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| Dr.Venkatachalam with Mr. James Spark, Mountaineer |
A 59 year old
American Mountaineer underwent double
Orthopedic surgery in Chennai recently. He has climbed several peaks in Asia and Soutn America. His crowning glory came in the year 2000 when he made it to Mt.Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. He made it with a damaged knee having torn his anterior cruciate ligament in 1997. He also damaged his left shoulder recently while walking on horizontal ice. Unable to afford orthopedic surgery in his native country in order to preserve his resources for mountaineering, he chose to come to India for double orthopedic surgery.
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I hope to recover by next year to keep my passion alive for climbing says Mr James Spark from his hospital bed"
He first underwent an
Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction and two weeks later an Arthroscopic treatment for a partially
damaged rotator cuff. In the meanwhile while recuperating at the seaside resort of Mamallapuram, he also initiated dental treatment.
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