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NHS Lockdown

http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/372/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/372/pub/372/page/5/article/88692 I am saddened to see the inevitable cost of a hard lockdown upon planned surgical care. I am available to help see any patient for advice and assistance and can help prioritise care in the NHS and also offer Privately funded, self-funded or NHS treatment in a private hospital Read more…

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Appraisal

I underwent a successful appraisal of both my NHS and Private practices today and am happy to report that no concerns were raised about either.

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Anaesthetic

Please see the Anaesthetic tab for choices of Anaesthesia http://www.hipskneesandfeet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Spinal-Anaesthetic.pdf

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Long-term outcomes

According to the Lancet Feb 2019 82% of Total knee replacements will last 25 years https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)32531-5/fulltext 57% of Total hip replacements will last 25 years https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31859-2/fulltext I can confirm that according to the NJR, only 1.4% of the 855 Total hip replacements performed by myself and 1.1% of the 515 Read more…

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Arthroscopy (keyhole) knee surgery

The benefits of this procedure have been subject to some debate over the past few years, I can confirm that I follow the recently proposed guidelines of the BASK (British Association for Surgery of the Knee) https://baskonline.com/professional/clinical-care/meniscal-surgery-guidelines/#1531380165416-89d240cf-0dd0

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