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What most policies don\u2019t extend to, qualified Chee Li Li, the assistant director of KKH\u2019s Division of Nursing, are elective procedures such as cosmetic or aesthetic surgeries. \u201cFor procedures such as breast lump removal that are considered medically necessary, insurance coverage would generally apply. However, it is best to check with your insurer directly to confirm the coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n
You can also visit MOH\u2019s website for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thanks to advances in minimally invasive surgery, pain control and recovery monitoring, some procedures can be performed as day surgeries that lead to same-day discharges. Here are some that may surprise you:<\/p>\n
1. DOUBLE KNEE REPLACEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re thinking, getting both knees operated on in one singular session can\u2019t be a popular choice for patients with severe, chronic knee pain, HMI Medical Centre has performed over 200 total knee replacement (TKR) surgeries since 2023. It has even seen an\u00a0average year-on-year increase of about 65 per cent over the three-year period in TKR procedures. And with minimally invasive TKR, <\/span>you can be discharged in less than 16 hours after having both of your knees operated on.\u00a0<\/p>\n Traditionally, a vertical 20cm-to-25cm incision is made on the front of the knee to expose the joint. This allows the surgeon to remove the damaged cartilage surfaces and replace them with implants, according to <\/span>OrthoInfo<\/span>, a patient education website by the American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In minimally invasive TKR, noted the website, the incision is shorter, typically 10cm to 15cm \u2013 and some techniques used can avoid trauma to the muscles and tendon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The minimally invasive version still involves fixing an artificial cap on the damaged surfaces of the knee joint, \u201cmuch like crowning or capping of damaged teeth\u201d, said Dr Chia. However, \u201cthe surgery is less invasive and damages less body tissue, so recovery is quicker and the time taken for the procedure is also quicker. Hence, it is much less painful,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n What most policies don\u2019t extend to, qualified Chee Li Li, the assistant director of KKH\u2019s Division of Nursing, are elective procedures such as cosmetic or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--H-bWucXZ--\/c_crop,h_844,w_1500,x_49,y_0\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/02\/day-surgery-singapore-procedures-no-overnight-hospital-stay_11.jpg?itok=DWUBmFcE","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[269,16231,3923,6955,13842,22,24184,953],"class_list":["post-58170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-day","tag-knee","tag-offered","tag-procedures","tag-replacement","tag-singapore","tag-sinus","tag-surgery","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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