Procedures.
Every procedure listed here is performed personally by Professor Daevyd Rodda. The practice is focused on hip and knee replacement, so this list is deliberately short.
Hip procedures.
Total Hip Replacement
Replacing the worn ball and socket of the hip with an implant, most often through the anterior approach.
Read more HipAnterior Total Hip Replacement
Reaching the hip between muscle planes rather than cutting through them, and what that changes in the first six weeks.
Read more HipRevision Hip Replacement
Replacing a hip implant that has worn, loosened, become infected or dislocated repeatedly.
Read more HipHip Resurfacing
Capping the femoral head rather than removing it. Not performed here, and why.
Read more HipBoth Sides: Together or Staged?
When both sides need replacing: together under one anaesthetic, or staged months apart.
Read moreKnee procedures.
Total Knee Replacement
Resurfacing the worn ends of the thigh bone and shin bone, and the kneecap where required.
Read more KneeManipulation Under Anaesthetic
Releasing scar tissue in a knee replacement that has stopped bending.
Read more KneeRobotic Knee Replacement
Planning each implant against your own anatomy before any bone is cut, then holding the surgeon to that plan.
Read more KneeMuscle-Sparing Total Knee Replacement
Working beneath the quadriceps rather than dividing the tendon, to keep the extensor mechanism intact.
Read more KneeUnicompartmental (Partial) Knee Replacement
Resurfacing only the damaged compartment when the rest of the knee and the ligaments are sound.
Read more KneeRevision Total Knee Replacement
Replacing a knee implant that has worn, loosened, stiffened or become infected.
Read more KneeKnee Arthroscopy
Keyhole surgery inside the knee: where it genuinely helps, and why it does not help arthritis.
Read more KneeKnee Radiofrequency Ablation
Interrupting the nerves that carry pain from the knee, without treating the joint itself.
Read more Knee