Dr. Srikanth Racherla

Dr. Srikanth Racherla
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Experience: 10 years of experience
Hospital: Zulekha Hospital, Dubai

About

About Dr. Srikanth Racherla Dr. Srikanth Racherla has an extensive experience of +10 years as an Orthopedic Surgeon (Hand & Wrist surgery). He holds professional memberships of the, Indian Orthopaedic Association, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand (ISSH). Dr. Racherla did his MBBS from Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal in 2004. He then did his MS in 2008 from Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. He did his FNB from Ganga Hospital Coimbatore and fellowship in arthroscopy and arthroplasty from Sancheti Hospital Pune.  Dr. Racherla is an expert orthopedic surgeon of hand and upper extremity surgeries. He is known for wrist surgery/arthroscopy, reconstruction of paralysed hand, reconstructive microsurgery, skin grafting, flap cover procedures, soft tissue reconstruction and Ilizarov and limb reconstruction surgeries. He also treats fractures and dislocations of fingers and wrist, brachial plexus injuries, nerve tumours/injuries/compressions, tendon injuries/tumours, tenosynovitis and birth defects of fingers such as, polydactyli, syndactyli, finger deformities and constriction ring syndrome.  He has compiled a few papers for reputed journals.

List of Treatments

  • Carpal Tunnel Release (CTR) Open or Endoscopic
  • Tendon Transfer
  • Syndactyly (Webbing) Treatment
  • Tenodesis tenolysis and tendon transfers and grafts
  • Wrist Joint Replacement (Wrist Arthroplasty)
  • Ganglion Cyst Excision

Work Experience

Associate Professor, Zulekha Hospital, Dubai

Professor, RMMC- Chidambaram

Special Interest

Hand & Upper extremity surgery
Fractures and dislocations of fingers and wrist.
Brachial Plexus injuries
Nerve injuries, nerve tumours and nerve compressions.
Carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, ganglion cysts, De Quervains tenosynovitis , Dupuytrens disease etc.
Tendon injuries, tendon tumours and tenosynovitis.
Infections of hand and upper extremity.
Nail injuries, glomus tumour, In growing nails etc
Wrist surgery, wrist arthroscopy.
Vascular injuries of hand and upper extremity.
Birth defects like syndactyli [ united fingers], polydactyli [extra fingers], constriction ring syndrome, finger deformities etc.
Reconstruction of paralyzed hand.
Tumours of hand and upper extremity.
Reconstructive microsurgery.
Soft tissue reconstruction: skin grafting, flap cover procedures.
Ilizarov and limb reconstruction surgeries