Dr. U Anand Kini

Dr U Anand Kini is a senior consultant plastic surgeon in Mangaluru with 44 years of experience in reconstructive surgery, trauma surgery, and complex wound management, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Attavar, Mangaluru.

He completed his MCh in Plastic Surgery from Madras Medical College, Chennai, with a strong academic record as a postgraduate dissertation guide and publications spanning plastic surgery, general surgery, and surgical pathology in national and international indexed journals.

He consults in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu, and Konkani.

Area of Expertise

Reconstructive Surgery Following Trauma

Dr U Anand Kini manages patients with traumatic soft tissue injuries requiring reconstruction with appropriate surgical and wound management techniques:

• Soft tissue reconstruction after traumatic injury
• Degloving injury management with skin grafting and flap cover
• Complex wound closure and soft tissue coverage
• Trauma-related scar and deformity reconstruction
• Tissue expansion for adjacent defect coverage

Burns and Wound Management

Patients with acute and chronic wounds including burns and ulcers are managed with appropriate biological and surgical dressing strategies and reconstructive planning:

• Burn wound assessment and management
• Second-degree burn management with biological dressings
• Chronic ulcer management with amniotic membrane dressings
• Sloughy wound management with advanced dressing techniques
• Post-burn scar and contracture assessment

Reconstructive Surgery Following Surgical Excisions

Patients requiring reconstruction after surgical removal of tumours, skin lesions, and oncological excisions are managed with appropriate local and regional reconstructive procedures:

• Post-oncological skin and soft tissue reconstruction
• Skin tumour excision and reconstruction
• Reconstructive surgery following cancer resection
• Complex defect closure after surgical excision
• Functional and aesthetic reconstruction planning

Hand Infections and Hand Surgery

Dr Anand Kini evaluates and manages hand infections and soft tissue conditions of the hand with appropriate surgical and conservative management:

• Hand infection diagnosis and surgical drainage
• Soft tissue infection management in the hand
• Wound care and reconstruction for hand conditions
• Post-infective hand deformity assessment
• Complex hand wound management

General Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery

With over four decades of surgical experience, Dr U Anand Kini manages a broad range of reconstructive and plastic surgical conditions across multiple anatomical regions:

• Soft tissue expansion and tissue rearrangement procedures
• Skin graft surgery for complex defects
• Macroglossia and oral cavity reconstruction
• Mucormycosis and necrotising fasciitis surgical management
• Complex reconstructive surgical consultation

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (1982)
• MS General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (1985)
• DNB General Surgery, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (1986)
• MCh Plastic Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai (1988)
• Registered with the Karnataka Medical Council, Registration No. 21045 (since 1982)

Hospital Affiliations

Current Affiliations

• Manipal Hospital, Attavar, Mangaluru

Academic Contributions and Dissertation Guidance

Dr U Anand Kini has guided multiple postgraduate surgery dissertations across clinical and reconstructive surgical topics:

• A Clinical Study of Diseases of the Thyroid
• The Role of Amniotic Membrane Dressings as a Biological Dressing in the Management of Chronic Ulcers
• The Comparison of Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Abdominal Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Hepatic Secondaries
• A Clinical Study of Skin Tumours
• A Clinical Study of Hand Infections
• Use of Kollagen as a Biological Dressing in Second Degree Burns
• Use of Sugar Paste in Dressing Sloughy Wounds
• Role of Antibiotics in Clean and Clean Contaminated Surgeries

Research and Publications

Dr U Anand Kini has published in national and international indexed journals across plastic surgery, surgical pathology, and general surgery:

• Primary Gastric Lymphoma Associated with Crohn's Disease of the Stomach, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1986
• Cysts of the Spleen: A Report of Seven Cases, Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 1992
• Amniotic Membrane Dressings in the Management of Chronic Ulcers, Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1993
• Diagnostic Problem in FNAC of Non-Functional Parathyroid Carcinoma, Journal of Cytology, 1993
• Cutaneous Angiomyolipoma, Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2009
• Cutaneous Mucormycosis with Necrotising Fasciitis in a Young Immunocompetent Individual, Tropical Doctor, 2011

Conference Presentations:

• FNAC Thyroid: A Preliminary Report, ASICON, Madras, 1983
• Acute Gangrenous Cholecystitis Complicating Enteric Fever, ASICON, Cuttack, 1995
• Degloving Injuries of the External Genitalia in the Male, USICON, Chandigarh, 1998
• Macroglossia: A Case Report, KSA ASICON, 1994
• Functioning Paraganglioma: A Rare Retroperitoneal Tumour, KSA ASICON, 1994
• Synchronous Multicentric Colonic Malignancies, KSA ASICON, 1994
• Unusual Causes of Spontaneous Haemoperitoneum, KSA ASICON, 1995
• Primary Tumours of the Small Bowel, KSA ASICON, 1995

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