Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals conducted a national Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme on orthopaedics in New Delhi. The programme was for medical practitioners to discuss issues like the approach to a patient with arthritis, surgical management of arthritis in TKR, new trends in TKR, back pain approach, common spine surgery, recent trends in spine surgery, paediatric orthopaedic disorders, common hip trauma, approach to hip arthritis-total hip arthroplasty, etc.
The programme focused on delivering a series of stimulating, interactive and practical learning experiences via lectures, case-centric discussions and workshops based on topical issues addressed by renowned senior consultants of orthopaedics from Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals including Dr Yash Gulati, Dr V Sukhija, Dr Rohini Handa, Dr KB Attri, Dr H Tandon, Dr KJ Choudhary, Dr Y Kharbanda, Dr Raju Vaishya and Dr Chanra Shekhar.
Speaking at the occasion, Dr Yash Gulati, Senior Consultant-Orthopaedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said, “CME has been very important, especially now, when problems such as arthritis and osteoporosis among the ageing population are becoming a major cause of disability. More than two million new cases with debilitating arthritis or lower back pain are being reported annually and as a matter of fact, both the conditions are preventable and treatable if professional help is sought in time. The thumb rule is, the earlier a person seeks professional help the better are the clinical results and the quality of life.”
Enlightening the attendees on the latest trends in joint replacements, Dr Raju Vaishya, Senior Consultant-Orthopedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said, “There have been many new developments in the field of joint replacement surgery in recent past. The newer joints are much stronger and flexible. Hence, now the patients can do unlimited activities after joint replacement and perform their activities of daily living without any problem. The life of these artificial joints has also improved considerably. So, these joints can these joints can now last for 20-25 years. The latest addition to the techniques of knee replacement includes using patient specific instrumentation (PSI) after making customised jigs for the patient as per the shape, size and deformity of their knees. By using this technique the accuracy of doing knee replacement increases to more than 99 per cent. This technology increases the accuracy of the joint replacement and gives quick recovery at no significant extra cost.”
Apollo Hospitals promotes such programmes which aim to share globally-relevant standards of evidence-based practice.
EH News Bureau
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