The Hindu·3 min read·hard
12-hour surgery saves young man’s hip at Thrissur Govt. Medical College in Kerala
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The Hindu Bureau
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Doctors at the Government Medical College in Thrissur successfully performed a complex 12-hour surgery to treat avascular necrosis in a young patient. The procedure involved a rare free vascularised fibula graft to preserve the hip joint.
In a rare and technically demanding procedure, doctors at the Government Medical College Hospital, Thrissur, have successfully performed a complex surgery to treat avascular necrosis of the hip in a 28-year-old man, while preserving his hip joint.
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