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Fisrt iDuo ConforMIS bicompartmental patient specific knee replacement in the NHS done at Whiston Hospital by Mr. Attar
Patient specific knee replacements have shown advantages over routine on the shelf knee replacements. Reduced hospital stay, improved function, reduced dissatisfaction and pain rates and some of the advantages.
In suitable patients when 2 areas of the knee are affected with arthritis, an iDuo bicompartmental knee replacement is a better option to address this as opposed to a total knee replacement which is most often done.
Invited Guest Speaker at The Annual World Congress of Orthopaedics 2014 in Xi’an, China
Mr. Attar was invited as a guest speaker at this highly successful annual world congress of Orthopaedics which brought together Orthopaedic surgeons from all over the world to discuss and present up coming techniques in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Mr. Attar gave a presentation on patient specific knee replacements, highlighting the advantages, favourable outcomes and current results.
Invited Guest Speaker at The International Congress of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology in San Francisco, USA
Mr. Attar presented on ‘Current review of Literature for Meniscal transplant surgery’. The presentation concentrated on this new modality of treatment and the patient selection and requirements for this innovative treatment option and concluded with good outcome results that show improved function and pain which have been published.
This meeting was attended by Orthopaedic surgeins from the US, Canada and Europe.
First meniscal transplant at Whiston hospital was successfully performed by Mr. Attar
The first meniscal transplant at Whiston hospital using a donor allograft was successfully performed by Mr. Attar in a symptomatic patient who had had a previous medial sub total menisectomy. The operation which was performed in combination with a high tibial osteotomy went to plan and the patient was recovering well following surgery.
