Local & Regional Presentations

Interesting Sports Injuries -Ruptured Pectoralis Major and Subluxation of Tib.Post Dharmarajan R, Aldridge MJ Presented at the 150 Club, Coventry September ’98

Mechanism of injury, treatment and outcome of open fractures of the foot Dharmarajan R, Banerjee S, Abudu S Presented at the Naughton Dunn club, Birmingham October 2002

Neurogenic cause of anterior knee pain following lateral patellar dislocation Aranganathan S, Dharmarajan R Presented at the Hartlepool sports meeting, May 2010

Deep infection following the use of implants in Trauma Surgery Dharmarajan R, Armstrong P M, Abudu S Presented at the Naughton Dunn club, Oswestry April 2002

Neurogenic cause of anterior knee pain following lateral patellar dislocation Aranganathan S, Dharmarajan R Presented at the Kreibrich meeting, December 2009

Diagnosing periprosthetic infection by using leucocyte esterase reagent Mehdi R, Petheram T, Orr M, Sankar B, Meda M, Dharmarajan R Presented at the Kreibich meeting June 2015. This presentation won the second prize.


National Presentations

Uninstrumented assessment of angles in Trauma and Orthopaedics Nicolai P, Dharmarajan R, Shaw JEH, Krikler SJ Poster presentation at the BOA, Birmingham, August 2001

Deep infection following the use of implants in Trauma Surgery Dharmarajan R, Armstrong P M, Abudu S Podium presentation at the British Trauma Society meeting at Leeds, October 2002

Mechanism of injury, treatment and outcome of open fractures of the foot Dharmarajan R, Banerjee S, Abudu S Poster presentation at the British Trauma Society meeting at Leeds, October 2002

Deep infection following the use of implants in Trauma Surgery Armstrong P M, Dharmarajan R, Abudu S Podium presentation at BOA, Birmingham, September 2003

Patient satisfaction following Cubital tunnel surgery Harun Y, Dharmarajan R, Rajaratnam V, Pynsent P Poster presentation at the British Hand Surgery meeting at Belfast, April 2004

Unusual cause of foot drop following total hip replacement Muthian S, Dharmarajan R, Vince A S Poster presentation at the Hip society meeting at Wrightington, March 2005

Short-term results of acetabular impaction bone grafting Ncomanzi D, Dharmarajan R, Vince A S Poster presentation at the Hip society meeting at Wrightington, March 2005

First time patellar dislocation in adult patients- consensus of treatment among surgeons in the UK Aranganathan S, Dharmarajan R Poster presentation at the British Trauma Symposium, May 2010

Reconstruction of the extensor mechanism of the knee using Polytape- presented as a Poster in the ASIT meeting in Cardiff March 2013

Diagnosing periprosthetic infection by using leucocyte esterase reagent Mehdi R, Petheram T, Orr M, Sankar B, Meda M, Dharmarajan R Poster presentation at the 6th National infection meeting at London June 2015. This presentation won the best poster award.

Traumatic subluxation of the Tibialis Posterior tendon Dharmarajan R, Vadivelu R, Aldridge M J Poster presentation at the British Trauma Society, Leeds September 2001

How good are we in assessing angles? Dharmarajan R; S Nicolai P; Shaw JEH; Krikler SJ Podium presentation at the British Trauma Society meeting at Leeds, October 2002

Mechanism of injury, treatment and outcome of open fractures of the foot Dharmarajan R, Banerjee S, Abudu S Poster presentation at the British Foot Society meeting at Chester, November 2002

Patient satisfaction following Tennis elbow surgery Dharmarajan R, Harun Y, Rajaratnam V, Pynsent P B Poster presentation at the British Hand Surgery meeting at Belfast, April 2004

Short-term results LISS plating for peri-articular knee fractures Dharmarajan R, Kulshreshtha R, Kakarala G, Ong J, Venu K, Varma R, Groom AFG Podium presentation at the British Trauma Society meeting at Leeds, October 2004

What is minimally invasive surgery? Dharmarajan R, Alawala S, Vince A S Poster presentation at the Hip society meeting at Wrightington, March 2005

Audit of cancellation of revision arthroplasty due to lack of HDU beds Aranganathan S, Dharmarajan R, Orr M, Ions Gs Presented at the Edinburgh audit symposium, March 2010

Bilateral femoral neck fracture- rare cause Chauhan D, Dharmarajan Poster presentation at the British Trauma Symposium, May 2011

Significance of pre-op MSU in elective patients for joint replacement- Manning W, Changulani M, Dharmarajan R Podium presentation at BOA meeting at Birmingham, September 2013

Diagnosing periprosthetic infection by using leucocyte esterase reagent Mehdi R, Petheram T, Orr M, Sankar B, Meda M, Dharmarajan R Poster presentation at the British Trauma Society meeting at Leeds November 2015.


International Presentations

Templating of THR Madhavan P, Eldridge J, Dharmarajan R, Smith E Poster presentation at European Hip Society, Beaune June ‘98

Deep infection in Total Hip replacement Dharmarajan R, Kumar A J, Blakemore M E, Cherry R Poster presentation at the Weiner Trauma Symposium, Vienna Jan-02.

Deep infection following the use of implants in Trauma Surgery Armstrong P M, Dharmarajan R, Abudu S Podium presentation at the Bone and Joint infection Society meeting at Athens, Greece June 2002.

Deep infection in Total Hip replacement Dharmarajan R, Kumar A J, Blakemore M E, Cherry R Poster presentation at the EFORT meeting at Helsinki, June 2003.

How good are we in assessing angles? Dharmarajan R; S Nicolai P; Shaw JEH; Krikler SJ Poster presentation at the EFORT meeting at Helsinki, June 2003.

Patient satisfaction following cubital tunnel release Harun Y, Dharmarajan R, Rajaratnam V, Pynsent P B Podium presentation in the International Federation of Society of Surgeons of the Hand meeting (IFSSH) at Budapest, June ‘04.

Patient satisfaction following tennis elbow surgery Dharmarajan R, Harun Y, Rajaratnam V, Pynsent P B Podium presentation in the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association meeting in Malaysia, September 2004.

Minithoracotomy provides satisfactory access for anterior release for spinal deformity correction and fusion K M Venu, R Dharmarajan, T S Madhu, J K O’Dowd Podium presentation in the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association meeting in Malaysia, September 2004.

An unusual cause of foot drop following total hip replacement Muthian S, Dharmarajan R, Vince A V Poster presentation in EFORT 2005 at Lisbon, June 2005.

Do patients loose weight after following total knee replacement? Dharmarajan R, Alavala S, Vince A S Poster presentation in EFFORT 2005 at Lisbon, June 2005.

Unexplained pain after total knee replacement – role of metal sensitivity Alavala S, Dharmarajan R, Natarajan R, Ribbans W Poster presentation in EFORT 2005 at Lisbon, June 2005.

Practice of frequent swabbing of pin sites – Is it cost effective? Kakarala G, Kulshreshtha R, Dharmarajan R, Lahoti O, Phillips S, Groom AFG Poster presentation in EFORT 2005 at Lisbon, June 2005.

Neurogenic cause of anterior knee pain following lateral patellar dislocation Aranganathan S, Dharmarajan R Poster Presentation at the EFORT June 2010.

Antibiotic prophylaxis in arthroplasty- A survey of practice among orthopaedic surgeons in the UK Thomas S, Dharmarajan R Poster presentation at SICOT Gothenburg, September 2010.

Use of tourniquet in Total knee replacement Chauhan D, Dharmarajan R, Orr M, Dawson M Podium presentation at EFORT 2011 at Copenhagen.

Traumatic subluxation of the Tibialis Posterior tendon Dharmarajan R; Vadivelu R; Aldridge M J Poster presentation at the Wiener Trauma symposium, Vienna Jan-02

Medial Meniscus interposition in proximal tibial epiphyseal fracture – A case report and review of the literature Dharmarajan R, Shyam Kumar AJ, Aldridge MJ Poster presentation at the Trauma Care 2002, Netherlands May 2002 .

Deep infection following the use of implants in Trauma Surgery Dharmarajan R Armstrong P M, Abudu S Poster presentation at the EFORT meeting at Helsinki, June 2003.

Mechanism of injury, treatment and outcome of open fractures of the foot Dharmarajan R, Banerjee S, Abudu S Poster presentation at the EFORT meeting at Helsinki, June 2003.

Patient satisfaction following tennis elbow surgery Dharmarajan R, Harun Y, Rajaratnam V, Pynsent P Podium presentation in the International Federation of Society of Surgeons of the Hand meeting (IFSSH) at Budapest, June ‘04.

Epidemiology, complications and outcome following operative management of Clavicular non-union Dharmarajan R, Kulshreshtha R, Ong J, Venu K, Phillips M, Groom AFG Podium presentation in the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association meeting in Malaysia, September 2004.

Outcome and complications following operative management of Schatzker VI tibial plateau fractures Dharmarajan R, Kulshreshtha R, Kakarala G, Ong J, Venu K, Phillips S, Groom AFG Podium presentation in the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association meeting in Malaysia, September 2004.

Short-term results LISS plating for peri-articular knee fractures Dharmarajan R, Kulshreshtha R, Kakarala G, Ong J, Venu K, Varma R, Groom AFG Podium presentation in the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association meeting in Malaysia, September 2004.

Should we examine the popliteal fossa before a routine total knee replacement? Dharmarajan R, Vince A S Poster presentation in EFORT 2005 at Lisbon, June 2005.

What is minimally invasive surgery? Dharmarajan R, Alavala S, Vince A S Poster presentation in EFORT 2005 at Lisbon, June 2005.

Uncommon cause of bilateral ankle pain – Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis Alavala S, Dharmarajan R, Crawfurd E J Poster presentation in EFORT 2005 at Lisbon, June 2005.

Tourniquet or no tourniquet in total knee replacement surgery Rahul Kakkar, R Dharmarajan Poster presentation in EFORT 2009 at Lisbon.

Metal sensitivity after arthroplasty- A concern revisited Thomas S, Dharmarajan R Poster presentation at SICOT Gothenburg, September 2010.

Significance of pre-op MSU in elective patients for joint replacement- Changulani M, Dharmarajan R Podium presentation at AAOS meeting at Chicago, March 2013.