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Our newest clinic in this picturesque setting where Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Andy Langston has availability in his Wednesday afternoon clinic at the Vale Hospital for examination of knee and hip problems.

Appointments are made directly with Nuffield Health Vale Hospital, Hensol on 02920 836714.

Conformis iTotal CR Knee Replacement System has been Awarded "5A" Rating" from the Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel (ODEP) in the United Kingdom. The article states "The 5A rating is based on strong evidence of implant performance over five years, including low revision rates as indicated in the UK’s National Joint Registry (NJR)." and the "ODEP is an independent panel of leading orthopaedic surgeons and experts in the UK that evaluates data related to use of hip and knee implant technologies and provides a rating to indicate performance in key areas including survivorship."  To read the full article click here.

Stuart Roy is 1 of only 2 surgeons in Wales who currently offer the iTotal, iDuo and iUni knee replacements.  Please click here for more information. 

At Cardiff Sports Orthopaedics 2020 marks a new beginning as we are changing the way we work in order to try and move to a more environmentally sensitive practice.

We already have an electronic patient system allowing us to conduct most of our day to day work and use electronic communication internally. We realise that like most companies we can always try harder.

We are offsetting our company and staff travel emissions by planting trees with Trees for Life. We would really appreciate any support to build our grove, please click here to buy a tree. 

Angus Robertson and Stuart Roy are attending The UK Biological Knee Society Annual Meeting in Cambridge this week. Stuart Roy gave an interesting talk about ACL Reconstruction and healing of the ACL.

Do you experience pain in your shoulder which gets worse when lying on it at night, when making circular arm movements or lifting your arm to push open a door? You could have subacromial bursitis. There are simple measures you can take to improve this by limiting overhead activity where possible, gentle shoulder stretches and having good posture. It could be a corticosteroid injection would be of benefit and this can be administered at a consultation with a shoulder surgeon. For more information please click here

Angus Robertson and James A. Lewis are attending the Orthopaedic Trauma Society 2020 Conference 16-17th January.  They are very much looking forward to discussing the latest updates on Fragility Fracture Care, Pilon Fractures, Complex Trauma and latest internal fixation techniques which are but a few topics discussed during the 2 day event.  

Merry Christmas from all of us at Cardiff Sports Orthopaedics and we hope you have a happy and healthy 2020!

Meet Andy Langston, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at his new Wednesday afternoon clinic at Nuffield Health Cardiff & Vale Hospitals, Hensol.

Mr Langston specialises in hip and knee surgery and if you would like a consultation you can book appointments directly with the Nuffield Vale Hospital, Hensol on 02920 836714.

Angus Robertson recently attended the Artholab in Munich to explore new surgical techniques for shoulder reconstruction surgery. 

For more information on shoulder procedures click here.