Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
University Hospital Hairmyres
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 8RG
Awards received
Medical School Academic Distinction
Description: highest graduation Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA of 3.74 out of 4.00)
Publications
Book chapter:Chapter 6 Extensile Exposure in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Tibial Crest Osteotomy. Mastering Orthopaedic Techniques: Revision Knee Arthroplsty 2019. ISBN 978-93-5270-583-2
Pradyumna Raval, Ammar Abbas. Klebsiella Pneumoniae causing spondylodiscitis: an unusual cause of back pain in an elderly patient. Journal of Musculoskeletal Research, Vol. 20, No. 3 (2017) 1750018
Nima Razii, Ammar Abbas, Rahul Kakar, Sanjeev Agarawal, Rhidian Morgan-Jones. Knee arthrodesis with a long intramedullary nail as limb salvage for complex periprosthetic infections. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. DOI 10.1007/s00590-016-1827-2 (online ahead of print)
Andrew Porteous, Ammar Abbas. Exposure in Revision TKA: proximal soft tissue or distal bony? Journal of Trauma & Orthpaedics. Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2016, 44 – 46.
Ammar Abbas, Rhodri Williams, Wasim Khan, Adel Ghandour, Rhidian Morgan-Jones. Tibial Crest Osteotomy in Extensile Knee Exposure—A Modified, Low-Energy, Suture Technique. J Arthroplasty. 2016 Feb; 31(2): 383-8
Ammar Abbas, Rhidian L Morgan-Jones. Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty for Failure of Primary Treatment of Periprosthetic Knee Fractures. J Arthroplasty. 2014 Oct;29(10):1996-2001
Ammar Abbas, Andrew Macey. Management of Open Diaphyseal Fractures of Long Bones: an audit of the clinical practice in a general hospital in Ireland. The Online Journal of Clinical Audits. 2013; Vol 5(2).
Ammar Abbas. Open reduction and internal fixation of high fibular fractures in ankle injuries: Is it necessary? – A review of the literature. Journal of Orthopaedics 10 (2013) 1 – 4.
Ammar Abbas, Rabea Odeh, Dermot O’Farrell. Hurling-related hand injuries: evaluation of functional outcome (abstract). Irish Journal of Medical Science March 2009, Volume 178, issue 3 supplement, s102