Chennai Upper Limb Unit

Today’s Dinamalar
A Tamil awareness article on shoulder problems by Ram Chidambaram.

We are extremely honoured to have had Dr Radhakrishnan IAS, Commisioner of Chennai, launch our centre 'Chennai Upper Limb Unit' at Alwarpet, on the 24th of February. Led by Dr Ram Chidambaram, our centre aims at providing comprehensive and dedicated care to patients suffering from all types of shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand and sports injuries. We are proud to be the first in the nation to employ cutting edge technology like augmented and mixed reality in the realm of shoulder surgery.

2023 Chennai

Great time at TNOACON 2023, teaching and meeting friends at MGM resorts, Chennai. Organised shoulder and Elbow arthropalsty scientific session, and did reverse shoulder arthroplasty workshop. Thanks to Dr Tholgappiyan and our entire organising team and my national and international faculty, it was indeed a mega hit event with over 1700 delegates! Well done TNOA!

@ Bengaluru Arthroscopy Course. Performed live surgery. Massive retracted delaminated rotator cuff tear repaired arthroscopically. Great time meeting friends and interactive discussion.

Thanks for kind invitation.

2022 , Trichy

Upcoming webinar next week, exclusive for Physiotherapists and physiotherapy students. If interested, please register using the link given in comment section.

Bio SCR Augmented Rotator Cuff Repair with Iconix Speed and Omega system

I am very proud to launch the latest products for rotator cuff repair from Stryker India.

1. Cross blade - a 2-in-1 shaver/burr. The same blade can be used for both resecting soft tissue as well as bone.

2. Iconix speed all suture anchor with tapes - No predrilling required, can be simply inserted through desired angle.

3. Omega knotless anchor - Two anchors in one package. Can take upto 8 sutures or 4 tapes.

Last week, I did a Bio SCR Augmented Rotator Cuff Repair for a 58 year old lady with massive retracted rotator cuff tear affecting the supraspinatus, infraspinatus and subscapularis. 3 out of 4 rotator cuff tendons were torn.

The surgery went well, the patient is very happy to have the use of latest generation technology in her treatment.

Dr.Ram Chidambaram | RCOS Clinic Dr Ram Chidambaram is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with over 28 years of experience. He has developed an exclusive specialist practice in sports medicine and injuries of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. His mission is to help patients achieve their pre-injury status with near perfect results...

Home - Global Shoulder Arthroplasty - 24 hours online, round the globe due to the ongoing pandemia Paris International Shoulder Course (PISC) has been postponed to 2022. Since we cannot meet in person this year our goal was to develop a new virtual concept in order to educate shoulder surgeons from all over the world.

NanoScope for Wrist and DRUJ arthroscopy. First time in India!

I am excited to share my experience of using the latest technology in patient care. Yesterday, I used the NanoScope - a 1.9 mm needle scope introduced by Arthrex for performing wrist arthroscopy, DRUJ scopy and TFCC repair. This documented the first time the NanoScope was used for wrist arthroscopy in India.

Weighing just 55 grams, using the instrument was like holding a feather. The 1.9 mm size meant I could make tiny holes and still gain access to every nook and cranny of the joint inside. The patient experiences little to no pain.

It is a boon to visualize small joints like the DRUJ. The view was simply brilliant, and my patient was very happy to hear the use of latest technology in his surgery

This reminds me of my (g)olden days in Epsom, UK, when Dr Mok and I used the first prototype of needle scope (Innervue - from Biomet) way back in 2007.

We have come a long way since then!

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Wishing Everyone a Healthy & Hopeful New Year!