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Mr Matthew Oakley
Job Title: Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon
Qualifications
Mr Oakley studied Medicine at Glasgow University, graduating in 1991. His specialist registrar training was on the Northern Regional Orthopaedic Training Programme whilst living in Durham. In 2001, he passed his FRCS (Tr & Orth) and completed an Arthroplasty Fellowship at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, and a Trauma fellowship in Denver Colorado, USA. He returned, as a Consultant, to Hereford in 2003.
Research interests include hip and knee replacement, and arthroscopic knee surgery. Research papers on:
- Day Surgery Hernias (BJS)
- DVT Prophylaxis (BMJ)
- Hip Fractures (Injury)
- Fixation of Clavicle Fractures (EFFORT)
- The Subvastus (minimally invasive) Approach to TKR (Journal Arthroplasty)
- The long term results of the St Ledger knee replacement (Journal Arthroplasty)
Outpatient Services
Clinic
- Orthopaedic clinic, thursday afternoon, Hereford County Hospital
- and Friday (2nd and 4th) morning, Ross Community Hospital
- Fracture clinic, Thursday morning, Hereford County Hospital
Inpatient and Day Case Operating Times
Mr Oakley and his team operate all day Tuesday.
Conditions treated
- Osteoarthritis Knee, Early Arthritis - procedures performed
Total Knee replacement
Revision knee replacement surgery
Cartilage regeneration (micro fracture and OATs)
Osteotomy
Uni-compartmental Knee replacement
Patello-femoral joint replacement
Revision knee replacement surgery - Osteoarthritis hip - procedures performed
Total Hip replacement
Hip resurfacing - Rheumatoid arthritis - procedures performed
Lower limb joint replacement - Sports injury of the knee - procedures performed
Arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery
ACL and other ligament repair reconstruction
Meniscal repair and debridement - Trauma - procedure performed
Wide variety of acute trauma and the late effects of trauma treated