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Orthopaedic Surgeon

I am a consultant orthopaedic surgeon having serviced a District General Hospital since 1990 (Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal, (now known as part of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS trust) for general orthopaedics and trauma.

I am now part-time, and, free from the distractions of trauma and administrative duties, have been able to concentrate, ie specialise fully in, surgery of the lower limb, that is, knee and hip surgery.

I offer you a cheerful, friendly, competent and experienced opinion, and treat you as a person not a repository of symptoms and pathology. If I cannot diagnose or treat you I will suggest who can.

I have been successfully locally appraised annually for the past 15 years, and have been nationally revalidated in late 2017.

I became interested in the relatively new approach to hip replacements, AMIS, in 2009, and visited Frederick Laude in Paris, attending also his anatomical workshop in Tours. This technique involved using a table to manipulate the legs during surgery, which I found presented operational difficulties when used in different hospitals, and in addition made the visualisation of the acetabulum (pelvic socket) less than optimal. Following a visit to John van Overshield in Brussels in 2011, I have been using a “figure of 4 technique” which does away with the table, allowing excellent socket visualisation. It does make the stem insertion into the femur harder, although good stem position can (and indeed must) be obtained, albeit with a struggle in tough cases.

Types of problem dealt with:

  • Arthritis of the hip (AMIS hip replacements)
  • Leg pain ? cause. Hip/back?
  • Arthritis of the knee.
  • Soft tissue knee injuries (excluding ligament surgery), including meniscal problems.
  • Experienced opinion for general orthopaedics.

Makes of joint replacement used:

  • Corail/pinnacle for hips, (Depuy) with 30+ years track record.
  • Attune for knees, with use of the Themis balancer. (Depuy)

Contacts

NHS Hospital:
Westmorland General Hospital
Kendal
Tel 01539 732288
Secretary Gillian Greenbank

This has no medical specialist units, so neither complex surgery such as revision joint surgery, nor patients found to be cardiologically or otherwise unfit can be done there I’m afraid.

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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

£12.95 (P&P may apply)

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

UK £13.95 ( inc. P&P)

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

£12.95 (P&P may apply)

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Bolton Abbey (Cavendish Pavilion) circular walk via Barden Fell/Moor and the Valley of Desolation

We used to call in to the Cavendish Pavilion car park en route back home from university drops to Leeds, walking upto Barden Bridge and down the other side. This walk extends this to Howgill, and back over Barden Moor, on good paths/tracks and through different landscapes, to make an interesting 7.8

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Watendlath and Borrowdale circular

A suitable pre-Theatre by the Lake evening production, when the cloud level is low and you don't fancy walking with no views in the damp. It comes to just under 9 miles with 2100ft of ascent. From the Lodore Wood car park up the Watendlath road, take the road south till an obvious track leads off

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Addition to the book of Trespass: Warcop.

This is an 8 mile walk over Little Fell and down and along the side of Scordale. A wild, lonely, and in places rough walk, with 2100ft of climbing. The trespass refers to the fact that most of the walk is in the MOD's land, with access granted by them on 12 weekends per year and other odd days. The

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