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Mr Tamer Sweed

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About me

Mr Sweed is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising exclusively in knee surgery and lower limb sports injuries. His NHS practice is at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. His elective practice covers all areas of knee surgery with a special interest in knee osteotomies (realignment surgery), partial and total knee replacement, and ligament reconstruction.
Mr Sweed graduated from medical school at Alexandria University in Egypt in 2001. He completed his orthopaedic training at Alexandria University and moved to the UK in 2013. He obtained his FRCS Trauma and Orthpaedics in 2016 and has since completed specialist fellowship training in knee surgery at several prestigious institutions, including:

� The BOA Knee Osteotomy Fellowship at Northcumbria NHS Trust
� Sports Knee Fellowship at University Hospitals of Derby & Burton
� Lower Limb Arthroplasty Fellowship at Royal Berkshire Hospital
� Knee Fellowship at University Hospital Birmingham

Mr Sweed is passionate about teaching and cofounded the Birmingham Knee School (BKS). BKS runs a yearly course for trainees and knee fellows aiming for the dissemination of cutting-edge knowledge and skills, promoting innovation and expertise in the field of knee surgery.

Mr Sweed is married and has 2 children. Interests outside of work include football, squash and photography.

Areas of interest

Knee Arthroscopy
Knee Surgery
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
acl Reconstruction
Knee Ligament Reconstruction
Knee Ligament Injuries
Meniscal Tear
Meniscal Surgery
Meniscal Repair
Knee Cartilage Repair Surgery
Meniscal Repair
Knee Cartilage Replacement Surgery
Patella Instability
Patella Dislocation
Knee Dislocation
Patella Stabilisation
Patello-Femoral Joint Surgery
Total Knee Replacement
Partial Knee Replacement
Uni-compartmental Knee Replacement
Patello-Femoral Joint Replacement
Sports Knee Injuries
Acute Knee Injury
Knee Trauma
Osteotomy (leg realignment)
High Tibial Osteotomy
Degenerative Knee Disorders
Knee Arthritis
Knee Pain

Medical secretaries

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

University Hospitals Birmingham

Research interests

Patellofemoral instability
AI in Orthopaedics
ACL

Personal interests

Football, squash

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

Normal values of the axial patellotrochlear overlap on MRI: Good correlation with patellotrochlear
index in patients with no patellofemoral pathology
Sweed T, Lim Z, Boutefnouchet T, Amerasekera S, Choudhary S, Ashraf T
The Knee Journal. March 2024
https://www.thekneejournal.com/article/S0968-0160(24)00028-0/abstract
Management of mucoid degeneration of the anterior cruciate ligament: a systematic review
Knee Surgery and Related Research. August 2021
Sweed T, Mussa M, Elbakoury A, Geutjens G, Metcalfe A
https://kneesurgrelatres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s43019-021-00110-6
Novel technique for posterolateral corner reconstruction of the knee using gracilis autograft and
biceps femoris and midterm outcome (under review)
Senevirathna S, Sunil Y, Sweed T, Geutjens G
Plating for Treatment of Femoral and Tibial Stem Tip Pain in Stemmed Revision Total Knee
Arthroplasty. A Case Report
Sweed TA, Wilton T
Current Orthopaedic Practice. June 2020
https://journals.lww.com/c-orthopaedicpractice/Citation/2020/05000/
Plating_for_treatment_of_femoral_and_tibial_stem.20.aspx
Bilateral Osteonecrosis of the Femoral and Humeral Heads after Short Term Corticosteroid
Therapy. A Case Study.
TA Gamal, A El-Bakoury, A Hawkins, M AlTayeb Mussa, T Ahmed Sweed , S Samir Ansara
Ortopedia, traumatologia, rehabilitacja. March 2016
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28155827
Intraosseous epidermoid cyst of the distal phalanx: A case report.
Sweed TA, Elbakoury A, Mussa M, Elgamal T
Current Orthopaedic Practice. August 2016
http://journals.lww.com/c-orthopaedicpractice/Citation/2016/07000/
Intraosseous_epidermoid_cyst_of_the_distal_phalanx.23.aspx
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to an Unreported Ossicle of the Talus: A Case Report.
Sweed TA, Ali S, Choudhary S
Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. October 2014
http://www.jfas.org/article/S1067-2516(14)00458-X/abstract
A New Technique of Single Portal Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release.
Ip WY , Sweed TA, Fung KK, Tipoe GL, Pun TS. March 2013
Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22411115
The role of cancellous screw with tension band fixation in the treatment of displaced olecranon
fractures, a comparative study.
Adel Refaat Ahmed, Tamer Sweed, Adel Wanas
European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. August 2008
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00590-008-0355-0

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Procedures completed

W8500
Multiple arthroscopic operations on knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) - unilateral - (1-5)

Meriden Hospital (The) (1-5)

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