Launch
Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hand & Wrist
- Trauma
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Ravi Mallina is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Surrey and London, who specialises in a variety of upper extremity conditions.
Clinical interests
Mr Ravi Mallina is a fellowship trained hand and wrist surgeon working at Croydon Health Services (CHS) and South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre as substantive consultant. Mr Mallina trained in major trauma centres in the UK (Leeds, Newcastle and Aberdeen) and successfully completed his higher surgical specialist training in Trauma and Orthopaedics at South West London teaching hospitals.
Mr Mallina has expertise in delivering comprehensive care in conditions affecting the hand and wrist in multi-disciplinary settings and has special interest in treating overuse use injuries and nerve compressions affecting the upper extremity. He provides a one-stop clinic service to patients presenting with trauma of the hand and wrist, offers minimally invasive surgery for hand fractures and has experience in using fracture specific plate fixation for complex distal radius fractures. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, Mr Mallina is offering day-case, wide awake surgery for the majority of elective hand conditions and tailors treatment to individual patients' needs. He has passion for training surgical trainees and fulfils the role of orthopaedic college speciality tutor.
Academic background
He undertook specialist hand surgery training in UK's premier hand centres in Birmingham and Derby. During his time in Derby, he successfully completed the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) accredited diploma in Hand Surgery. Mr Mallina undertook a travelling fellowship at world renowned Professor PC Ho's department of hand and microsurgery in Hong Kong. He presented and authored several peer reviewed papers in leading Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery
journals.
Publications:
•Mallina R, Lau LC, Mak MC, Ho PC. A simple method of identification of 1U and 1R portals in thumb carpometacarpal joint arthroscopy. Journal of Hand Surgery Eur 2020(46): 3, 315-316
• Maklad M, Mallina R, Lindau T. Trapeziectomy and Abductor Pollicis Longus LRTI combined with Extensor pollicis brevis tenodesis for management of thumb basal joint osteoarthritis and metacarpophalangeal hyperextension. J Hand Microsurgery 2021; 13(2):114-118
• Martin Van, Francesca Ghini, Ravi Mallina, Rajive Jose. Price of a finger. Journal of Hand Surgery Asian Pac Vol (In press)
Professional Memberships
Currently, Mr Mallina is an associate member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand(BSSH), young adult member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand(ASSH) and the Asia Pacific Wrist Arthroscopy Association (APWA).
Areas of interest
Nerve compressions of the Hand, Wrist and Elbow
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Comprehensive treatment of arthritis of the small joints of the Hand and Wrist
Minimally invasive surgery
Overuse injuries of the Hand, Wrist and Elbow
Dupuytren's contractures
Trigger finger and thumb treatment
Keinbock's disease
Hand and wrist fractures
Rheumatoid hand
Joint replacement surgery
Tennis elbow
Golfer's elbow
Cubital tunnel compression
Medical secretaries
- Seelma
- 6 Copse Hill Sutton SM2 6AD
- 07561 834056
- surreyhand@gmail.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Ravi Mallina has worked with Dr Matthew J Keep at the following hospitals:
- Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Ravi Mallina has worked with Dr Teodor Goroszeniuk at the following hospitals:
- Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Ravi Mallina has worked with Dr Asantha Jayaweera at the following hospitals:
- Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Ravi Mallina has worked with Dr Malgosia Albin at the following hospitals:
- Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Ravi Mallina has worked with Dr Sanjay Gupta at the following hospitals:
- Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Ravi Mallina has worked with Dr Arif Moghal at the following hospitals:
- Spire St Anthony's Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Ravi Mallina has worked with Dr Marta Blanco Cabana at the following hospitals:
- Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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 - (5-50)
Shirley Oaks Hospital (5-50)
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T7231
Open release of constriction of sheath of tendon (e.g. trigger finger) - (1-5)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5) Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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W2502
Closed reduction of fracture of long bone (including cast or percutaneous K-wires) - (1-5)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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A6510
Carpal tunnel release (open) - (1-5)
Spire St Anthony's Hospital (1-5) Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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T7110
Tenosynovectomy - (1-5)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5) Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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W3200
Open reduction and internal fixation of cancellous bone graft scaphoid non-union - (1-5)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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W0285
Trapezio-metacarpal joint surface replacement - (1-5)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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A6080
Neurectomy (major nerve) - (1-5)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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W1911
Core decompression of hip - (1-5)
Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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T5900
Excision of ganglion - (1-5)
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W7485
Small joint (e.g. interphalangeal/ metacarpo-phalangeal joint) ligament reconstruction - (1-5)
Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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W8602
Therapeutic arthroscopy of wrist joint (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
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S0651
Removal of benign lesion on trunk or limbs less than 10 cm in diameter or on scalp less than 5cm in diameter (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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W2582
Closed reduction of fracture of short bone (including cast or percutaneous K-wires) - (1-5)
Shirley Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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W7500
Prosthetic open repair of ligament not elsewhere specified - (1-5)