Nikhil Shah: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hip and Knee Specialist, Manchester

Mr Shah is an orthopaedic and trauma consultant in Manchester specialising in lower limb problems, particularly hip and knee replacements, and knee arthroscopy.

Clinical interests 

• Elective interest - lower limb joint replacement surgery. Young patients with hip or knee arthritis
• Total hip replacement, hip surgery, hip revision
• Cemented and cementless hip replacement, metal on metal, ceramic on ceramic
• Total knee replacement, knee surgery, knee revision
• Knee arthroscopy, meniscectomy for torn cartilage, Key hole surgery
• Bunion surgery, sports injury
• Trauma- pelvic and acetabular fractures, peri-articular and long bone fractures

Research interests

Mr Shah's research interests have included monitoring the outcomes after acetabular fractures, pelvic ring injuries and hip revision arthroplasties. He has studied hip resurfacing through evidence based review, and researched hip revision surgery through the impaction of bone grafting and elbow replacements.

His research has been presented at various national, European and international meetings such as British Trauma Society, British Hip Society, British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopaedic Association meeting, EFORT and the American Academy.

Awards

Qualifications

• FRCS (Tr&Orth)
• FRCS (Glasg)
• MCh (orth)
• MS (orth)
• DNB (orth)

Key published papers

• The Evidence of Hip Resurfacing. Nikhil Shah, Martyn Porter. Book - Evidence based orthopaedics Ed. D limb. TFM publication 2006.

• The Evolution of Cemented Stems. Nikhil Shah, Martyn Porter. Review Article in Orthopaedics.  August 2005.

• Operative Management of Acetabular Fractures-A Review of 73 Fractures. A. Kumar, N.A. Shah, S.A. Kershaw, A.D. Clayson. Injury, Vol 36, Issue 5, May 2005, 605-612.

Professional memberships

• British Orthopaedic Association
• Medical Defence Union

Treatments offered

• Total hip replacement, hip surgery, hip revision
• Total knee replacement, surgery and revision
• Keyhole and arthroscopic surgery
• Lower limb joint replacement surgery
• Trauma- pelvic and acetabular fractures, peri-articular and long bone fractures
• Bunion surgery
• Sports injury

Where can I get treatment?

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