Mr Senthil Kumar Velayudham : Trauma & orthopaedic surgery

Bupa Platinum consultant
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Open Referral network

Overview

Specialises in

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Mr Velayudham has been an Orthopaedic Consultant at The Tunbridge Wells Hospital since 2006. Elective practice consists of hip surgery. He carries out over 500 minimally invasive hip replacements and over 30 hip arthroscopies per year.

National Joint Registry data confirms so far he has done 6000 hip replacements. Registry data also suggests his patients have very high satisfaction rate and very low re operation rate compared to national average.

Areas of interest

Minimal access / invasive hip replacement; Hip Arthroplasty; Hip replacement surgery; Complex Hip replacement; Resurfacing hip replacement; Revision hip replacement; Hip arthroscopy; Hip impingement surgery

Medical secretaries

Amy Bindon
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital Kingswood Road TUNBRIDGE WELLS TN2 4UL
01892 537040
info@hipsurgeryclinic.co.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Garth Sommerville Not Fee Assured
Dr George Rupert Graham Fee Assured
Dr James Peerless Fee Assured
Dr Helen Burdett Fee Assured
Dr James F Jackson Fee Assured
Dr Jonathan E Linzner Fee Assured

Dr Henry Boyle Fee Assured
Dr Ian R Reeve Fee Assured
Dr Mark P Sinden Fee Assured
Dr Terence Ludgrove Not Fee Assured
Dr Andrew Moran Fee Assured
Dr James R Goodman Fee Assured

About me

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Tunbridge Wells Hospital

Research interests

Proximal femur remodelling after hip replacement
Hip replacement alignment
Computer Robotic surgery

Personal interests

Mr Velayudham enjoys spending time with his children, hill walking, general fitness activities and music.

(Additional) Languages spoken

Courses offered to GPs

Contact Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells for details of courses/talks/seminars we offer to GP's on 01892 552914

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

MMBS University of Madras, India 1990
FRCS (Trauma & Ortho) Intercollegiate Board, UK 2002
MS Orthopaedics University of Pune, Maharashtra, India 1996
FRCS Royal College of Surgeons Glasgow 1999
DNB Orthopaedics National Board Examinations, India 1996

Additional training

Hip & Knee Arthroplasty Fellow Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore 2003
Senior Clinical Fellow (Revision Hip Arthroplasty) Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore 2006
Senior Clinical Fellow (Pelvic & Acetabular Fracture) St George's Hospital Tooting, London 2004

GMC registration

Reference number 4756635

Affiliations / memberships

British Orthopaedic Association
British Hip Society
Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery
International Society of Hip Arthroscopy

My private practice

Practice hours

Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings

Horder Centre for Arthritis, TN6 1XP
Tuesday
14:00 - 19:00
01892 537040

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital, TN2 4UL
Monday
16:00 - 20:00
01892 537040

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital, TN2 4UL
Thursday
18:00 - 20:00
01892 537040

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells...
Wednesday
19:00 - 20:00
01892 537040

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.

In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details

The hospital where treated.

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

Procedures completed

W3717
Minimally invasive hip replacement (one incision) - (5-50)

The Horder Centre (5-50) Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (5-50)
W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)
W1380
Arthroscopic femoro-acetabular surgery for hip impingement syndrome, including labral repair and osteochondroplasty - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)
T6800
Delayed or secondary repair of tendon (including graft, transfer and/or prosthesis) (not otherwise specified) - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5) The Horder Centre (1-5)
W9030
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - unilateral - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)
W3733
Revision of total hip replacement (including insertion of reconstruction rings, plates, screws, etc., and/or impaction bone grafting to acetabulum and/or femur) - unilateral - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)
W1643
Open reduction/internal fixation of either posterior wall/column of acetabulum or anterior column of acetabulum - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)
W2310
Secondary open reduction of fractured long bone-and intramedullary fixation or internal fixation for non-union/mal union - including intra-articular (including bone graft) - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)
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