165 kg patient undergoes knee replacement surgery

GUWAHATI, Aug 25
Dr Vikram Shah and his team at Shalby Hospitals in Ahmedabad performed a knee replacement surgery on both knees of a 60-year-old Sudanese woman weighing 165 kg, the heaviest person ever to undergo a knee replacement surgery.
Samia Ahmed from Khartoum, Sudan’s capital was diagnosed with elephantiasis, often known as elephant leg illness in 2005.
The affected person’s legs and limbs expand abnormally in this unusual illness spread by mosquitoes. She began to gain weight quickly because of this disease.
At a press conference organized at Krishna Shalby Hospitals in Ahmedabad, Shalby’s team of surgeons talked about this case in detail. The patient and her sons were also part of the conference. Shalby’s team at the conference included Dr Vikram Shah, world-renowned Joint Replacement Surgeon and Chairman & Managing Director of Shalby Hospitals, Dr Nishita Shukla, Group COO of Shalby, Dr Bharat Gajjar, Global OPD Director, and Shalby’s senior surgeons Dr Srirang Deodhar, Senior Joint Replacement Surgeon, Dr Ashish Sheth, Senior Joint Replacement Surgeon and Dr Jayesh Patil, Senior Orthopedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon.  
Dr Vikram Shah, who headed the team of surgeons who performed this extremely difficult procedure at Shalby, said, “People claim that knee replacement is not advisable in excessively obese individuals. This, I believe, is a myth. In 2010, we performed knee replacement surgeries on both legs of a 162 kg Jodhpur patient. Mrs Shamisuddin’s knee replacement surgery was likewise a success.”