Best Knee – Hip Replacement surgeon in bangalore

Knee-surgeon-in -Bangalore

Dr. Rajshekhar KT is currently the senior orthopaedic surgeon at Apollo HOSPITAL, Bannerghatta. He is an expert in primary & revision joint replacement surgeries of the hip & knee, primary shoulder & elbow replacements. With over all 18 years of experience, he has performed over 4,000 surgeries, spanning joint replacement surgeries, complex joint trauma, knee arthroscopy, spine surgeries and custom fit joint replacement.

Academic Training:

  1. Masters in Surgery (M.S.) with specialization in Orthopaedics from Bangalore Medical College Bangalore in September 2002. 
  2. M.B.B.S from J.J.M. Medical College Davanagere, Karnataka in March 1997.
  3. M.ch  orthopaedics  from university of Seychelles USAIM in March 2016.
  4. Fellowship in Joint replacement surgeries including computer assisted joint replacement and Pelvi- acetabular fractures at Mumbai with Dr C.J Thakkar at Breach candy, Hinduja and Lilavati hospital.
  5. Fellowship in adult reconstruction and joint replacement of the Ranawat orthopaedic center at hospital for special surgery , Newyork. July 1 2014 to September 30 , 2014.
  6. Two day  (Equivalent of 16 hrs) Total hip and knee course with Dr. David A Fisher on Aug 2016.
  7. Two days visitation with famous hip surgeon Dr. David Beverland . Belfast , Ireland. 2018

Special Awards : ​

  1. As an author got the Dholakia best paper   presentation award at Ranwat orthopaedic conference  Jan 2018 on “Lateralization of Tibial Plateau Reference Point Improves Accuracy of Tibial Resection in Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Proximal Tibia Vara”. 
  2. As an author got the Dholakia best paper   presentation award at Ranwat orthopaedic conference  Jan 2016 on “ Lateraliztion of the femoral entry point to improve the coronal alignment during total knee replacement in a patients with bowed femur ”.
  3. Selected for poster presentation of above paper  at AAHKS ( American Academy of Hip knee surgeons ) conference  at Dallas  Novemeber 2016.
  4. As a co-author got the Best Paper award for the following paper ‘Is One-stage Bilateral TKR Safe’ :  at Ranawat orthopaedic conference (ROC), Jaipur (2005) ** 
  5. As an author got the Dholakia best paper   presentation award at Ranwat orthopaedic conference  Jan 2018 on “Lateralization of Tibial Plateau Reference Point Improves Accuracy of Tibial Resection in Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Proximal Tibia Vara”. 

Publications:

  1. Patellar clunk in total knee arthoplasty using modified sigma posterior stabilized  femoral component –published in journal of clinic orthopaedics and trauma 5 (2014) 211-214.
  2. Technique – THR after Acetabular fractures – Arthopaedia. Volume1; Issue 2.July 2014.   
  3. PCL retaining versus PCL substituting TKA  -outcome assessment based on the “ Forgotten joint score”. –journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma December vol 6, issue 4, pages 236-239.
  4. Calcar femorale grafting in the hemiarthoplasty of hip for unstable intertrochanteric fractures of the hip. Indian Journal of orthopaedics. Vol 49,Issue 6 (602-609). 2015.
  5. Co –author for the paper for “Use of oversized highly porous cups in Acetabular Revisions” – Orthopaedics 39(2): 1-6,February 2016
  6. Original and innovative article –Lateralization of Femoral entry point to improve the coronal alignment during total knee arthroplasty in patients with bowed femur – Journal of Arthroplasty 31 ,2016. 1943-1948.
  7. Lateralization of Tibial Plateau Reference Point Improves Accuracy of Tibial Resection in Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Proximal Tibia Vara..Clinics in orthopedic surgery 9(4):458. December 2017

Textbook contributions:​

  1. Contributed to the chapter as a co author in the book ;“Total Knee replacement : Trends” Chapter : Technique innovation – CA TKR  What’s the Big deal.ECAB clinical update:orthopaedics, Editor; S.K.S. Marya. ELSEVIER.
  2. Contributed to the the chapter as a co-author for the disorders of hip and Knee joint in a text book  “ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRUAMA- PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE —- second Edition by M.N.Kumar, Wolters and Kluwer.2015.
  3. Contributed to the chapter as an author in the book ;  “ 3rd Edition of the APAS Delta Compendium; chapter is Patellofemoral kinematics in TKR Design.

Work experience: ​

He has done exclusively joint replacement surgeries such as Primary and revision hip and knee replacement surgeries, and computer assisted joint replacement surgeries He has done four thousand joint replacement surgeries in hospital like breach candy, Lilavati, Hinduja , HOSMAT and Fortis hospital.

Member of the following society:​

  1. ISHK ( Indian society of Hip and surgeons)
  2. Bombay orthopedic society.
  3. Indian arthroscopy society.
  4. Karnataka orthopedic society 
  5. Bangalore orthopedic society
  6. Indian orthopedic society and Executive member of IOA

Field of interest:

Hip and knee replacement surgeries and pelvic -Acetabular fracture fixation, Dedicated my life to hip and knee replacement surgeries , interested doing research and do innovative work in this filed.

Research Skills:

Completed a dissertation on Treatment of avascular necrosis of femoral head by muscle pedicle bone-graft, a prospective study during my post graduation.

Presentations at conference as an Author:​

    1. Treatment of avascular necrosis of femoral head by muscle 

            pedicle bone-graft :presented at a state level conference in        

            Bangalore – January  2002,& IOA Agra (2005).

  1. Radiological assessment in computer assisted knee replacement: Presented at a Western Indian Regional Orthopedic Conference held in Mumbai (November 2004). IOA Agra (2004) and KOA, Bangalore (2005).
  2. Patellar clunk in modified PS femoral component –presented at KOACON 2014.
  3. Got the Dholakia best paper award at Ranawat orthopedic conference  Jan 2016 on “ Lateralization of the femoral entry point to improve the coronal alignment during total knee replacement in a patients with bowed femur ”.
  4. “ Lateralization of the femoral entry point to improve the coronal alignment during total knee replacement in a patients with bowed femur ”. presented in KOACON 16 and ISHK conference 16.
  5. Lateralization of tibial plateau reference point improves accuracy of tibial resection in total knee arthroplasty inpatients with proximal tibia vara –KOACON 17
  6. Poster Presentation In Ishk-17 And 18: Lateralization of tibial plateau reference point improves accuracy of tibial resection in total knee arthroplasty in patients with proximal tibia vara.
  7. As an author got the Dholakia best paper award at Ranawat orthopaedic conference  Jan 2018 on “Lateralization of Tibial Plateau Reference Point Improves Accuracy of Tibial Resection in Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Proximal Tibia Vara”.

Presentations at conference as an Co-author:

  1. As a co-author for ‘Is One-stage Bilateral TKR Safe’ : 
  2. Presented at an All India Orthopedic Conference at Agra 
  3. (December 2004) and ROC, Jaipur (2005) ** Best Paper award.
  4. As a co-author for Total Hip Replacement for complications of  acetabular    fractures : Presented at WIROC, Mumbai (November 2004) and IOA, Mumbai (2006).
  5. As a co-author for Wagner the Saviour: Presented at Wiroc 2006.Mumbai.
  6. As a co-author for comparative study of midvastus and medial parapatellar approach: paper presented at Wiroc 2006, Mumbai.

On going clinical study: ​

Ligament tension study in total knee replacement.

Faculty:

Faculty for the IOA – Oct 2022- Participated in Panel discussion in Revision Total Knee replacement surgery.

Faculty for the Karnataka orthopedic conference- organizing secretary for knee arthroplasty workshop and presented a lecture on Primary total hip replacement May 2022.

Faculty for the Karnataka orthopedic conference- faculty for knee workshop and presented a lecture on Bipolar on IT fracture Feb 2020.

Faculty for the Ranawat orthopaedic conference – presented a revision hip case and participated in panel discussion on THR in Acetabular reconstruction – Jan 2020.

Faculty for the Sparsh Acetabular reconstruction in total hip  course– presented on protrusio Acetabulum and panel discusiion on THR in Acetabular reconstruction – oct 2019.

Faculty in IAAOS – sept 2019: presented on persistent flexion contracture after TKR

Faculty for Hip cadaveric arthroplasty course – 1 July 19 – Ramaiha hospital Bangalore.

Faculty for the complex primary Hip and knee replacement cadaver course in Bangalore December 17

Faculty for the primary Hip and knee replacement course in Mangalore July 2015.

Faculty for the ISHK conference 2016 at Chennai- presented a case presentation on  primary complex knee replacement.

Gave lecture on Post –op thromboprophylaxis – whether to give or not give – Advances in Primary in knee arthroplasty  March 2017- Peoples tree hospital -Bangalore

Gave lecture on Bearing surfaces : Past ; Present Future –Hip and knee arthroplasty course – 4 June 17- Ramaiha hospital . Bangalore.

Gave lecture on protrusion hip management :–Hip cadaveric arthroplasty course – 1 June 18- Ramaiha hospital . Bangalore.

Guest Lecture: ​

Delivered a guest lecture on “ Role of Bisphoshonates before and after Total joint replacement surgery in osteoporotic individuals” in Banglore orthopedic society meet which is held in Srilanka October 2012.

Table instructor :​

  1. Worked as a table instructor for the Hip masters course which was held in Mumbai in December 2006, December 2007 and Jan 2008. 

  2. table instructor for AIIMS and APASI  pelvi –Acetabular workshop held at Jodhpur Jan 2014.

Courses & Workshops:

  1. Oxford unicompartmental knee advanced instructional course at Mumbai, Jan 2005, 2018
  2. Ganga operative arthoplasty course on May 2011.2013
  3. Cadeveric workshop on Chondroplsty on March 2011
  4. Western India Regional Orthopaedic conference 2009 December,2010 Dec
  5. Traumacon: All India conference on orthopaedic trauma held at Mumbai on Aug 2008 and2010
  6. RANGE OF MOTION: Conference on hip and knee arthroplasty held at Goa on June 2008
  7. International Advanced AO cource held at Chennai august 2007
  8. Advanced Knee arthroscopy cource held at Delhi September 2006
  9. International A.O. course : AO course principles in operative fracture management, in March 2006 held at Puna
  10. Basic course on Microsurgical techniques, held at ethicon institute Mumbai on March 2005.
  11. Basic Arthroscopy course,conducted by BOS hed at mumbai July 2005.
  12. Lecture & demonstrative course on Ilizarov treatment for compicated fractures &nonunion femur at Mumbai, June 2005
  13. Workshop on Basic spine cadaveric course held at Mumbai,December 2005
  14. CME on advances & techniques in joint replacement surgery presented by ROC (Ranawath orthopaedic center) held at Jaipur, Jan 2005
  15. Arthoplasty course held at Mumbai, in February 2004.
  16. Hands on Workshop on Acetabular fracture fixation held Indore,July 2004
  17. National Trauma Management Course organised by bos,Indian academy of truamatology,IATSIC,BOS, held in October 2004
  18. Madras Orthopaedic Course held at govt Royapettah Medical college.chennai,Jan 2002.

Conference:

International:

    1. Annual conference on challenges & controversies in Arthoplasty organised by APAS (Asia Pacific Arthoplasty Society held at Goa (Aug 2005), Mumbai 2007 and 2010 in Delhi and 2012 in Mumbai.
      Delta course on Revision and complex Hip and Knee arthroplasty course conducted by APAS at Sun Shine Hospital, Hyderabad in November 2009.

National:

  1. Ranawat orthopaedic conference 2005. 2012. 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018.
  2. ISHK conference , 2010. 2013,2015,2016,2017.2018
  3. Western India Regional Orthopaedic conference. . Nov2004, 2009, 2010 ,2011.
  4. Annual conference of IOA (Indian Orthopaedic Association) held at Mumbai 2005.2019,2021
    Annual conference of KOA (Karnataka Orthopaedic Association) held at Bangalore.Feb 2005.2014
    Annual conference of IOA (Indian Orthopaedic Association) held at Agra Dec 2004. Ahmadabad Dec 2001.

Professional Experience:

  1. Work details OPD five days a week: outpatients consists mainly of general orthopaedic cases, orthopedic trauma and arthroplasty follow-up cases, degenerative disorders like knee, hip and spine. We have three days operation theater
  2. Teaching experience: Conducted case presentations, seminars, and journal club for postgraduate students (DNB and CPS). Now HOSMAT hospital is recognized teaching hospital for DNB students, we are conducting weekly seminars, case presentations and ward rounds.
  3. Independent surgeries: Routine trauma surgeries, arthroscopic surgeries like meniscectomy, debridement, primary hip and knee replacement surgeries and revision surgeries. I have done more than 4000 joint replacement surgeries including primary, revision and computer assisted joint replacement surgeries.
  4. As a fellow I assisted all joint replacement surgeries including Primary, Computer assisted total knee Replacement surgeries. and revision, like hip, Knee, elbow , shoulder and complex Trauma Pelviacetabular fracture fixation surgeries.
  5. As a consulatant and when I was fellow, I independently operated primary Knee and hip replacement surgeries and some revision surgeries.
  6. As a consulatant and when I was fellow, I have also done computer assisted knee replacement surgery.
  7. Worked as observer for arthroscopic surgeries of knee wih Dr. Ananth Joshi for 2months and shoulder arthroscopic surgery with Dr. Sanjay Desai for 15days.
Savitha kenchappa
Savitha kenchappa
2023-04-09
Highly dedicated & Best surgeon for joint replacement surgeries . Thanks.
Vikas Singh
Vikas Singh
2023-04-02
My mother recently underwent a knee replacement surgery performed by Dr. Rajshekhar KT and I must say that he is an outstanding orthopedic surgeon. From the very first consultation to the post-operative care, Dr. Rajshekhar and his team provided top-notch care and support. Dr. Rajshekhar was very patient in explaining the entire procedure to us. He listened to our concerns and answered all our queries with clarity, which made my mother feel confident about the surgery. After the surgery, Dr. Rajshekhar and his team monitored my mother’s progress closely and provided us with regular updates on her recovery. They were always available to address any concerns we had, and ensured that her recovery was smooth and hassle-free. I would highly recommend Dr. Rajshekhar to anyone looking for an orthopedic surgeon. His expertise, professionalism, and dedication to patient care are truly commendable. Along with being a highly skilled surgeon, he is an excellent human being also who has great empathy for his patients. I’m grateful for his expertise and am glad that I chose him for my mother’s knee surgery.
Anish Kumar
Anish Kumar
2023-04-01
Dr Rajshekhar KT is one of the excellent doctor for those looking for Knee replacement surgery in Bangalore. My mother was suffering from knee pain for almost 10yrs and she is 56yrs old. After going through lot of feedbacks and reviews, we got to know about Dr RKT. Then we met the doctor @ Fortis hospital, Bannerghatta road and he explained about the pre & post operative procedures very well. He was very cool and open while explaining about the surgery which made my mother very comfortable about getting operated. Then after couple of months we visited again to get the surgery done and everything went smooth n organised. She started to walk few steps on the same day of surgery & within 2 weeks she was able to walk without the help of walker. I strongly recommend him for any kind of joint surgeries. Dr has now moved to Apollo hospital in Bannerghatta road.
Manjunath k s
Manjunath k s
2023-03-29
Dr.Rajshekhar KT … Its a Name which resounds everywhere when you hear anything related to “Joint Replacement” or “Bone Treatments”. Never Seen a Doctor with Such a passion on Bone Surgeries and Bone Treatments. Literally Seen this doctor spending almost 7-8 hours per day on Surgeries, this shows his Passion towards the Bone Treatments. Just to re-iterate in a single sentence , Dr RKT = Passionate + Down to Earth + Non-Commercial + Caring for Patients + Always Reachable to Patients + Helping Nature + Kannadiga 😉 + etc etc..
JAYALAKSHMI GURURAJ
JAYALAKSHMI GURURAJ
2023-03-28
A Doctor with a humane touch. We have all come across specialist in various fields and hospitals, but Dr. Rajshekhar is one such gem and friendly doctor, who is not only knowledgeable, but also very friendly. Thank you very much and i am happy😊 that my father underwent the knee surgery under you. My father never agreed to get the knee surgery done for the fear of walking like a robot. Now the knee pain is no more and he is walking normally like before. After surgery immediately he was able to walk with the help of Walker and within a month he started walking slowly without any support I highly recommend Doctor Rajshekhar KT. He is very helpful , listing all problems very patiently and he is full of positive vibes
wildlife protector
wildlife protector
2023-03-24
Doc Rajasekhar K T is being god to us. He don’t even cure my mother, he made her comfortable with right hip joint replacement surgery and prepared her to walk just after the next day of surgery. I was amazed by his behavior and advices regarding pre and post hip replacement. You are such a gem to orthopedic department. Everyone should consult with him with no hesitation regarding joint and other ortho related problem. Thank you sir, On behalf of patient Rina Ray
Charu Arora
Charu Arora
2023-03-20
My mother underwent bilateral TKR by Dr. Rajashekhar Our experience was great, my mother was very comfortable and satisfied with the surgery
Pavan Ashok
Pavan Ashok
2023-03-19
Dr Rajashekhar KT is good doctor for HIP and Knee replacements. He will treat the patients very kindly and support them in all the stages of there painful time. I am just 32 year and done with my left side hip replacements 3 months ago. Before surgery am very scared how my next life will be, but his words give more confidence to go for surgery and now am doing fine and taking care of my all work. I will thank doctors for that and I am recommending in family and friend groups who was suffering from these kind of issues
Sandip Das Adhikari
Sandip Das Adhikari
2023-03-18
Dr. Rajshekhar KT is an excellent doctor and a humble person too. He is very supportive and always suggest us the right way of treatment. My mother in law’s THR(Total Hip Replacement) surgery on right leg was done on 15th Feb, 2023 and now she is able to walk independently(without walker stand support)only after 20 days. Thank you Sir.
Aravind Kondapur
Aravind Kondapur
2023-03-17
My mother who is aged abt 69yrs & was suffering lot of pain in both the kees from a very long time. We have consulted few docs, took many other treatments and pain was always persisted. Most of the docs suggested TKR as a solution but due to fear of surgery, pain she was always reluctant to go for surgery and pushed for many years. This time pain was almost unbearable, and we wanted to take decision to go for surgery. One of our well-wisher suggested to consult Dr. K T Rajashekar sir. Finally, we consulted Dr.KT Rajashekar sir and he analysed situation in detail and suggested taking step by step approach. But he built lot of confidence in her, explained thoroughly, made her to believe herself. My heartfelt thanks to Dr.Rajashekar sir for same. We went through both Leg TKR fast track surgery by Rajasekar sir. On the same day my mother able to walk through without/ minimal pain. Second and third day it improved significantly, and she walked few steps in the corridor without any pain. She is so happy that pain management done exceptionally well by him and his team… Heartfelt thanks to Dr.Rajashekar sir for building confidence in patients and making them to believe themselves. 🙏🙏 I highly recommend Dr.Rajashekar sir incase if someone looking fasttrack with greater care in pain management TKR surgeries..