Dr. Sandeep Wasnik

AREA(S) OF INTEREST:

Hip and Knee Replacement surgeries

PROCEDURES PERFORMED:

Total knee replacement, Total hip replacement, Partial/Unicondylar knee replacement, Minimally invasive knee replacement, muscle sparing knee replacement

NAME OF INSTITUTE(S):

• MS (Orthopaedic), Seth GS medical college and KEM Hospital.

FELLOWSHIPS:

• SICOT Fellow, Hip and Knee Replacement surgeries, Belgium
• Fellowship in Joint Replacement Surgery, Germany
• Advanced Fellowship in Complex Hip Replacement Surgery, Italy

Dr. Sandeep Wasnik, is a Joint Replacement and Orthopaedic surgeon. He has completed his post graduation, MS (Orthopaedics) from KEM Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College. He is a SICOT fellow specializing in adult hip and knee replacement surgeries.

He has done his fellowship from esteemed Mannheim Medical University Germany, with specialization in knee arthroplasty, and advanced fellowships from Germany’s Carl Gustav University specializing in complex Hip Replacement surgeries. He has undergone training in various places like ITALY, AUSTRALIA, and BELGIUM with stalwarts of joint replacement surgeries.

He has been passionate not just about the practice but also sharing the knowledge and making efforts in R&D, with the single goal of increasing success rate and longevity of the surgeries. He has an experience of more than 800 successful hip and knee replacements surgeries.

He is the first surgeon in India to perform complex Hip Replacement Surgery using Reclaim™ Implant technology for direct single replacement from hip till the knee joint. He uses modern technology in Knee replacement surgeries to offer the highest safety standards.

He is also the one of the few surgeons globally performing Total knee replacement with minimally invasive techniques without using tourniquet, which is the cutting edge for joint replacement surgeries.

He has done many national and international presentations in field of Joint Replacement Surgery. He has done many international publications in field of Knee Replacement surgeries. He is the reviewer for Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, International Journal of Sport Medicine (NY, USA) and Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences.

He is a faculty for joint replacement surgeries, and has delivered many lectures in national and international conferences

Publications

•  “Simultaneous bilateral total knee replacement: a prospective study of 150 patients Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (Hong Kong) 2013 April
• Simultaneous Bilateral Computer Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Effect of Intravenous or Intraarticular Tranexamic Acid. Journal of Arthroplasty 2013 April
• Use of bone graft substitute in treatment of distal radius fractures in elderly European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology July 2012
• Early experience with high flexion cruciate retaining total knee system – A randomized controlled trial with high flexion posterior stabilized knees (2014“The Knee”)
• Does subvastus approach help in early rehabilitation in elderly no obese patients undergoing bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty? A randomized controlled study of 100 patients. Indian journal of orthopaedics 2013 January
• Does subvastus approach help in early rehabilitation in elderly no obese patients undergoing bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty? A randomized controlled study of 100 patients. Indian journal of orthopaedics 2013 July. Author’s reply
• The “Shetty test” in Ankle injuries: Validation of a novel test to rule out ankle fractures European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology 2012August
• Is total knee arthroplasty using high flexion design associated with increased patello-femoral complications? A prospective study”. Journal of Knee Surgery,2013
• Preservation of the PCL when performing cruciate-retaining TKA: Is the tibial tuberosity a reliable predictor of the PCL footprint location. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc,2016
• Comparative study of elbow disorders in young high-performance gymnasts. Int J Sports Med. 2014 Oct
• Management of proximal humeral fractures: a review of current treatment options. Current Orthopaedic Practice: April 2015 – Volume 26

Professional Memberships

• Bombay Orthopaedic society
• Indian Arthroplasty association