Mr David Elson

Qualifications     MRCS Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2004     FRCS Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2012     MBChB University of Edinburgh 2000 Additional training     Fellowship training Cardiff and Vale University Health Board 2013     Fellowship training Hampshire Hospital NHS Trust 2014 GMC registration Reference number 4698340 Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)     BOA Quality Outcomes Committee British Orthopaedic Association 2016     Executive committee member (early year representative) British Association for Surgery of the Knee 2017     Secretary and Treasurer UK Biological Knee Society 2020 Details of entry to specialist register     Trauma and Orthopaedics, 2014 Affiliations / memberships BKS - Biological Knee Society BOA - British Orthopaedic Association BOSTAA - British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Arthroscopy Association BASK - British Association for Surgery of the Knee (executive committee) ESSKA - European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy Current NHS consultant posts heldQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Sheriff Hill,Gateshead, NE3 4YN Research interests I have authored 20 publications, mostly concerning knee surgery. I have a particular interest in knee osteotomy and the features and location of knee pain. On fellowship I lead a project to establish a national registry for knee osteotomy (www.ukkor.co.uk), this is an initiative to establish patient outcomes from knee realignment osteotomy.Personal interestsSpending time with family and my children, cycling, skiing, pottery .Awards  ReceivedBest ePoster (British Association for Surgery of the Knee, Norwich, April 2014)  Best Improvement Project for establishment of UKKOR as the first national osteotomy registry. (British Orthopaedic Association, Brighton, September 2014) Publications The surgical accuracy of knee osteotomyElson DWThe Knee 2017; 24(2) 167-169 Lower limb deformity analysis and the planning of an osteotomySchröter S, Elson DW, Ateschrang A, Ihle C, Stöckle U, Dickschas J, Harrer JJ Knee Surg 2017; 30(5) 393-408 The UK Knee Osteotomy Registry (UKKOR)Elson DW, Dawson MJ, Wilson C, Risebury MR, Wilson AJThe Knee 2015; 22: 1-3 High reliability in digital planning of medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy, using Miniaci's methodElson DW, Petheram TG, Dawson MJ Knee Surg Sport Traumatol Arthrosc 2015; 23(7): 2041-8The photographic knee pain map: Locating pain with an instrument developed for diagnostic, communication and research purposesElson DW, Jones S, Caplan N, St Clair Gibson A, Stewart S, Kader DFThe Knee 2011; 18(6): 417-23

Essentially I am a knee surgeon. I aim to offer a bespoke approach, tailored to each patient’s specific problem. I perform biological knee surgery (knee osteotomy, ligament reconstruction, meniscal surgery, cartilage restoration) in carefully selected cases and bionic knee surgery (partial and total knee replacement) in advanced arthritis.  I believe it's improtant to listen to my patients to identify their motivation and expectation to establish if this can be realistically met. I perform the following procedures: Knee arthroscopy,Meniscectomy;Meniscal repair;Meniscal scaffold;Meniscal transplant;Loose body retrieval;Knee chondroplasty;Micro fractureAutologous Matrix Induced Chondrogenesis;Knee re-alignment osteotomy;High tibial osteotomy;Distal femoral osteotomy;Tibial tubercle osteotomy;Slope changing tibial osteotomy;De-rotation osteotomy around the knee;Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction;Posterior cruciate reconstruction;Multi-ligament reconstruction;Posterolateral corner reconstruction;Medial patella femoral ligament reconstruction;Focal knee replacement;Partial knee replacement;Total knee replacement;