International Patient Services

A coordinated healthcare portfolio for NRIs and international patients travelling to Chennai.

International Patient Services · Chennai, India

Planned Healthcare in Chennai

Maple Health can coordinate specialist consultations, second opinions, diagnostics, elective procedures, surgery, rehabilitation and post-treatment follow-up for patients travelling to Chennai.

Specialist consultations
Elective procedures
International follow-up

Ten specialities, one coordinated pathway. Every service listed below is subject to specialist assessment and individual clinical suitability — the catalogue describes what Maple Health can coordinate, not a treatment recommendation.

Our Specialities

Open a speciality to see the full list of services that can be coordinated within it. Availability and suitability are decided by the treating specialist in every case.

Dental Care

Comprehensive dental, cosmetic, implant and restorative services

Preventive & General Dentistry · Cosmetic Dentistry · Dental Implants & Missing Teeth · Crowns, Bridges & Prosthodontics · Root Canal & Restorative Dentistry · Orthodontics · Oral & Maxillofacial Procedures

Preventive & General Dentistry

Comprehensive dental examination and treatment planning
Digital dental X-rays and OPG
Scaling and professional teeth cleaning
Deep cleaning / periodontal treatment
Fillings and restoration of damaged teeth
Treatment of tooth sensitivity
Gum disease assessment and treatment
Mouth ulcers and oral-health evaluation
Preventive dental care packages

Cosmetic Dentistry

Professional teeth whitening
Smile designing / Digital Smile Design
Composite bonding
Tooth-coloured restorations
Porcelain veneers
Ceramic veneers
Cosmetic correction of chipped or irregular teeth
Gum contouring
Complete smile makeover

Dental Implants & Missing Teeth

Single-tooth dental implants
Multiple dental implants
Full-mouth dental implants
All-on-4 / All-on-6 rehabilitation
Implant-supported bridges
Implant-supported dentures
Bone grafting
Sinus lift procedures
Full-mouth rehabilitation

Crowns, Bridges & Prosthodontics

Zirconia crowns
Ceramic / porcelain crowns
Dental bridges
Dentures
Implant-supported prostheses
Replacement of old crowns and bridges
Full-mouth reconstruction

Root Canal & Restorative Dentistry

Root canal treatment
Re-root canal treatment
Post-and-core restoration
Crowns following root canal treatment

Orthodontics

Invisalign / clear aligners
Conventional braces
Ceramic braces
Adult orthodontic treatment
Bite correction

Oral & Maxillofacial Procedures

Wisdom tooth extraction
Impacted tooth removal
Minor oral surgery
Dental cyst evaluation and treatment
TMJ / jaw-joint assessment
Bruxism and night-guard treatment

Orthopaedics & Joint Care

Elective joint replacement, sports injury, spine and rehabilitation services

Joint Replacement · Arthroscopy & Sports Injuries · Spine Care · Non-Surgical Joint Care

Joint Replacement

Total knee replacement
Partial knee replacement
Total hip replacement
Revision knee replacement
Revision hip replacement
Shoulder replacement
Robotic-assisted joint replacement where appropriate

Arthroscopy & Sports Injuries

Knee arthroscopy
ACL reconstruction
PCL reconstruction
Meniscus repair
Cartilage procedures
Shoulder arthroscopy
Rotator cuff repair
Shoulder instability surgery
Sports-injury evaluation and treatment

Spine Care

Specialist evaluation for back and neck pain
Disc prolapse / slipped-disc assessment
Sciatica evaluation
Spinal stenosis treatment
Minimally invasive spine surgery
Discectomy
Spinal decompression
Spinal fusion where indicated
Second opinion before spine surgery

Non-Surgical Joint Care

Knee osteoarthritis consultation
Shoulder pain evaluation
Hip pain evaluation
Physiotherapy and rehabilitation
Image-guided joint injections where appropriate
PRP / regenerative treatments where evidence and indication support their use
Osteoporosis screening and management

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Digestive Health

Consultation, endoscopy, liver, pancreatic and biliary services

Gastrointestinal Evaluation · Endoscopy · Liver & Hepatology · Pancreas & Biliary System

Gastrointestinal Evaluation

Gastroenterologist consultation
Second opinion for persistent digestive symptoms
Acidity / GERD
Gastritis
Abdominal pain
Bloating
Chronic constipation
Chronic diarrhoea
Irritable bowel syndrome
Inflammatory bowel disease
Crohn’s disease
Ulcerative colitis
Coeliac disease
Gastrointestinal bleeding evaluation

Endoscopy

Upper GI endoscopy / gastroscopy
Colonoscopy
Screening colonoscopy
Polyp detection and removal
Biopsy during endoscopy
Endoscopic treatment of selected GI lesions
ERCP
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)

Liver & Hepatology

Fatty liver / MASLD assessment
FibroScan / liver fibrosis assessment
Abnormal liver-function-test evaluation
Cirrhosis consultation
Viral hepatitis evaluation and treatment planning
Alcohol-related liver disease assessment
Portal hypertension evaluation
Liver lesion / liver tumour second opinion
Liver transplant evaluation and second opinion
Post-liver-transplant follow-up

Pancreas & Biliary System

Gallstone evaluation
Pancreatitis assessment
Pancreatic cyst evaluation
Pancreatic tumour second opinion
Bile duct disease evaluation

Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery

Preventive cardiac assessment through advanced intervention and surgery

Preventive Cardiac Assessment · Coronary Artery Disease · Heart Rhythm Services · Structural Heart & Cardiac Surgery

Preventive Cardiac Assessment

Cardiologist consultation
Cardiovascular risk assessment
ECG
Echocardiogram
Treadmill / exercise stress testing
Holter monitoring
Ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring
CT coronary angiography where indicated
Cardiac health packages

Coronary Artery Disease

Chest-pain assessment
Coronary angiography
Coronary angioplasty
Stent placement
Complex coronary intervention where required
Second opinion for coronary artery disease

Heart Rhythm Services

Arrhythmia consultation
Holter and extended rhythm monitoring
Electrophysiology studies
Radiofrequency / catheter ablation
Pacemaker implantation
ICD implantation
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy where indicated

Structural Heart & Cardiac Surgery

Valve-disease assessment
TAVI/TAVR evaluation and treatment
ASD/PFO and selected structural-heart interventions
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
Heart-valve repair or replacement
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery where appropriate
Second opinion before open-heart surgery

Neurology & Neurosciences

Second opinions, epilepsy care and elective neurosurgical pathways

General Neurology & Second Opinions · Epilepsy & Seizures · Neurosurgery

General Neurology & Second Opinions

Headache evaluation
Migraine consultation and treatment
Chronic dizziness / vertigo assessment
Numbness and tingling
Peripheral neuropathy
Tremor
Memory problems
Parkinson’s disease
Multiple sclerosis
Neuromuscular disorders
Sleep-related neurological problems
Stroke-risk assessment and post-stroke review

Epilepsy & Seizures

Epilepsy specialist consultation
Second opinion for uncontrolled seizures
EEG
Video EEG monitoring
MRI and advanced epilepsy imaging
Medication review
Comprehensive epilepsy work-up
Evaluation for epilepsy surgery
Epilepsy surgery where appropriate
Vagus nerve stimulation and other advanced therapies where indicated

Neurosurgery

Brain and spine tumour second opinions
Disc and spinal disease
Hydrocephalus assessment
Selected elective brain and spine surgery
Second opinion before major neurosurgical procedures

Psychiatry & Mental Wellness

Confidential mental-health consultation with continuity after travel

Psychiatry & Psychological Care

Psychiatric consultation
Psychological assessment
Anxiety disorders
Depression
Panic attacks / panic disorder
Stress and burnout
Sleep disorders / insomnia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Adult ADHD assessment
Bipolar disorder consultation
Trauma and PTSD
Grief counselling
Relationship and family counselling
Work-related stress
Medication review and second opinion
Psychotherapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy
Online follow-up after returning overseas

Maple Health positioning: A confidential mental-wellness consultation during a patient’s stay in Chennai, with continuity through teleconsultation after travel.

General & Laparoscopic Surgery

Planned minimally invasive and elective surgical procedures

Hernia Surgery · Gallbladder & Abdominal Surgery · Colorectal & Proctology · Other Elective Surgery · Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery

Hernia Surgery

Inguinal hernia repair
Umbilical hernia repair
Incisional hernia repair
Laparoscopic hernia repair
Robotic hernia repair where appropriate

Gallbladder & Abdominal Surgery

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Gallstone surgery
Selected laparoscopic abdominal procedures
Diagnostic laparoscopy

Colorectal & Proctology

Haemorrhoid assessment and treatment
Fissure treatment
Fistula treatment
Pilonidal sinus surgery
Selected colorectal procedures

Other Elective Surgery

Lipoma removal
Sebaceous cyst removal
Minor soft-tissue surgery
Thyroid surgery
Breast lump evaluation and selected breast surgery

Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery

Weight-management surgical consultation
Sleeve gastrectomy
Gastric bypass
Revision bariatric surgery
Multidisciplinary obesity-management programmes

Pulmonology & Respiratory Medicine

Respiratory second opinions, diagnostics and sleep medicine

Specialist Consultation / Second Opinion · Respiratory Diagnostics · Sleep Medicine

Specialist Consultation / Second Opinion

Asthma
Chronic cough
Recurrent respiratory infections
COPD / chronic bronchitis
Breathlessness
Allergic respiratory disease
Bronchiectasis
Interstitial lung disease
Pulmonary fibrosis
Post-COVID respiratory symptoms
Sleep-related breathing disorders
Lung nodules
Abnormal chest X-ray or CT findings
Lung cancer second opinion

Respiratory Diagnostics

Pulmonary function tests
Spirometry
Bronchodilator testing
Six-minute walk test
Sleep study
Bronchoscopy
EBUS where indicated
Lung biopsy coordination

Sleep Medicine

Snoring assessment
Obstructive sleep apnoea evaluation
Sleep study
CPAP assessment and optimisation

Interventional Radiology

A key Maple Health differentiator: minimally invasive alternatives to conventional surgery

Women’s Health · Men’s Health · Musculoskeletal & Pain Interventions · Vascular Interventions · Liver & Cancer Interventions · Portal Hypertension & Liver Disease · Other Minimally Invasive Procedures

Women’s Health

Uterine fibroid embolisation (UFE/UAE)
Adenomyosis embolisation in selected patients
Pelvic congestion syndrome / ovarian vein embolisation
Minimally invasive treatment options for selected postpartum or pelvic vascular conditions

Men’s Health

Prostate artery embolisation (PAE) for benign prostatic enlargement
Varicocele embolisation
Selected vascular evaluation/intervention for erectile dysfunction where clinically appropriate

Musculoskeletal & Pain Interventions

Genicular artery embolisation (GAE) for selected patients with knee osteoarthritis
Image-guided pain procedures
Vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty
Selected image-guided musculoskeletal interventions

Vascular Interventions

Peripheral arterial disease assessment and angioplasty
Venous disease interventions
Deep venous obstruction treatment
Venous malformation treatment
Vascular malformation embolisation
Visceral and peripheral aneurysm embolisation
Dialysis-access interventions

Liver & Cancer Interventions

Liver tumour ablation
Transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE)
Radioembolisation / TARE
Portal vein embolisation
Biliary interventions
Image-guided biopsies
Image-guided tumour ablation
Selected renal, lung and bone tumour ablation

Portal Hypertension & Liver Disease

TIPS
BRTO and related variceal interventions
Portal venous interventions
Splenic artery embolisation
Complex post-liver-transplant vascular and biliary interventions

Other Minimally Invasive Procedures

Haemorrhoidal artery embolisation in selected patients
Image-guided drainage procedures
Gastrostomy and other image-guided access procedures
Second opinion on whether surgery can be replaced by a minimally invasive IR procedure

Pain Management & Minimally Invasive Pain Medicine

Comprehensive image-guided and interventional pain procedures from head to toe

Maple Health can coordinate multidisciplinary pain assessment, second opinions and minimally invasive pain procedures for appropriately selected patients with chronic, cancer-related, neuropathic, musculoskeletal and spine-related pain.

Head, Face & Craniofacial Pain · Neck & Cervical Spine Pain · Shoulder, Upper Limb & Chest Wall Pain · Thoracic & Upper Back Pain · Low Back Pain & Lumbar Spine · Pelvic, Abdominal & Visceral Pain · Hip, Groin & Lower Limb Pain · Ankle, Foot & Heel Pain · Neuropathic Pain & Complex Regional Pain · Cancer Pain & Palliative Interventions · Advanced Pain Therapies & Neuromodulation · Musculoskeletal & Image-Guided Pain Procedures

Head, Face & Craniofacial Pain

Specialist evaluation for chronic headache, migraine and facial pain
Occipital nerve blocks for selected occipital neuralgia and cervicogenic headache
Trigeminal nerve / Gasserian ganglion interventions for selected trigeminal neuralgia
Sphenopalatine ganglion block
Supraorbital and supratrochlear nerve blocks
Peripheral cranial nerve blocks for selected pain syndromes
Radiofrequency procedures for selected craniofacial pain conditions

Neck & Cervical Spine Pain

Cervical epidural steroid injection
Cervical selective nerve-root block
Cervical facet joint injection
Cervical medial branch block
Radiofrequency ablation / denervation of cervical medial branches
Trigger-point injections for myofascial neck pain
Image-guided treatment pathways for cervical radiculopathy and cervicogenic pain

Shoulder, Upper Limb & Chest Wall Pain

Suprascapular nerve block and radiofrequency treatment
Axillary nerve and selected peripheral nerve blocks
Shoulder joint and bursal injections where appropriate
Brachial plexus / targeted peripheral nerve blocks for selected chronic pain conditions
Intercostal nerve blocks
Paravertebral blocks
Radiofrequency treatment for selected intercostal neuralgia
Post-thoracotomy and post-mastectomy pain assessment and interventions

Thoracic & Upper Back Pain

Thoracic epidural injection
Thoracic facet joint injections
Thoracic medial branch blocks
Radiofrequency ablation for selected thoracic facet-mediated pain
Costovertebral / selected chest-wall injections
Trigger-point injections

Low Back Pain & Lumbar Spine

Lumbar epidural steroid injection — interlaminar, transforaminal or caudal as appropriate
Lumbar selective nerve-root block
Lumbar facet joint injection
Lumbar medial branch block
Radiofrequency ablation / denervation for facet-mediated pain
Sacroiliac joint injection
Sacroiliac joint radiofrequency procedures in selected patients
Disc-related pain evaluation and minimally invasive treatment planning
Percutaneous procedures for selected vertebral compression fractures, including vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty
Image-guided management of lumbar radiculopathy and sciatica

Pelvic, Abdominal & Visceral Pain

Celiac plexus block / neurolysis for selected upper abdominal and cancer pain
Splanchnic nerve block / neurolysis
Superior hypogastric plexus block
Ganglion impar block
Ilioinguinal / iliohypogastric nerve blocks
Genitofemoral nerve block
Pudendal nerve block
Selected sympathetic and plexus interventions for chronic pelvic pain
Image-guided pain procedures for selected pancreatic, hepatobiliary, pelvic and malignancy-related pain

Hip, Groin & Lower Limb Pain

Hip joint injection
Femoral and obturator articular branch blocks / radiofrequency procedures for selected hip pain
Greater trochanteric bursa injection
Peripheral nerve blocks for selected neuropathic lower-limb pain
Genicular nerve blocks and radiofrequency ablation for selected knee pain
Genicular artery embolisation (GAE) for selected patients with knee osteoarthritis
Knee joint injections where appropriate
Piriformis injection
Peroneal, tibial and other targeted peripheral nerve interventions where clinically indicated

Ankle, Foot & Heel Pain

Image-guided ankle and foot joint injections
Peripheral nerve blocks for selected ankle and foot pain
Plantar fasciitis assessment and image-guided treatment options
Targeted treatment of selected heel-pain syndromes
Morton’s neuroma injections / image-guided interventions
Selected tibial, plantar and other peripheral nerve procedures

Neuropathic Pain & Complex Regional Pain

Evaluation and interventional treatment planning for neuropathic pain
Sympathetic blocks for selected complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Stellate ganglion block
Lumbar sympathetic block
Peripheral nerve blocks and radiofrequency procedures
Pulsed radiofrequency for selected neuropathic pain syndromes
Neuromodulation assessment for refractory chronic pain

Cancer Pain & Palliative Interventions

Multidisciplinary cancer-pain consultation
Celiac plexus and splanchnic neurolysis
Superior hypogastric plexus and ganglion impar interventions
Peripheral nerve and plexus blocks
Neurolytic procedures using appropriate agents in carefully selected patients
Vertebral augmentation for painful malignant vertebral lesions / compression fractures
Image-guided tumour ablation for selected painful bone or soft-tissue lesions
Pain-management planning alongside oncology and palliative-care teams

Advanced Pain Therapies & Neuromodulation

Spinal cord stimulation assessment and trial for selected refractory pain syndromes
Peripheral nerve stimulation assessment
Intrathecal drug-delivery system / pain-pump assessment where appropriate
Radiofrequency ablation — conventional, cooled or pulsed techniques depending on indication
Cryoablation / cryoneurolysis for selected pain conditions
Image-guided diagnostic blocks to identify the pain generator before definitive treatment

Musculoskeletal & Image-Guided Pain Procedures

Ultrasound- or fluoroscopy-guided joint injections
Bursal and tendon-sheath injections
Trigger-point injections
Selected regenerative / PRP procedures where evidence and indication support their use
Image-guided aspiration and therapeutic injection where appropriate
Second opinion to determine whether pain can be treated minimally invasively rather than with surgery

Important: Pain procedures should be offered only after specialist assessment, review of imaging and confirmation of clinical indication. The exact technique, medication and use of neurolysis or neuromodulation depend on diagnosis, patient factors and treating-specialist judgement.

Doctor welcoming a patient and their partner into a consultation room

One point of coordination

Maple Health International Patient Pathway

A single point of coordination before, during and after the Chennai visit.

Before travelling to India
- Medical-record review
- Video consultation
- Second opinion
- Treatment recommendation
- Approximate cost
- Hospital and specialist selection
- Appointment scheduling
During the Chennai visit
- Airport/transport assistance
- Consultation
- Investigations
- Procedure/surgery
- Hospital stay
- Physiotherapy/rehabilitation
- Pharmacy/medications
- Dental or health-check appointments if desired
Before returning overseas
- Final specialist review
- Medical report
- Imaging and procedure records
- Medication plan
- Fitness-to-fly guidance where appropriate
- Follow-up schedule
After returning home
- Teleconsultation
- Wound/procedure follow-up
- Medication review
- Coordination with the patient’s physician overseas

One journey. Multiple specialties. One point of coordination.

Planned consultations
Second opinions
Diagnostics
Elective procedures
Minimally invasive treatments
Surgery
Rehabilitation
International follow-up

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Service availability and suitability depend on specialist assessment, clinical indication and partner-hospital capability. This portfolio is intended for planned/elective care and does not cover emergency services.