There is now a national network for revision knee replacement surgery in the UK.
This type of surgery (where the implants are changed do to wear, breakage or infection), can be complex. Surgeons who perform this type of surgery must perform this type of surgery regularly and work within multi-disciplinary teams.
Exeter is a specialist centre for complex and revision knee replacement surgery
The regional case review meetings are coordinated through the team at Exeter.
Our revision knee network team includes:
Natalie Garnsworthy natalie.garnsworthy@nhs.net
Revision knee network coordinator
Amy Cudmore amy.cudmore@nhs.net
Revision knee specialist nurse
Jonathan Phillips, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Regional clinical network lead
In June 2023 the team at EKRU hosted the annual UK Prosthetic Joint Infection Meeting, with over 120 national experts attending to discuss best practice and important research on the difficult topic of prosthetic joint infection meeting
If you are a clinician or a patient and wish to learn more about revision knee surgery or the revision knee network, please get in touch with us through the emails above.