You’ve known for some time that you’re probably going to need a knee replacement. But how can you tell when you’ve reached the tipping point between knowing you’ll need a replacement in the future, and realising the time is now? YKC’s Dave Duffy shares his view.
A new polymer knee implant may offer new options for future knee replacement patients, but there’s a long way to go between now and then, as YKC’s Dave Duffy explains.
Tools designed specifically for your knee surgery? It sounds like something that would make sense for every patient. YKC’s Dave Duffy isn’t so sure.
The best fixed-bearing partial knee implants outperform the best mobile-bearing implants. Nick London explains more.
We’ve changed our position on the use of robots in knee replacement surgery. Nick London explains what’s changed and why.
Nick London looks at the differences between implants and shares the hugely impressive results of the Persona Partial Knee, an implant he’s been using for six years.
“I cannot understand why more surgeons are not adopting partial knee replacement into their practice and why surgeons are not performing partial knee replacement on a much higher proportion of patients than they currently are.” Nick London considers who’s to blame for the failure.
According to the latest data, of all the knee replacements carried out at the Harrogate and District Foundation Trust, 32% are partial knee replacements. Yet across Yorkshire and the North East as a whole, the proportion is just 7.2%. So why are some NHS trusts performing so many more partial knee replacements than others? Nick London explains.
A recent study highlighted just how grave the consequences of delayed hip and knee replacements can be for patient quality of life. Jim Newman looks at the real-world impact of long waiting lists.
There’s a discussion to be had about NHS waiting lists, but this is a message that “makes me uncomfortable” says Dave Duffy.
Has the state of NHS waiting lists changed the landscape for same day knee replacements? Nick London explains why, for the time being at least, the answer should remain ‘no’.
Chloe Kelly overcame a major ACL injury to score the winner in this summer’s Euros. She overcame something else too: what she described as the crushing “negativity” around her ACL injury that saw her struggling mentally during her recovery. Nick London shares his take on Chloe’s situation.