Mr. Muthu Ganapathi MBBS, MS(Ortho), FRCS, MSc (Ortho Eng), FRCS (Orth)
Spire Abergele Consulting Rooms
Ground Floor, Priory House
North Wales Business Park
Abergele,
LL22 8LJ
Tel: 01745 828900
Fax: 07145 828908 (find us)
Menai Bridge Surgery
Coronation Rd
Menai Bridge, Ynys Mon
LL59 5BD
Tel: 01248 712210
Fax: 01248 715829 (find us)
Private Consultations:
“Anglesey Bonesetters”
(An historical article)
Computer Guided Surgery (video demonstration)
Hip Replacement in Young Adults (special considerations)
Hip Impingement
(recently recognised condition)
Hip Arthroscopy
(an emerging field)
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Private Physiotherapy
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Useful Contacts
Optimising yourself for hip/knee surgery
Outcome Scores
(downloadable forms)
Knee Arthroscopy
(key hole surgery)
Personalised Knee Replacements (is it the future?)
New video
Mr.Ganapathi is a specialist hip and knee surgeon based in North Wales. He completed his higher specialist training in orthopaedics in Wales and did a arthroplasty fellowship in Cardiff. He subsequently completed an advanced lower limb fellowship in Montreal, Canada and visited centres in Canada and U.S. before starting as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Bangor, North Wales in 2008. Although he undertakes general trauma work, his elective practice in both the NHS and the private sector is almost exclusively related to adult hip and knee problems. He offers private surgery at Spire Yale Hospital, Wrexham.
During his higher specialist training and subsequent fellowships, Mr.Ganapathi has gained experience in various aspects of hip and knee related problems including primary and revision hip replacement, hip resurfacing, primary and revision knee replacement, partial knee replacement as well as hip arthroscopy and knee arthroscopy.
Mr.Ganapathi is also trained in computer guided joint replacements and routinely uses computer guidance while doing knee replacements and hip resurfacing. Computer guidance allows the surgeon to be very precise during joint replacements and decreases the chance of outliers (beyond the tolerance of the joint replacements) and this hopefully would result in optimal outcome. Mr.Ganapathi has also published his experience in peer reviewed journals on the improved accuracy of hip resurfacing using computer guidance.
Mr.Ganapathi offers various treatment options including:
Hip Surgery
- Total Hip Replacement
- Computer Guided Hip Resurfacing
- Large Diameter Head Hip replacement
- Hip Impingement surgery
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Revision Hip Replacement
Knee Surgery
- Knee Arthroscopy (excluding ACL reconstruction)
- Computer Guided Total Knee Replacement
- Partial Knee Replacement (Uni-
compartmental and Patello- femoral knee replacement) - Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement
- Revision Knee Replacement
- Personalised Knee Replacements (PSI Knee/ Signature Knee)
During his fellowship in Canada, he also gained experience in managing hip impingement (which is increasingly considered to be a cause of hip pain in young adults often leading to hip arthritis at a younger age) using both arthroscopic and open surgery and he is one of the few surgeons offering this type of surgery in Wales.
Mr.Ganapathi firmly believes in accelerated rehabilitation (rapid recovery) after
both hip and knee replacements which can lead to early functional recovery and improved
patient satisfaction. He employs various techniques including multi-
Mr. Ganapathi would also be able to offer a very recently available technique for knee replacements using patient specific instrumentation (PSI Knee/ Signature Knee)
Complex revision surgery (of both hip and knee replacements) is also becoming an
increasing part of his practice and he employs up-
Mr.Ganapathi has also been involved in a number of research projects and he has won various awards for his research work. He keeps himself updated on recent advances by attending various CME sessions. He is also keen in teaching the next generation of surgeons as well as allied health professionals.
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