Dr. P S Ashok Kumar

Consultant

21 Years of Experience

Orthopedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon

MBBS, MS, Fellowship

Reg. No.:71547, Tamil Nadu Medical Council

English, Tamil, Telugu

Consultation Fee ₹ 800

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Dr. P. S. Ashok Kumar is an orthopedic surgeon with over 21 years of experience.
His areas of expertise are computer-assisted surgeries (Navigation) for total knee replacement, partial and unicondylar knee replacement, and the management of periprosthetic joint infection.
Procedures such as robotic surgery, hip arthroplasty, trauma and emergency management, and treating sports injuries and geriatric hip fractures are part of his skill set.
Dr. Ashok Kumar completed his MBBS at the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University (TNMGRMU), Chennai in 2003 and his MS in Orthopedics at Sri Ramachandra Medical University, Chennai in 2006.
He holds a Fellowship in Arthroplasty and Adult Joint Reconstruction from Dr. P. Suryanarayan’s Unit.
To learn advanced procedures, he underwent training in Navigation-assisted total knee replacement and the cementing technique in hip arthroplasty at reputed institutions in France and the United Kingdom.
Dr. Ashok Kumar and his team were the first unit in Tamil Nadu to perform robotic-assisted total knee replacement in 2018.
His interest in research is visible from his many publications in renowned journals such as the Journal of Robotic Surgery and the Indian Journal of Orthopaedics.
His professional memberships include renowned organizations such as the Indian Society for Hip and Knee Surgeons (ISHKS) and the Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA).

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MBBS, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University (TNMGRMU), Chennai, 2003
MS, Orthopedics, Sri Ramachandra Medical University, Chennai, 2006
Fellowship in Arthroplasty and Adult Joint Reconstruction, Dr. P. Suryanarayan’s Unit

Training for Navigation Assisted Total Knee Replacement, Hospital Joseph Ducuing, Toulouse, France
Training for Cementing Technique in Hip Arthroplasty, Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, United Kingdom

Ashok Kumar, P. S., Pawar, S., Kanniyan, K., Pichai, S., Bose, V. C., & Patil, S. (2024). Does robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty restore native joint line more accurately than with conventional instruments?. Journal of Robotic Surgery, 18(1), 49.
Bose, V. C., Pichai, S., Ashok Kumar, P. S., Kanniyan, K., Yadlapalli, S., & Patil, S. (2021). Does Balancing a Total Hip Arthroplasty Require a New Paradigm? Functional 3-Dimensional Balancing in Total Hip Arthroplasty. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, 55, 1240-1249.
Bose, V. C., Kalaivanan, K., Manohar, M., Kumar, A., Patil, S., & Suryanarayan, P. (2021). Is the revision rate higher after hip arthroplasty in teenage patients? A prospective study with long-term follow-up of more than 10 years. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, 55, 993-1002.
Kanniyan, K., Patil, S., Kumar, P. A., Suryanarayan, P., & Bose, V. C. (2020). Does the femoral head size influence outcomes after uncemented total hip arthroplasty for fused hips? A prospective study in ankylosing spondylitis. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, 54, 831-839.
AV, G. R., Manohar, M., Shetty, A., Sankineani, S. R., PS, A. K., Bose, V. C., ... & Rajasekharan, S. (2019). A comparative study evaluating the role of adductor canal block catheter versus intraarticular analgesic infusion on knee pain and range of motion in the immediate postoperative period: a prospective multicenter trial. Musculoskeletal Surgery, 104(3), 267-271.