Dr. Ashok Rajgopal
Speciality: Orthopedics/Joint Replacement Surgeon
Experience: 41+ years of experience
Hospital: Medanta – The Medicity Hospital,Gurgaon, Delhi NCR
Brief about doctor:
Ashok Rajgopal is an internationally renowned and PadmaShri recipient, Orthopaedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon, at Medanta – The Medicity Hospital,Gurgaon, Delhi NCR.
Rajgopal touched a big milestone of completing 30,000 Total Knee Replacement surgeries in 41 years of practice.
In addition, he has performed more than 15,000 arthroscopic surgeries for ligament repairs and reconstructions.
Rajgopal holds the unique distinction of performing 28 Total Knee Replacement surgeries in under 12 hours, In February 2016.
He has several firsts to his credit ,he is the first to perform total knee replacement using Patient Specific Instrumentation in India..
He is also the first to perform minimally invasive total knee replacement in India.
He is a designer surgeon and a member of the design team responsible for the design and development of the latest knee implant, The Persona Knee.
He successfully developed instruments for MIS total knee replacement surgery which were later patented by Zimmer and are used by knee replacement surgeons worldwide.
Education & Awards:
B.B.S. Armed Forces Medical College, Pune University 1974
S. (Ortho) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 1979
Ch. (Ortho) University of Liverpool 1983
I.M.S.A. International Medical Sciences Academy 1996
R.C.S. Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 2010
Life time award, APAS (Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society), 2016
BC Roy award “To recognize the best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches of Medicine”, 2014
Padma Shri award for recognition of surgical excellence and contribution to the field of Orthopaedics, 2014
Vishishta Chikitsa Ratna Award, 2012
Bharat Shiromani Award for professional excellence in the field of Orthopaedics, 2008-2009
Special areas of interest:
Bone and Joint Replacement
Knee Surgery
Arthroscopic Surgeries
List of treatment procedures:
Elbow Replacement Surgery
Elbow Arthroscopy
Lateral Epicondyle Release (Tennis Elbow)
Fracture reduction and fixation
Osteotomy
Arthrolysis
Shoulder Replacement Surgery
Open Reduction of Fracture
Repair of Shoulder Rotator Cuff
Acromioclavicular Joint Repair
Repair of dislocations
Shoulder Labral Tears Surgery
Surgical decompression
Extensor mechanism realignment
Arthrotomy
Arthroscopic surgery
Reduction of fractures open
Closed Reduction for Fracture
Arthroplasty
Carpal Tunnel Release (CTR) Open or Endoscopic
Wrist Joint Replacement (Wrist Arthroplasty)
Knee Replacement Surgery
Unicondylar Knee Replacement
High Flex Knee Replacement
Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery
Revision Single Knee Replacement
Knee Arthroscopy
Total Hip Replacement
Acetabular Fixation
Cemented Total Hip Replacement
Cementless Total Hip Replacement (THR) Surgery
Revision Hip Replacement
Hip Replacement with Computer Navigation
Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
Bilateral Hip Replacement Surgery
Both Hip Replacement together
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing BHR
BHR with stem
BMHR
Minimally Invasive Hip Resurfacing
Hip Resurfacing with computer navigation
ACL Reconstruction
Revision ACL Reconstruction Surgery
Patello Femoral Replacement
High Tibial Osteotomy
Lower femoral Osteotomy
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Reconstruction
Arthrodesis
Septic Arthritis Treatment
Lateral Retinacular Release Surgery
Arthroscopic Meniscectomy
Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI)
Meniscal Repair
Osteochondral Autografting – Mosaicplasty Surgery
Palmar Fasciectomy
Tendon Repair Surgery: Flexor Extensor
Thumb Arthroplasty
Tendon Transfer
Internal Fixation of Fractures
Pollicization Surgery
Repair of Digital Nerves
Synovectomy of Hand
Tenodesis tenolysis and tendon transfers and grafts
Boutonniere Deformity Treatment
Neurolysis Procedure
Ganglion Cyst Excision
