Pelvic Floor Reconstruction Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of pelvic floor reconstruction 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 pelvic floor reconstruction in Chennai is around $2,850 (about ₹2.70 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 $1,550 (about ₹1.47 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $5,750 (about ₹5.45 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Chennai packages for pelvic floor reconstruction, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Laboratory tests on removed tissue
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Pelvic floor reconstruction repairs weakened support of the bladder, womb, bowel or upper end of the vagina to treat pelvic organ prolapse.

Operations include front and back wall repairs (colporrhaphy), sacrospinous fixation that supports the upper vagina with stitches, sacrocolpopexy with mesh and hysteropexy, which lifts the womb instead of removing it.

Pelvic floor exercises, a vaginal pessary and control of weight and cough are tried first by many women.

NICE guidance IPG583 found sacrocolpopexy with mesh effective but with serious, well-recognised safety concerns, including mesh eroding into the vagina, and advises that only specialists perform it, with cases recorded on a registry.

Transvaginal mesh for front or back wall prolapse is restricted in the UK.

Fitness to fly: there is no aviation figure specific to this procedure, so fly after the surgeon has reviewed you and ask how to reduce clot risk on a long journey.

In Chennai, the price of pelvic floor reconstruction is generally built from these parts:

• Tests beforehand: bloods, scans and a check by the anaesthetist.
• Operating theatre and anaesthetic: billed largely on time spent in theatre.
• Specialist fees: which are set by each hospital.
• Surgical approach: open, keyhole or robotic, where more than one is possible.
• Kind of prolapse: front, back or vault.
• Repair: native tissue or mesh.
• Route: vaginal or abdominal.
• Length of stay: generally a few days.

Ask the Chennai hospital whether the price estimate includes the anaesthetist, the scan or biopsy results, medicines and the post-operative review.

Gynaecology in Chennai is offered by multi-speciality and women's hospitals, with keyhole and hysteroscopic surgery widely available.

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.

Chennai was called Madras until the Tamil Nadu government changed the name in 1996, so older documents and some hospital paperwork may still use the earlier name.