Once implanted, joint replacements should be periodically followed-up. This follow-up includes taking x-rays to assess the implants. The minimum recommended follow-up for implants with a known good track record involves review at 1 year and then at 5 year intervals. Personally we believe that after 15 years closer follow-up is a good idea with review every […]
Mr Sood and his team presented work at The annual Meeting of the British Hip Society in Exeter on the difficult problem of dislocating hip replacements. Mr Sood specialises in re-do hip replacements and is often referred patients who are suffering repeated hip dislocations. This is a distressing complication that can occur soon after a […]
Mr Sood’s article in Vantage Magazine explains the available options to deal with articular cartilage damage and early arthritis. Such damage is often related to sporting injuries. The treatments aim to restore the damaged cartilage where possible and this is knee joint preservation. Such treatment also helps to relieve pain and to prevent further deterioration […]
Mr Sood’s article in Practice Matters magazine describes the joint-preserving options that are available for people suffering from knee arthritis. This will be of interest to those patients who are keen to avoid or to delay knee replacement surgery but who wish to explore other pain relieving options. The full-text of the article appears below. […]
Mr Sood and his team presented work at the European Hip Society in Stockholm on the topic of how to make sure that patients leg length is restored correctly after total hip replacement. After hip replacement the operated leg can be lengthened and patients can find this difficult. Shortening can also occur but this is […]