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Quicker hip surgery

By The Nation
Published on September 4, 2009

The Police General Hospital, the first in Southeast Asia, has completed a sophisticated type of surgery to replace hip joints.

Dr Wiroj Larbphaiboonphong, a senior orthopaedist, said the Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty, of the Birmingham type, has been successfully performed on 55 patients. This new computerised technology inflicts smaller wounds on patients.

Patients who undergo the Birminghamtype surgery can go home within two days, com�pared to many days required by conventional surgery.

Quicker hip surgery

The Police General Hospital, the first in Southeast Asia, has completed a sophisticated type of surgery to replace hip joints.

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