Hand Surgeon & Micro Surgery

Dr Darshan Kumar A. Jain is a Hand & Microsurgeon, Upper Limb Surgeon with expertise in managing various complex problems of hand. He has more than fifteen years of experience in treating the complex problems of Hand, wrist elbow, shoulder & nerves.

Dr Jain, completed his MS (Orthopaedics) from Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal in 2009. Subsequently he has spent nearly four years in exclusively training in problems of specialized for two years in Hand & Microsurgery by Obtaining a National Board certification. Later on, further training was obtained to treat problems of the wrist disorders at National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore. Further training was obtained in Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), London & Institut De La Maine, Paris in managing problems of the shoulder and elbow. He is a treating Surgeon for Honorable Sri Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala (Former Governor of Karnataka 2014). He has trained several surgeons in wrist arthroscopy & Hand Surgery. He is a visiting faculty in prestigious IWAS (International Wrist Arthroscopy Society) wrist courses conducted at IRCAD, Strasbourg. He has performed thousands of complex surgeries in upper limb, wrist arthroscopy, congenital anomalies, peripheral nerve surgery, elbow & shoulder. He also has a post graduate diploma in Tissue banking

Education

• MBBS [M S Ramaiah Medical College]
• M S in Orthopaedics [Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal, Manipal University]
• FNB (Fellow of National Board / Board certified Fellow in Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery) University of Washington (2009)
• Fellowship in Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Department, National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore
• Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital & Health Management (PGDHHM- IGNOU)
• Diploma in tissue banking, National University Hospital and School, Singapore
• Observership in Hand Surgery Institut De La Main, Paris Observership in Shoulder & Elbow surgery at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), London
• MNAMS

Specialty &interest: Hand Surgery & Microsurgery

Special interest:

Surgeries of the wrist, elbow

Wrist and elbow arthroscopy

Elbow replacement/ arthroplasty

Brachial plexus & peripheral nerve surgery

Complex trauma of the upper limb

Microvascular surgeries

Shoulder trauma/arthroscopy/ replacement

Services provided:

Upper limb Surgery : Hand & Wrist

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Injury to the hand/wrist with a fracture or a ligament injury.

Stiffness of joints of the hand.

Dupuytren’s disease

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis

Infections of the hand.

Sports injuries of the hand.

Swellings (lumps and bumps) of the hand.

Ganglion

Kienbock’s disease (Avascular necrosis of lunate)

Scaphoid fractures

Scaphoid non unions

Scapholunate ligament injury

TFCC (Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex) injury

Radius fracture

Tendon transfers ( for hand, )

Arthritis involving the finger, wrist and elbow.

Wrist arthroscopy

Birth Defects.

Treatment of various problems of hand, wrist and elbow by keyhole surgery/ arthroscopy

Cubital tunnel syndrome

Cerebral palsy

Tumors of hand

Post burns contracture

Vascular anomalies

UCL injury

Glomus tumors

Giant cell tumor (GCT)

Tuberculosis

Congenital anomalies

Elbow

Fractures(Humerus/radius/ulna)

Arthritis of elbow

Elbow replacement/ Elbow arthroplasty

Elbow arthroscopy

Stiff elbow

Synovitis of elbow

Ligament repair or reconstruction of elbow

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Shoulder

Shoulder arthroscopy

Shoulder replacement/ arthroplasty

Shoulder dislocation

Shoulder instability

Rotator cuff tear

Labral tear

SLAP injuries

Congenital

Pollicization

Syndactyly separation

Malunion

Tendon transfer

Rheumatoid arthritis

Synovectomy

Work related upper limb disorders (WRULD).

Nonunion

Peripheral nerve surgery

Nerve repair

Nerve reconstruction

Brachial plexus injury

Nerve related problems affecting the hand, brachial plexus injuries, nerve injuries

Birth related Brachial plexus

Radial, ulnar, median nerve palsy

Cerebral palsy

Spastic or deformity of upper limb

RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY:

Flaps cover to upper or lower limbs
Vascularized bone grafts for non-unions
Free flaps
Vascularised free fibula
Complex reconstruction requiring both soft tissue and bone
VIC (Volkman’s Ischemic Contracture)
Reconstruction for the limbs
Toe transfers
Joint transfers
Tendon transfers

• Jain, Darshan Kumar A., Sathish T. Kumar, and Naresh Shetty. Ulnar nerve innervation to triceps: A cadaveric study and a technical note on partial triceps to biceps transfer.” Indian Journal of Orthopaedics 53, no. 2 (2019): 353. doi: 10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_440_17.
• Jain, Darshan Kumar A., Naresh Shetty, L. Naveen Kumar, and D. C. Sundaresh. “Assessment of Usefulness of Anthropometric Data for Predicting the Scaphoid and the Screw Length: A New Technique.” The Journal of Hand Surgery (Asian-Pacific Volume) 22, no. 04 (2017): 435-440. doi: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218810417500460.
• Jain, Darshan Kumar “Two peg spade plate for distal radius fractures: A novel technique.” Indian journal of orthopaedics 50, no. 2 (2016). doi:10.4103/0019-5413.177573.
• Jain, Darshan Kumar A
Praveen Bhardwaj, Hari Venkataramani, and S. Raja Sabapathy. “An epidemiological study of traumatic brachial plexus injury patients treated at an Indian centre.” Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery 45, no. 03 (2012): 498-503. doi:10.4103/0970-0358.105960.
• Jain, Darshan Kumar A.,
Praveen Bhardwaj, and S. Raja Sabapathy. “Closed rupture of the extensor indicis tendon: An unusual cause of swelling over the dorsum of the hand.” Journal of hand surgery. European volume 37, no. 5 (2012): 471-472. doi: 10.1177/1753193412439271.