Joint Replacement Surgery at Acibadem Healthcare Group

NEAK has introduced a new protocol, and an expert gave his opinion on it.

According to the new protocol, the operation cannot be performed on those who are overweight, those who are unable to cooperate, such as those with mental illness and those with "insufficient social status."

April 1-new The health insurance company has introduced a new procedure for hip and knee prosthesis surgeries. Several groups of patients, such as those with high BMI, may be pushed out and not placed on the waiting list.

According to one expert, the new protocol is discriminatory, and he wouldn't be surprised if private healthcare institutions would advertise that they would also perform hip replacements on obese people.

The National Health Insurance Fund (NEAK) has introduced a new protocol in the waiting lists for hip and knee replacement surgeries. The aim is to shorten the abnormally long waiting lists. However, this may result in groups of patients being excluded from the procedures, Zsolt Hegedűs, chief orthopedic surgeon, hip and knee specialist, and former chairman of the Ethics Board of the Hungarian Medical Chamber, told Népszava. The most illustrative…

Joint Replacement Surgery at Acibadem Healthcare Group

Professor Javad Parvizi In the knee and hip joints in particular, wear and tear of the cartilage surfaces over time causes pain, stiffness, and limited movement in these joints. In advanced cases of this disease, called osteoarthritis, the cartilage loss can reach serious proportions. Rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease, can also affect the joint membranes and cause inflammation in the joints. This inflammation can also cause damage to t…