Dr. AB Govindaraj

Specialist:        Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon
Experience:     35 + years of experience
Hospital:           MGM Healthcare, Chennai   

Brief About Doctor:

• Dr. Govindaraj is a distinguished orthopedic surgeon of the country who has undergone surgical training at different reputed healthcare institutions abroad.
• Dr. Govindaraj has an expertise in performing joint replacement surgeries of 35+ years.
• His clinical interests include shoulder and hip replacement, instrumentation spine surgery and single sitting bilateral total knee replacement.

• Govindaraj has undergone special training under eminent and world-renowned Joint replacement surgeons including Dr John Ireland, Dr of medicine Henry Halm from Muenster University Hospital, Germany.
• Dr. Govindaraj completed his MBBS from Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, India in 1979, he then completed his MS from Government General Hospital, Chennai, India in 1982.

SPECIALISATION:

• Shoulder and hip replacement
• Instrumentation spine surgery
• Single sitting bilateral total knee replacement.

List of Treatments:

• Elbow Replacement Surgery
• Elbow Arthroscopy
• Lateral Epicondyle Release (Tennis Elbow)
• Fracture reduction and fixation
• Osteotomy
  
  Arthrolysis
  Shoulder Replacement Surgery
  Open Reduction of Fracture
  Repair of Shoulder Rotator Cuff
  Acromioclavicular Joint Repair
  Repair of dislocations
  Shoulder Labral Tears Surgery
  Surgical decompression
  Extensor mechanism realignment
  Shoulder Arthroscopy
  Arthroscopic Debridement of Calcium Deposits
  Paget’s Disease
  Arthrotomy
  Arthroscopic surgery
  Reduction of fractures open
  Closed Reduction for Fracture
  Arthroplasty
  Carpal Tunnel Release (CTR) Open or Endoscopic
  Wrist Joint Replacement (Wrist Arthroplasty)
  Knee Replacement Surgery
  Unicondylar Knee Replacement
  High Flex Knee Replacement
  Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery
  Revision Single Knee Replacement
  Knee Arthroscopy
  Knee Meniscectomy
  Tibial Tubercle Transfer for Patellofemoral Arthritis
  Total Hip Replacement
  Acetabular Fixation
  Cemented Total Hip Replacement
  Cementless Total Hip Replacement (THR) Surgery
  Revision Hip Replacement
  Hip Replacement with Computer Navigation
  Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
  Bilateral Hip Replacement Surgery
  Both Hip Replacement together
  Birmingham Hip Resurfacing BHR
  BHR with stem
  BMHR
  Minimally Invasive Hip Resurfacing
  Hip Resurfacing with computer navigation
  Leg Injury
  ACL Reconstruction
  Revision ACL Reconstruction Surgery
  Patello Femoral Replacement
  High Tibial Osteotomy
  Lower femoral Osteotomy
  Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Reconstruction
  Arthrodesis
  Septic Arthritis Treatment
  Lateral Retinacular Release Surgery
  Arthroscopic Meniscectomy
  Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI)
  Meniscal Repair
  Osteochondral Autografting – Mosaicplasty Surgery
  Ankle Arthroscopy
  Palmar Fasciectomy
  Tendon Repair Surgery: Flexor Extensor
  Thumb Arthroplasty
  Tendon Transfer
  Internal Fixation of Fractures
  Pollicization Surgery
  Repair of Digital Nerves
  Synovectomy of Hand
  Tenodesis tenolysis and tendon transfers and grafts
  Boutonniere Deformity Treatment
  Neurolysis Procedure
  Ganglion Cyst Excision
  

EDUCATION:

•  EDUCATION
• Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glascow, UK
• MS,  Government General Hospital, Chennai
•  Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur.

AWARDS:

• Awarded the diploma of FRCS by the Glasgow Royal College, UK Joined the King George Hospital, Ilford, Essex, England, in 1984, for training under the arthroscopic surgeon Mr. John Ireland.