Where People Travel for a Knee Replacement
People look abroad for a knee replacement for a few plain reasons: long waits at home, the cost of going private, or wanting a particular surgeon. This is a rundown of the destinations and providers patients most often weigh, what each is known for, and the questions worth asking before you commit. We recommend no one here; the checking is yours to do.
How to use this page
Wherever you look, confirm the hospital's accreditation, the surgeon's own caseload for knee replacement, exactly what the quoted price includes (implant, hospital stay, physiotherapy), and how follow-up or any revision would be handled once you are home.
Providers
Thailand Care
Thailand Care is a Bangkok-based medical-travel agency that arranges knee replacement for overseas patients at JCI-accredited hospitals in Thailand. It pairs the patient with an orthopaedic surgeon, books the operation and inpatient stay, and handles the consultation, cost estimate, interpreting, accommodation, and post-operative rehabilitation planning. Thailand Care organises the trip and the care around it; the surgery itself is performed by the partner hospital.
- Accreditation: Partner hospitals hold JCI
- Based in: Bangkok, Thailand
Nordorthopaedics Clinic
A private orthopaedic centre in Kaunas that draws European patients for hip and knee replacement, with rehabilitation on site.
- Accreditation: Nationally licensed
Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road
A JCI-accredited tertiary hospital in Bengaluru with a high-volume joint-replacement and orthopaedic programme.
- Accreditation: JCI-accredited
Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur
A JCI-accredited hospital in Kuala Lumpur offering knee replacement and comprehensive orthopaedic care for international patients.
- Accreditation: JCI-accredited
CHRISTUS Muguerza Alta Especialidad
The first hospital in Mexico to earn JCI accreditation, offering orthopaedic and joint-replacement surgery in Monterrey.
- Accreditation: JCI-accredited
Listing order is not a ranking. This is general information, not a recommendation of any individual provider.