Recently I conducted a successful bilateral knee replacement surgery on 59 yrear old twin sisters Swapna Samel and Anchana Singare at Fortis Hospital Navi Mumbai . For the last 9 years, both Swapna and Archana have been suffering pain in the knee making it difficult for them to walk. Pain killers were only a temporary relief. By the time the twins consulted Badiyani, there was no option but to undergo surgery.
The sisters had various deformities with bowing of both knees, subluxation (incomplete or partial dislocation) of more than 50% of the knee joint as a result of which they were not able to stand and walk without support. With support, they could barely walk for a few minutes. “Since this was a unique case, it was decided to use bone conservative techniques and gender specific knee replacement implants specially designed for females. Now there is between 0-100 degree range of…
