The Sokoto State
owned Orthopedic Hospital, Wamakko, has successfully conducted three
total knee replacement surgeries, the first in the history of the state,
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The Chief Medical Director of the
hospital, Dr Nuradeen Altine told newsmen in Wamakko on Monday that the
surgeries were conducted on two male adults, aged 60 and 65.
Altine said: “Two knees were replaced in both legs of one patient, while one knee was replaced in another patient.
”The successful surgeries were conducted
on March 25 by a team of Surgeons from the hospital and their
colleagues from the Orthopedic Hospital, Dala, Kano.
”The surgery is capital intensive
because it involves the use of sophisticated equipment and titanium
metal which is very expensive and had to be imported.
” We hope the Sokoto State Government
will continue to support the hospital with equipment, logistics, to have
more of such operations.”
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