Dr. Narendra Vaidya | Joint Replacement Specialist

The most renowned surgeon to successfully perform all four major joint replacement surgeries viz., Shoulder, Elbow, Hip & Knee since 1998.

Dr.Narendra Vaidya is an internationally acclaimed Orthopaedic, Joint replacement & Spine Surgeon. He  has performed more than 30,000 orthopaedic surgeries, more than 2,000 Spine surgeries in Lokmanya Group of hospitals situated at Nigdi, Chinchwad,Mitramandal Pune and Kolhapur. He has performed more than 5,000 Joint Replacements in India and abroad. He is truly a versatile surgeon and the first in Pune to perform all four major joint replacement surgeries viz Shoulder, Elbow, Hip and Knee on regular basis for more than 20 years.

He did his medical graduation MBBS from the prestigious B.J.Medical College, Pune in the year 1983 .He is a Gold medalist in MS (Ortho) In the year 1994. He stood  first in all surgical branches from the B.J.Medical College, Pune .He has completed DNB Orthopedics from Pune in 1995. He has been honoured with Mch Orthopedics . He has followed his academic excellence by doing various  fellowships  in spine,and Joint  replacement from world famous  western Institutes like  Sweden , Germany, USA etc.

He is a well known authority and faculty in the field of Joint replacement surgeries. He has been the invited faculty in India and globally in large conferences like, ISHKS, Master Knee (Dubai), IAA, Asia Pacific Arthoplasty Society and many more. Under Dr. Narendra Vaidya’s leadership, Lokmanya Hospital is a recognized center for DNB (Ortho) and D Ortho degrees , and many doctors from abroad come to Lokmanya Hospital for fellowships.

He is a consultant for Middle East and East African countries and the pioneer of Trauma and EMS in India. No wonder, he has been recognized for his contribution to healthcare by various prestigious awards including the Rastriya Ratna Award, Sanjeevani Puraskar, VIshwa vivek Purskar, Mahindra Navister award etc.

Lokmanya Hospital has received the NABH Accreditation for best Hospital in emergency medical services in India awarded by CIMS and UBM Medica.

In Summary, what Differentiates Dr. Narendra Vaidya is not only his expert surgical and clinical skills but his ability to understand and adapt to the latest technological advancement on an ongoing basis. Thousands of patients in and out of the India would validate this by their personal experience.

• Knee Replacement
• Hip Replacement
• Shoulder Replacement
• Elbow Replacement
• Nucleoplasty
• Microlumbar Disectomy
• PLDD
• Laminectomy
• Vertebroplasty
• Disc replacement
• Pedicular screw fixation

• REPLACEMENT: The knee joint is among the strongest, largest and most complex joints of the body.  Whenever you walk, sit, squat, turn around, drive or perform many other seemingly simple movements, you are depending on the  knee for support and mobility.
• SPINE: Nucleoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure for percutaneous disc decompression that uses radiofrequency based technology to ablate and coagulate soft tissue to decompress contained herniated discs.
• ARTHROSCOPY: Arthroscopy (also called arthroscopic surgery) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which an examination and sometimes treatment of damage of the interior of a joint is perform using an arthroscope.

India has always been home to world class medical institutions and best medical professional. It was time that it established itself as a World Health Destination.

Pune based Lokmanya Hospitals which began its operations over three decades ago is a first hospital in pune to launch full fledged Health tourism for NRI's, Asians, Middle East and Foreign Nationals. Lokmanya Health Destination is the brain child of Dr. N. V. Vaidya, a pioneer of Emergency Medical Services in India and Medical Tourism in Pune.

Lokmanya offers unique and complete medical packages that includes pick & drop facility for patient and company family member from the airport/ hotels.Lokmanya have tie up with leading hotels / airlines and transfer services. It also provide interpreters to have better interaction with patients.It also provides accommodation facility for a family member until their relative is admitted in hospital, world class medical treatment as per international protocol and recuperation and also arranges for vacation / site seeing. Further post operating medical monitoring through internet.

Lokmanya has state of the art medical facilities and specialists in various faculties who are excelled in orthopaedics, cardiac care, surgery, medicine and other disciplines of modern and alternative (holistic) medicine. Lokmanya make these facilities available under one roof. Thus putting Lokmanya on the global health care map.

• Cardiac Related Treatment & Surgery.
• Orthopaedics, Joint Replacements, Spine Surgery.
• Minimal Invasive Surgery.
• Laser Surgery.
• Cosmetic Surgery.
• Brain Related complete Treatments.
• Cancer Treatment.
• Obesity Hypertension, Diabetes.
• Holistic Medical Treatment kerla ayurvedic treatment.

With world-class facilities, our medical and surgical ICUs are equipped to take care of the critically ill patients in the best possible manner. We have multiple specialties functioning in unison providing to the hospital, its USP of being unique, affordable and providing specialized care in many disciplines. We have spared no effort in our efforts to remain on the cutting edge of technology blended with human touch and a caring attitude. We have ongoing rigorous training programs for all our staff including housekeeping personnel in order to bring about the synergy and coordination that will be the hallmark of our efficiency in patient care.

It is equipped with most modern diagnostic equipments like MRI Scan, CT Scan, EEG and 2-D Echo, EMG, digital X-Ray, USG, C-ARM, computerized Pathology Department.

Emergency Medical Services Department is equipped with 22 Mobile Trauma and Critical care units (This is first of its kind in India) designed indigenously taking into consideration of Indian traffic scenario. The MTCCU are manned with ATLS and BLS trained doctors & EMT. These units have proved its worthiness during Gujarat Earthquake 2001, Mandradevi stamped and recent floods in Pune district.

We have five operation theatres. Three of them are modular operation theaters with laminar air flow and hepa filters and antibacterial paint.Other two operation theatres are septic OTs.

Allied to this is a state of art CSSD section where extreme sterility of equipments etc. is maintained.

Our center focus on main Join Replacement:

• Knee, Hip, Shoulder and Elbow.

Also on main spine surgeries:

• Laminectomy, nucloplasty, PIDD, Microlumbar Discectomy, Pedicular Screw Fization, Vertebroplasty, Osteoporosis.

And Knee and shoulder Arthroscopy.

The knee is the largest joint in the body and it is also one of the most complex. The knee joint is made up of four bones, which are connected by muscles, ligaments, and tendons. The femur is the large bone in the thigh. The tibia is the large shin bone. The fibula is the smaller shin bone, located next to the tibia. The patella, otherwise known as the knee cap, is the small bone in the front of the knee. It slides up and down in a groove in the femur (the femoral groove) as the knee bends and straightens.
 

The hip is one of the main weight-bearing joints in your body. It consists of two main parts:

·A ball (femoral head) at the top of your thighbone (femur)

·A rounded socket (acetabulum) in your pelvis

Ligaments, which are bands of tissue, connect the ball to the socket and help keep the ball and socket steady. A smooth, tough material called articular cartilage, which cushions the bones and lets them move easily, covers the surfaces of the ball and socket. All the rest of the surfaces of the hip joint are covered by a thin, smooth tissue liner called synovial membrane, which makes a small amount of fluid that acts as a lubricant so that the bones in the hip joint will not rub against each other.

Shoulder Anatomy

The shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The shoulder joint comprises bone ligaments tendons and muscles that connect the arm to the torso.
 
Bones

• Clavical (collar bone)

• Scapula (shoulder blade)

• Humerus (long bone of the arm.)

 The shoulder has 3 joints that work together to bring about movement in multidirectional are-

1.     Acromioclavicular joint   - The AC joint gives us the ability to raise the arm above head.

2.     Glenohumeral joint – This is a ball-socket type joint. The Ball is the top rounded part of humerus and the Socket is bowl shaped part of scapula called the glenoid into which the ball fits. The joint allows the arm to move in a circular rotation as well as towards and away from the body.

3.     Coracoacromial joint

The bones of the elbow are the humerus (the upper arm bone), the ulna (the larger bone of the forearm, on the opposite side of the thumb), and the radius (the smaller bone of the forearm on the same side as there is a second joint where the end of the radius (the radial head) meets the humerus.   the thumb). radius has to rotate so that you can turn your hand palm up and palm down. At the same time, it has to slide against the end of the humerus as the elbow bends and straightens.

Laminectomy is surgery to remove the lamina, two small bones that make up a vertebra, or bone spurs in your back. The procedure can take pressure off your spinal nerves or spinal column.

Nucleoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure for percutaneous disc decompression that uses radiofrequency based technology to ablate and coagulate soft tissue to decompress contained herniated discs. This causes the disc herniation to reabsorb, taking pressure off the exiting spinal nerves.

Percutaneous disc decompression techniques have been used since the late 1970s to provide a minimally invasive method of decompressing the nucleus pulposis, thereby depressurizing disc herniations, and reducing the compression of the disc herniation on nerve roots and other spinal structures. Various methods have been devised to accomplish the decompression and subsequent reduction in pain including the use of mechanical, chemical, laser, radiofrequency, and ultrasound.
 

The aim of operation is decompression of the nerve root. Under general anesthesia a 1 inch incision is made in the low back overlying the nerve root. Using the operative microscope a small crescent of bone is removed from the spine, exposing the nerve root and herniated disc material (laminotomy). The disc material compressing the nerve root is removed and the underlying central disc space is curretted free of retained, degenerated disc nucleus (discectomy).
 

Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure used to correct problems with the small bones of the spine (vertebrae). It is essentially a "welding" process. The basic idea is to fuse together the painful vertebrae so that they heal into a single, solid bone. 

Spine surgery is usually recommended only when your doctor can pinpoint the source of your pain. To do this, your doctor may use imaging tests, such as x-rays, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

A boon to senior citizens with osteoporotic spinal fractures

As we go older our bones start becoming brittle. The calcium and mineral content of the bone starts reducing. The amount of bone tissue in the spinal vertebrae reduces and makes senior citizens prone to get fractures of vertebrae even without accident or fall.

The person comes to a doctor with acute back pain, hunched back, inability to sit or stand and perform routine daily activities.

Earlier, there were only 2 options. One was to take strict bed rest for 6 to 8 weeks, wear bulky belts or braces and wait till the fracture heals. Once an elderly person is confined to bed he or she is prone to get bad complications like bedsores, pneumonia, infections etc. Also once they are confined to bed they have episodes of depression, which is understood as he / she has to depend on other people even for toilet purposes with nuclear families it is not possible for them to have attendants as well.

The second option was an open operation, which carries lots of risk at that age, & it is quite costly also. Vertebroplasty & kyphoplasty are the newest minimally invasive treatment options for such needy patients.

In Vertebroplasty after confirmation of diagnosis on X-ray, MRI or C.T. Scan patient requires a day’s admission in hospital.

Osteoporosis means parous & weak bones. This leads to structural deteroration of the bone. It predisposes a human being to fractures, deformities due to fragility of bone.

Osteoporosis is a major public health threat for approximately Indians 80% of whom are women. In U.S. today 10 million people are already diagnosed to have osteoporosis. Unfortunately in India the awareness about the disease is not there in community as well as many medical practitioners. The incidence is so high that one out of every two women and one in eight men over 50 will have an osteoporosis related fracture.

Arthroscopy (also called arthroscopic surgery) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which an examination and sometimes treatment of damage of the interior of a joint is perform using an arthroscope.

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Awards

• Felicitated with “Rashtriya Ratna Award” by Global Economic Forum, New Delhi for his contribution towards rescue of earthquake victims at Anjar, Gujarat, 2001
• Felicitated with “Ramakrishna More Karyaksham Adhikari Puraskar” for exemplary leadership qualities
• “Vishwa Vivek Puraskar” for his contribution to trauma victims – 2005

Education

- Padmashree Dr. K. H. Sancheti, Sancheti Institute of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation.
- Dr. (Prof.) V. M. Kothari, KEM Hospital, Pune

• M.S. Orthopaedics – Gold medallist First in all surgical branches, University of Poona, Pune
• D.N.B. Orthopaedics, National Board of Examination, New Delhi
• Post Graduate student of
• M.B.B.S., B. J. Medical College, Pune

• ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) American Colleges of Surgeons (ACS) San Diego, USA 2001.

Research & Training

• Training in Joint replacement surgeries, under eminent surgeon Dr. Kent Samuelson, LDH Hospital for joint replacement, Salt Lake City, Utah USA.
• Training in Endoscopic and Minimal invasive spine surgery at Memphis USA
• Training for Minimal invasive spine surgery under eminent Surgeons like Dr. (Prof.) Bo Levander, Dr. Hakan Lofgren Neuro Orthopaedic, Ryhov Hospital, Jonkopping, Sweden
• Training in advanced cervical & lumbar spine surgery Spine Center University Hospital, Linkoping, Sweden 1996
• Training in Microscopic Spine Surgery – Coimbatore, India
• Hand Surgery course, Bombay Orthopaedic Society
• Attended Courses and workshop on Joint Replacement, Basic Advance Fracture Fixation, Interlocking, Nailing of Tibia, Humerus at Ryhov Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden

Research

• Anterior Cervical Disectomy with fusion.  Does Plate Fixation improve outcome of 124 cases – 2005
• Micro-lumbar Disectomy outcome study of 208 cases of Lumbar Disc Prolapse – 2005
• EMS & Pre-Hospital Care – Boon to Express Highway Polytrauma Victims – 2005
• “Role of Yogic Practices in the management of Patients with Chronic Backache problems with particular reference to activity related efficiency & Sexual behaviour.” Funded by Indian System of Medicine & Homeopathy, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India – 2004
• Biometry of Hip / Knee Joint for development of Total Hip Replacement & Total Knee Replacement prosthesis for Indian Population.
• Road Safety and Trauma Management
• To formulate Medically, Socially & Financially viable Trauma system suitable for Indian scenario
• To study the results of Anterior Cervical Disectomy by Smith Robinson Fusion for Cervical Myelopathy & Radiculopathy.
• To study long-term results of Microscopic Lumbar Disectomy.

Professional Medical Achievements

• Established Super Specialty Comprehensive Unit in the Year 1998 for spinal surgery in collaboration with Ryhov Hospital, Sweden & till date since its establishment performed scores of advanced spinal surgeries. Only surgeon in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation & surrounding area performing Microscopic & advanced Spinal Surgeries.
• First surgeon in Pune performing percutaneous LASER disc decompression.
• Established comprehensive Trauma System for the first time in India and saved Thousands of precious lives of accident victims on National Highway – IV who used to die during transportation. Performs approximately 1050 Trauma surgeries per year. And treating average 12000 patients per year.
• Established international standard Hospital extending all ultra modern treatment facilities as per the International norms. 5 Modular operating theaters with HEPA filter as per international standards. 60 bedded intensive critical care units as per the norms of American critical care society.
• Heads the Department of

- Emergency Medical services and Traumatology.
- Spine Care Center
- Joint replacement center
- Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Center
- Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

• Performing around 1700 surgeries per year.
• Since 2003 main area of interest has been in Joint replacement and spinal surgeries., most of these after 2003 after the expansion and making facilities in the center on par with international standards and also using Navigated computer assisted technic,the number of Arthroplasties have significantly increased.
• The Arthroscopy & Sports medicine Unit is unique and the only unit with all modern equipments in Pimpri –Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.

Mrs Gait sakhalkar, Knee Replacement in Pune, India

Mrs Gait sakhalkar goes to Dr Narendra Vaidya clinic, she needs a knee replacement surgery. Dr Narendra Vaidya and his staff takes particular care of this case, see how this results and how Mrs Gait enjoys a new life form now!

Mrs Sawant, Knee Surgery in Pune, India

Dr Narendra Vaidya performed a knee surgery on patient Mrs Sawant look the great result after surgery and how this procedure changes Mrs Sawant life.