Medanta helps Uzbek national walks for the first time after 9 years

Dr. Rajgopal and the team at Medanta Bone and Joint institute immediately recommended her for a segmental resection and a total knee replacement surgery, both cutting edge procedures that are championed by Dr. Ashok Rajgopal and his team. In a surgery that lasted almost six hours, both the procedures were successfully performed by the team on December 17^th2015.

Speaking about the surgery Dr. Ashok Rajgopal, Chairman - Medanta Bone and Joint Institute said “When we first met her, she was severely disabled and was a wheelchair bound patient. She had had 9 previous surgeries and multiple scars on the same leg. Her limb was a little over 12cm short and had an un-united fracture of the thigh bone. We did a segmental resection implant and restored about 11cm of her leg length without damaging any nerve or blood vessel, thereby restoring her quality of life.”

Almost three weeks after surgery, Ms. Guzal is a happy lady and is re-discovering the joys of an independent life free from the handicaps. She is comfortably mobile albeit with a walker and independent in all her personal activities of daily living and can bend her knee normally. She has regained 11cms of length in her left leg basically making the length of both her legs almost the same further aiding her movement. With a small insole of 1.5cms she can further do away with any need of wearing the cumbersome shoe raise in future. Narrating about her experience, Ms. Guzal said “I was treated at Tashkent earlier but it didn’t help me much. I didn’t have any hope of getting back my leg and walking normally. I am grateful to everyone at Medanta for the treatment and returning my life back to normal.”