Gallery
Theatre, training and the work behind it
Real photographs from the practice rather than stock imagery — including the arthroscopic view of a joint, which is what most of this surgery actually looks like.
Photographs showing an open surgical field have been left out deliberately. Graphic clinical images raise anxiety, which is the opposite of what this site is for — and none of them would tell you anything useful about the care you would receive.
12 photographs
From the practice
The arthroscopic view on the theatre monitor. Magnified and directly lit, the camera shows the inside of a knee in more detail than any scan. 
Keyhole knee arthroscopy in progress. Instruments enter through two portals about a centimetre across, leaving the muscles and capsule almost undisturbed. 
Arthroscopic instruments during a minimally invasive procedure. Because the joint is not opened, most patients walk out the same day. 
Live C-arm imaging during a trauma procedure. Confirming position to the millimetre in theatre is what allows smaller incisions and less disturbance to healing tissue. 
A joint replacement is a team operation. Accurate bone cuts, correct implant sizing and balanced soft tissues decide whether a knee is merely painless or feels like your own. 
Concentration in theatre. Most operating lists here are arthroscopy of the knee and shoulder. 
At the Sports Injury Centre. 
With orthopaedic colleagues during the joint preservation and sports medicine fellowship at Manipal Hospitals. 
Receiving the arthroscopy, joint replacement and sports injury fellowship certificate at Galaxy Hospital, Bhopal — an Indian Arthroscopy Society accredited training centre. 
Fellowship completion at Manipal Hospitals. 
Fellowship certification in joint replacement. 
Academic recognition. Alongside clinical practice, Dr. Ariwala teaches postgraduate orthopaedic residents and runs CME programmes.
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