Dr Sittampalam Krishnamoorthy

Dr Sittampalam Krishnamoorthy
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Experience: 30 years of experience
Hospital: Raffles Hospital, Singapore

About

About Dr Sittampalam Krishnamoorthy Dr Sittampalam Krishnamoorthy is an orthopaedic surgeon having more than 30 years of expertise. Services provided by him includes adult reconstructive surgery (hip and knee), spine surgery, arthroscopic surgery and sports injuries. He pursued MBBS from University of Singapore, Singapore in 1966, and MCh (Ortho) from University of Liverpool, United Kingdom in 1972. His areas of expertise include arthroscopic surgery, sports injuries, spine surgery, and adult reconstructive surgery (hip and knee). A member of the Singapore Football Association’s council is Dr. Krishnamoorthy. He spent many years on the Asian Football Confederation’s advisory committee as well as the Singapore Sports Council’s. He previously held the position of Head of the Orthopaedics Department at Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and Alexandra Hospital. Dr Sittampalam Krishnamoorthy is fluent in English.

List of Treatments

  • 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 Menisectomy
  • Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI)
  • Meniscal Repair
  • Osteochondral Autografting – Mosaicplasty Surgery
  • Knee Replacement Surgery
  • Unicondylar Knee Replacement
  • High Flex Knee Replacement
  • Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery
  • Revision Single Knee Replacement
  • Arthrotomy
  • Arthroscopic surgery
  • Reduction of fractures open
  • Closed Reduction for Fracture
  • Arthroplasty
  • Carpal Tunnel Release (CTR) Open or Endoscopic
  • Palmar Fasciectomy
  • Tendon Repair Surgery: Flexor Extensor
  • Thumb Arthroplasty
  • Tendon Transfer
  • Internal Fixation of Fractures
  • Pollicization Surgery
  • Syndactyly (Webbing) Treatment
  • Repair of Digital Nerves
  • Synovectomy of Hand
  • Tenodesis tenolysis and tendon transfers and grafts
  • Boutonniere Deformity Treatment
  • Wrist Joint Replacement (Wrist Arthroplasty)
  • Neurolysis Procedure
  • Ganglion Cyst Excision
  • Shoulder Replacement Surgery
  • Open Reduction of Fracture
  • Knee Arthroscopy
  • Repair of Shoulder Rotator Cuff
  • Acromioclavicular Joint Repair
  • Repair of dislocations
  • Shoulder Labral Tears Surgery
  • Surgical decompression
  • Extensor mechanism realignment
  • Elbow Replacement Surgery
  • Elbow Arthroscopy
  • Lateral Epicondyle Release (Tennis Elbow)
  • Fracture reduction and fixation
  • Osteotomy
  • Arthrolysis
  • Limb Lengthening
  • Kyphosis (Hunchback) Treatment
  • Sports Related Injuries
  • Trigger Point Injection (TPI)
  • Anterior Cervical Discectomy
  • Cervical Corpectomy
  • Foraminotomy
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Laminoplasty
  • Laminotomy
  • Lumbar Laminectomy for Spine
  • Micro Discectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Anterior Cervical
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Nucleoplasty
  • Posterior Cervical Discectomy
  • Revision Spine Surgery
  • Spinal Fusion Surgery
  • Spinal Laminectomy
  • Total Disc Replacement
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Anterior Cervical Corpectomy Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Transoral Approach To Upper
  • Cervical Spine
  • Artificial Spine Lumbar Disc Replacement
  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Micro Discectomy MED
  • Micro Lumbar Discectomy Mld
  • PLIF Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Reconstruction Of Traumatic Cervical
  • Spine With Vascular Fibular Graft
  • Spinal Disc Replacement
  • Spinal Endoscopic Surgery
  • Stabilization Of Traumatic Spine
  • Spine Tumour Surgery
  • Cervical Disc Replacement Surgery
  • Scoliosis Spine Surgery
  • Spine Decompression Surgery
  • Surgery for Spina Bifida
  • Knee Meniscectomy
  • Comprehensive Myelopathy – Spinal Cord Surgery
  • Ankle Arthroscopy
  • Shoulder Arthroscopy
  • Spinal Instrumentation
  • Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
  • Tibial Tubercle Transfer for Patellofemoral Arthritis
  • Arthroscopic Debridement of Calcium Deposits
  • Leg Injury
  • Spondylitis
  • Slip Disc
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Disc Herniation
  • Prolapsed Disc
  • Paget’s Disease
  • Partial Hip Replacement Surgery – Unilateral Hip Replacement
  • Foot and Ankle Deformity Correction
  • Arthritis
  • 1 Level Spinal Decompression+ Fixation
  • 2 Level Spinal Decompression+ Fixation
  • 3 Level Spinal Decompression+ Fixation
  • 1 Level Spinal Decompression
  • 2 Level Spinal Decompression
  • 3 Level Spinal Decompression
  • Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)
  • TLIF surgery
  • Spine Detethering surgery
  • Triple arthrodesis and internal fixation
  • Corrective Osteotomy and fixation and bone graft
  • Corrective osteotomy, fixation and ligament reconstruction surgery
  • Knee replacement – Bilateral
  • Knock knee surgery
  • Cervical Spondylosis
  • Single Hip Replacement

Work Experience

Consultant, Raffles Hospital, Singapore

Head of Department, Alexandra Hospital

Head of Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Head of Department, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Special Interest

Adult reconstructive surgery (hip and knee)
Spine surgery
Arthroscopic surgery
Sports injuries