• Abhishek Nighot, Clevio Desouza,Vijay Shetty. Obesity and Knee Arthroplasty: One Size Does Not Fit All—A Review with an Indian Perspective. IJO 04/01/2026

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43465-025-01669-y

• C. Desouza, V. Shetty. Optimizing total knee arthroplasty recovery: the role of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols on clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. MUSCULOSKELETAL SURGERY. July 2025

https://tinyurl.com/4puy7xvs

• Desouza, Clevio, Shetty, Vijay,  Anchalia, Akshay. Patellar Clunk Post-Total Knee Replacement: The Impact of Resurfacing – A Systematic Review. Journal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery 24, July 07, 2025.

https://journals.lww.com/jajs/fulltext/9900/patellar_clunk_post_total_knee_replacement__the.33.aspx

• Desouza C, Shetty V. Efficacy of platelet-rich plasma in grade 2 hamstring muscle injuries: results from a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2025 Jun 19;35(1)

• Clevio Desouza, Vijay Shetty. Cutting through infection risk: robotic assisted vs conventional total knee surgery- a meta-analysis. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. (2025) 145:203

https://rdcu.be/eeqNQ

• Clevio Desouza, Vijay Shetty. Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Does One or Two Knees Matter? Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics. May 2025

• Clevio Desouza, Vijay Shetty. Healing Heels: A Meta-analysis of Platelet-rich Plasma vs Corticosteroid Injections in Plantar Fasciitis Treatment. J Foot Ankle Surg (Asia-Pacific) 2024;11(4):169–176

https://www.jfasap.com/abstractArticleContentBrowse/JFASAP/37177/JPJ/fullText

• Desouza, C., Shetty, V. Beyond one step: unveiling optimal approach for bilateral knee arthroplasty – a comprehensive meta-analysis. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-024-05454-8

• Clevio Desouza, Vijay Shetty. Effectiveness of platelet -rich plasma in partial-thickness rotator cuff tears: a systematic review. Journal of ISAKOS. Article in press: https:www.jisakos.com/article/S2059-7754(24)00080-4/fulltext

• Vijay Shetty, Clevio Desouza. Catastrophic complication after intra-articular injection of platelet-rich plasma – Case report. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2024, 100254

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773157X23001261?via%3Dihub

Desouza C, Dubey R, Shetty V. Platelet-rich plasma in chronic Achilles tendinopathy. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2023 May 24. Online ahead of print.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37225947/

Sanjay Londhe, Santosh Shetty, Niraj Vora, Ashit Shah, Rakesh Nair, Vijay Shetty, Amit Pandey. Comparative Analysis Of The Immediate Post-Operative Outcomes Between Conventional TKA And Fully Automatic

Robotic Assisted TKA. Poster presentation.  EFORT Annual Congress held in Vienna, Austria. 24 to 26 May 2023.

Sanjay Londhe, Santosh Shetty, Niraj Vora, Ashit Shah, Rakesh Nair, Vijay

Shetty, Clevio De’Souza, Farheen Khan. Evaluation Of The Safety And Efficacy Of The Fully Automated Active Robotic System In Robotic Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty. Poster presentation.  EFORT Annual Congress held in Vienna, Austria. 24 to 26 May 2023.

Sanjay Bhalchandra Londhe, Santosh Shetty, Niraj L. Vora, Ashit Shah, Rakesh Nair, Vijay Shetty. Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of the fully automated active robotic system in robotic assisted total knee arthroplasty. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma 37 (2023) 102106

Sanjay Bhalchandra Londhe, Santosh Shetty, Niraj L. Vora, Ashit Shah, Rakesh Nair, Vijay Shetty, Clevio Desouza, Farheen Shehzad Khan. Efficacy of the Pre-operative Three-Dimensional (3D) CT Scan Templating in Predicting Accurate Implant Size and Alignment in Robot Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. September 17.2022

https://trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/41089bc5-9594-4460-9190-b93557c811bd

M S Dhillon, Karan Jindal, Vijay D Shetty, Prasoon Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Rajneesh. Autonomic Denervation Dermatitis: A Relatively Undocumented ‘ADD’itional Complication of Total Knee Replacements and Other Surgeries Around the Knee. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. September 2021

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43465-021-00520-4#citeas

Prasoon Kumar, Vijay D Shetty, Mandeep Singh Dhillon. Efficacy of orthobiologic adjuvants to core decompression for hip preservation in avascular necrosis hip. Journal of hip preservation. January 2021

https://academic.oup.com/jhps/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jhps/hnaa051/5998445

Prasoon Kumar, Yuvarajan Palanisamy, Ankush Verma, Lalit Maini, Mandeep Singh Dhillon & Vijay Shetty. Status of Hip Arthroscopy in India: A Short Questionnaire Based Survey and Review of Literature. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. January 2021.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43465-020-00346-6

Saurabh Singh, Vijay Shetty. Critical Analysis of the Use of Platelet-rich Plasma in Orthopedic Clinical Practice: An Evolving Story. Journal of Post-graduate Medicine, Education and Research. Chandigarh. April-June 2018. 

https://www.jpmer.com/doi/JPMER/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1275

C Vannabouathong, M Bhandhari, A Bedi, V Khanna, P Young, V Shetty, M Khan. Nonoperative Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis: An Evaluation of Treatment Characteristics and the Intra-Articular Placebo Effect: A Systematic Review. JBJS Rev. 2018 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30020117/

• Mridul Arora, Singh Saurabh, Varun Gupta, Ashutosh Dongre, Vijay Shetty. Comparing the efficacy of intravenous or intra-articular tranexamic acid in reducing blood loss in simultaneous bilateral knee replacement surgery without the use of tourniquet. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol (2018) 28: 1417 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00590-018-2194-y
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Vijay D Shetty. Guest Editor. SICOT J articles on orthobiologics: October 2017 

https://www.sicot-j.org/articles/sicotj/full_html/2017/01/sicotj170038/sicotj170038.html

https://www.sicot-j.org/articles/sicotj/full_html/2017/01/sicotj170063/sicotj170063.html

∙Parag Sancheti, Vijay D. Shetty, Mandeep S. Dhillon, Sheila A. Sprague, and Mohit Bhandari. India-Based Knee Osteoarthritis Evaluation (iKare): A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Study on the Management of Knee Pain and Early Osteoarthritis in India. Clin Orthop Surg. 2017 Sep; 9(3): 286–294.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567023/

• Ilyas S Aleem, Dylan DeMarco, Brian Drew, Parag Sancheti, Vijay Shetty, Mandeep Dhillon, Clary J Foote, Mohit Bhandari. The Burden of Spine Fractures in India: A Prospective Multicenter Study. Global Spine J2017 Jun;7(4):325-333.

Gupta V, Arora M, Alva K, Dongre A, Thakur H, Shetty V.  Factors influencing the length of hospital stay after simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty. Int J Adv Jt Reconstr. 2017; 4(2): 27-32.

http://www.healthyjoints.eu/IJAJR/factors-influencing-the-length-of-hospital-stay-after-simultaneous-bilateral-total-knee-arthroplasty/

Varun Gupta, Mridul Arora, Nikhil Shetty, Ashutosh Dongre and Vijay Shetty. The use of cling film to facilitate shower after total knee replacement surgery.  International Journal of Orthopaedic Sciences. March 2017; 706-708

http://www.orthopaper.com/archives/?year=2017&vol=3&issue=1&part=K&articleid=268

Vijay Shetty. Editorial. Platelet-rich plasma in orthopaedic clinical practice: Again I ask the gentleman…

http://www.joas.in/article.asp?issn=2319-2585;year=2016;volume=4;issue=2;spage=53;epage=53;aulast=Shetty

Shetty V, Alva K, Gupta V. Biologics in primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Asian Journal of arthroscopy. 

http://asianarthroscopy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/6.-AJA-April-June-2016-vijay-Shetty.pdf

Ilyas S. Aleem,  Dylan DeMarco, Brian Drew, Parag Sancheti, Vijay Shetty, Mandeep Dhillon, Clary J. Foote, and Mohit Bhandari. The Burden of Spine Fractures in India

A Prospective Multicenter Study. Global Spine J. 2017

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5546678/

Sourabh Kulkarni, Amith P. Shetty, Karan K. Alva, Saurabh Talekar and Vijay D. Shetty. Patellar instability in Indian population: relevance of tibial tuberosity and trochlear groove distance. SICOT J 2016, 2, 14

http://www.sicot-j.org/articles/sicotj/abs/2016/01/sicotj150165/sicotj150165.html

Vijay Shetty.  INORMUS ( INternational ORthopaedic MUlticentre Study ) Investigator. INternational ORthopaedic MUlticentre Study in Fracture Care: Protocol for a Large Prospective Observational Study. Supplement. Journal of orthopaedic Trauma. October 2015

∙Vijay D. Shetty, Nikhil S. Shetty and Amith P. Shetty. Groin pain in athletes: a novel diagnostic approach. SICOT World open access Journal. July 2015

http://www.sicot-j.org/articles/sicotj/abs/2015/01/sicotj150023/sicotj150023.html

Clary Jefferson Foote, Raman Mundi, Parag Sancheti, Hitesh Gopalan, Prakash Kotwal, Vijay Shetty, Mandeep Dhillon, Philip Devereaux, Lehana Thabane, Ilyas Aleem, Rebecca Q Ivers, Mohit Bhandari, for the INORMUS Investigators. Musculoskeletal trauma and all-cause mortality in India: a multicentre prospective cohort study.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60825-X/fulltext

Clary Jefferson Foote, Raman Mundi, Parag Sancheti, Hitesh Gopalan, Prakash Kotwal, Vijay Shetty, and others. Musculoskeletal trauma and all-cause mortality in India: a multicentre prospective cohort study. The Lancet, Vol. 385, S30. Published in issue: April27, 2015

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60825-X/abstract

Mandeep S Dhillon, Prateek Behera, Sandeep Patel, and Vijay Shetty. Orthobiologics and platelet rich plasma. Indian J Orthop. 2014. 48(1): 1–9

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931137/

Prajyot Jagtap,  Gautam Shetty,   Prashant Mane,   Vijay Shetty. Emerging intra-articular causes of groin pain in athletes. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology: Volume 24, Issue 8 (2014), Page 1331-1339

http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s00590-013-1325-8

Shetty VD, Dhillon M, Hegde C, Jagtap P, Shetty S.  A study to compare the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy with platelet-rich plasma therapy in recalcitrant plantar fasciitis: a preliminary report.  Foot and ankle surg.: 20(1). 10-13. 2014

http://www.footanklesurgery-journal.com/article/S1268-7731(13)00095-7/abstract

Darshan S. Shah, Rupesh Ghyar, Bhallamudi Ravi, Chintan Hegde, Vijay Shetty. Morphological Measurements of Knee Joints in Indian Population: Comparison to Current Knee Prostheses. Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases, 4, 75-85. 2014

http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=45595#.VFuJ1lOUcpd

Darshan S. Shah, Rupesh Ghyar, Bhallamudi Ravi, Vijay Shetty. 3D Morphological Study of the Indian Arthritic Knee: Comparison with Other Ethnic Groups and Conformity of Current TKA Implant. Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases, 3, 263-269. 2013

http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=39818#.VFuIIFOUcpe

Alexa Gilbert, Chuan Silvia Li, Parag Sancheti, Beate Hanson, Mandeep S. Dhillon, Rajeev Naik, Nishith V. Shah, Vijay D. Shetty, Gurava Reddy, Jairam Jagiasi, Anil Kumar Reddy, Utsav Ganguly, Neelam Jhangiani, & Mohit Bhandari. The Natural History of Knee Osteoarthritis:India-based Knee OsteoarthritisEvaluation (iKare): A Study Protocol. Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants, 23(2–3): 93–104 (2013)

Hegde C, Wasnik S, Kulkarni S, Pradhan S, Shetty V.  Simultaneous Bilateral Computer Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Effect of Intravenous or Intraarticular Tranexamic Acid. J Arthroplasty. 2013 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23642448

Chintan Hegde , Vishvas Shetty, Sandeep Wasnik, Imthiaz Ahammed, Vijay Shetty.

Use of bone graft substitute in the treatment for distal radius fractures in elderly. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2013.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23412190/

Shetty VD, Hegde C, Wasnik S, Shetty V.  The “Shetty test” in ankle injuries: validation of a novel test to rule out ankle fractures.  European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. Online first. October 2012.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00590-012-1069-x

Nasir Hussain ,Teresa Chien, Farrah Hussain, Ammar Bookwala, Nicole Simunovic , Vijay Shetty , Mohit Bhandari.  Simultaneous Versus Staged Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty. HSS Journal. February 2013

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11420-012-9315-7

Lalit Maini, Yuvarajan Palanisamy, Vishvas Shetty, Sarang Kasture, Vijay Shetty. Hip impingement in the Indian population: hip anthropometry measurements in 100 hips. Hip International. June 2012.

 http://www.hip-int.com/article/hip-impingement-in-the-indian-population–hip-anthropometry-measurements-in-100-hips

Shetty VD, Kasture S. Is immediate postoperative fever related to drop in haemoglobin? A comparative study in simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty patients. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. Online first. March 2012.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/e773hk5743g72808/?MUD=MP

Nigam Aditya, Shetty VD. The medial plica: a clinical perspective. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. 2012

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00590-011-0800-3

Shetty VD, Shetty GM, Shitole B, Thakur H, Bhandari M. Optimal bearing surfaces for total hip replacements in the young: a meta-analysis. International Orthopaedics. September 2011

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20686893

Shetty VD. The use of sterile sanitary napkins for wound dressings in total joint replacements. International Wound Journal.  July 2010

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20840185

Shetty VD. Platelet rich plasma therapy: A “feeling and hope” for ailing athletes. Br J Sports Med. Suppl II. September 2010

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/Suppl_1/i1.2.abstract?sid=c1fba1f6-b64e-456d-9ce3-ef4d40da7678

Shetty VD, Nazare SP, Shitole BR, Jain SK, Kumar AV.   Silent Cardiac Comorbidity in Arthroplasty Patients: An Unusual Suspect? Journal of Arthroplasty. April 2010

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20381288

Shetty VD, Shitole B. Simultaneous bilateral total knee replacement. Use of an evidence-base rehabilitation programme. European Journal of Orthopaedic surgery and Traumatology. February 2010

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00590-010-0594-8

Shetty VD. Hip resurfacing for avascular necrosis in India: A lighthouse in the desert? Abstract book. SICOT 2009

Shetty VD. Use of sanitary napkin in joint replacement wounds. Abstract book. SICOT 2009

Shetty VD. Silent cardiac co-morbidities in joint replacement patients. An unusual suspect? Abstract book. SICOT 2009

Shetty VD, Shetty GM. Arthroscopic view of transient synovitis of the hip joint. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy. August  2009

http://www.springerlink.com/content/x772331rv68v1786/?p=a894436727d545aeb463c25e2a1ddb92&pi=19

Shetty VD, Shetty GM. Anterolateral Skin Incision for primary total knee replacement. European Journal of Orthopaedics and trauma. July 2009

http://www.springerlink.com/content/243315r41nnm44w4/?p=cbc4a9049db64c06a5b3157f106a85d2&pi=5

Shetty VD.  The use of sanitary napkins in Joint replacement wounds. Abstract book. European Federation of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) International conference. June 2009

Shetty VD, Shetty GM. Bilateral persistent anterior hip pain due to meralgia paresthetica: a case report. Cases Journal: December 2008

http://casesjournal.com/casesjournal/article/view/5132

Shetty V D. Persistent anterior hip pain in young adults: current aspects of diagnosis.  Hip International.  April 2008

http://www.hip-int.com/index.asp?a=abstract&id=33A60A15-0290-4F08-A142-83A5E9D

Shetty VD, Vowler SL, Krishnamurthy S, Halliday AEG. Clinical diagnosis of medial plica syndrome of the knee: A prospective study. Journal of Knee Surgery. October 2007

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17993067?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

The anterolateral skin incision for primary total knee replacement: A prospective randomised study (Abstract). SICOT/SIROT 2008 Triennial World Congress abstract book

Bilateral persistent anterior hip pain due to meralgia paresthetica: A case report (Abstract).  SICOT/SIROT 2008 Triennial World Congress abstract book

Immediate pain relief after knee arthroscopy: BupivacaineVs Bupivacaine and morphine combination. A prospective randomised study (Abstract).  SICOT/SIROT 2008 Triennial World Congress abstract book

The role of anaesthesia and the anaesthetist in reducing the length of stay after primary total hip replacement (Abstract). Fifth SICOT/SIROT Annual conference, 2007, abstract book

The duvet test to diagnose medial plica syndrome of the knee: A prospective study (Abstract). Fifth SICOT/SIROT Annual conference, 2007, abstract book

Medial plica syndrome of the knee: Is clinical diagnosis reliable? (Abstract). Fifth SICOT/SIROT Annual conference, 2007, abstract book

Shetty VD, Vowler SL, Villar RN. Factors influencing length of stay after primary total knee replacement: role of anaesthesia and the anaesthetist. Hip International. June 2007

http://www.hip-int.com/index.asp?a=abstract&id=BC9D4334-A3A1-4A8B-A275-A7A7405

Shetty VD, Villar RN. Hip Arthroscopy: Current concepts and review of literature. British Journal of Sports Medicine. February 2007

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17138638?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Shetty VD, Vowler SL, Villar RN. The role of anaesthesia and the anaesthetist in reducing the length of stay after primary total hip arthroplasty.  Journal of Arthroplasty (abstract). January 2007

Shetty VD, Villar RN.  To resurface or replace the hip in the under 65s?  Why I do a total hip replacement.  Invited article. Annals of Royal College of Surgeons of England.  July 2006

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16838408?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Shetty VD, Vowler SL, Villar RN. Factors influencing the length of stay after primary total hip replacement: the role of anaesthesia and the anaesthetist. Hip International (abstract).16 (2): 2006; page 118

Shetty VD, Villar RN.  Development and problems of metal-on-metal total hip replacement.  Invited article in Journal of Engineering in Medicine.  March 2006

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16669402?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Villar RN, Shetty VD. Reading List for Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British Volume) on metal-on-metal hip replacement. March 2006

http://www.jbjs.org.uk/misc/readinglist/RLmetalonmetal.dtl

Shetty VD, Villar RN.  Further opinion on: Metal ion levels after metal-on-metal proximal femoral replacements: A 30-YEAR FOLLOW-UP.J Bone Joint Surg (Br) Dunstan et al. 87-B: 628

http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/content/full/87-B/5/628/DC1

Simpson AHRW, Pandey R, Shetty V, Atkins B, Berendt A, McLardy-Smith P, Athanasou NA.  Diagnosis and management of infected total knee replacements.  J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1997;79-B:Supp II.p 144.