Chennai, Jan 30 (Reporter) For the first time in India, an all-ceramic Total Knee Replacement which is completely without any metal components and with the lowest wear and tear characteristics, was performed for the first time in India in Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore today by Prof Dr S Rajasekaran and team. The metal free, all ceramic Knee replacement is the end product of an interdisciplinary research group of orthopaedic surgeons, engineers, and material scientists who came together with the goal of developing an implant system, which will provide minimised particulate wear, sensible soft, tissue management and best tracking of the joint which all will lead to increased longevity of the prosthesis. The goal of total knee replacement is to provide patients with a long lasting solution that will give them stable, pain-free, and near normal function for many decades, and if possible for their entire life, a hospital release said. One of the main challenges has been the metal specific responses to metal wear (ions and nano particles) which can lead to adverse reactions and increased implant failure. All total replacements till now, have metal components and metal particles and can produce and can produce debris of cobalt, chromium and nickel which are reported to cause lymphocyte, dominated cell response, leading to inflammation and sometimes hyper sensitivity reaction. This can lead to local soft tissue reactions which sometimes can lead to pain and prolonged inflammation after the knee replacement. The BPK – S integration ceramic Knee system is the first all ceramic Knee system in the world to offer a completely metal free treatment option. This hypoallergenic all ceramic Knee system is most tissue friendly, non-toxic, hypoallergenic and has lead to excellent results in a prospective study of patients with proven metal allergy . We are happy that the first ever all ceramic knee replacement in India was performed today in Ganga hospital by a surgical team including professor S Rajasekaran, chairman, department of orthopaedic surgery, Ganga Hospital and professor Dr Michael Wagner, Germany. The surgery was performed with high success...////...