- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hand & Wrist
- Shoulder & Elbow
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Howard Cottam is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in Upper Limb Surgery. He studied medicine at King's College London, before completing both his Basic Surgical and Trauma & Orthopaedic training rotations in the South-East of England. He undertook Shoulder & Elbow Fellowship training at the busy Avon Orthopaedic Centre in Bristol before returning to King's College Hospital for further Fellowship training in Hand & Wrist surgery.
Areas of interest
Shoulder Surgery: Shoulder Arthroscopy; Subacromial Decompression for Impingement; Rotator Cuff Repair; Shoulder Stabilisation following Dislocation; Release for Frozen Shoulder; Acromioclavicular Surgery; Shoulder arthritis; Shoulder Replacement for Arthritis;
Elbow Surgery: Tennis and Golfer's Elbow Release; Cubital Tunnel (Ulnar Nerve) Release
Wrist surgery: Wrist Fusion for Arthritis; Ganglion Surgery; Wrist Fracture Surgery
Hand surgery: Joint injections; Carpal Tunnel Decompression; Dupuytren's Contracture Surgery; Trigger Finger Release; Trigger Thumb Release; Finger and Thumb Arthritis
Medical secretaries
- Louise Burnop
- ME5 9PG
- 01795 554130
- louise.burnop1@nhs.net
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Howard Cottam has worked with Mr Chee-Fone Chu at the following hospitals:
- KIMS Hospital Limited ()
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W9030
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - unilateral - ()
Spire Alexandra Hospital () KIMS Hospital Limited () Blackheath Hospital (The) () LycaHealth - Orpington ()
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A6510
Carpal tunnel release (open) - ()
Spire Alexandra Hospital () KIMS Hospital Limited () Blackheath Hospital (The) ()
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T7982
Arthroscopic subacromial decompression and rotator cuff repair (including arthroscopic procedures in glenohumeral joint) - ()
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T7231
Open release of constriction of sheath of tendon (e.g. trigger finger) - ()
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W9050
Shoulder hydrodistension +/- image guidance - ()
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T7915
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair greater than 2cm - ()
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T5900
Excision of ganglion - ()
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T7483
Ultrasound guided barbotage of calcific deposits of joint (as sole procedure) - ()
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W8110
Arthroscopic excision of calcific deposits from shoulder - ()
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T5203
Dupuytren's fasciectomy single digit with proximal interphalangeal joint - ()
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T6710
Primary repair of extensor of hand - ()
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W7872
Arthroscopic arthrolysis of shoulder contracture +/- manipulation/injection - ()