An initial consultation with Mr Rahul Kakkar is from £210.
Mr Rahul Kakkar
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
FRCS, MRCS, MS, MBBS
Specialises in
- Carpal tunnel syndrome surgery
- Ganglion removal surgery
- Shoulder arthroscopy
- Trigger finger release
I qualified as an upper limb surgeon in 1997 with my main interests in reconstructive surgery in the upper limb, treatment of degenerative and sports injuries. I see patients who require hand and wrist surgery, but the majority of my work concentrates on shoulder and elbow surgery. I also perform multiple lower limb surgeries for general trauma.
I operate on the full range of commonly seen elective hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder cases, as well as more complex procedures, such as wrist ligament reconstruction, wrist arthroscopy and joint replacement in the hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder.
I am a keen teacher and am on the faculty for the ChM - Trauma & Orthopaedics course run by Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. In addition, I examine on FRCS (Orth) Upper limb and Basic Sciences revision course at Wrightington Hospital.
I am the Foundation Programme Director for my trust, looking after the Foundation Year 2 doctors. I have contributed to chapters in Postgraduate Orthopaedic books and examines medical students at the University of Lancaster.
General Medical Council Number: 6081878
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Rahul Kakkar at Spire include:
Orthopaedics
- Carpal tunnel syndrome surgery
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Ganglion removal surgery
- Joint pain treatment (joint injections)
- Shoulder arthroscopy
- Trigger finger release
Other treatments
Elbow surgery:
- Cubital, ulnar nerve release
- Golfer's elbow
- Tennis elbow
Hand and wrist surgery:
- Arthroscopy of the wrist
- Carpal tunnel surgery
- Excision of ganglion
- de Quervain’s
- Dupuytren’s disease, including collagenase injections
- Rheumatoid hand and wrist surgery
- Trigger finger
Shoulder surgery:
- Arthroscopic/open shoulder surgery
- ACJ problems
- Cubital/ulnar nerve release
- Ligament/tendon repair
- Shoulder instability
- Sports injuries
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Hand surgery
Shoulder surgery
Sports injury
Upper limb surgery
Wrist surgery
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / University of Delhi, India / 1997
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Professional memberships
The British Society for Surgery of the Hand
Current NHS posts
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay
Contact information
| Private secretary telephone | 01253 308 031 |
| Private secretary email | info@spirefyldecoast.com |