Dr. Ashraf Abdelkafy Consultant - Orthopedic Surgery
Years of Experience : 20
Nationality : Egypt
Languages Known : English, Arabic, German
Biography
Dr. Ashraf Abdelkafy has over 20 years of experience in orthopedic surgery. He has a special interest and profound experience in knee surgery, arthroscopic surgery, and orthopedic sports injuries. He obtained his MD degree from Suez Canal University, Egypt, in 2008. His 1st Knee Arthroscopy Fellowship was in Vienna, Austria, where he spent one year in the Arthroscopy Department in Orthopedic Hospital Speising. Then he embarked on a Trauma Fellowship in BG Unfallklinik Hospital in Tuebingen, Germany, in 2006. In 2008 he obtained another Knee Arthroscopy Fellowship in Kantonspital Bruderholz, Basel, Switzerland. Later he added a Knee Arthroscopy Fellowship in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the USA, in 2009. In 2012 he completed another Knee Arthroscopy Travelling Fellowship where he visited eight knee centers in the USA, UK, and France. His final Knee Fellowship was at the University of Southampton, the UK, in 2013. Dr. Ashraf has been an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery in Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, since January 2015, and he is very active in research with more than 20 articles published in top orthopedic scientific journals. In addition to this, he organizes and participates in national and international conferences. Dr. Ashraf is a member of many prestigious orthopedic societies such as EOA, EGAA, ESSKA, AO, and ISAKOS. His areas of expertise include,
- Arthroscopic and knee surgery
- Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Arthroscopic posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Medial collateral ligament reconstruction
- Posterolateral corner reconstruction
- Anterolateral ligament reconstruction
- Arthroscopic refixation of the avulsed anterior cruciate ligament
- Arthroscopic meniscal repair
- Arthroscopic meniscectomy
- Arthroscopic microfracturing
- Mosaicplasty
- Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction
- Tibial tuberosity transfer
- Arthroscopic lateral release
- Arthroscopic synovectomy (6 portals technique)
- Arthroscopic treatment of Pigmented Villi Nodular Synovitis (PVNS)
- Arthroscopic assisted internal fixation of articular knee fractures (tibial plateau fractures)
- Arthroscopic loose body removal from the knee
