Patients suffering from knee pain have a less invasive option offered by Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam in Chennai. He is one of the first surgeons in India and the first in Tamil nadu to offer knee resurfacing. He performed Tamil nadu’s first knee resurfacing on the 17th April at a Chennai hospital. The surgery was witnessed by orthopedic [...]

Orthoglide knee resurfacing We will be shortly introducing a new concept in knee arthroplasty.  We shall be implanting a unicompartmental inter positional implant for a case of medial compartment arthritis.  The surgery is scheduled for later this month. It received FDA approval in 2006. More than 300 implantations have occurred by one surgeon alone in [...]

A Kenyan businessman got cheap price knee replacements in India. LinkedTubeA

Custom fit knee replacement As more and more young patients undergo knee replacement, we are offering custom fit knee replacement to prolong the life &  success of the operation. Two patients have undergone total knee replacements with the ‘Visionaire‘ patient specific instruments by Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam. Both are middle age ladies with severe osteo-arthritis and gross deformities. The [...]

Knee replacement success story of South African patient in India. LinkedTube

A twenty five year old Nigerian student underwent a total knee replacement this week. He is the youngest patient so far to have had a knee replacement by me. His knee was damaged by an affliction in infancy. Previous to this our youngest patient to undergo a knee replacement was a thirty four year old [...]

Patients seeking a knee replacement at our facility can now avail of a latest advance, patient specific instrumentation. Patient specific instrumentation or customized knee cutting blocks reduce operating time and operative steps. The method consists of undergoing an MRI scan one month ahead of the planned date of the knee replacement procedure. The extra cost [...]