• Two complex surgeries at Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital in New Delhi, enables 21-year-old Gaurav Sharma to walk again.
  • Sharma had met with an accident in 2005.
  • The accident landed him with a fused hip and short left leg that compelled him to take the help of a crutch to walk. 
  • Since then he had undergone six surgeries at different hospitals but was in vain.
  • The complication aggravated as Sharma had a nail in his thigh bone that posed a problem for the hip prosthesis.
  • The muscles surrounding his hip joint was also scarred and atrophied that made his prosthetic hip joint unstable increasing the chances of a dislocation.
  • Finally, Sharma underwent a successful hip replacement surgery at Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, performed by Dr. Dhananjay Gupta.
  • All his previous implants were removed as his infection level was high. 
  • Six months after the hip replacement surgery, he underwent hip arthroplasty at the hospital.
  • Sharma is now able to walk to again without support.

 

Source: The Business Standard