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GKC goes international
Mr Gleeson and Mr Barksfield opened their continuing professional development account for 2019 with a trip to work with Prof Argenson at the Hospital Sainte Marguerite in Marseille. This is a University Hospital performing over 1300 joint replacements per year. [...]
Partial knee replacement in the morning, home for dinner
Is it really possible to have a partial knee replacement in the morning and get home the same day? Authors: Mr Peter Kempshall, Consultant Knee Surgeon, and Dr Leon Visser, Consultant Anaesthetist Playing tennis, badminton and dancing well into retirement [...]
The Smith and Nephew Training Facilities
A huge thank you to Smith and Nephew for welcoming our team of enthusiastic Orthopaedic Registrars to their state of the art surgical training facility. It was an excellent opportunity for the trainees to perfect their skills in [...]
GKC Patient Wins Gold!
Felicity Thomas saw Robert in February 2009, but knew she had a problem in running some months before. It was unlikely that she would have been considered for ACL reconstruction under the NHS as she was 68 years old at that [...]
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The Gloucestershire Knee and Gloucestershire Hip clinic enjoyed an excellent dinner at the Daffodil restaurant in Cheltenham. Thanks to everyone for all their hard work and dedication to making the clinics the largest private orthopaedic clinic in Gloucestershire!
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HTO delays progression to Arthroplasty by a decade. The most suitable candidates are age <55, not obese, and have not progressed to severe symptomatic disability. In these patients HTO survival was 100%, 91% and 62% at 5, 10 and 20 years
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Lever sign test for anterior cruciate ligament injuries: a diagnostic meta-analysis
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ACL tears cause significant functional deficits in patients over 50 who fail conservative treatment, and surgical reconstruction can yield excellent results.
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Brilliant news for many suffering with knee problems in Gloucestershire @KempshallPeter @natbeswetherick
