My views

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.

Please see the Consent section to download forms with information about the procedure

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

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…

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

Metal on Metal Hips – There is considerable anxiety about the outcome and complications of metal on metal hips. I can confirm that I have never used the DePuy ASR hip, which has caused the most complications, but I have implanted other metal hip bearings over the past few years. Read more…