An MPFL reconstruction on both knees gives student more stability and prevents further damage John Scammell, a 24 year old architecture student, played a lot of football and tennis when he was younger and started having problems with his knees from 16 years old. Make an enquiry< Back to all patient stories I would say…
Mark completes a triple marathon after keyhole surgery (arthroscopy) to both knees to repair cartilage and menisci. Despite a serious injury in his 20s, Mark is a keen marathon runner. He injured his left knee at the end of 2012, when he tripped up a kerb when running. Make an enquiry< Back to all patient…
Paul is walking miles without pain, booking a skiing holiday and returning to squash 12 months after ACL surgery in his 60s. Paul had a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and had also sustained significant damage to the one condyle (rounded end) of his femur. When he ruptured his ACL years before playing football he…
An 11 year old’s knee ligament is reconstructed using his dad’s hamstring tissue for the first time. Harri first came to see Adrian after he dislocated his knee playing judo, aged 9. The first route is always to try physiotherapy and a brace in these cases, however this is so restrictive in such a young…
Dad delighted to see his young daughter running in and out of the waves just 1 year after a serious trampoline injury. This young girl suffered a trampoline injury and was referred to Adrian by another colleague. Children in these cases are often sent away and their parents told that their knee will settle down.…
Young skier travels from Kosovo to have an ACL repair following a ski accident with Professor Adrian Wilson and is snowboarding again within 4 months. Fraser is an active 32-year-old who spends a lot of time climbing up mountains and going down them in various different ways. Both of these activities require a strong pair…
Ski instructor back to racing less than a year after successful complex knee reconstruction with Professor Adrian Wilson. David suffered a number of injuries to his knee when he tripped and fell in deep snow. Following X-rays and an MRI scan locally in France, the extent of the damage was confirmed and he knew he…
A sports surgeon from South Africa gets back to work 6 weeks after a knee osteotomy with Professor Adrian Wilson. Dr Mark Ferguson has over 20 years’ experience as an orthopaedic surgeon, specialising in sports injuries, so was familiar with early knee degenerative problems. When he started to experience these issues himself, he was determined…
