- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Foot & Ankle
Offers
- Video and telephone consultations
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 Lail-u-mah Zaheer
Fee Assured
- Dr Deepak Subramani
Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W9030
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - unilateral - (1-5)
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W0860
Metatarso-phalangeal cheilectomy - unilateral, as sole procedure - (1-5)
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T6780
Primary repair of achilles tendon - (1-5)
Park Hospital (The) (1-5)
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W0321
Osteotomies (eg scarf and akin) for Hallux Valgus correction with or without internal fixation and soft tissue correction - (1-5)
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W0330
Fusion of first metatarso-phalangeal joint - (1-5)
Park Hospital (The) (1-5)