KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Background History

The Department of Orthopaedics caters to about 400 outpatients daily and has an indoor bed strength of 280. This makes it the single largest department in the hospital, and the largest orthopedic department in the country.

Set up in 1942 as the first dedicated Department of Orthopaedics in India, the services offered are regarded as one of the best in the country.

Manned by an efficient staff, many of whom have obtained further training at some of the finest institutions in the world, the department has earned itself laurels in both the national and international arena. The department regularly produces merit holders at both national and international examinations and is the “Mecca” for orthopedic postgraduate training

Advanced surgical procedures such as spinal surgery, arthroplasty, arthroscopy and sports medicine, limb lengthening, complex trauma surgery and pediatric orthopaedics are performed regularly.

Staff

• Faculty
• Resident

Academic Activities

OPD DAYS AND TIMINGS:

Services Offered

• SERVICES OFFERED:Besides routine trauma and general orthopaedics, the following subspecialty services are available in the department

  Joint replacement (Arthroplasty)

  Spine surgery

  Arthroscopy and sports surgery

  Paediatric orthopaedics

  Advanced trauma surgery

  Limb lengthening and deformity correction with the Ilizarov method

  Orthopaedic oncology including limb salvage surgery

  Arthroscopic management of wrist and elbow disorders

  Elbow soft tissue reconstructive surgery (elbow instability)

  Complex elbow fracture-dislocation management

  Primary & revision total elbow replacement

  Surgical treatment of elbow stiffness

   

For Student

Surgical Training

MS (Orth)

Each year, top rankers of the State and All India Post graduate entrance exams choose KEM Hospital for post graduate training in Orthopaedics giving credence to the fact that it is one of the best training centers of India.

The department provides training for Master of Surgery (Ortho) which is University degree by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS).

The three year course is recognized by the Medical council of India (MCI). Every year 9 residents are admitted. Please contact office for additional details and selection criteria.

Each resident is expected to complete 6 rotations of 6 months duration in various units in the department. Residents receive supervised training in various aspect of orthopaedics. As the residents rotate in various units, they also receive adequate exposure to sub specialities like arthroplasty, arthroscopy and spine.

Senior Registrar

6 positions of senior registrar are available for students who have completed post graduate training (M.S. Ortho). These are 6 monthly positions and students are selected every months following a interview. The details of application for this position are available at the Orthopaedic office (see Contact Us)

Observership

Those interested in observing surgeries in our OTs are welcome to visit our department as observers. The details are provided here.
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1)KEMH PG TRAINING COURSE:

This course is conducted annually by the department of Orthopaedics at KEM and receives attendance from exam-going postgraduate students all over India. There is a comprehensive discussion on different clinical cases, and didactic lectures by eminent faculty from all over India.

2)KEM ELBOW COURSE JUNE 2023:

Course director: Dr. Mohan Desai

Convenor: Dr. Prashant Kamble

Co-convenor: Dr. Pradip Nemade

Theme: Comprehensive update about contemporary management in elbow pathologies

KEMH Elbow Course is the first-ever comprehensive update on the contemporary management of elbow issues including trauma, arthroscopy, pediatric, degenerative conditions, and sports injuries. It included lectures, video presentations, group discussions, one-to-one interaction with faculty members, and hands-on skill application on saw bone models and cadavers.

The course features included a cadaveric workshop on fresh frozen cadavers with hands-on learning of the various approaches to elbow like Kaplan, Kocher’s, TRAP, olecranon osteotomy and elbow arthroscopy, surgeries like ligament reconstruction, and management of tennis elbow, saw-bone workshop to learn fixation of various fractures around the elbow.

3)9^th International Meeting of Arthroscopy Academy:

July 2023

Convener- Dr. Roshan Wade.

Advanced hands-on cadaveric workshop on arthroscopy for knee and shoulder with international faculties and delegates all over India.

4)Fellowship program clinical meetings:

The Department of Orthopaedics has started fellowships in Arthroplasty, Arthroscopy, and Spine Surgery since 2023 with 2 fellows in each subspecialty. The fellows present complex topics related to their respective fields twice weekly.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Desai MM, Shah KA, Mohapatra A, Patel DC. Prevalence of metal hypersensitivity in total knee replacement. J Orthop. 2019;16(6):468-472. Published 2019 May 28. doi:10.1016/j.jor.2019.05.005
2. Kandhari VK, Desai MM, Wade RN, Bava SS. Expect the Unexpected: Mycobacterial Infection in Post Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients. J Clin Diagn Res. 2017;11(1):RD01-RD02. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2017/23231.9241
3. Kantanavar R, Desai MM, Pandit H. CT Morphometric Analysis of Medial Tibial Condyles: Are the Currently Available Designs of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Suitable for Indian Knees?. Indian J Orthop. 2021;55(5):1135-1143. Published 2021 May 27. doi:10.1007/s43465-021-00429-y
4. Kandhari VK, Desai MM, Bava SS, Wade RN. Digging Deeper into the Patello – Femoral Joint: Patello – Femoral Composite – A New Dimension for Overstuffing of Patello – Femoral Joint. J Clin Diagn Res. 2017;11(3):RC04-RC07. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2017/23192.9546
5. Rathod T, Marathe N, Shende C, Jogani A, Sathe A, Mallepally AR. Severe Kyphotic Deformity Involving Thoracolumbar Region -A Management Dilemma. J Orthop Case Rep. 2021;11(6):68-71. doi:10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i06.2262
6. Rathod, T. N., Sathe, A. H., & Marathe, N. A. (2021). It’s Never Too Late: Neurological Outcome of Delayed Decompression in Tuberculosis of Spine. Global spine journal, 11(5), 716–721. https://doi.org/10.1177/2192568220922209
7. Rathod TN, Marathe NA, Masilamani K, et al. Are we neglecting long-term effects of vertebral shortening on pulmonary function in spinal tuberculosis?. Spine Deform. 2022;10(1):169-176. doi:10.1007/s43390-021-00400-9
8. Kamble P, Panchal S, Prabhu R, Choudhury H, Mohanty SS. Morphometric Analysis of Ulnar Variance and Its Demographic Dynamics Using High Resolution MRI: A Retrospective Study in Indian Population and Review of Literature. Indian J Orthop. 2022;56(10):1818-1823. Published 2022 Aug 16. doi:10.1007/s43465-022-00717-1
9. Kulkarni, R., Pawar, H., Panchal, S., Prabhu, R., Keny, S. A., Kamble, P. R., Rathod, T. N., & Mohanty, S. S. (2023). Efficacy of Periarticular Local Infiltrative Analgesic Injection on Postoperative Pain Control and Functional Outcome in Sequential Bilateral Total Knee Replacement: A Prospective Controlled Trial in 120 Consecutive Patients. Indian journal of orthopaedics, 57(5), 689–695. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-023-00850-5
10. van Vulpen LFD, Thomas S, Keny SA, Mohanty SS. Synovitis and synovectomy in haemophilia. Haemophilia. 2021;27 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):96-102. doi:10.1111/hae.14025
11. Kamble P, Prabhu RM, Mohanty S, Keny S. Hemi-hamate arthroplasty for the management of chronic proximal interphalangeal joint fracture dislocations: Analysis of 21 cases in Indian population and review of the literature. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2023;37:102109. Published 2023 Jan 21. doi:10.1016/j.jcot.2023.102109
12. Kamble P, Prabhu RM, Jogani A, Mohanty SS, Panchal S, Dakhode S. Is Ultrasound (US)-Guided Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection More Efficacious as a Treatment Modality for Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy Than US-Guided Steroid Injection?: A Prospective Triple-Blinded Study with Midterm Follow-up. Clin Orthop Surg. 2023;15(3):454-462. doi:10.4055/cios22128

Other

Departmental Library

Location: 6th floor New Building, Orthopaedic office

The departmental library houses around 1500 books related to all sub specialities of Orthopaedics. The books are available for access between 10 am and 4 am.

The library has two computers which have online access to peer reviewed journals via the KEM intranet (see list of journals). Access to online books and teaching material is also available.

KEM Intranet pages on the internet

Request

We request our Alumni to expand the educational resources at our alma mater by donating books and helping us subscribe to more journals. If you wish to help, please write to meenunarasimhan@gmail.com

• Journals

  • List of Journals available on KEM Intranet
  • List of Journals available in the Central Library
  • Comprehensive list of all Orthopaedic journals (Free Ortho website)

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• Books

  UNDER CONSTRUCTION

  A complete list of Books available in the Departmental library will be available shortly

• Online Resources

  Free Ortho

  Orthopaedic Weblinks
  OWL is the largest index of online information for orthopaedic surgeons, residents, nurses, patients, vendors and allied health professionals interested in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology. OWL is a free, web-based resource designed to help you find online orthopaedic information quickly and easily. OWL is also a community of people like you, who strive to provide an authoritative directory of orthopaedics.

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Ortho KEM Alumni

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of Department of Orthopaedic alumni, Past Faculty and residents

Want you name on the Ortho alumni page?

Email your name, address, current position and the year of your joining the department to meenunarasimhan at gmail.com

We also urge you to become members of the G S Alumni Association (GOSUMEC)

Register in the Online GOSUMEC Alumni Database

Application for Alumni Association membership

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