Mr Christopher Smith : Trauma & orthopaedic surgery

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Overview

Specialises in

Shoulder & Elbow

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Chris Smith gained his medical degree at the University of Wales and completed his Orthopaedic training on the Warwick Orthopaedics specialist registrar programme. He obtained a Masters degree (MSc) in Orthopaedic Engineering and an advanced academic doctorate (MD) in shoulder biomechanics at Imperial College London.

Chris completed a specialist fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery under Professor Tim Bunker and now has a highly specialised clinical practice, exclusively in shoulder and elbow arthroscopic (keyhole) and arthroplasty (joint replacement) surgery.

He has a particular interest in Sports injuries related to the shoulder and was awarded a Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine by the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.

Areas of interest

Elbow surgery; Elbow Arthroplasty; Elbow Arthroscopy; Shoulder surgery; Shoulder Arthroscopy; Shoulder Arthroplasty; Shoulder and elbow sports injuries

Medical secretaries

Kirsten Peters
Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital Wonford Road Exeter EX2 4UG
01392 262110
kirsten.peters@nuffieldhealth.com

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Peter Valentine Not Fee Assured
Dr Jamie L Gibson Fee Assured
Dr Thomas Mulholland Fee Assured
Dr James Garwood Not Fee Assured

Dr William Spencer Not Fee Assured
Dr Graham Simpson Not Fee Assured
Dr Alistair Hellewell Not Fee Assured

About me

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

Royal Devon and Exeter hospital

Research interests

Current research into frozen shoulder; shoulder replacements; rotator cuff tear; shoulder ultrasound; tennis elbow; elbow replacements; PRP injections: microbiome of the shoulder

Awards received

Chris has won multiple grants to fund his research including from the prestigious Research for Patient Benefit Programme and the Academy of Medical Sciences.

He presents regularly at both the British and European shoulder and elbow society. He has won the best presentation at both of these in the past for his research.

Publications

A genome-wide association study identifies 5 loci associated with frozen shoulder and implicates diabetes as a causal risk factor Accepted for publication in PLOS Genetics. May 2021

Survival of the Aequalis Total Shoulder Replacement at a Minimum 20-year Follow - A clinical and radiographic study Accepted for publication in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. March 2021.

Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement – A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Complications and Patient Outcomes Dependant on Prosthesis Design The Bone and Joint Journal, February

Pain Mapping and Neuropathic Features of Common Shoulder PathologiesHong Kong Journal of Orthopaedic Research, August 2020; 3(2):41-45.

The management of the shoulder skin microbiome (C.acnes) in the context of shoulder surgery: A review of the current literature Shoulder & Elbow, July 2020.

A systematic review of the complications of contemporary total elbow arthroplasty Shoulder & Elbow, February 2020.

Assessing Patient-centred outcomes in lateral elbow tendinopathy: a systematic review and standardised comparison of English language clinical rating systems Sports Medicine Open, March 2019; 5(10).

It’s not all about redislocation: A systematic review of complications following anterior shoulder stabilisation surgery. (Williams H, Evans JP, Furness N, Smith CD). The American Journal of Sports Medicine, November 2019; 47(13): 3277-3283.

Arthroscopy of the symptomatic shoulder arthroplastyJournal of Shoulder and Elbow surgery, October 2019; 28(10): 1971-1976
Does the triceps-on approach affect alignment in total elbow arthroplasty? A cadaveric study. Shoulder & Elbow, October 2019; 11(5): 372-377.

Botox in reverse: a useful adjunct for acromial fractures. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons, January 2019; 101(1): 75-76.

Vibration therapy versus standard treatment for tennis elbow: A randomised controlled study Journal of Orthopaedic surgery, 2018; 26(3): 1-7

Clinical and Radiological outcomes following Total Shoulder Arthroplasty using Arthex Eclipse stemless humeral component with minimum 2 years follow-up. The Journal of Shoulder and Elbow surgery, December 2018; 27 (12): 2191-2197

Triceps on, alignment off? A comparison of total elbow arthroplasty component positioning with a triceps on approach and a triceps off approach . Annals Journal & Bulletin Journal, November 2018; 100(8): 635-640

Courses offered to GPs

Available for GP and physio talks on any aspect of shoulder or elbow problems

My outcomes

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

MRCS Royal College of Surgeons Of Edinburgh 2003
MBBch University of Wales 1998
MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering University of Cardiff 2008
MD in the biomechanical basis for shoulder labral tears Imperial College London 2008
Diploma in Sports and Excersise medicine Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2008
FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2009

GMC registration

Reference number 4526920

Details of entry to specialist register

CCT in Trauma and Orthopaedics , 2011

Affiliations / memberships

Member of the British Shoulder and Elbow society

My private practice

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