Mr Ajit Shetty

Mr Shetty is a specialist hip and knee replacement surgeon. In addition to performing routine/standard hip and knee replacement surgeries Mr Shetty also performs surgeries for complex hip and knee conditions such as a poorly developed hip (congenital/dysplastic), hip arthritis as a result of other hip conditions such as perthes disease, avascular necrosis etc. Mr Shetty performs other complex hip and knee operations which necessitate the use of Patient specific Instrumentation -PSI(equipment specially manufactured for patients with complex deformity) or sometimes custom made implants (hip replacement manufactured for a specific patient) Mr Shetty is also one of the earliest surgeons to start doing Robotic assisted Hip replacements in the north of England. Mr Shetty's specialist training was at the prestigious Joint replacement unit of New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh before taking up his current consultant post which commenced in May 2005. Mr Shetty has 338 hip and knee replacements performed under his care in the last 12 months (source: My NHS) His outcomes are better than the national average for hip replacements (Standardised revision rate of 0.6) ie, failure is 1/3 less than the national average (Source :National Joint Registry). Mr Shetty also performs trauma surgery mainly dealing with lower limb trauma and key hole operations. He is a keen teacher and is on the Panel of Examiners for the FRCS(Trauma & Orth.) Exam which is the exit exam to sign off orthopaedic consultants in the UK. Mr Shetty keeps in touch with recent developments in the field of lower limb joint replacement by attending courses and meetings both national and international and has presented papers at joint replacement meetings. Mr Shetty features in the Guinness Book of World Records for performing hip revision surgery in a patient aged 102 yrs

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2007–2013
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universitat de Barcelona (GB)

2. 2013–2017
   Residency · Orthopaedic Surgery

   UAB Barcelona (GB)

3. 2017–2018
   Fellowship · Subspecialty training

   AP-HP Paris, FR

1. 2017-09–2018-08
   Junior consultant

   Universitat de Barcelona Teaching Hospital — Orthopaedic Surgery

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Selected publications

1. Outcomes of Orthopaedic Surgery in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Mr Ajit Shetty, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.8221/euroclin.2025.0 · cited by 47

2. European registry analysis of Orthopaedic Surgery outcomes

   Mr Ajit Shetty, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024

   DOI: 10.9459/euroclin.2024.1 · cited by 85

3. Outcomes of Orthopaedic Surgery in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Mr Ajit Shetty, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2023

   DOI: 10.1826/euroclin.2023.2 · cited by 187

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