Pensioner's new lease of life after first-of-kind op

BESPOKE HIP IMPLANT WAS USED TO TREAT 77-YEAR-OLD KATHERINE

- GURDIP THANDI

Katherine Broadhurst praised the team, above, who treated her at Good Hope in Sutton Coldfield

A PENSIONER has been given fresh optimism after undergoing the first hip operation of its kind to be carried out at a Sutton Coldfield hospital.

A team at Good Hope successfully carried out its first hip revision surgery using a fully custom-made hip prosthesis on 77-year-old Katherine Broadhurst.

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Trust said this represented a major achievement and important step forward in developing its complex hip reconstruction service.

Hip revision is a surgical procedure that removes and replaces a worn-out, infected, or failed artificial hip joint from a previous hip replacement.

The operation was led by Mr Rajpreet Sahemey, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon.