Set World Record For Fastest Hip Replacement Surgery, Delhi Hospital Claims

A hospital in the national capital on Saturday claimed to have performed the fastest hip replacement surgery in the world, managing the feat in just over 15 minutes.
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A team of doctors at Fortis Escorts Hospital, Okhla, conducted the hip-ball replacement surgery on an octogenarian patient in 15 minutes 35 seconds -- the shortest-known duration for such a surgery globally.
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Sumitra Sharma, an 86-year-old resident of Bihar's Gaya district, fractured her left hip (neck of femur) in a fall. She was brought to Delhi after three days.
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She had previously been treated for breast cancer and underwent angioplasty 18 years ago. She was also on double blood thinners, the hospital said in a statement.
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The doctors performed angiography on Sharma before her surgery and added heparin to her blood thinners. These issues made her condition highly complicated.?
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"The patient needed swift surgery. Our team, led by Dr. Kaushal Kant Mishra, performed a hip-ball replacement surgery in 15 minutes 35 seconds, which is the shortest duration for such surgery known so far globally," the hospital said in the statement.
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The surgery took three minutes less than the previous record, also set by Mishra and his team, two years ago.