The centre offers complex diabetic foot deformity correction surgeries that enable limb preservation and mobility, for the first time in the country
Apollo Hospitals launched a unique multidisciplinary Centre of Excellence for Diabetic Foot Management (CoEDFM), for diabetic patients, known to be prone to foot-related ailments, at its premises at Jubilee Hills. Apollo Hospitals in collaboration with the King’s College Hospital, London; will make a novel Diabetic Foot Reconstruction & Management procedure, available for the first time in India, for patients at the Centre of Excellence for Diabetic Foot Management at Apollo Hospitals. This new procedure was developed by Dr Venu Kavarthapu, a World-renowned Orthopedic Surgeon & Consultant at King’s College Hospital, London.
CoEDFM will follow a multi-disciplinary treatment protocol for foot-related ailments, which can often be traumatic and life-threatening for diabetic patients. To render comprehensive and holistic care to the most dreaded problem among diabetics, Apollo Hospitals has set up a team of specialists as part of CoEDFM, consisting of podiatric surgeons, vascular surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, infectious disease specialists, physical therapists and orthotists. The team will work collaboratively to address medical optimisation, arterial perfusion and infection eradication to ensure a functional leg, ankle and foot.
The new technique uses the international fixation method using special devices including beams, bolts and specially designed plates and nails. These techniques were developed, and some devices were designed by Prof Venu Kavarthapu at King’s College Hospital in London, and this resulted in marked improvements in the success rates. The Specialists at the Centre of Excellence for Diabetic Foot Management, at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, have acquired the required reconstruction skills and specialized technologies and are geared to perform these complex surgeries with great finesse and help diabetic patients to mitigate their suffering.
