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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.
‘Intelligent participation’ key to returning to sport post-knee replacement
Intelligent participation: the key to safely returning to sport after a total or partial knee replacement. Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Prof. Nick London explains.
Evaluating the Persona Partial Knee
Prof. Nick London presents the “outstanding” interim results for the Persona Partial Knee implant to the European Knee Society.
Which sports are safe to resume after a knee replacement?
Which sports are safe to resume after a knee replacement? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Prof. Nick London considers the evidence.
What is The European Knee Society?
Prof. Nick London explores the origins of The European Knee Society and the role it plays in your knee surgery.
Mythbuster – does running damage your knees?
Running: is it really bad for the knees? In the latest Yorkshire Knee Clinic mythbuster, we examine the evidence.
Is surgeon dexterity under threat?
A BBC article has indicated a growing dexterity problem with trainee surgeons. Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy considers whether robots are likely to help or compound the problem.
Healthcare rationing – the right thing to do?
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy looks at the difficult issue of healthcare rationing and how to avoid being caught by it.
Knee replacement – done in a day?
Can you have a partial knee replacement operation and be home the same day? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Nick London why the answer is often ‘yes’.
A YKC Partial Knee Replacement Makes Headlines
A partial knee replacement by Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Prof. Nick London has given one retired nurse a new lease of life, and made the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Can your mental wellbeing affect recovery from knee surgery?
If you suffer from anxiety, depression or pain, will there be an effect on your knee surgery outcomes? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman explains…
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Custom knee replacements
In the latest in our season on tech and knee surgery, Jim Newman discusses one tool that’s proving particularly useful in partial knee replacements.
ACL reconstruction: what is a graft?
What is a graft? What does it do? What tissue might your knee surgeon consider for a graft? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Jim Newman explains.
The decisions that really matter for your knee surgery
As part of our season on technology in knee surgery, Prof. Nick London explores the decisions that really are critical to the success of your knee surgery.
Technology vs experience
Who do you trust with your knee surgery – the robots or the knee specialists? Yorkshire Knee Clinic explores the relationship between technology and experience.
In defence of new technology
Yorkshire Knee Clinic explores the emerging technology that really could make a difference to your knee surgery over the next few years.
Why do professional footballers suffer osteoarthritis?
A new study suggests knee surgery is a factor in increased levels of osteoarthritis among retired footballers. Yorkshire Knee Clinic explores the issue.
The surgeon’s knee surgeon
A Daily Mail survey has seen Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Prof. Nick London named among the top knee surgeons in the UK. Here, he talks about the accolade.
Prof Nick London in local and national press
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Prof. Nick London was recently featured in a Daily Mail article on the UK’s top knee surgeons – a story picked up by the York Press.
Why is the World Cup so hard on the knees?
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy explores why knee injuries at this year’s World Cup are (almost) as inevitable as England losing to Germany on penalties.
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