Agarwal, Orthopaedic Dental & Diagnostic Center

An intern,with a bag of O negative blood,running eccentrically through the hospital corridor to make sure the blood reaches the OT on time. A junior doctor hunching over a patient's chest with all his strength trying to get a pulse. A surgeon who just identified the bleeder and ligated it. An obsteric surgeon who delivered a baby stuck by its own head. An anesthesiologist who got a bilateral air entry on a difficult intubation. A psychiatrist who sees his suicidal patient having a routine life. And many more such doctors. Each one of them in their own way saves a life everyday. Someone stays up whole night monitoring a patient's urine output. A father misses his daughter's first birthday to stitch up a wound. A son turns up last for the family dinner again after attending someone else's family's concern. We lose a lot of things that can never be bought back by money. And no one ever gives an appraisal.There is no best employee of the month.No badges.No stars. No one...

 A hemiarthroplasty is a surgical procedure that involves replacing half of the hip joint. Hemi means “half” and arthroplasty refers to “ joint replacement .” Replacing the entire hip joint is called THR i.e Total Hip Replacement. A hemiarthroplasty is generally used to treat a fractured hip. It may also be used to treat a hip damaged by arthritis. Your hip joint is often described as a “ball-in-socket” joint. The “ball” is the femoral head, which is the rounded end of the femur. The femur is the large bone in your thigh. The hip’s “socket” is the acetabulum. The acetabulum surrounds the femoral head, allowing it to move as your leg changes positions. A hemiarthroplasty replaces the femoral head. If the socket also needs to be replaced, you will need a THR. If you have a fractured hip or serious hip arthritis, a hemiarthroplasty may be necessary to restore healthy hip function. If the femoral head is fractured, but the acetabulum is intact, you may be a good candidate for a hemiart...

  Dr. Vivek Agarwal  is an accomplished Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon with a broad experience of 16 years. Operating in central and eastern parts of Delhi, Dr. Vivek Agarwal’s comprehensive, compassionate, individualized orthopaedic care may be availed at Agarwal, Orthopaedic Dental & Diagnostic Center (Chitra Vihar, Swasthya Vihar), Sanjeevan Hospital (Darya Ganj) and Shanti Mukund Hospital (Vikas Nagar), his centres of practice.  Dr. Agarwal’s educational summary includes DNB (Orthopedics) from Sir Gangaram hospital in 1997, Diploma in Orthopaedics in 1994 with AO Fellowship obtained from Germany and Switzerland. In his relentless pursuit of knowledge and honing of skills, Dr. Agrawal has attended various global and national conferences in trauma and joint replacements. Furthermore, Dr. Agrawal has obtained in-depth training in Polytrauma and Joint Replacement Surgery at Gangaram Hospital (Delhi), Batra Hospital (Delhi) and Bombay Hospital (Mumbai). Dr. Agarwal is ...