Mr Saravana V Karuppiah : Trauma & orthopaedic surgery

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Mr Saravana V Karuppiah

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Specialises in

Foot & Ankle

About me

Mr Vail Karuppiah is a Consultant Foot and Ankle Surgeon who graduated from JIPMER, Pondicherry, India. He started his surgical career in Aberdeen, Scotland and completed Membership exams. Subsequently, he was appointed as a clinical tutor at the University of Aberdeen and did research towards a higher degree. He completed his National Orthopaedic Training Programme in East Midlands working at various hospitals including the Queen Medical Centre, Derby Hospitals and Kingsmill Hospital, Mansfield.

He has completed an accredited International Specialist training in Foot and Ankle Fellowship from Australia.

Mr Karuppiah is a full-time consultant at the Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre.

Sub specialist training - Fellowships:
• Foot and Ankle Fellowship, Adelaide, Australia
• Lower Limb Reconstruction Fellowship, Manchester, UK
• Trauma Fellowship, Johannesburg, South Africa

Mr Karuppiah is keen in Minimal invasive surgery (MIS) for foot and ankle pathologies. He has a well established practice and re and is the only surgeon to offer mininimally invasive surgery for bunion surgery in East Midlands region.

Areas of interest

Special clinical interests
• Bunion Minimally invasive surgery (MIS, Key Hole Surgery)
• 1st MTP joint replacement
• Adult Acquired flat foot
• Ankle replacement
• Plantar Fasciitis (Key hole)
• Foot and Ankle Deformity correction
• Rheumatoid Foot and Ankle
• Diabetic Foot

Treatment offered / Conditions treated
• Big toe arthritis (Hallux Rigidus) – Cartiva replacement
• Big toe fusion
• Flat foot deformity
• Treatment of hammer toe or claw toes
• Plantar plate repair
• Bunionnette correction
• Removal of Ganglion
• Removal soft tissue lumps and bumps
• Morton Neuroma
• Nerve entrapment
• Haglund’s deformity
• Achilles Tendonitis
• Heel pain
• Ankle and Subtalar fusion
• Ankle arthroscopy
• Sports related injuries
• Foot and Ankle injections
• Ankle ligament reconstruction
• Tendon disorders including tendo-achilles
• PRP injection (Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy)
• Treatment of ingrowing toe nail

Medical secretaries

Jodie Ball
Woodthorpe Hospital 748 Mansfield Road Woodthorpe Nottingham NG5 3FZ
0115 920 9209
jodie.ball@ramsayhealth.co.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Deepak Subramani Fee Assured

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Foot and Ankle Surgeon - Nottingham Treatment Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust,

Research interests

Biomechanical research, Orthopaedic Clinical Outcome, Trauma

Personal interests

• Scuba diving, Swimming, Hill walking, Travelling, Carpentry, Vegetable carving
• Additional Surgical interest - Designing and improving of surgical instruments and orthopaedic implants

Awards received

• Best Research Presentation – Derby, 2014
• Best Research Poster Award – SIROT, Morocco, 2007
• Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh – Henry Wade Travelling Fund 2006

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

1) Reliability of Ultrasound in the diagnosis of Morton’s neuroma. AOA Regional Scientific Meeting, Feb 2018, Adelaide, Australia.
2) A comparison of Local flaps vs Free flaps for open lower limb fractures: effect of flap choice on healing time, complications and patient reported outcome. AOA Regional Scientific Meeting, Feb 2018, Adelaide, Australia.
3) Tibiotalocalcaneal nail as a treatment option for elderly patients with of ankle fractures. Australian Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS), Aug 2017, Noosa, Australia.
4) Functional outcomes following percutaneous Achilles tendon repair using the Tenolig implant. Australian Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS), Aug 2017, Noosa, Australia.
5) Zadek procedure as a treatment option in Haglund’s deformity. Australian Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS), Aug 2017, Noosa, Australia.
6) Comparision of both arthroscopic and open techniques for arthrodesis ankle. AOA Annual Scientific Meeting, Nov 2017, Adelaide, Australia.

Courses offered to GPs

We regularly offer seminars and talks - Diagnosis and Management on Foot and Ankle conditions

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

FRCS Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 2016
MRCS Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 2005
MBBS JIPMER, India 1999

Additional training

Fellowship - Foot and Ankle Flinders Medical Centre 2017
Fellowship - Foot and Ankle Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust 2016

GMC registration

Reference number 6029326

Details of entry to specialist register

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery , 2017

Affiliations / memberships

British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS)
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) (FRCS –Tr&Ortho)
British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
British Medical Association (BMA)

My private practice

Practice hours

Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings

748 Mansfield RoadWoodthorpeNOTTINGHAMNG5 3FZ
Wednesday
16:00 - 19:00
0115 920 9209

748 Mansfield RoadWoodthorpeNOTTINGHAMNG5 3FZ
Saturday
08:30 - 11:30
0115 920 9209

Post treatment communication

Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

T6770
Peroneal sling/groove reconstruction & replacement of dislocated peroneal tendons - (1-5)

Ramsay Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital (1-5)
T5900
Excision of ganglion - (1-5)

Ramsay Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital (1-5)
S4213
Debridement and primary suture of wound without involvement of deeper tissue (skin & subcutaneous fat only) - trunk & limbs - (1-5)

Ramsay Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital (1-5)
W0321
Osteotomy/ies (eg Scarf and Akin) for Hallux Valgus correction with or without internal fixation and soft tissue correction - (1-5)

Ramsay Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital (1-5)
W8640
Complex therapeutic arthroscopy of ankle, with multiple bony, joint surface and soft tissue procedures - (1-5)

Ramsay Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital (1-5)

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