Dr. Rajeev Reddy Kikkuri

Qualifications:

• MBBS – Amrita School of Medicine, Kerala, India
• Master of Surgery(MS) in Orthopaedics – Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
• Fellowship in Arthroscopy & Sports Injuries – Ramesh Hospitals Vijayawada
• Fellowship in Joint Replacement – Sunshine Bone & Joint Institute

Experience:

• Worked in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum under Residency programme from May 2016 to April 2019 in various Orthopaedic Specialities including Trauma, Emergency, Arthroplasty (Knee, Hip & Shoulder), Arthroscopy (Knee & Shoulder), Paediatric Orthopaedics, Hand Oncology.
• Senior Registrar (Trauma), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, District Hospital, Tenali (APVVP – Government Health Care (June 2019 – May 2020)
• Fellowship in Arthroscopy in Ramesh Hospitals, Vijayawada (June 2020 – November 2020)
• Fellowship in Arthroplasty (DePuy, Johnson & Johnson) December 2020 to December 2021 under Dr. A.V. Gurava Reddy in Sunshine Bone & Joint Institute
• Registrar (Arthroplasty), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunshine Hospitals, Secunderabad (January 2022 – October 2023).
• Associate Consultant Orthopaedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunshine Bone & Joint Institute, Hyderabad.

• Certified in Robotic Orthopaedic Surgery with the Stryker MAKO Robot for Total Knee Arthroplasty and Total Hip Arthroplasty

Area of Interest:

• Trauma
• Foot & Ankle Injuries
• Bone & Joint Infections
• Primary Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery
• Revision Joint Replacement
• Robotic Joint Replacement (Stryker MAKO) Knee & Hip
• Sports Injuries( knee) – Arthroscopy (Key Hole Surgeries)

Memberships:

• ISHKS -Indian Society of Hips & Knee Surgeons
• APAS – Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society
• TOSA- Telangana Orthopaedic Surgeon Association
• OSSAPCON- Orthopaedic Surgeon Society of Andhra Pradesh

Conferences Attended – 2023

• APAS –  Asia Pacific Arthroplasty conference – CEBU Philipines – August 2023
• ISHKS –  Indian society of hip & knee surgeons-  Hyderabad – April 2023
• ROC – Ranawat Orthopaedic Conference – Mumbai – January 2023

Publications: INDEXED

• Annapareddy A, Mulpur P, Jayakumar T, Kikkuri RR, Suhas Masilamani AB, V R, Vaishya R, Reddy AVG. Patella non-resurfacing in primary total knee arthroplasty provides good functional results-a retrospective review of nine thousand three hundred forty six knees. Int Orthop. 2023 Jul;47(7):1729-1736. doi: 10.1007/s00264-023-05819-5. Epub 2023 Apr 25. PMID: 37186286.
• Masilamani ABS, Jayakumar T, Mulpur P, Gandhi V, Kikkuri RR, Reddy AVG. Functional alignment is associated with increased incidence of pre-balance, reduced soft-tissue release, and post-operative pain compared to mechanical alignment in patients undergoing simultaneous bilateral robotic-assisted TKA. J Robot Surg. 2023 Oct 13. doi: 10.1007/s11701-023-01732-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37831402.
• Masilamani ABS, Mulpur P, Jayakumar T, Kikkuri RR, Annapareddy A, Reddy AVG. Avoiding Lateral Laxity in Robotic Arm-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty-A Surgical Technique Describing a New Method of Gap Capture and Balancing Strategy. Surg Technol Int. 2022 Dec 30;42:sti42/1650. doi: 10.52198/23.STI.42.OS1650. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36602185.
• Kikkuri RR, Kashyap V, Upadhay A, Kumar V, Reddy KS, Singhal R. Effect of Intra-articular Injection of Corticosteroid in the Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee – A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2021 Nov;13(Suppl 2): S1162-S1167. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_301_21. Epub 2021 Nov 10. PMID: 35017949; PMCID: PMC8687022.
• Comparative Evaluation of Clinical and Ultrasound Examination in Neonatal Hip Screening for Detection of Developmental Dysplasia of Hip – A Hospital Based Cross-Sectional Study – Published