'New lease on life': IVRI makes history with successful indigenous hip transplant for dogs in India; reduces cost to Rs 30K
BAREILLY: The scientists at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) achieved a milestone by successfully performing the first hip transplant surgery using indigenous technology in the country.
This hip transplant is notable for being entirely developed with local technology. Until now, artificial hips for dogs were not available in India and had to be imported, costing at least Rs 5 lakhs.
For nearly three years, IVRI scientists, Dr
Rohit Kumar
and his team, conducted a comprehensive study to develop not only a cemented hip suitable for Indian dogs but also the necessary instruments. Dr Kumar and his team took on this challenge, initially seeking insights from renowned human orthopaedic surgeon Dr Alok Singh.
With technical assistance from Dr Singh and Bareilly Medicare Firm's Yogesh Saxena and Devesh Saxena, Life Ortho Care in Gujarat helped in developing the artificial hip and its instruments for dogs.
Dr Rohit Kumar mentioned that the developed hip is quite affordable, allowing dog owners in the country to receive excellent treatment at a lower cost in the future. He told TOI, 'Earlier the cost of replacement surgery was very high as there was no implant manufacturer in India.
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We all did a comprehensive indigenous study. Saw many surgeries in humans, developed all the dimensions on our own by taking multiple x-rays of the dogs.
The cost of implant during the experimentation phase is between 25k-30k and even after commercialisation, the cost of hip replacement surgery would be very affordable. The best thing about it is that everything is developed and manufactured in India.'
The technical design and dimensions were assigned to Dr T Sai Kumar for MVSc research and Dr Kamlesh Kumar for PhD research.
This work was carried out under the AINP-DIMSCA (All India Network Programme on Diagnostic Imaging for Surgical Conditions in Animals) project by the team of Dr Rohit Kumar, Dr Amarpal, Dr A C Saxena, and Dr AM Pawde.
Dr Amarpal said, 'This is the first time such a study was systematically conducted in the country, with the first surgery performed in Dehradun, the second in Bareilly, and the third on a police dog in Sambhal, giving them a new lease on life."
On this achievement, IVRI's Director Dr Triveni Dutt lauded the collective efforts of the entire team and encouraged making this technology available to dog owners nationwide and transferring it to the industry as soon as possible.
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