The surgeons of North Central Railway Hospital here performed Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPO) surgery on Thursday.

Senior orthopedic surgeon S S Nayak said: “A small incision is made on the leg on the both the upper and lower side. The operation involves tibia bone and plates were introduced. It took 45 to 60 minutes to complete the operation which otherwise would have taken 2 to 3 hours. The patient is also fine and is recovering. He is able to make knee ankle joint movements.”

This technique is less complicated and the patient has to face less pain. The process of recovery is fast and the patient is also saved from undergoing the trauma of a big operation and the complications arising out of it. The healing process is gets completed in two to three days, which otherwise take seven to eight days.

The operation was done on Dhanajay Kumar, who suffered injuries on the lower portion of his leg during an accident some days back.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Allahabad / TNN / August 15th, 2014