Mr Jonathon Lavelle, Orthopaedic Consultant

Published September 3rd, 2010 | Last updated November 23rd, 2011
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Qualified from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School in 1985. Trained in Orthopaedics on the West London training scheme including working at The Middlesex Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals. I have been a consultant at Chelsea & Westminster since 1996, developing my knee surgical practice there, as well as at The Wellington Hospital and The Lister Hospital. I have interests both in soft tissueA group of cells with a similar structure and a specialised function. surgery as well as joint replacement and revision surgery. I am involved in running a number of soft tissue knee surgery courses for trainees and consultants including for meniscal repair, ACL and PCL reconstructive surgery. I have a wide spectrum of patients from local professional football teams to being an honorary consultant to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.

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  • Knee Replacement - the Current Position

    By Mr Jonathon Lavelle, Orthopaedic ConsultantContact

    Total knee replacement has become an increasingly frequently performed procedure and although it has always been perceived as lagging behind total hip replacements both numerically and in terms of results, there are now more knee replacements performed annually in the UK than total hip replacements. The knee joint is undoubtedly a more complex joint than the hip and results in terms of function and satisfaction have to be considered in the light of this. 

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