Mr Stephen Morris : Trauma & orthopaedic surgery

Bupa Platinum consultant
Fee assured
Verified account
Open Referral network

Overview

Specialises in

Spine

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Mr Stephen Morris is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon in Bristol. After completing his orthopaedic training in the Bristol region, he undertook specialist spinal fellowships in Brisbane, Australia and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. He also achieved a postgraduate diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine. He was appointed as Consultant in Spinal Surgery in 2014 at Southmead Hospital, Bristol and Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.

His practice includes management of degenerative spinal conditions, spinal deformity, spinal fractures, spinal tumours, and spinal infection.

He enjoys teaching and training surgeons and healthcare professionals and has been a member of faculty on national and international courses.

Areas of interest

Spinal surgery; slipped disc; disc prolapse; sciatica; spinal stenosis; spondylolisthesis; spinal deformity; spinal fractures; leg pain; arm pain; brachalgia; minimally invasive spine surgery; microdiscectomy; spinal decompression; spinal fusion; kyphoplasty; vertebroplasty; nerve root injection; cervical spine; thoracic spine; lumbar spine

Medical secretaries

Gemma Mason
Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital The Chesterfield 3 Clifton Hill Bristol BS8 1BN
0117 203 2369
SMspine@ppm-pa.com

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Curtis Whittle Fee Assured

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant in Spinal Surgery - Southmead Hospital, Bristol and Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Research interests

Degenerative spinal conditions
Spinal deformity (scoliosis and kyphosis)
Spinal trauma

Personal interests

Swimming and hiking

Publications

- Woon RP, Morris SAC, et al (2018): Surgeon survey shows no adverse events with MRI in patients with magnetically controlled growing rods (MGCR). Spine Deformity 6(3):299-302

- McKay G, Morris SAC, et al (2017): Myelography in the assessment of degenerative lumbar scoliosis and its influence on surgical management. Korean J Spine 14(4):133-138

- Arumainathan R, Morris SA, George M (2016): Torsion of left main bronchus during general anaesthesia for posterior instrumented spinal fusion. Clin Case Rep 4(7):633-5

- Van Middendorp JJ, Morris SAC, et al (2015): Detecting facet joint and lateral mass injuries of the subaxial cervical spine in major trauma patients: plain radiographs are inaccurate and unreliable. Asian Spine Journal 9(3):327-337

- Torrie PAG, Morris SAC, et al (2015): The influence of lumbar spinal subtype on lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in young and middle-aged adults. Spine Deformity 3(2):172-179

- Ahearn N, Morris SAC, et al (2014): Patient outcomes following surgical fixation of bicondylar tibial plateau fractures: comparison of peri-articular locking plates versus Taylor Spatial Frame external fixation. The Bone and Joint Journal 96-B:956-62

- Morris SAC, et al (2013): Postoperative pain relief using intermittent intrapleural analgesia following thoracoscopic anterior correction for progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Scoliosis 8(1):18

- Van Middendorp, Morris SAC, et al (2013): The Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Classification System: An external agreement validation study. The Spine Journal 13(9):1055-63

- Morris SAC, et al (2012): The Results of Plate Fixation of the Symphysis Pubis in Anterior Pelvic Ring Injuries. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 470(8):2154-60

- Walker NM, Morris SAC, Cannon LB (2009): The Effect of Pre-operative Counselling on Smoking Patterns in Patients undergoing forefoot surgery. Foot and Ankle Surgery 15(2):86-9

- Fitzjohn SM, Morris SAC, et al (2001): A Characterisation of long-term depression induced by metabotropic glutamate receptor activation in the rat hippocampus in vitro. Journal of Physiology 537(Pt 2): 421-430

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

MB ChB University of Bristol 2001
BSc (Hons) Anatomical Sciences University of Bristol 1998
FRCS (Tr+Orth) Royal College of Surgeons of England 2011
PGDipSEM University of Bath 2010

Additional training

Paediatric Spinal Fellow Great Ormond Street Hospital, London 2014
BASS/BSS Travelling Fellowship British Association of Spinal Surgeons 2013
AOSpine Fellowship Brisbane AOSpine Reference Centre 2012

GMC registration

Reference number 6025742

Details of entry to specialist register

GMC (Trauma and Orthopaedics) , 2014

Affiliations / memberships

British Association of Spine Surgeons
British Scoliosis Society
Royal College of Surgeons of England

My private practice

Practice hours

Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings

3 Clifton HillCliftonBRISTOLBS8 1BN
Tuesday
09:00 - 20:00
0117 906 4888

Post treatment communication

Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.

In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details

Ward reception, Nuffield Hospital Bristol:
0117 906 4886 (includes out-of-hours).

Kelsey Smith, Personal Assistant, Nuffield Hospital Bristol:
0117 906 4673 (working hours only).

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

A5755
Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital-The Chesterfield (5-50)
V2560
Decompression for central spinal stenosis (1 or 2 levels) - (5-50)

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital-The Chesterfield (5-50)
A5745
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital-The Chesterfield (5-50)
A5765
Neurolytic Root Block (Radiofrequency denervation, Thermocoagulation, Cryotherapy or Phenol, including Rhizolysis) +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital-The Chesterfield (5-50)
V2542
Posterior excision of disc prolapse with undercutting facetectomy +/- decompression - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital-The Chesterfield (1-5)
V2540
Posterior excision of disc prolapse (including microdiscectomy +/- decompression) - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital-The Chesterfield (1-5)
V2950
Anterior discectomy, decompression and fusion (including bone grafting) - cervical region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital-The Chesterfield (1-5)
V2200
Posterior decompression +/- foraminotomy - cervical region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)
W9240
Examination/ manipulation of joint under general anaesthetic +/- injection +/- arthrogram (as sole procedure) - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital-The Chesterfield (1-5)
V3362
Primary posterior fusion with instrumentation +/- decompression +/- discectomy (including Graf stabilisation and all fusion approaches) (lumbar region) including spinal cord monitoring - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital-The Chesterfield (1-5)
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