Arthroscopy & Sports medicine

Doctors




Arthroscopy & Sports medicine

The Arthroscopy and sports medicine unit of Ganga hospital is headed by Dr. S R Sundararajan. The unit is efficient in performing several complex surgeries of knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, wrist and elbow joint. Our centre has an intake of yearly one FNB (national board of examinations) and two Tamilnadu Dr MGR University Post doctoral fellow students. It's one of the few centres in India to have the FNB course in sports medicine. The unit has several research publications in national and international indexed journals.






The Unit also conducts international and national level meetings in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy & Training Courses and Workshops for Physiotherapists. We have three well-equipped operation theatres with experienced theatre staff. All procedures are performed based on current clinical evidence and implants used are of best quality available on par with international standards at a very affordable cost. Apart from good surgical results, post-operative rehabilitation is provided through experienced physiotherapists to get patients back to normal activities. Comprehensive post operative rehabilitation for all Sports and Ligament injuries are guided by an exclusive team comprising of 19 trained physio-therapists.







KEY HOLE SURGERIES - HIGHLIGHTS


1. Competent Arthroscopic surgical team with more than 15 years experience.

2. Two Fully furnished operation theatre with a dedicated team of surgeons, nurses, and anesthetists.

3. State of the art Advanced arthroscopic equipment.

4 Specialized Musculoskeletal radiologists and physiotherapists to ensure the best outcomes for the patients.

5. Key hole surgeries are performed for knee, shoulder, ankle, hip and wrist joints.




Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
ACL reconstruction / fixation 246 393 624 648 624 400 586 789
PCL reconstruction / fixation 31 22 42 39 26 26 34 54
Multi-ligament reconstruction 13 21 38 66 94 57 47 44
Meniscal repair or removal 507 178 246 162 246 128 173 146
Cartilage surgeries - 9 26 27 5 5 5 41
Patellar instability 10 2 5 14 6 5 31 9
Shoulder Arthroscopy 104 204 161 247 333 204 251 21
Other joints (ankle, elbow, hip) 3 4 5 9 6 7 13 360
HTO - - - - - - 41 29
Miscellaneous 3 26 59 26 30 67 29 31
Total 917 1092 1206 1238 1370 899 1210 1595

Awards

Best Paper Presentation Award 1st Prize....

Best Paper Presentation Award 1st Prize - Dr S R Sundararajan 7th Annual Conference of Indian Arthroscopy Society, Goa-2008

ICS- Indian cartilage Society

ICS cartilage clinical research international fellowship award - 2016

TNOA Dr David V Rajan for....

TNOA Dr David V Rajan for best Arthroscopy Paper Award- 2020