New Delhi: There's a good news for the budding doctors of India as they now do not have to go abroad to enroll themselves for training in courses specialized in knee and hip arthroplasty as the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) now provides the platform, as it plans to start a new course in 'Cadaver Arthroplasty.'

"Surgeons usually have to undergo the training process in abroad incurring the cost of Rs.3 to 4 lakhs which now can be avoided as we plan to make this course available in India by maintaining the same standard and structure at nominal fees," said Orthopaedic surgeon of AIIMS and course director Dr. C.S. Yadav.

Helping the doctors with the ground experience in live vessels and systems, the certification course, according to Dr. Yadav, is unique in the country with doctors getting the exposure to perform surgeries on cadavers.

He further added that many hospitals in the past had taken up courses on anthroplasty but they limited themselves to phenomenal lectures and training.

"AIIMS offers a different structure in terms of training as the department of anatomy and department of forensic medicine have an excellent facility to preserve bodies for research," stated Dr Yadav.

"20 surgeons from across the country would be imparted training on cadaver course in hip joint replacement during a workshop which is in continuation with last year’s course in cadaver knee arthroplasty in May," said Dr Yadav.

Due to the increase in life expectancy, more people from varying age groups are opting for replacement surgeries and the training through cadavers would help doctors understand the art and intricacies of joint replacement surgeries better, added the doctor.

AIIMS alone in a month caters to 100 patients going for knee and hip replacements and 10-20% of them, of severe nature, for arthroplasty.

"Correcting and providing movement to the body part, Arthroplasty scores over the conventional methods. The old methods fail to relieve the patient of the pain and does not give that flexibility which arthoplasty gives," he said.

The doctor however suggests that a natural joint should be preserved as far as possible and should be suggested arthoplasty only when the pain becomes excruciating and cannot be corrected by the conventional method.