Orthopaedics at CMC Hospital Vellore
The orthopaedics department at CMC Hospital deals with the diseases of bones, joints, nerves, and soft tissues related to joints such as tendons, and ligaments; and helps you be active. Orthopaedists treat bone problems in everyone including kids, youngsters, seniors, and athletes. The treat you via exercise, rehabilitation techniques, medicines, and surgery if needed.
The Orthopaedics department at CMC Hospital has various branches such as general, spinal, paediatric, and hand surgery. There are 14 professors, 36 consultants, and several postgraduates to treat you. Most of them have taken specialised training abroad in different fields of orthopaedics. CMC conducts at least 8000 orthopaedic surgeries a year.
They conduct the following procedures:
• Primary arthroplasty (reconstruction or replacement) for your hip, knee, shoulder, and elbow
• Revision arthroplasty
• Arthroscopy (examining as well as treating you via endoscope) for your ankles and elbows
• Spine (backbone) surgeries which include posterior lumbar (lower back) interbody fusion, lumbar discectomy, and decompression
• Pulsed electromagnetic therapy (electromagnetic fields heal your fractures)
The orthopaedics department at CMC Hospital treats various diseases such as problems with your cervical spine (neck bone), scoliosis (backbone deformity), spinal (backbone) infections, and tumours. They also address your sports injuries via procedures such as arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament construction and arthroscopic bankart’s repair. Via special treatments, they treat various disorders in kids such as hip dysplasia, CTEV/ Congenital Talipes Equino Varus, congenital pseudoarthrosis, Perthe’s disease, paediatric soft tissue and bone tumours, cerebral palsy, skeletal dysplasia, and limb deficiency. The orthopaedics department at CMC Hospital will soon include newer treatment options such as minimally invasive surgery and treatment for cartilage injuries such as autologous chondrocyte implantation.
Here are some of the senior specialists who treat you at the orthopaedics department at CMC Hospital:
• Dr. Alfred Job Daniel
• Dr. Vrisha Madhuri
• Dr. Vernon Lee
• Dr. V.T.K. Titus
• Dr. Vinoo Mathew Cherian
• Dr. Kenny Samuel David
• Dr. Thilak S. Jepegnanam
• Dr. Venkatesh
• Dr. Manasseh Nithyananth
• Dr. Pradeep Mathew Poonnoose
• Dr. Thomas Palocaren,
• Dr. Anil Thomas Oommen
• Dr. Rohit Amritanand
• Dr. P.R.J.V.C. Boopalan
They attend national and international conferences often, and present research papers too.
