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Mr Senthil Kumar Velayudham is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon.

Since his appointment at MTW in 2006 he has specialised in hip surgery and his elective practice is exclusively related to hip. He performs high volume minimally-invasive total hip replacements, revision hip replacements and hip arthroscopy procedures.

The National Joint Registry (NJR) collects information on hip replacement surgery and monitors the performance of joint replacement implants, hospitals and surgeons. Mr Velayudham’s patients’ overall satisfaction (Patient Reported Outcome and Oxford hip scores) is outstanding as reported by the NJR.

He qualified in 1990 from University of Chennai and completed a postgraduate degree in Trauma and Orthopaedics from the University of Pune in India.

He pursued further higher surgical training in trauma and orthopaedics on the South East Thames training programme in the UK working at hospitals in Kent, Sussex, Surrey and university hospitals in London.

During the latter years of his training he gained experience in hip arthroscopy, minimally-invasive total hip replacement, enhanced recovery total hip replacement and resurfacing hip replacement.

Mr Velayudham completed a fellowship in hip and knee surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London where he gained wide experience in complex total hip replacement and revision total hip replacement.

He also completed a fellowship in pelvic and acetabular reconstructive surgery at St George’s Hospital, London where he gained experience in managing young adult hip problems and computer navigated surgery. He is also trained in robotic-assisted surgery for hip replacements.

Mr Velayudham chairs the monthly multidisciplinary complex hip arthroplasty meeting at  Tunbridge Wells Hospital. He is an active member of British Orthopaedic Association, British Hips Society, Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery and International Society of Hip Arthroscopy.

He regularly teaches on the Advanced Trauma Life Support course at Tunbridge Wells Hospital for the Royal College of Surgeons.

Mr Velayudham is actively involved in teaching and research projects including audits. His research interests include proximal femur bone remodelling around hip prostheses, optimal prostheses alignment in hip replacement, computer assisted total hip replacement, and bone grafting for acetabular defects in complex hip replacement. He has published and presented scientific studies and has won regional awards.

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