Dr. K Appaji Krishnan

Specialist:      Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon
Experience:   31+ years of experience
Hospital:        SIMS Hospital Vadapalani, Chennai

Brief About Doctor:

• Senior Consultant Spine Surgeon | Asian Joint Reconstruction Institute, SIMS Hospital
• Dr K Appaji Krishanan is a well-known Orthopedecian in Chennai.
• With a thriving experience of over 15+ years, he has performed a number of complex spine surgeries and trauma surgeries.

• He has done his MBBS & D.Ortho from the prestigious JIPMER, Puducherry. .Following which he did his DNB.
• Dr Krishnan has done his Fellowship in Spine Surgery from Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea and AO Trauma Fellowship – University Hospital Schleswig Holstein Kiet, Germany.
  

SPECIALISATION:

• Scoliosis and kyphos correction in children
• High-grade Spondylolisthesis surgery in children and adults
• Spine deformity correction in Adults Spinal Tumor
  

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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:

• MBBS
• D.Ortho
• DNB