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Specialises in

• Foot & Ankle

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Mr Simon David Burtt MB BS, BSc(hons) FRCS(Lon) FRCS(Tr and Orth)

Qualified St Georges Hospital Medical School, University of London in 1994.
BSc in Basic Medical Sciences with Orthopaedic Science from University College London
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1999
Trauma and Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar on South East Thames and Kent, Sussex and Surrey rotations.
Fellowship at the Perth Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre in 2005.
Visitation in forefoot surgical techniques: Dr Pierre Barouk, Clinique du Sport, Bordeaux Merignac, France
Ankle arthroplasty visitation: Dr Pascal Rippstein, Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland

Clinical work
I have more than 10 years’ experience at consultant level in a busy acute 560 bed hospital. I work as part of a team of eleven consultants, and I am the senior consultant in the foot and ankle unit serving a direct population of 360 000 and taking referrals from Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Buckinghamshire.

I have developed a comprehensive foot and ankle service, including trauma. My typical case mix of ankle pathology includes sports injuries, degenerative disease, tibialis posterior tendon dysfunction, osteochondral lesions, ankle instability and arthritis. I undertake short-stay inpatient arthroscopic procedures (interventional arthroscopy of ankle and subtalar joints) including arthroscopic synovectomy, treatment of osteochondral lesions, ankle arthrodesis, and subtalar arthroscopic excision of os trigonum for symptomatic posterior impingement.

My elective hindfoot reconstructive practice includes ankle replacement, open ankle, subtalar, tibio-talar-calcaneal and triple arthrodesis, flexor digitorum longus to tibialis posterior tendon transfers with medialising calcaneal osteotomy, and surgical reconstruction of pes caves.

I use open and minimally invasive techniques for chevron and Akin osteotomy (MICA), calcaneal osteotomy, distal metatarsal osteotomy and lesser toe deformity after attending the appropriate cadaveric training course at Sussex University, Brighton and operating with other surgeons specialising in these techniques. I have had no increase in complications after the first fifty cases.

My forefoot reconstructive practice includes modified Lapidius arthrodesis, basal 1st metatarsal, Barouk Rippstein Toullec, scarf, chevron, Akin and Weil’s osteotomies to that bunions, hammer toe and metatarsalgia.

I believe in tailoring non-operative and operative treatment options to the individual.

Areas of interest

Ankle instability and ligament reconstruction; Ankle arthroscopy; Bunion surgery; Minimally invasive foot surgery; Subtalar arthroscopy; Achilles tendon; Ankle arthroscopic osteoarthritis surgery; Hallux valgus surgery; Hallux rigidus surgery; Big toe arthritis surgery; Hammer toe; Claw toe; Mallet toe; Morton's neuroma; Radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy; plantar fasciitis; ingrowing toenail surgery, flat foot surgery; triple fusion; talonavicular arthrodesis; hindfoot, midfoot and forefoot arthritis surgery

Medical secretaries

• Anne Gregory
• Cobham Clinic Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Lewsey Road Luton LU4 0DZ
• 01582 497433
• 07342 282720
• 01582 841386
• burtt.orthopaedics@gmail.com

• Anne Gregory
• Spire Harpenden Hospital Ambrose Lane Harpenden AL5 4BP
• 01582 763191
• 07342 282720
• 01582 841386
• burtt.orthopaedics@gmail.com