TUKSplasty – A New Type of Partial Knee Replacement Surgery with Vitamin E Poly Performed for the First Time in Rajasthan at Shalby Hospitals Jaipur

Surgery was performed by Dr. Deepak Saini, Senior Joint Replacement Surgeon, Shalby Hospital

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Jaipur (Rajasthan)

Jaipur-June 30,2023।

TUKSpalsty, which is a new type of Partial Knee Replacement Surgery with Vitamin E Poly, was done for the first time in Rajasthan at Shalby Hospitals Jaipur. This was performed by Shalby’s Senior Joint Replacement Surgeon Dr. Deepak Saini.

 TUKSplasty is a revolutionary knee replacement procedure and has distinct advantages over the traditional partial knee replacement, which is known by various terms like unicompartmental knee replacement, unicondylar knee replacement and microplasty. Vitamin E Poly used in TUKSplasty significantly increases longevity of the joint implant with a very low wear rate. TUKSplasty is the ideal procedure when only one part of the knee is damaged and needs to be replaced. It is the type of partial knee replacement surgery that uses Vitamin E Poly. 

The patient, Krishna Devi from Rajgarh, who is merely 46 years old was an ideal case for TUKSplasty as only one part of both her knees was damaged. She underwent TUKSplasty by Dr. Deepak Saini on both her knees.

Dr. Deepak Saini, Senior Joint Replacement Surgeon at Shalby Hospital who performed the first TUKSplasty of Rajasthan said, “Krishna Devi had limited damage on both her knee joints and thus we decided to do TUKSplasty in her case. TUKSplasty uses Tahoe Unicondylar Knee System implant, which was developed at Shalby Advanced Technology’s implant manufacturing plant in USA after elaborate research and development efforts. Well-known US Joint Replacement Surgeons collaborated with implant developers to develop this unique joint implant. It has many added advantages like much smaller incision, shorter hospital stay, minimal bone removal, preservation of cartilage and ligaments in healthy parts of the knee, minimal blood loss, quicker rehabilitation, minimal risk of infection and blood clots and minimal post-surgical recovery time & return to an active lifestyle within weeks of the procedure. One distinct advantage in Indian context is that it is safe for people to sit on floor cross legged after this surgery, where as in the case of Total Knee Replacement surgery it is not advisable to do this.”

Krishna Devi says, “I am very happy with the result of surgery by Dr. Deepak Saini. My recovery was very fast and I am happy that only damaged part of my knee was replaced through this surgery.”

Dr. Prateek Sharma, Chief Administrative Officer of Shalby Hospitals Jaipur said, “Shalby Hospitals is a renowned name nationally as well as internationally for joint replacement. It was founded by Dr. Vikram Shah, world-renowned joint replacement surgeon. Today it performs the highest number of joint replacement surgeries in the world. Shalby Jaipur is the largest joint replacement centre not only of Rajasthan but also of entire northern India.”

Knee Osteoarthritis, arthritis of the knee joint, is the most common reason for damage in the knee joint. In severe cases of osteoarthritis total knee replacement is needed whilst in moderate cases partial knee replacement is performed. TUKSplasty is an ideal surgery for people needing partial knee replacement as it provides longevity with the use of Vitamin E poly. Besides, it preserves the undamaged bone.