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- Not in Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hand & Wrist
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Lorenzo Garagnani MD FRCS PGDip (Aesth & Well Medicine) PGCert (HCP Exec Leadership) EBHS Diploma in Hand Surgery is a highly specialised, world-renowned Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon who treats the disorders of the hand and wrist both in adults and children.
Mr Garagnani is a founder of the OrthoPlastic Hand Unit of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust an has been its first surgical Lead.
Mr Garagnani is an internationally recognised expert in the treatment of congenital anomalies of the hand and wrist, and is one of the founding members and past President of PHISOS (Pediatric Hand - International Society of Surgeons).
He qualified in Medicine and Surgery at Bologna University (Italy) then he trained in Trauma and Orthopaedics in the prestigious Bologna Specialist Training Programme, mainly based at the world-renowned Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute.
Mr Garagnani completed his sub-specialist training in hand and wrist surgery in centres of excellence in the UK, where he was Hand Fellow at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, at the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department of the Oxford University Hospitals, and at the Hand Clinic in Windsor. In 2009, he was appointed Specialist Hand Surgeon at the Humanitas Clinical Institute in Milan (Italy). Between 2009 and 2012 he worked in London, as locum Consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and as Hand Fellow in congenital hand anomalies at the Paediatric Plastic Surgery Department of the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
In 2012, Mr Garagnani was appointed Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon at the Department of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery of the University Hospital Policlinico di Modena (Italy), where he jointly led the busy Paediatric Hand Surgery/Congenital Upper Limb and Hand Anomalies Service.
In 2015, he was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, where he is now based. He works also at the Evelina London Children's hospital. In 2016, Mr Garagnani founded jointly with Dr Muriel Holder, Consultant in Clinical Genetics, UK's first and only multidisciplinary Genetics-Hand Surgery clinic for patients with congenital hand and upper limb anomalies. This clinic is based at St Thomas' hospital.
In 2017, Mr Garagnani was appointed Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine of King's College London and in 2021 he was promoted to the role of Honorary Reader at the same University.
Mr Garagnani also holds the European Diploma in Hand Surgery.
Mr Garagnani's regular activities include supervision of and teaching to Specialist Trainees, Senior Hand Fellows and King's College medical students.
He is the Director of the GSTT London Upper Limb Fellowship and Training Centre of IBRA (International Bone Research Association).
In 2022, he was awarded the Knighthood of the Order of the Star of Italy in recognition of his international career and achievements and of his coordination of a task force of volunteers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Garagnani is author of numerous scientific publications that include articles and book chapters, and is regular speaker and invited faculty at national and international conferences and courses.
Mr Garagnani's work and research are focused on new minimally invasive techniques that allow increased patient safety and improved outcomes in hand and wrist treatment.
Areas of interest
Congenital and paediatric hand surgery - treatment of anomalies of the hand and upper limb in children and adults; Hand and wrist trauma (fractures, ligament, tendon and nerve injuries); Hand and wrist joint disease (degenerative joint disease/osteoarthritis, arthropaties, rheumatoid arthritis); Upper limb nerve disorders (including carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndromes); Tendon surgery (trigger finger, tenosynovitis, tendon reconstruction, tendon transfer); Wrist arthroscopy (keyhole surgery); Dupuytren's contracture treatment; Removal of growths/cysts in the hand and upper limb (ganglion cysts, lipomas, enchondromas, GCTs)
Medical secretaries
- Mr Lorenzo Garagnani's practice
- 020 3326 3832
- contact@thehandandwristexpert.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Nibedita Ghosh
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- Dr Marwa Salman
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- Dr Paul James
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Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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T5223
Dupuytren's dermofasciectomy and graft, or for recurrent disease - multiple digits - (1-5)
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T7110
Tenosynovectomy - (1-5)
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T7231
Open release of constriction of sheath of tendon (e.g. trigger finger) - (1-5)
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S2500
Local flap - less than 9cm2 - (1-5)
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T5900
Excision of ganglion - (1-5)
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