Sports Orthopaedics Programme
From recreational athletes to elite competitors — arthroscopic, evidence-based treatment and structured return-to-sport programmes from a UK-trained surgeon with experience treating Sports Authority of India athletes.
Sports injuries demand precise diagnosis and a recovery plan built around your sport and goals — not generic timelines. Dr. Chetan M. Dojode FRCS provides arthroscopic (keyhole) treatment of ligament, meniscal, and cartilage injuries, combined with criteria-based rehabilitation designed around the demands of your specific sport and activity level.
His approach is informed by his own published research — including a first-author randomised controlled trial on tennis elbow published in Bone & Joint Research (2012) and a systematic review in the Journal of ISAKOS (2017) — and by direct experience managing high-performance athletes, including Sports Authority of India athletes, returning to competitive sport.
Dr. Chetan M. Dojode trained across seven NHS hospitals in the United Kingdom over 11+ years, gaining specialist sports orthopaedic and arthroscopic experience that is exceptionally rare for a surgeon practising in India. He holds the FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the FEBOT (European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology) — the two highest orthopaedic qualifications in the UK and Europe respectively.
Evidence-based, athlete-centred care from diagnosis to return to sport.
Clinical examination combined with MRI and ultrasound interpretation ensures the correct diagnosis before any treatment decision. Not every sports injury needs surgery — and not every surgeon will tell you that.
When surgery is required, arthroscopy (keyhole surgery) is used wherever possible — achieving the precision of open surgery through 2–3 small incisions, with significantly faster recovery and less post-operative pain.
Return to sport is determined by function, not by a calendar date. Criteria include quadriceps strength symmetry (>90%), limb symmetry index on hop tests, sport-specific movement competence, and psychological readiness.
From acute ligament tears to chronic overuse injuries — a full range of musculoskeletal sports conditions.
ACL Tear
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction — arthroscopic, anatomic technique with hamstring or patellar tendon graft.
Meniscal Tear
Meniscal preservation-first philosophy — repair preferred over debridement wherever the tear pattern allows.
Cartilage Injury
Microfracture, mosaicplasty, and MACI cartilage restoration techniques for focal chondral defects.
Patellar Instability
MPFL reconstruction and tibial tubercle osteotomy for recurrent kneecap dislocation.
Shoulder Dislocation
Arthroscopic Bankart repair and Latarjet procedure for recurrent shoulder instability in athletes.
Rotator Cuff Tear
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair for partial and full-thickness tears in overhead athletes.
Tennis Elbow
PRP injection backed by Dr. Chetan M. Dojode's own published RCT showing superiority over corticosteroid at 6 months.
PCL & Multi-Ligament
Complex knee ligament reconstruction including PCL and combined ACL/PCL injuries.
Each procedure page provides a detailed guide covering the condition, surgical technique, recovery timeline, and how to book.
Comprehensive diagnosis, treatment and return-to-sport programmes for all athletes — recreational to elite.
Read more →Arthroscopic anatomic reconstruction with criteria-based return to competitive sport at 9–12 months.
Read more →Meniscal preservation-first approach — arthroscopic repair preferred over removal wherever possible.
Read more →PRP and targeted orthobiologic therapy — backed by Dr. Chetan M. Dojode's own peer-reviewed published RCT.
Read more →11+ years of NHS clinical practice across specialist trauma centres and elective orthopaedic units in the UK — including sports orthopaedic fellowships — brought to Bengaluru.
First-author RCT in Bone & Joint Research on lateral epicondylitis treatment; systematic review in Journal of ISAKOS on arthroscopy portal healing. 12 total peer-reviewed publications.
Direct experience managing Sports Authority of India athletes. Understands the demands of competitive sport and the pressure to return safely and at full capacity.
Credentials
Other areas of Dr. Chetan M. Dojode's practice.
FRCS (Tr & Orth) UK · FEBOT · GMC Specialist Register — Yelahanka & Sahakar Nagar, Bengaluru