Category Archives: General
If you have osteoporosis or osteopenia can you still have a knee replacement? And if so, how will your condition affect the way your knee surgeon carries out the operation? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy explains. Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens bones. It is preceded by osteopenia, a gradual decrease in bone density thatContinue Reading
In Support of Couch to 5k
‘Couch to 5k’ has proved to be a popular programme in helping beginners into running. But more runners means more injuries and, as Dave Duffy argues, the orthopaedic community could have been quicker to react. You may have heard of ‘Couch to 5k’. It was an initiative developed by runner Josh Clark, who wanted aContinue Reading
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy explores why a 12-month layoff from sport may be the right solution for young athletes with ligament damage. A few years ago, if your child suffered a sports injury that resulted in ligament damage, the standard recommendation would have been a six to nine month break from sports to giveContinue Reading
A programme involving Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust aimed at driving improvements for patients having hip and knee replacements has won a top national award. And YKC’s Dave Duffy is the lead clinician for Harrogate. You know about MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). It’s the headline-grabbing superbug that’s front page news every winter, and whichContinue Reading
As a new study suggests group physiotherapy after a knee replacement may be more effective than individual physio, Dave Duffy explores why that may be. Efficiency. If you want to retain an NHS that can do the job required of it, finding new ways to do more with less is at the heart of deliveringContinue Reading
Same Day, Wrong Focus?
Is the drive towards same day knee replacement the wrong response to the wrong challenge? Dave Duffy explains… Same day knee replacement has become a bit of a ‘thing’ recently. It wasn’t so long ago that the idea of an outpatient knee replacement was so ludicrous as to barely be worth a mention, but asContinue Reading
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Prof. Nick London and Dave Duffy have been part of the panel assessing new guidelines for meniscal surgery. Last month a paper was published exploring treatment of meniscal tears in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The study found that surgical treatments (i.e. knee operations) increased the tell-tale signs of OA quicker than non-surgicalContinue Reading
Prof. Nick London argues that context was sorely lacking from a recent report used by the Daily Mail. A recent Daily Mail article on the ‘WORST hip and knee replacements’ (capitalisation most definitely the Mail’s) understandably caused concern amongst patients and prompted an urgent combined response from the British Orthopaedic Association, the British Hip SocietyContinue Reading
Done in a day?
We’re seeing more and more stories of same day knee replacement. Is it safe? And is it something Yorkshire Knee Clinic offers? Prof. Nick London explains. 20 years ago if you needed a knee replacement you could have expected a hospital stay of ten days to two weeks. Even ten years ago, that stay wouldContinue Reading
The case against ACL repair
Prof. Nick London has concerns about those marketing ACL repair as a viable option for children and young people. Earlier this year, my Yorkshire Knee Clinic colleague Jim Newman published a post which looked at the worrying survival rates of ACL repairs (as opposed to ACL reconstructions). I’m not going to repeat Jim’s points (althoughContinue Reading
