American Hospital Dubai conducts its first customised knee implant

  • Date: 02-May-2021
  • Source: Gulf News
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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American Hospital Dubai conducts its first customised knee implant

Mark Robert, a 53-year-old British national, found relief from his excruciating knee pain after undergoing a total knee replacement surgery with specially designed customised implants manufactured to match his anatomy. American Hospital Dubai conducted a 3D technology-powered total knee joint replacement surgery using customised implant procedure, the latest medical treatment available for patients requiring knee joint replacement surgery. The hospital strengthens its leadership as a centre of medical excellence by performing complicated and advanced techniques surgeries in Dubai, ensuring people can receive high standard of treatment and healthcare without leaving the country. Robert is a long-time resident of Dubai who has lived a very active, outdoor lifestyle including sports. However, due to his long history of osteoarthritis and an injury in the right knee, he suffered from acute knee pain, leading to a loss in the range of movements. He could walk only short distances and needed a lot of pain medication to deal with his pain. He visited Dr Catalin Stefan Dragulescu, Orthopaedic Surgeon at American Hospital Dubai, who diagnosed his condition after an X-ray and found that he required a total knee replacement surgery. The doctor also explained to him the new customised knee joint implant procedure in