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About me
Having Qualified from St.Georges Medical School I continued my basic surgical training in London. My plastic surgery and upper limb training was split between London and Yorkshire and in 2000 I was appointed as a consultant plastic surgeon with a special interest in hand surgery.
I work for the Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust and currently mainly perform hand and wrist surgery based at Pinderfields hospital. I am the head of clinical service for plastic and burns surgery and spend a significant amount of time try to improve local and regional services.
I also work at Methley Park Hospital and concentrate all my effort into upper limb surgery allowing me to keep up to date in my sole area of speciality.
I am a keen educator, trainer and researcher and a member of the British society for Surgery of the Hand and the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.
Your hands are very important to you and also to me. The importance of hand function often only become apparent after injury or disease development making many straightforward tasks difficult on a daily basis. Though I will operate on many hands there are many that do not need surgery but a diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment. No matter how complex your problem I will endeavour to work with you and customise a treatment plan to suite your needs.
Areas of interest
Hand pain, wrist pain, thumb pain, finger pain, joint pain, chronic pain, Joint instability, joint laxity, joint stabilisation.
Trapped nerves, nerve compression, peripheral nerve, carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, radial tunnel, median nerve, ulna nerve radial nerve.
Hand trauma, nerve injury, tendon injury, ligament injury, joint injury, nerve reconstruction, tendon reconstruction, ligament reconstruction, tenolysis, joint contracture release, joint replacement. Burnt hand reconstruction.
Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, joint replacement, joint arthroplasty, joint fusion, base of thumb arthritis, thumb arthroplasty, steroid injection, joint injections.
Dupuytren's disease, Dupuytren's fasciectomy, Dermofasciectomy, Recurrent Dupuytren's.
Spastic upper limb, upper limb dystonia.
Trigger finger, trigger thumb, tenosynovitis, tendonitis, DeQervains tenosynovitis, RSI.
Ganglion, cyst, giant cell tumour, nail deformity.
Medical secretaries
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Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Stephen Southern has worked with Dr Ramchandran Krishnan Melarkode at the following hospitals:
- Spire Methley Park Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W7881
Release of contracture of interphalangeal joint of finger (excluding trigger finger or Dupuytren¿s disease) - (1-5)
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W0514
Prosthetic surface arthroplasty of interphalangeal/ metacarpo-phalangeal joint - single joint (both cemented and uncemented) - (1-5)
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T6914
Tenolysis of extensor tendon of hand - (1-5)
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A6710
Cubital tunnel release (open) (without transposition) - (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)
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W2830
Removal of internal fixation from bone / joint, excluding K-wires +/- image guidance - (1-5)
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A6510
Carpal tunnel release (open) - (1-5)
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S0653
Removal of benign lesion in muscle or deeper tissue (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)