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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hip
- Knee
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Ravindra Gudena is a Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon at St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust, specialising in primary and revision Hip and Knee replacement.
He also has special interest in hip impingement, young adult hip problems and he underwent special training doing Hip Arthroscopy.
He is one of the highest Hip and Knee replacement surgeries performing Surgeon with best outcomes in the North West of England.
Mr Gudena pioneered in using 3D technology in Orthopaedics and performed highest number of 3D printed ConforMIS knee replacements and customised Hip replacements.
He uses other latest techniques including n-Stride injections and other stem cell injections to prevent arthritis.
Ravindra graduated in 2001 and progressed very quickly in his career completing Basic surgical training in North Wales and Orthopaedic Speciality training across the Mersey region and received Fellow of Royal Colleges Award in 2010.
He Completed one year of Fellowship in Canada and visited centers across Canada and United States of America to enhance his clinical and academic experience. He has strong academic background and published extensively in his specialty of interest.
He uses latest techniques in treating the hip and knee problems including minimally invasive hip and knee replacements, patient specific knee replacements (TruMatch) ConforMIS 3D printed customised knee replacement and PRP (platelet rich plasma) injections for chronic tendon, bursa problems.
Mr Gudena is one of the very few surgeons in the region who can perform HIP ARTHROSCOPY to treat hip impingement and peri-acetabular osteotomies (bone turning procedure for shallow hip socket) for dysplastic hips.
He is one of the first few surgeons in UK and the first Surgeon in North West to do 3D printed customised ConforMIS Knee replacement, which gives excellent results.
He also performs the Attune Knee Replacement, which has been giving excellent results.
He performs over 300 primary joint replacement procedures a year and 50 hip and knee revision surgeries. He also performs over 120 hip arthroscopies in a year.
He has special interest in infection control and he is the Clinical lead and Consultant champion for infection control and Clinical lead for thromboprophylaxis (DVT prevention) at St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust. He is the joint replacement surgery lead for St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust and BOA Champion for Joint replacements.
Areas of interest
Hip
Hip problems
Hip pain
Hip arthritis
Hip replacement
Knee pain
Knee arthritis
Knee Replacement
Young adult hip problems
Hip impingement
Key hole Sugrery Hip
Superpath hip replacement
Hip Replacement (Cemented & Uncemented);
Single incision minimally invasive hip replacement;
Hip Arthroscopy
Knee
Knee problems
Knee pain
Knee arthritis
Knee Replacement;
Minimally invasive knee replacement;
Partial Knee replacement;
Knee arthroscopy;
Key hole surgery knee
3D knee
Conformis Knee replacement
Revision Hip replacement;
Sport injuries of the hip;
Bone preserving hip surgeries;
Silent Hip (Bone preserving hip surgery);
Peri-acetabular osteotomy;
Revision knee replacement;
Medical secretaries
- Fairfield Appointments
- Fairfield Hospital Crank Road Crank ST HELENS WA11 7RS
- 01744 746425
- c.tandy@fairfield.org.uk
- Fairfield Hospital
- Fairfield Hospital Crank St. Helens WA11 7RS
- 01744 746425
- enquiries@fairfiled.org.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Ravindra Gudena has worked with Dr Shameem Jameel at the following hospitals:
- Spire Cheshire Hospital (>50)
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Mr Ravindra Gudena has worked with Dr Karim Mukhtar at the following hospitals:
- Fairfield Independent Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Ravindra Gudena has worked with Dr Hussein Samy Abdou at the following hospitals:
- Fairfield Independent Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W3712
Primary total hip replacement +/- cement - (5-50)
Spire Cheshire Hospital (5-50) Fairfield Independent Hospital (1-5)
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W8500
Multiple arthroscopic operation on knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) - (5-50)
Spire Cheshire Hospital (5-50) Fairfield Independent Hospital (5-50)
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W4210
Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint, +/- cement, +/- patella - (5-50)
Spire Cheshire Hospital (5-50) Fairfield Independent Hospital (1-5)
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W9030
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - unilateral - (5-50)
Spire Cheshire Hospital (1-5) Fairfield Independent Hospital (1-5)
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W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (5-50)
Fairfield Independent Hospital (1-5) Spire Cheshire Hospital (1-5)
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W1380
Arthroscopic femoro-acetabular surgery for hip impingement syndrome, including labral repair and osteochondroplasty - (1-5)
Spire Cheshire Hospital (1-5) Fairfield Independent Hospital (1-5)
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W3713
Complex primary total hip replacement (including bone grafting or femoral osteotomy) - (1-5)
Spire Cheshire Hospital (1-5)
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T8003
Major release of muscle for pain or contracture (e.g. quadriceps) (involving large joint) - (1-5)
Spire Cheshire Hospital (1-5)
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T6220
Excision of bursa - (1-5)
Spire Cheshire Hospital (1-5)