Angus Robertson: Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, Cardiff

Mr Angus Robertson is a specialist in knee, shoulder and elbow surgery including knee, shoulder and elbow arthroscopy, arthroscopic treatment of early arthritis, and knee realignment surgery.

Consultant in trauma and orthopaedic sports medicine

Mr Robertson's training and experience in knee, shoulder and elbow surgery

Mr Angus Robertson BSc FRCSEd (Tr. & Orth.) FFSEM PgDipSEM is a Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery based at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. He was educated at Rugby School and graduated from St Andrew’s University with a BSc in Medical Science.  He later completed his medical training at Edinburgh University before undertaking specialist orthopaedic training at the Yorkshire Deanery. During this period he was elected President of the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA) and represented orthopaedic trainees on the British Orthopaedic Association Council, Joint Committee of Higher Surgical Training, Royal College of Surgeons Council and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He also completed a postgraduate diploma course in Sports & Exercise Medicine at The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.

He undertook further specialist training in knee surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery and orthopaedic sports medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Adidas Sports Medicine in Auckland, New Zealand, and at the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Clinic of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada.

His NHS practice includes the provision of general orthopaedic trauma care at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff and an elective practice based at the newly opened Cardiff & Vale Orthopaedic Centre (CAVOC). His private practice is based at Spire Cardiff Hospital and St Joseph’s Hospital, Newport.

He is a Senior lecturer and clinical tutor examining on the postgraduate diploma and MSc in sports and exercise medicine course at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff (UWIC) and is an Honorary Clinical Teacher at Cardiff University and Regional Surgical Advisor for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Clinical interests - sports medicine, shoulder, knee and elbow surgery

Mr Robertson's principle elective interests include sports medicine and the management of traumatic and degenerative disorders of the knee, elbow and shoulder.  He aims to offer the latest techniques including arthroscopic or ‘keyhole’ surgery of the knee, shoulder and elbow.  In the shoulder his interests include minimally invasive treatment of shoulder instability, rotator cuff tears, impingement, injury to the acromioclavicular joint and early arthritis.  In the knee he has an interest in knee ligament reconstruction (anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)), meniscal cartilage surgery including the latest repair and replacement techniques and the treatment of mild and severe arthritis using arthroscopic techniques. He also has an interest in the treatment of anterior knee pain and instability of the patella.

Mr Robertson's professional memberships

In order to keep up to date with new developments he is a member of the:

• British Association for Sport & Exercise Medicine (BASEM)

• British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)

• British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS)

• British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)

• The International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)

• European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA).

Publications

• Robertson A, Nutton RW, Keating JF. 
        Dislocation of the knee.
        J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 2006; 88(6):706-11.
  
• Robertson A, Nutton RW, Keating JF. 
        Current trends in the use of tendon allografts in orthopaedic surgery.
        J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 2006; 88(8):988-992.
• Robertson A, Nutton RW. 
        The dislocated knee.
        Current Orthop 2006; 20(2):95-10
• Robertson A, Jones SCE, Paes R, Chakrabarty G. 
        The Fabella: A forgotten source of knee pain?
        Knee 2004; 11(3):243-5.
• Yeomans N, Robertson A, Calder S J. 
        Torsion of an intra-articular lipoma as a cause of pseudo locking of the knee.
        Arthroscopy 2003; 19(3):27.
  
  

Expertise: knee, shoulder and elbow treatment in Wales

• Knee arthroscopy
• Arthroscopic cartilage surgery
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction
• Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) reconstruction
• Meniscal repair and replacement
• Knee realignment surgery
• Shoulder arthroscopy
• Arthroscopic shoulder stabilisation
• Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
• Shoulder instability
• Arthroscopic treatment of early arthritis
• Arthroscopic elbow surgery

Where can I get private and NHS orthopaedic treatment with Mr Robertson?

Contact details for elbow, shoulder and knee surgeon Mr Angus Robertson

Mr Angus Robertson BSc FRCSEd (Tr. & Orth.) FFSEM PgDipSEM

Cardiff Sports Orthopaedics

Spire Cardiff Hospital

Croescadarn Road

Pentwyn

Cardiff

CF23 8XL

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