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Orthopaedics

Services Offered

4. ARTHROSCOPY & SPORTS MEDICINE

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The arthroscopy and sports medicine services available at department of orthopaedics, KEM Hospital, are comparable with the finest institutions internationally. Over 500 of these minimally invasive surgical procedures are performed annually. The spectrum of work performed in this service includes :

Knee arthroscopy

a. Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction using both standard titanium implants and imported biodegradeable implants
b. Arthroscopic PCL reconstruction
c. Management of MCL tears, posterolateral corner injuries, multiple ligament deficient knees, and dislocated knees
d. Meniscal surgery including resection, repair, and allograft meniscal transplantation
e. Cartilage surgery including microfracture revascularisation techniques, mosaicplasty and osteochondral autograft transfer (OATS), osteochondral allograft transplants
f. Arthroscopic management of patellofemoral instability
g. Routine knee arthroscopic surgery including loose body removal, synovectomy followed by radiation synoviorthesis, debridement for early osteoarthritis, adhesiolysis for stiff knees
h. Corrective osteotomies around knee

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Shoulder arthroscopy

i. Arthroscopic management for shoulder instability including Bankart repair, SLAP repair, rotator interval repair
j. Arthroscopic and mini-open rotator cuff repair
k. Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for shoulder impingement
l. Routine shoulder arthroscopy including synovectomy, management of osteochondromatosis etc.

 


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