External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Specialist in Foot and Ankle Surgery
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7DN
Research interests
Structure and function of the foot and ankle
Metatarsophalangeal plantar plate reconstruction
Outcome studies after surgery for rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, cavus foot, neurological disorders, haemophilia
Personal interests
Music and piano
English literature
Drawing and painting including life drawing
Photography of the natural world
Fell walking
Travel
Awards received
Spastics Society Prize, 1980
B.O.A. De Puy International Orthopaedic Traveling Fellow, 1992
John Charnley Trust Award, 1992
AO-International Traveling Fellow, 1993
European Foot and Ankle Society Research Poster Prize, 2002
ASG (Austrian-Swiss-German) Traveling Fellow, 2004
British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Research Poster Prize, 2008
Gesellschaft für Fußchirurgie Research Poster Prize, 2012
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Research Poster Prize, 2013
Publications
1. The Thomas method of ankle arthrodesis: 2 to 20 year follow-up. PJ Briggs, GD Stainsby. The Foot 1997; 7: 14-18.
2. Surgical Management of Acute Tarsometatarsal Fracture Dislocation in the Adult. B Buzzard, PJ Briggs. Clin Orthop Rel Res 1998; 353: 125-133.
3. Metatarsal Head Preservation in Forefoot Arthroplasty and the Correction of Severe Claw Toe Deformity. PJ Briggs, GD Stainsby. Foot and Ankle Surgery 2001; 7: 93-101.
4. Active and Passive Mechanisms Involved in the Control of Heel Supination. PA Tansey, PJ Briggs. Foot and Ankle Surgery 2001; 7: 131-136.
5. A Reversed Z-Plasty skin incision for Achilles Tendon Reconstruction. S Green, PJ Briggs. Foot and Ankle Surgery 2002; 8: 277-280.
6. Rehabilitation Following Ankle Surgery in Haemophilia. BM Buzzard, PJ Briggs. In: Musculoskeletal Management in the Haemophilias, Ed EC RodrÃguez-Merchán. Publ: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford etc; 2003 Ch 26: 146-151.
7. Instability of the tibio-fibular syndesmosis: Have we been pulling in the wrong direction? JJ Candal-Couto, D Burrow, S Bromage, PJ Briggs. Injury 2004; 35: 814-818.
8. Reconstruction of the Rheumatoid Forefoot: The Stainsby Operation. PJ Briggs. Techniques in Orthopaedics 2003; 18: 303-310.
9. Distal ligamentous restraints of the first metatarsal. An in vitro biomechanical study. F-M Khaw, P Mak, GR Johnson, PJ Briggs. Clinical Biomechanics 2005; 20: 653-658.
10. The structure and function of the foot in relation to injury. PJ Briggs. Current Orthopaedics 2005; 19: 85-93.
11. Tension band fixation for triple arthrodesis. A technique report. C Young, PJ Briggs. Foot and Ankle Surgery 2007; 13: 15-18.
12. Morton’s neuroma. PJ Briggs. British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2006; 76(2): 68-71.
13. Extension metatarsal osteotomy without plantar aponeurosis release in cavus feet. Does it improve the clawing of the toes? AK Singh, PJ Briggs. Foot and Ankle Surgery 2012; 18: 210-212.
14. Arthroplastie - Verfahren nach Stainsby zur Behandlung des rheumatischen Vorfuß. PJ Briggs, GD Stainsby. In: Vorfusschirurgie, 2nd Edition, Ed D Sabo, Springer-Medizin, 2012; Ch 11: 133-137.
15. Flexion strength of the toes in the normal foot. An evaluation using magnetic resonance imaging. SM Green, PJ Briggs. The Foot 2013: DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2013.07.001
Courses offered to GPs
Management of the Foot and Ankle: What I do as an Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon
Developments in Foot and Ankle Surgery: Facts and Fiction
(Talks and seminars on any subject related to the foot and ankle can be given on request)