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Obesity and operative risk: what’s the story?
If obesity is such a risk factor for your knee operation, why does more and more research suggest it isn’t? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman investigates.
Meniscal root tears: to treat or not to treat?
Meniscal root tears are delicate, complex procedures. Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman explains why your best chance of treatment is with a knee specialist.
Will Osteoporosis Affect My Knee Replacement?
If you have osteoporosis can you have a knee replacement? If so, how will it affect the way your knee surgeon operates? YKC’s Dave Duffy explains.
In Support of Couch to 5k
‘Couch to 5k’: knee specialist Dave Duffy argues the orthopaedic community could have been quicker to support it through injury prevention.
Young athletes and ligament injury
Under 18 with a ligament injury? A longer layoff from sport now could protect your knee in the future. Knee surgeon Dave Duffy explains.
Award winning infection reduction
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy is lead clinician in Harrogate for a programme driving improvements for knee replacement patients. Find out more.
The power of group (physio)therapy
Recovering from knee injury? Yorkshire Knee Clinic knee specialist Dave Duffy explores why group physiotherapy may be beneficial for some patients.
Same Day, Wrong Focus?
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy explains why the drive towards same day knee replacement is the wrong response to the wrong challenge.
Meniscal Tears and Osteoarthritis – Do You Need Surgery?
If you tear your meniscus and have osteoarthritis, do you need surgery? Yorkshire Knee Clinic knee surgeons have been part of a project to clarify. Read more.
The problem with the Daily Mail’s ‘failing implants’ article
Prof Nick London reflects on the one crucial element missing from the recent Daily Mail #KneeImplant article: context.
Done in a day?
Same day knee replacement is becoming increasingly common. Is it safe? And is it something Yorkshire Knee Clinic offers? Prof. Nick London explores the issues.
The case against ACL repair
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Prof. Nick London explores the problems with the current state of ACL repair and the way it is targeted.
Valencia meeting agrees partial knee replacement now the gold standard
Prof. Nick London reflects on the European Knee Society consensus that partial knee replacement is now the gold standard of knee replacement.
ACL repair using the quadriceps tendon
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman discusses using the quadriceps tendon as a graft choice for ACL reconstruction.
Getting it Right First Time
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy explores why the ‘Getting it Right First Time’ project was so important to partial knee replacements and revisions.
Reflections from BASK 2019
Yorkshire Knee Clinic reflects on two major talking points from BASK2019
The Knee Injury Around The Corner
What is the posterolateral corner and how might an injury to the corner affect you? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy explains.
Bead Blockers
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman looks at the challenges to be overcome by a new trial which hopes to reduce the pain of osteoarthritis.
Good to talk
Does it matter that your knee surgeon is happy to discuss your treatment alternatives? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman explains why the answer is ‘yes’.
How to make room for 300,000 more operations
A report suggests almost 300,000 extra operations could be carried out if surgeons planned their holidays in advance. Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman agrees.
Energy harvesting knee implants
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman explores new technology designed to improve knee load balancing and asks whether the reward is worth the risk.
Under the skin of the 25-year knee implant
As a study by the University of Bristol suggests most knee replacements now last 25 years, Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman asks has anything really changed?
Can you have two knees replaced at the same time?
If you have osteoarthritis in both knees, is it better to have two separate knee replacements, or do them both at the same time? Jim Newman explains.
ACL repair or ACL reconstruction?
ACL repair is being marketed as the prime ACL treatment for children and athletes. Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman asks whether repair is really better than reconstruction.
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