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Specialises in
- Hip
- Knee
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Yega Kalairajah graduated from Cambridge University and, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital in London in 1995. He carried out his basic surgical training in South East London (King’s) and subsequently went on to do his Orthopaedic training in the South West London Region (St.George’s). After completing his FRCS (Tr & Orth), Yega spent a year of advanced training in Sportmed.SA, Adelaide, Australia in Sports Surgery, Arthroscopy (keyhole surgery) and Arthroplasty (joint replacement) surgery.
On completing his Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST), Yega took up a locum consultant position at Epsom and St. Helier’s Hospital NHS Trust and the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC). EOC is the largest arthroplasty unit in Europe enabling Yega to be one of the highest volume hip and knee surgeons in the UK during his 18 month tenure at the unit. In Oct 2007, Yega was appointed as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital (L&D) with the aim of forming the hip and knee unit within the trust. The L&D now provides all cutting edge treatments available for hip and knee disorders to the region and further afield. He still maintains an Honorary Consultant status at the EOC unit. To date he has carried out well over a 1000 hip and knee replacement operations as a consultant and all his operative data is submitted to the National Joint Registry. This ensures effective monitoring of personal outcomes to ensure the highest quality service.
Yega has a committed interest in teaching and research and plays an active role in helping and supervising research and education at his base NHS trust. He is an examiner for the UCL medical students, is the Orthopaedic Tutor for the senior trainees at the L&D and presents and teaches at national and international courses and meeting regularly. Yega has also completed a master’s degree in Engineering on hip acetabulum (socket) fixation techniques. He has published extensively in Orthopaedic journals on hip, knee and sports surgery and has done several pioneering works on computer assisted/navigated orthopaedic surgery. He is also internationally quoted on his orthopaedic hip and knee sub-scoring system for identifying failing hip and knee implants.
His areas of special surgical interest include
• Sports Surgery particularly of the hip, knee and ankle. (e.g. ACL, Meniscal repairs, Chondral surgery, Nerve entrapments)
• Early intervention (Young adult) hip and knee surgery – Hip arthroscopy and Knee arthroscopy, osteotomies and partial joint replacements.
• Primary and Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty (including navigation and patient specific instrumentation).
Yega consults at Spire Harpenden on Monday and Tuesday evenings, Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings , in the Cobham clinic in Luton on Mondays and OneHatfield Hospital on Tuesday mornings . Emergency appointments can be organised by his secretaries outside these times.
Areas of interest
Knee; Hip; Sports Injuries;Joint injection;Hip arthroscopy; Knee arthroscopy;Hip replacement surgery; Knee replacement surgery; Ligament reconstruction including anterior cruciate ligament;Revision surgery (orthopaedic); Achilles tendon; Arthroscopy;Joint replacements; Anterior knee pain; Football injuries; Groin disorders; Knee pain; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Hip resurfacing; Degenerative knee disorders; Cartilage repair; Osteotomy; Hip disorders; Soft tissue disorders; Ankle surgery; Osteoarthitis; Joint disorders; Paediatric orthopaedics; Soft tissue injections; Hip; Orthopaedics; Rheumatoid arthritis; Knee surgery; Trauma; Overuse injuries; Rugby injuries; Running injuries; Tendon; Tendonitis; Tendonopathy; Thigh disorders; Lithotripsy including extracoporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL); Joint pain; Nerve compression; Arthritis; Joint re-surfacing; Soft tissue reconstruction; Bone; Knee; Lower limb disorders;
Medical secretaries
- Amanda Laws
- Spire Harpenden Hospital Ambrose Lane HARPENDEN AL5 4BP
- 07590 880438
- 07421 463260
- 01582 714463
- amanda.laws@spirehealthcare.com
- Karen Lawrence
- 07505 108678
- karen@orthospecialist.info
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Yegappan Kalairajah has worked with Dr Loku P C Warnapura at the following hospitals:
- Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Yegappan Kalairajah has worked with Dr Kannan Sivagnanam at the following hospitals:
- Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
- Cobham Clinic (1-5)
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Mr Yegappan Kalairajah has worked with Dr Samadara Manel Kumari Weerasuriya at the following hospitals:
- Cobham Clinic (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (5-50)
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W3712
Primary total hip replacement +/- cement - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (5-50)
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W4210
Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint, +/- cement, +/- patella - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5) Cobham Clinic (1-5)
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W7420
Autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (including arthroscopic and meniscectomy) - (1-5)
Cobham Clinic (1-5) Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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W8500
Multiple arthroscopic operation on knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5) Cobham Clinic (1-5)
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W6913
Total synovectomy of large joint - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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T6220
Excision of bursa - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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X4810
Change of cast without general anaesthetic (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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W2100
Primary open reduction of intra-articular fracture of long bone with internal fixation, e.g. proximal humerus or proximal tibia (+/- arthroscopic assistance) - (1-5)
Cobham Clinic (1-5)