Pollicization Surgery Cost in New Delhi, India

The cost of pollicization surgery in New Delhi typically ranges from $1,900 to $7,000 USD (about ₹1.80 lakh to ₹6.64 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for pollicization surgery in New Delhi is around $3,500 (about ₹3.32 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 $1,900 (about ₹1.80 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $7,000 (about ₹6.64 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 pollicization surgery, 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

Pollicization is an operation that turns a child's index finger into a working thumb, for children born without a functioning thumb.

The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) explains that pollicization is used for children whose thumb did not develop fully (thumb hypoplasia) or is missing, and sometimes after injury.

HSS describes a usual minimum age of about 18 months, ideally before preschool, with the index finger shortened, rotated into the thumb position and its muscles and tendons rearranged.

The operation takes under two hours and the hand stays in a cast for about four weeks, followed, as HSS describes, by therapy twice a week for about two months and a night splint.

The new thumb grows with the hand, and risks include stiffness, length problems, scarring and infection, while loss of the thumb is rare.

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 pollicization surgery 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.
• Physiotherapy: in hospital and after discharge.
• Child: age and hand anatomy.
• Children's anaesthesia: and stay.
• Cast: for about four weeks.
• Hand therapy: for about two months.

Ask each Delhi hospital for an itemised quote showing any implant, surgeon, theatre, stay and hand therapy or 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.

Patients travelling from abroad can apply online for India's e-Medical visa, and accompanying family members for an e-Medical Attendant visa; check the current conditions on the official Indian visa portal before booking.