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Consultant Profile

Mr Sudhindran Ankarath

Name:
Mr Sudhindran Ankarath MB BS, D.Orth, MS, FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Tr & Orth), MBA
Practising at:
Spire Elland Hospital
Specialties:
  • Orthopaedic surgery
    • Wrist surgery
    • Elbow surgery
    • Shoulder surgery
    • Hand Surgery
Special clinical interests:
  • Wrist and hand surgery
    Fractures of distal radius
    Hand fractures (acute and corrections for malunions)
    Arthritis of the hand and wrist 
                  Interphalangeal, metacarpo phalangeal, Base of thumb arthritis
                  ScaphoTrapezioTrapezoid joint fusion, Proximal Row Carpectomy, Scaphoid excision
                  and four bone fusion, wrist fusion, Wrist denervation 
    Complex wrist conditions 
            Avascular necrosis of carpal bones (including Kienbock’s disease)
            Scaphoid fractures and non-unions
            Triangular fibrocartilage (TFC) complex injuries
            Distal radio-ulnar joint (DRUJ) problems including instability and arthritis
            Ligament injuries of the wrist 
            Scapholunate ligament repair and delayed reconstructions
    Arthroscopy of wrist including debridement and repair of Triangular fibrocartilage complex
    Dupuytren’s fasciectomy
    Peripheral nerve entrapment (Carpal tunnel release, Release of ulnar nerve in wrist and elbow)
    Ganglion surgery
    Tendonitis and tenosynovitis
    Trigger finger release
     
    Elbow surgery 
            Ligament injuries (repair and delayed reconstruction)
            Treatment of tennis elbow and medial epicondylitis
            Ulnar nerve release 
            Elbow stabilisation  
            Sports injuries 
            Fractures around elbow
     
    Shoulder surgery
            Arthroscopic subacromial decompression
            Rotator cuff repairs
            Instability of shoulder (arthroscopic shoulder stabilisation)
            Frozen shoulder
            Sports injuries of shoulder
            Shoulder replacement (including resurfacing arthroplasty)
            Fractures of clavicle, shoulder
Current NHS and /or university posts:
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Year of first medical qualification:
1985
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

British Medical Association
British Orthopaedic Association
British Society for Surgery of the Hand
Americal Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Indian Assiciation for Surgery of the Hand
Indian Orthopaedic Society
Faculty member AO course Hand and Wrist fixation and long bone fracture fixation

 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
01422 324041 or 324020
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:

Sudhi Ankarath specialises in arthroscopic wrist and upper limb surgery, carpal and cubital tunnel surgery, Dupuytren’s fasciectomy, and hand, wrist and elbow injuries.  He works as a full time consultant in Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust.
 
Mr Ankarath FRCS Ed, FRCS (Tr.&Orth), D.Orth, M.S, MBA has been a consultant since 2002. He currently works in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital providing upper limb service. His practice includes full range of problems in Hand & Wrist, Shoulder and Elbow. He has developed a particular interest in Wrist problems and uses latest facilities in diagnosis and treatment.

He graduated from Calicut University, India in 1985 and underwent initial training in Orthopaedics and Surgery in Trivandrum Medical College, India, obtaining his Diploma in Orthopaedics and Masters degree from Kerala University, India. After completing his FRCS from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1995, he did his Specialist Registrar training in Orthopaedics in Yorkshire. He was awarded his Intercollegiate Board Examination in Orthopaedics and Trauma surgery in 1999. He developed his interest in upper limb surgery further by working in Wrightington hospital and completed AO fellowship in trauma surgery from Tubingen University Hospital, Germany.
 
He holds an Honorary Senior Lecturer post in University of Leeds and has responsibility for teaching both undergraduate medical students and postgraduate trainees in orthopaedics. He is a member of the panel of examiners to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as well as the Intercollegiate Board of Examiners in Trauma and Orthopaedics. He lectures regularly in AO courses and is actively involved in teaching and training surgeons, physiotherapists and occupational therapists in the field of hand and wrist surgery. His interest in medical management also saw him complete a degree programme and was awarded an MBA from Huddersfield University in 2010.

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Published papers
Some of the key publications in peer reviewed journals
:
 
• Periprosthetic fractures above a Total Knee Arthroplasty - a review of best practice:     G Walsh, S Ankarath, P Giannoudis in Current Orthopaedics 2006;20(5):376-385
• Chronic Wrist Pain: Diagnosis and Management (Review article): S Ankarath in Current Orthopaedics  2006; 20(2):141-151
• Midterm results of Muller roof reinforcement rings in total hip arthroplasty: Ankarath S, deBoer P in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2003; 85-B: 116
• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Orthopaedic practice: an update: S Ankarath, R Raman, P.V Giannoudis in Current Orthopaedics 2003;17(2):144-149
• Injury patterns in fatal motorcycle crashes: Ankarath S, Giannoudis PV, Matthews SJ, Smith RM. in Injury 2002 Jul;33(6):473-7
• Delay in presentation and diagnosis of Slipped Upper femoral epiphysis: Ankarath S, Aaron Ng, Giannoudis PV, Scott BW in Journal of Royal Society of Medicine 2002 Jul;95(7):356-8
• Traumatic Metacarpal Synostosis: Cohen AP, Ankarath S in Journal of Pediatric Radiology 2002;32(2):123



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Mr Sudhindran Ankarath Orthopaedic surgery Consultant, Elland, West Yorkshire, private hospital specialist.

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