Delhi doctor performs hip replacement surgery on 105-year-old man, applies for Guinness World Record

A 105-year-old man has got a new lease of life after undergoing a hip replacement surgery at a Delhi hospital, with doctor who operated on him, claiming that he was "oldest person globally" to have undergone this clinical procedure.

Orthopaedic surgeon Kaushal Kant Mishra, who performed surgery recently, said he has "already applied" for a Guinness World Record.

" patient was brought to our hospital on January 19 after having suffered a fall in bathroom at his home, which left him incapacitated. surgery was performed that day and on January 22 he was discharged in a walking condition," Mishra said.

doctor, who heads orthopaedic department at Primus Hospital in central Delhi, said patient, Gurbachan Singh Sandhu, used to walk with a stick and his physical fitness aided in surgery.

"He was born in undivided Punjab on Indian side, and retired in 1971 from security office of armed forces. On March 28, he will turn 106. I have checked for documented surgeries world over for hip replacement, and I found one as old than Sandhu to have undergone this operation," he said.

As per existing global record, oldest person to have had a total hip replacement was a British, John Randall, born in 1909, who had a "revision left total hip replacement at of 102 years", Mishra furr claimed.

"re are two kinds of hip replacement surgeries, cemented and uncemented. In cemented ones, re are chances of side-effects which could also be life-threatening. Sandhu underwent uncemented hip replacement procedure successfully," he said.

doctor said, his patient's good bone quality even at that , was ar factor for choosing an uncemented surgical procedure, adding, Sandhu did t smoke or drink, and regularly went for walks.

"Most people of his become weak and vulnerable, but he is full of life and energy. He wanted to walk and t lay on bed with a broken hip and so readily agreed for surgery," Mishra said.

"Incidentally, by time I was born, Sandhu had already retired. So, this surgery feels very different that way too," he added.

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