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Website- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Not in Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hip
- Knee
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Padmanabh Phaltankar is an Orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in hip surgery, knee surgery, hip replacement, knee replacement and knee sports injury. He has worked as an NHS Consultant at North Manchester General Hospital and Fairfield General Hospital. He left his NHS job at the end of 2023 to focus on his elective hip and knee work in the private sector.
Mr Phaltankar qualified from the University of Bombay, India in 1992. He undertook undergraduate and postgraduate Orthopaedic training at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Bombay. In the UK, he has trained at St. George's Hospital, London as well as other hospitals in Surrey and West Sussex. He gained extensive training in all aspects of sports knee surgery and knee replacement during knee fellowships in Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
He has been working as a specialist hip and knee surgeon in Greater Manchester area since 2005. He undertakes a large number of surgical procedures related to the hip and knee, such as hip and knee replacements.
https://surgeonprofile.njrcentre.org.uk/SurgeonProfile?gmccode=4596046
He undertakes total as well as partial knee replacements. His surgical practice includes arthroscopic or keyhole knee surgery including arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and cartilage surgery for torn knee cartilage. He offers knee surgery for recurrent dislocation of the knee cap.
He performs hip injections and total hip replacements for arthritic hips.
He has published research articles relating to various aspects of ACL reconstruction and knee cartilage surgery.
He is a member of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) as well as British Orthopaedic Association.
He has a keen interest in cricket and enjoys swimming
Areas of interest
Knee arthroscopy; Knee replacement ; ACL reconstruction; Knee ligament surgery; Knee cartilage surgery; Hip replacement ; Knee surgery; Sports injuries; knee pain; knee arthritis; hip arthritis; hip pain; knee ligament injury; knee cartilage injury; knee cap dislocation; knee instability; knee arthroplasty; hip arthroplasty; partial knee replacement; knee ligament reconstruction; joint replacement surgery; joint injections; meniscal surgery; knee keyhole surgery; unicompartmental knee replacement
Medical secretaries
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Sandeep Nayak
Fee Assured
- Dr Ramesh Ekambaram
Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W8500
Multiple arthroscopic operations on knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) - unilateral - (5-50)
The Highfield Hospital (5-50)
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W7420
Autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction +/- meniscectomy - (1-5)
The Highfield Hospital (1-5) Ramsay Oaklands Hospital (1-5)
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W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (1-5)
The Highfield Hospital (1-5) Ramsay Oaklands Hospital (1-5)
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W4210
Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint +/- cement +/- patella resurfacing - unilateral - (1-5)
The Highfield Hospital (1-5)