Tendon Transfer Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of tendon transfer 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 tendon transfer 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 tendon transfer, 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

Tendon transfer moves a working tendon from its usual place so it can take over the job of a tendon or muscle that no longer works, for example after a tendon rupture or nerve injury.

The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) gives the example of rupture of the thumb's long extensor tendon (EPL), which straightens the end joint of the thumb and can rupture after a wrist fracture or in rheumatoid arthritis.

BSSH says that the torn ends normally cannot be joined directly, so a graft or a transfer of a nearby tendon is used.

BSSH points out that surgery is normally not urgent unless other tendons are at risk, that a splint is generally worn for three to six weeks, and that hand therapy teaches the brain to use the transferred tendon.

Tendon transfers are also used after nerve injuries and in some neurological conditions, choosing a donor tendon whose loss causes little weakness.

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 tendon transfer 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.
• Tendon: which one and the job it takes over.
• Anaesthesia: general or arm block.
• Splint: for three to six weeks.
• Hand therapy: to retrain movement.

Ask each Gurgaon hospital for an itemised estimate showing any implant, surgeon, theatre, stay and hand therapy or physiotherapy, so 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.

International patients apply online for India's e-Medical visa, and up to two family members can usually travel on e-Medical Attendant visas; confirm the current rules on the official Indian visa portal.