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Fortis Escorts Hospital, New Delhi, India, conducted the fastest hip-ball replacement surgery in 15 minutes and 35 seconds, setting a world record.
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Dr Kaushal Kant Mishra led the team of surgeons who performed surgery on an octagenarian patient in the shortest duration for such a surgery globally.
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Sumitra Sharma, 86, of Bihar, fractured her hip in a fall. She had previously been treated for breast cancer, underwent angioplasty 18 years ago, and was also on double-dose blood thinners.
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With complicated medical issues, the doctor decided to perform angiography on Sumitra before her hip surgery and added heparin to her blood thinners, which makes her situation quite complex.
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As a result, the patient required a quick hip surgery, which was completed in 15 minutes and 35 seconds.
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According to the hospital, the surgery was completed in 3 minutes less than the previous record, which was also set by Dr Mishra and his team, and is the shortest duration surgery known so far globally.
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Source- ET Healthworld
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