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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Foot & Ankle
- Trauma
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Adam Ajis is a Consultant Foot and Ankle Surgeon specialising exclusively in foot and ankle surgery. He is an NHS Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and has been a consultant since 2013. He consults and operates privately at Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital and Goring Hall Hospital, Worthing. Surgery is also available at St Richard's Hospital, Chichester.
Mr Ajis provides surgical opinions for painful, deformed, arthritic or injured feet and ankles. His practice focuses on patient-specific total ankle replacement, minimally invasive keyhole bunion surgery, big toe arthritis, lesser toe deformity, reconstruction, and acute and post-traumatic conditions. Second opinions are welcomed.
Ankle replacement and ankle arthritis
Mr Ajis has extensive experience in total ankle replacement for severe ankle arthritis. He uses CT-based three-dimensional planning and patient-specific instrumentation to plan implant size, alignment and positioning around each patient's anatomy. This motion-preserving treatment may suit selected patients who wish to retain ankle movement rather than undergo ankle fusion. He treats post-traumatic ankle arthritis, ankle deformity, failed previous surgery and revision ankle replacement. Patients considering ankle replacement or fusion receive clear advice based on symptoms, standing X-rays, CT findings, activity level and goals.
Minimally invasive bunion and forefoot surgery
Minimally invasive percutaneous bunion correction has been a core, high-volume part of Mr Ajis's practice since 2013. Correction is performed through small portals using instruments under X-ray guidance, with the bones stabilised using low-profile fixation. This can reduce soft-tissue disruption and scarring, and most patients can walk in a protective postoperative shoe on the day of surgery.
He also performs revision bunion surgery and correction of hammer toes, claw toes, mallet toes, crossover toes, bunionettes, plantar plate injuries and painful forefoot deformity. Several problems can often be corrected during the same operation as a complete forefoot reconstruction.
Big toe arthritis
For big toe arthritis, or hallux rigidus, treatment is tailored to the stage of arthritis, remaining movement, activity level and footwear needs. Options include minimally invasive cheilectomy and joint-preserving procedures for suitable early disease, or first metatarsophalangeal joint fusion for advanced arthritis.
Trauma and reconstruction
Mr Ajis remains actively involved in NHS trauma care and treats acute foot and ankle fractures, fracture complications, ligament injuries, tendon ruptures, Lisfranc injuries and consequences of previous trauma. His practice also includes ankle arthroscopy, ankle instability surgery, Achilles tendon surgery, flatfoot and cavus foot correction, midfoot and hindfoot arthritis, fusion surgery and revision reconstruction.
Training, teaching and research
Mr Ajis trained in Cheshire and Merseyside before an international fellowship at the Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction in Baltimore, USA, followed by a second specialist foot and ankle fellowship in the UK. He holds BMedSc (Hons), MBChB, MRCSEd and FRCS (Tr & Orth), and is a member of BOFAS and AOFAS.
He is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, teaches on foot and ankle courses and has published in Foot & Ankle International, The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery and Foot and Ankle Clinics. He contributed specialist expertise to NICE.
Every consultation includes a detailed assessment, clear explanation and honest discussion of surgical and non-surgical options. Surgery is recommended only when likely to offer worthwhile long-term benefit, with treatment tailored to mobility, work, sport, footwear and recovery goals. Face-to-face and video consultations are available. Self-funding patients do not require a GP referral.
Areas of interest
Patient-specific total ankle replacement; Total ankle replacement (ankle arthroplasty); Revision ankle replacement; Ankle arthritis; Post-traumatic ankle arthritis; Ankle fusion; Ankle deformity correction; Ankle arthroscopy; Osteochondral lesion of the talus; Ankle cartilage injury; Ankle instability surgery; Lateral ligament reconstruction; Foot and ankle fractures; Foot and ankle trauma; Lisfranc injuries; Post-traumatic reconstruction; Minimally invasive bunion surgery; Keyhole bunion surgery; Hallux valgus; Revision bunion surgery; Big toe arthritis (hallux rigidus); Cheilectomy; First MTP joint fusion; Hammer toe correction; Claw toe correction; Crossover toe correction; Plantar plate injury; Metatarsalgia; Bunionette correction; Complex forefoot reconstruction; Flat foot correction; Cavus foot correction; Midfoot and hindfoot arthritis; Midfoot and hindfoot fusion; Achilles tendon surgery; Tendon reconstruction; Revision foot and ankle surgery; Foot and ankle reconstruction.
Medical secretaries
- Emily Culley
- Goring Hall Hospital Bodiam Avenue Goring-by-Sea WORTHING BN12 5AT
- 0333 050 8662
- 07889 460924
- emily@foot-ankle-surgeon.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Adam Ajis has worked with Dr Jamie L Gibson at the following hospitals:
- Goring Hall Hospital ()
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Mr Adam Ajis has worked with Dr James Nicholson at the following hospitals:
- Goring Hall Hospital ()
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Mr Adam Ajis has worked with Dr David R Uncles at the following hospitals:
- Goring Hall Hospital ()
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Mr Adam Ajis has worked with Dr Sean Speers at the following hospitals:
- Goring Hall Hospital ()
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Mr Adam Ajis has worked with Dr Gavin Allan at the following hospitals:
- Goring Hall Hospital ()
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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T5780
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for plantar fasciitis - ()
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T7250
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for Achilles tendonitis - ()
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W3530
Removal of percutaneous wire - ()
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W8646
Multiple arthroscopic operations on ankle (including soft tissue +/- bony +/- joint surface procedures) without ligament reconstruction - ()
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W5940
Fusion of interphalangeal joint(s) of toe (including internal fixation) - unilateral - ()
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W0860
Metatarsophalangeal cheilectomy - unilateral, as sole procedure - ()
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W0850
Partial excision of bone (including exostoses) - ()
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W6019
Ankle syndesmosis reconstruction - ()
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W2500
Closed reduction of fracture of long bone with external fixation (excluding fixation by cast or percutaneous k-wires) - ()
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W0300
Multiple procedures on forefoot, distal to and including the tarsometatarsal joint, which involves at least two distinct procedures not intrinsic to each other - unilateral - ()
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W7630
Reconstruction of medial collateral ligament complex - ()
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S4183
Debridement and primary suture of wound with involvement of deeper tissue - trunk & limbs - ()
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S4480
Removal of foreign body in deeper tissue - ()
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T7482
Platelet Rich Plasma injection for tendinopathy with/without dry needling and ultrasound guidance - ()
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T5900
Excision of ganglion - ()
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S0633
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Trunk & Limbs (excluding lipoma) - ()
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T6980
Tenolysis, of flexor tendon (not otherwise specified) - ()
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T8003
Major release of muscle for pain or contracture (e.g. quadriceps) (involving large joint) - ()
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W2830
Removal of internal fixation from bone / joint, excluding K-wires +/- image guidance - ()
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W1800
Drainage/debridement of bone(s) (including sequestrectomy for osteomyelitis) - ()
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W0463
Complex procedure to mid foot and hindfoot without autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers/fixation) - ()
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W2100
Primary open reduction of intra-articular fracture of long bone with internal fixation, e.g. proximal humerus or proximal tibia (+/- arthroscopic assistance) - ()
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S6400
Excision of nail bed (Zadik's) (including anaesthetic) - ()
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X4810
Change of cast without general anaesthetic (as sole procedure) - ()
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W0434
Isolated subtalar fusion or midfoot fusion without autogenous graft - ()
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W7430
Reconstruction of lateral collateral ligament complex - ()
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W7921
Surgical correction of hallux valgus using minimal access techniques- bilateral - ()