The treatment for ramp lesion, a kind of painful knee damage reported in about 15% of all knee damage circumstances, now has a cheap treatment option known as the shoelace method, mentioned Dr Sheetal Kumar, an arthroscopy surgeon from Bhopal and participant at IASCON-2023, the twentieth nationwide convention of Indian Arthroscopy Society at King George’s Medical College (KGMU) on Friday.
The implants had been normally used to deal with ramp lesions. Now, with the shoelace surgical procedure, treatment for this frequent ailment that demanded over ₹2 lakh is feasible at about one-fourth the price,” mentioned Dr Kumar.
A ramp lesion is described as an damage involving the medial meniscus, a part of the knee that decreases stress upon the knee joint.
“Ignorance is the largest mistake individuals, significantly sportspersons, make in case of damage to a ligament,” mentioned Dr Shailendra Singh, senior college division of orthopaedic at KGMU and convenor of scientific classes.
“The golden rule for a sportsperson is to by no means let a niggle turn out to be an damage. The science behind it’s easy – extra the delay extra complexities in damage,” mentioned Prof Ashish Kumar, organising secretary of the convention and HoD sports activities medication at KGMU.
“Yearly we get circumstances of sportspersons who’ve to offer lengthy breaks to their sporting profession simply due to ignoring minor accidents of ligaments that trigger main harm,” mentioned Dr Singh.
The three-day convention is being attended by about 1000 arthroscopy specialists and stalwarts of the sector not solely from India but in addition from far-off international locations like Australia, France, Egypt and docs from SAARC international locations together with Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan.
“There’s a rising want for arthroscopy in our nation. At current, now we have about two dozen main arthroscopy centres together with medical faculties and plenty of non-public centres. However the want is far more and a minimum of one good centre in every district of the state and nation,” mentioned Dr Ashish Kumar, who can be the founder Arthroscopy Affiliation of Uttar Pradesh.
Ankle accidents, equivalent to sprains, strains and stress fractures are among the many commonest accidents in observe and subject. Knee accidents, equivalent to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears, are among the many commonest accidents in observe and subject that want fast medical consideration at a specialised centre, mentioned audio system on the convention.