A 54-year-old woman who was unable to walk or sit for almost a decade due to osteoarthritis was admitted to Global Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, India, where doctors implanted the Gold Knee-blended transplant with vitamin ePlus poly cover, a type of total knee transplant.
According to Aashish Arbat, senior orthopedic surgeon, who performed the surgery, Gold Knee implant can be the solution for people requiring knee replacements at a young age or for the obese. He says that Vitamin ePlus poly cover with Gold-plated knee joint is an innovative, next-generation implant with high-density polymer blended with vitamin E, a natural anti-oxidant. He says that “Vitamin E improves the material’s strength while preventing polyethylene degenerating oxidation.”
“This helps the material hold up to the higher expectations of today’s active patient. E-plus is the first blended vitamin E polyethylene, with the vitamin E homogeneously blended directly into the resin, ” Arbat added.
Three days after the surgery, Sanjivanee Watane started walking. Arbat, who performed the Gold Knee implant surgery, said that osteoarthritis affects 80% of the people in India above 50 years of age.
