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Patients at Grantham Hospital now able to have one-day knee replacement surgery




Patients needing knee replacements are now able to have surgery and get home all in the same day, thanks to innovative changes in Lincolnshire’s hospitals.

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Prasad Antapur and his team have pioneered new ways of working to make day case knee surgery possible for patients at Grantham and District Hospital.

Mr Antapur believes that day case knee surgery will now become the ‘norm’ for most regular knee replacements carried out at Grantham, with more complex cases carried out at Lincoln County Hospital.

Andrea Rodda says she is looking forward to going on long walks with her Jack Russell, Alfie. (29641432)
Andrea Rodda says she is looking forward to going on long walks with her Jack Russell, Alfie. (29641432)

He said: “Previously, knee replacement surgery would usually require a hospital stay of around three days, particularly because of issues with pain, joint mobility and recovery. Enhanced recovery and getting patients mobile and pain-free as soon as possible is something I am very enthusiastic about.”

The first patient to have a knee replacement as a day case in Lincolnshire was Andrea Rodda, She thanked Mr Antapur and staff at the hospital and says she is looking forward to going on long walks with her Jack Russell, Alfie.



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