Dr. S. KARUNAGARAN

Professional Qualifications

• MBBS
• MS (Orthopedics);
• Fellowship in spine surgery, Arthroscopy and Reconstructive Surgeries –Switzerland;
• Fellowship in Shoulder and Knee Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine-France.

Areas of Specialization

• Arthroplasty (joint replacements-primary and revision)
• Spine Surgery
• Sports medicine
• Trauma
• Paediatric Orthopedics
• Joint Replacement
• Endoscopic Spine Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Work Experience

• Senior Registrar in Spine and Joint unit at Apollo hospitals, Chennai (2006 to 2007)
• Junior consultant in Spine and Joint unit at Apollo hospitals, Chennai (2007 to 2008)
• Academic in charge for orthopedics at Apollo hospitals, Chennai (2007 to 2009)
• Consultant in orthopedics at Apollo hospitals, Chennai- 2009
• Over 3,750 trauma surgeries including pelvic and ace tabular fixations.
• More than 2,700 joint replacements ( hip, knee, shoulder & ankle).
• Around 3,500 spine surgeries including traumatic, degenerative, infective conditions and minimally invasive spine surgeries techniques.
  • Minimally invaisive disectomy and decompression.
  • MIS TLIF
  • Cervical Disc Replacement
  • Cervical Decompression & fusion
  • Adult & paediatric scoliosis correction
• More than 1500 arthroscopy and sports injuiry treatment procedures.
• Over 400 procedures in Paediatric Orthopaedics for CTEV, DDH and other conditions.
• Around 150 endoscopic  and minimally  invasive  spine surgeries

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