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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Not in Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hand surgery
- Lower limb surgery
- Paediatric
- Reconstructive surgery
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Current posts:
Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery UCL
Mr Dariush Nikkhah is a fully accredited and Internationally renowned Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. He is a full member of British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), and holds a substantiative NHS Consultant post at the Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust. He specialises in cosmetic breast surgery, microsurgery and hand surgery.
Mr Nikkhah founded the London Microsurgery Group in 2021 which accepts referrals for complex microsurgical reconstructions after cancer and trauma. He is a leading international specialist in reconstructive microsurgery after cancer and trauma. His private practice is located in North London at St John and Elizabeth Hospital and The Royal Free Private Patients unit and HCA hospitals. Mr Nikkhah has a particular interest and is renowned for microsurgical breast reconstruction with the DIEP flap and TUG flap. In 2024 his team performed 92 free tissue transplants in the NHS and Private Sector.
Mr Nikkhah received his undergraduate degree in Medicine at the University of Southampton. He completed his registrar training in London at The Royal Free, Barts, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children and Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. This was followed by an advanced fellowship in Reconstructive Microsurgery at Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia.
Mr Nikkhah's research interests include improving outcomes in reconstructive surgery for patients with cancers of the breast, and soft tissue reconstruction of the hand. He is an Associate Professor at University College London and has given national and international lectures on a broad range of topics related to plastic surgery. He has published more than 167 scientific journal articles. He has written two textbooks on reconstructive surgery with Springer Nature and Thieme. He is on the editorial board for Microsurgery Journal.
Areas of interest
Breast Surgery ; DIEP flap; TUG flap; Cosmetic breast surgery; Abdominoplasty; Liposuction; Arm and thigh reduction; Fat grafting/Lipofilling, Microsurgical breast reconstruction; breast reduction; mastopexy; breast augmentation
Hand surgery; Anterolateral thigh flap; Nerve compressions, Carpal tunnel syndrome; Dupuytren's contracture; ganglions; DeQuervains; trigger finger; tenosynovitis; trigger thumb; mallet finger; arthritis in hand; arthritis in fingers; arthritis in thumb; cubital tunnel syndrome; hand injuries; hand fractures; finger fractures; dislocated finger; skiers thumb; tendon injury; ligament injury, congenital hand; paediatric hand; toe to hand transfer; syndactyly release; duplicate thumb;
Skin Surgery; BCC; SCC; skin cancer; lipoma; cyst; scars; wounds; dermatological surgery; facial plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery, melanoma, Sentinel node biopsy, Groin and Axillary Dissection
Medical secretaries
- Faith Grace
- 020 4540 3903
- mrnikkhah@theclinic.co.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
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Dr Dariush Nikkhah has worked with Dr Oma Dulan at the following hospitals:
- Royal Free Hospital (>50)
- Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth (1-5)
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Dr Dariush Nikkhah has worked with Dr Jayanta Mukherjee at the following hospitals:
- Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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B2999
Reconstruction of breast using stacked deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP) (including delayed reconstruction) - unilateral (2 flaps) - (5-50)
Royal Free Hospital (5-50)
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B3130
Unilateral mastopexy (following reconstruction) - (1-5)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5) Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth (1-5)
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S0653
Removal of benign lesion in muscle or deeper tissue (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
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T7604
Vein/artery graft as part of microvascular free tissue transfer - (1-5)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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T5900
Excision of ganglion - (1-5)
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T8640
Sampling of internal mammary lymph nodes - (1-5)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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S0602
Primary excision of malignant lesion - Head & Neck - (1-5)
Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth (1-5) Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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B2915
Reconstruction of breast using extended latissimus dorsi flap (including delayed reconstruction) - (1-5)
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S5710
Debridement of wound (and surgical toilet) - up to 25cm2 in area - (1-5)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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T7290
Trigger point injection/Enthesis - 1 injection - (1-5)
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S1750
Large muscle flap (9cm2 or more) (including skin graft and closure of secondary defect) - (1-5)
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S4910
Volume adjustment to skin expander in subcutaneous tissue - (1-5)
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S6043
Scar revision over 5cm - trunk & limbs - (1-5)
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S2502
Local flap - 9cm2 or more (excluding graft/flap to secondary defect) - (1-5)
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W2830
Removal of internal fixation from bone / joint, excluding K-wires +/- image guidance - (1-5)
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S6040
Scar revision up to 5cm - head & neck - (1-5)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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S0656
Removal of lipoma - (1-5)
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T6752
Primary repair of flexor of hand in zone II - (1-5)
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S3532
Split autograft of skin, trunk and limbs - each additional 5% of body surface area - (1-5)
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T2400
Repair of umbilical/paraumbilical hernia (irrespective of age) - (1-5)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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S0603
Primary excision of malignant lesion - Trunk & Limbs - (1-5)
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B3310
Drainage of breast abscess (including haematoma and seroma) - (1-5)
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B3580
Nipple areola complex reconstruction +/- liposuction and fat transfer - (1-5)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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S0633
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Trunk & Limbs (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
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T7603
Microvascular free tissue transfer (as sole procedure including closure of secondary defect) - (1-5)
Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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S4213
Debridement and primary suture of wound without involvement of deeper tissue (skin & subcutaneous fat only) - trunk & limbs - (1-5)
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A6510
Carpal tunnel release (open) - (1-5)
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S2500
Local flap - less than 9cm2 - (1-5)
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B2986
Reconstruction of breast using deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP) (including delayed reconstruction) - unilateral (single flap) - (1-5)
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W0960
Excision of benign tumour of bone with bone grafting - (1-5)
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S3100
Re-exploration of free flap - (1-5)
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T6980
Tenolysis, of flexor tendon (not otherwise specified) - (1-5)
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S5730
Surgical toilet and debridement of deep wound (including traumatic or post-operative aetiology) - (1-5)