in 100.

Fit-to-fly window: no single aviation figure covers bone and joint surgery, but leg operations raise clot risk on long flights, so ask about clot prevention; UK Civil Aviation Authority guidance for health professionals advises 24 to 48 hours after a plaster cast.

A Delhi estimate for an osteotomy is usually built from these parts:

• Tests before surgery: X-rays, scans and fitness checks.
• Operating theatre and anaesthesia: billed largely by time in theatre.
• Implants: type and brand of joint, plates or screws.
• Bone: knee, hip, foot or other.
• Fixation: plates and screws or other.
• Stay: usually short.
• Physiotherapy: for several months.

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

Delhi NCR has a wide base of orthopaedic departments covering joint replacement, arthroscopy and trauma, usually with physiotherapy on site for early mobilisation.

India's national hospital standard is set by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), a constituent board of the Quality Council of India whose standards are accredited by ISQua; you can check a Delhi hospital's current NABH status on the NABH website.

Delhi has a long record with international accreditation: India's first hospital to receive Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, in July 2005, is in New Delhi, and JCI keeps a public list of accredited organisations.

International patients usually arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi; allow for road travel time, as hospitals are spread across Delhi and the neighbouring NCR cities.