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Interests:
| Knee surgery |
| Arthroscopy,menisectomies, meniscal suture,ACL reconstruction,PCLreconstruction,corrective femoral and tibal osteotomies,hemicallotasis, TKR(total knee replacement,unicondylar knee replacement,mosaicplasty,microfracture,cartilage transplant,lateral release, tibial tubercle transfer,knee deformity correction,fracture fixation |
| Shoulder surgery, |
| Sports injuries, arthroscopy,stabilisation,rotator-cuff repair,reconstruction,shoulder replacement. |
| Trauma |
| Open reducton and internal fixation of intra-articular fractures by meticulous pre operative planning.(Advanced AO techniques). Internal fixation of acetabular and pelvic fractures( paper presented at Tawam hospital in March 2003. Largest series in Oman. Calcaneal fractures. Fractures of extremities treated on evidence based methods. |
| Paediatric orthopaedics and fractures |
| Correction of DDH, CTEV, Correction of spastic deformities of limbs in cerebral palsy, correction of limb length discrepancy, deformities of the knee |
Dr.Venkatachalam has worked in Dubai, Oman, UK and India for the past 19 years. His qualifications are MS, DNB,FRCS,MCh( Liverpool)
Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon, Knee and shoulder clinic, Chennai, Balaji and Malar hospitals, Chennai.( 01 jan 2004 onwards)
Specialist in Orthopaedics, Dubai hospital,UAE ( 18.8.03 - 29.11.03)
Senior specialist and head of the department of Orthopaedics, Ibri regional referral hospital, Oman. ( 28.6.02- 27.6.03). I operated on trauma, joint replacements, arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of knee and shoulder.
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