Dr. Ravi Teja Boddapalli - Orthopaedics

25/05/2025

🔺CASE 92: 33A3.2

Surgeon friendly pattern.
Open - clamp - positional screws - plate

22/05/2025

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08/05/2025

🔺CASE 89: SCR
Throwback case - Posted this on Twitter back in 2021 but somehow missed sharing it here.
This was my attempt at a Superior Capsular Reconstruction (SCR) using the TFL autograft for a massive rotator cuff tear in a 60 year old

Was this surgery justified?
May be because the patient couldn’t afford a reverse shoulder arthroplasty, and SCR offered a joint-preserving alternative with promising functional outcomes in selected cases.

Your thoughts and experiences with SCR vs RSA in similar situations?

08/05/2025

🔺CASE 88: LLD

This 12-year-old boy presented with a limp and a 5 cm shortening of the left lower limb.
What could be the underlying cause? How would you approach evaluation and management in this case? Drop your thoughts below.

07/05/2025

🔺CASE 87: Should I have added a plate dorsally?
Swipe ⏪ for the articular reduction

29/04/2025

🔺CASE 87: 2R3C3

What’s your plan when you see this on-call?

A comminuted, intra-articular distal radius fracture.
1. What’s your first thought on seeing this?
2. What surgical approach would you prefer?
3. Would you get a CT before planning?
4. What other questions would you want to ask?

Do we really need to feel intimidated, when we see something like this?

28/04/2025

🔺⏪ CASE 14: NON-UNION

06/04/2025

🔺⏪ to CASE 14: Presented with thigh pain and swelling 18 months post-surgery. The proximal fracture has united well, but there seems to be an issue with the distal segment.

What would be your approach in this case?

06/04/2025

12/03/2025

🔺CASE 86: COMMINUTED IT + SUB-TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE

🔺 Anterior incision to place the clamp - provisional fixation. Took a medial entry to maintain the Valgus. DM in case of any doubts.

23/12/2024

🔺CASE 85: SUBTROCHANTERIC FEMUR FRACTURE + HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION (HO)
Swipe ⏪ for reduction!

🔺Subtroch fractures rarely play nice on the fracture table. If they reduce on their own, consider yourself lucky. But when they don’t, it’s time to get creative with indirect or direct reduction techniques.

🔺In this case, a closed reduction gave me a decent alignment, but wasn’t good enough. I opened up the fracture site, cleared out the ossified tissue, and placed a clamp to achieve a good reduction. After locking distally, the clamp was removed.

🔺Good reduction isn’t just a goal, it’s a must. Give every fracture, your best shot 🗿

20/12/2024

🔺CASE 84: Comminuted Proximal Humerus Fracture
73/F | Osteoporosis | Comorbidities +

🔺When you’re dealing with brittle bones and a ticking clock, the need of the hour is clear, a functional reduction. This was a “fast in, fast out” situation. In high-risk cases like this, every second counts. Fix it and let the healing begin.

🔺Sometimes, it’s less about perfection and more about practicality.
Stability > Symmetry
Function > Flawlessness