Achievements and teaching
Faculty, teaching and publications of Dr Ravi Chandra Vattipalli.
Practice highlights
- 661+ robotic knees completed.
- Faculty and proctor roles at national arthroplasty and orthopaedic courses and cadaveric workshops, with invited talks, an oration and panelist roles.
- Dr Ravi Vattipalli is one of the early adopters of the Medial Stabilised knee design in the region, in use at Care Hospitals, Visakhapatnam from January 2026.
- Dr Ravi Vattipalli is one of the early adopters of the Direct Anterior Approach (DAA) for hip replacement in the region.
Faculty, invited talks and teaching
Earlier career
- “Non Arthroplasty Solutions in Unconventional Situations,” Faculty at IGOF, Vijayawada, 2015
- Management of Pediatric Hip Problems, OSSAPCON Guntur, 2016
- Neonatal Pediatric Orthopaedic Problems, NEOCON, 2017
- Approach to Joint Salvage, WGOA, 2018
2024
- Registry Data about Attune, Madurai Techknee, 2024
- “My experience with Velys,” Madurai Techknee, 2024
- Velys Cadaveric Training, Bangalore, 2024
- Robotics in Knee Replacement Surgery, IMA South Zone, 2024
- Robotics in Knee Replacement Surgery, AMTZ, 2024
2025
- Non Arthroplasty Solutions in Uncommon Situations, OSSAPCON Vizag, 2025
- Bracing Solutions for Club Foot, OSSAPCON, 2025
- Experience with 150 Robotic Knee Replacement Surgeries using Velys, IMA Vizag, 2025 (talk title as presented at the time)
- Velys Cadaveric Training, February 2025
- Velys Cadaveric Training, April 2025
- Velys Cadaveric Training, 31 May 2025
- Robotic Knee Replacement using Velys, Robocon Vizag, 8 June 2025
- Panelist in Complex Knees, ACE Solutions in Motion, Bangkok, June 2025
- Complex Primaries using Velys, ACE Solutions in Motion, Bangkok, June 2025
- Panelist, Skin Closure Solutions, ACE Solutions in Motion, Bangkok, June 2025
- Velys Cadaveric Training, GSL Medical College, November 2025
- Complex Primaries using Velys at Cadaver Course, Bangkok, November 2025
- Hip to Toe abnormalities in neonates, NEOCON, Vizag, December 2025
2026
- Velys Cadaveric Training, March 2026
- Walkathon for Women’s Day, 7 March 2026
- Dr RK Shukla Memorial Oration at IAM Kanpur, 2 May 2026
- Live Surgery Demonstration of Complex Primary, Kurinji Arthroplasty Course, Salem, August 2026
- ACE the CASE Best Paper Award, using Velys, ACE Bangalore, August 2026
- Faculty at ACE Bangalore, 2026
- Proctor for Dr Saurav Agarwal, Kanpur, September 2026
Training courses, workshops and presentations
Courses and workshops
- AO Basic Course, Madurai, 2014 (delegate)
- AO Advanced Course, Kolkata, 2016 (delegate)
- Principles of Management of Complex Primaries and Revision Knees, cadaveric workshop, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
- Velys cadaveric training, Bangalore, 2023
- Hip anterior approach cadaver course, Bangalore, 2024
Early presentations
- “Functional Outcome of Open Grade III A and III B Fractures of the Distal Femur,” TNOA, Coimbatore, 2009
- “Cervical Pedicle Screw Morphometry of the Subaxial Cervical Spine,” IOA, Jaipur, 2010
- “Management of Infected Nonunions: The Ilizarov Way,” VOSCON, Nagpur, 2011
- “Ganga Hospital Score as a Guide to Management of Fractures of the Distal Femur,” OSSAPCON, Rajahmundry, 2012
Publications
- “Role of intraoperative 3D C-arm-based navigation in percutaneous excision of osteoid osteoma of long bones in children,” Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B, March 2010.
- “Management of lateral end clavicle fractures—using lateral clavicle locking plate: a prospective study,” International Journal of Research in Orthopedics, 2020.
- “Split Transfer of Tibialis Posterior for Dynamic Equinovarus Deformity in Children with Cerebral Palsy,” International Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics, May–August 2023; 9(2): 06–09.
- “Role of relative intentional rotation of the femoral component in robotic-assisted primary total knee arthroplasty as a tool for the correction of medial flexion laxity,” Journal of Robotic Surgery (2026) 20:319.
A further paper, “The Figure-of-4 Maneuver: Quantitative Characterization of Lateral Compartment Behavior During Robotic Total Knee Arthroplasty,” was accepted by The Journal of Knee Surgery on 24 September 2026. Accepted for publication; not yet published online.
Disclaimer: Educational information about teaching, research and practice. Individual results vary.