Re: For Eleanor + new knee technique--cartilage transplantation

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Thank you Eleanor. I am one of those folks in quest of " knee information " .

Its for my dad who has a troublsome knee but isn't inclined to go for a total

knee relacement.

Alyce

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Dear Liney,

My surgeon was Mr. Skinner at the Royal National Orthopaedic

Hospital in Stanmore-just down the road from Bushey. He and Mr.

Carrington work as a team on the NHS. I don't know about privately. I

was referred by my GP and had my surgery done on the NHS. I think there

is quite a long wait to see him, as he has just reduced his NHS clinic

days, unfortunately. Once you do get accepted for an op on the NHS, the

wait is about 6 months, but I got a cancellation (you need to say you

want one) and got the op in 2 months. Apparently there are more

cancellations in the winter and particularly around Xmas. But your

cancellation can get cancelled. If you go NHS, ask to see either

Skinner or Carrington. Because of the day of my op, I was supposed to

be operated on by Carrington, but because they had an emergency, my op

was delayed by a day, and Skinner operated on me. I found the NHS

nursing excellent at Stanmore. They are still working in old prefabs

from the war (there are plans at last to build a new super duper

hospital), but I quite liked being on the old Nightengale ward-shades of

the Carry On films. There were lots of kind, caring, skilled nurses,

cleanliness was excellent, and you could always see a nurse and know

when they were free. If you go private, you are in a posh ward with

private room-still in the old pre-fab bit. Even the operating theatres

are in the old pre-fab bits. The aftercare follow-up has been less

impressive-no automatic physio after discharge unless you particularly

request it or have special problems (as I have had) and then because

they are so busy, only once a fortnight.

I like Mr. Skinner very much-find him most communicative and patient,

listening well to me and answering all my questions. While both he and

Mr. Carrington do resurfacing, they also do many other orthopaedic ops.

Mr. Skinner's speciality is bone tumour surgery and he has recently been

on TV for his work on knee cartilage transplantation. At present he is

in the States for 6 weeks lecturing-am not sure on what.

I agreed to be on a trial for some research Mr. Skinner was doing when I

had my op. It was about deep vein thrombosis---about whether you need

to wear TEDS (the elastic support stockings) or not. We were randomly

allocated to a stocking group or not. I got the non-stocking group.

He was testing a particular non clotting drug which name I have managed

to forget. (Could find this out if anyone is interested.) Apparently it

is in common use in the States. We were then all followed up at 6 weeks

with an ultrasound to check for DVT. So, whatever else, I didn't have

to cope with TEDS.

There was an article in Evening Standard on 25th May, that I just found

on the web about his knee work. I know someone recently was asking if

there was a knee website. Can't remember who it was but they might be

interested in this article. Here is the link for site and a quote from

it that some might find interesting.

" But the most exciting innovation is a technique called cartilage

transplantation. This allows patients to virtually grow a new knee. It

has been successful in more than 70 per cent of 500 trial patients -

mainly with sports injuries - aged between 15 and 45. "

http://www.thisislondon.com/lifeandstyle/health/articles/10961002?source

=Evening%20Standard

Eleanor

Re: For Eleanor

Eleanor,

What was the name of your surgeon? I am currently

looking for one and live really close to Bushey, just

wondered if you would reckonmend yours.

Cheers Liney

Sorry if I am asking you to repeat information!

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[Guest guest]

Dear Liney,

My surgeon was Mr. Skinner at the Royal National Orthopaedic

Hospital in Stanmore-just down the road from Bushey. He and Mr.

Carrington work as a team on the NHS. I don't know about privately. I

was referred by my GP and had my surgery done on the NHS. I think there

is quite a long wait to see him, as he has just reduced his NHS clinic

days, unfortunately. Once you do get accepted for an op on the NHS, the

wait is about 6 months, but I got a cancellation (you need to say you

want one) and got the op in 2 months. Apparently there are more

cancellations in the winter and particularly around Xmas. But your

cancellation can get cancelled. If you go NHS, ask to see either

Skinner or Carrington. Because of the day of my op, I was supposed to

be operated on by Carrington, but because they had an emergency, my op

was delayed by a day, and Skinner operated on me. I found the NHS

nursing excellent at Stanmore. They are still working in old prefabs

from the war (there are plans at last to build a new super duper

hospital), but I quite liked being on the old Nightengale ward-shades of

the Carry On films. There were lots of kind, caring, skilled nurses,

cleanliness was excellent, and you could always see a nurse and know

when they were free. If you go private, you are in a posh ward with

private room-still in the old pre-fab bit. Even the operating theatres

are in the old pre-fab bits. The aftercare follow-up has been less

impressive-no automatic physio after discharge unless you particularly

request it or have special problems (as I have had) and then because

they are so busy, only once a fortnight.

I like Mr. Skinner very much-find him most communicative and patient,

listening well to me and answering all my questions. While both he and

Mr. Carrington do resurfacing, they also do many other orthopaedic ops.

Mr. Skinner's speciality is bone tumour surgery and he has recently been

on TV for his work on knee cartilage transplantation. At present he is

in the States for 6 weeks lecturing-am not sure on what.

I agreed to be on a trial for some research Mr. Skinner was doing when I

had my op. It was about deep vein thrombosis---about whether you need

to wear TEDS (the elastic support stockings) or not. We were randomly

allocated to a stocking group or not. I got the non-stocking group.

He was testing a particular non clotting drug which name I have managed

to forget. (Could find this out if anyone is interested.) Apparently it

is in common use in the States. We were then all followed up at 6 weeks

with an ultrasound to check for DVT. So, whatever else, I didn't have

to cope with TEDS.

There was an article in Evening Standard on 25th May, that I just found

on the web about his knee work. I know someone recently was asking if

there was a knee website. Can't remember who it was but they might be

interested in this article. Here is the link for site and a quote from

it that some might find interesting.

" But the most exciting innovation is a technique called cartilage

transplantation. This allows patients to virtually grow a new knee. It

has been successful in more than 70 per cent of 500 trial patients -

mainly with sports injuries - aged between 15 and 45. "

http://www.thisislondon.com/lifeandstyle/health/articles/10961002?source

=Evening%20Standard

Eleanor

Re: For Eleanor

Eleanor,

What was the name of your surgeon? I am currently

looking for one and live really close to Bushey, just

wondered if you would reckonmend yours.

Cheers Liney

Sorry if I am asking you to repeat information!

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[Guest guest]

Dear Liney,

My surgeon was Mr. Skinner at the Royal National Orthopaedic

Hospital in Stanmore-just down the road from Bushey. He and Mr.

Carrington work as a team on the NHS. I don't know about privately. I

was referred by my GP and had my surgery done on the NHS. I think there

is quite a long wait to see him, as he has just reduced his NHS clinic

days, unfortunately. Once you do get accepted for an op on the NHS, the

wait is about 6 months, but I got a cancellation (you need to say you

want one) and got the op in 2 months. Apparently there are more

cancellations in the winter and particularly around Xmas. But your

cancellation can get cancelled. If you go NHS, ask to see either

Skinner or Carrington. Because of the day of my op, I was supposed to

be operated on by Carrington, but because they had an emergency, my op

was delayed by a day, and Skinner operated on me. I found the NHS

nursing excellent at Stanmore. They are still working in old prefabs

from the war (there are plans at last to build a new super duper

hospital), but I quite liked being on the old Nightengale ward-shades of

the Carry On films. There were lots of kind, caring, skilled nurses,

cleanliness was excellent, and you could always see a nurse and know

when they were free. If you go private, you are in a posh ward with

private room-still in the old pre-fab bit. Even the operating theatres

are in the old pre-fab bits. The aftercare follow-up has been less

impressive-no automatic physio after discharge unless you particularly

request it or have special problems (as I have had) and then because

they are so busy, only once a fortnight.

I like Mr. Skinner very much-find him most communicative and patient,

listening well to me and answering all my questions. While both he and

Mr. Carrington do resurfacing, they also do many other orthopaedic ops.

Mr. Skinner's speciality is bone tumour surgery and he has recently been

on TV for his work on knee cartilage transplantation. At present he is

in the States for 6 weeks lecturing-am not sure on what.

I agreed to be on a trial for some research Mr. Skinner was doing when I

had my op. It was about deep vein thrombosis---about whether you need

to wear TEDS (the elastic support stockings) or not. We were randomly

allocated to a stocking group or not. I got the non-stocking group.

He was testing a particular non clotting drug which name I have managed

to forget. (Could find this out if anyone is interested.) Apparently it

is in common use in the States. We were then all followed up at 6 weeks

with an ultrasound to check for DVT. So, whatever else, I didn't have

to cope with TEDS.

There was an article in Evening Standard on 25th May, that I just found

on the web about his knee work. I know someone recently was asking if

there was a knee website. Can't remember who it was but they might be

interested in this article. Here is the link for site and a quote from

it that some might find interesting.

" But the most exciting innovation is a technique called cartilage

transplantation. This allows patients to virtually grow a new knee. It

has been successful in more than 70 per cent of 500 trial patients -

mainly with sports injuries - aged between 15 and 45. "

http://www.thisislondon.com/lifeandstyle/health/articles/10961002?source

=Evening%20Standard

Eleanor

Re: For Eleanor

Eleanor,

What was the name of your surgeon? I am currently

looking for one and live really close to Bushey, just

wondered if you would reckonmend yours.

Cheers Liney

Sorry if I am asking you to repeat information!

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