Knee Surgeon in London

A specialist knee surgeon treats conditions including meniscal tears, ligament injuries such as ACL damage, cartilage defects, patellar instability, tendon problems, early and advanced knee arthritis, and complex biomechanical or alignment issues.

A consultation includes a detailed discussion of symptoms, specialist clinical and biomechanical assessment, and review of imaging such as MRI. Where appropriate, further diagnostics are arranged and a personalised treatment pathway is outlined.

Consultant-led knee care is delivered in London, supporting patients across Central and West London. Consultations take place at Cromwell Hospital in Kensington, in Chiswick, at Circle Syon Clinic in Brentford and at Lanserhof Mayfair. Surgery takes place at Cromwell Hospital, The Lister Hospital in Chelsea and The Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow.

A consultant orthopaedic knee surgeon is the right specialist when knee pain follows an injury, keeps coming back or is limiting your life. A knee surgeon can diagnose the cause and offer every option, from rehabilitation and injections to surgery, so the advice is not limited to one treatment.

A new private consultation with me costs £350 and a follow-up is £250. Most insurers, including Bupa and AXA, cover the consultation.

Not if you are paying for yourself. Insurers often ask for a GP referral before they authorise the consultation, so check with your insurer first.

Seek urgent care if your knee is hot, red and swollen with a fever, if you cannot put weight on it after an injury, if it looks deformed, or if it is locked and will not straighten. See a knee specialist soon if it keeps giving way, swells repeatedly, or pain wakes you at night.

The commonest causes are arthritis, overload of the kneecap joint from changes in activity or weak hips, tendon problems, degenerative meniscus tears and, less often, inflammatory conditions such as gout. Where it hurts and when it hurts are the best clues to the cause.

Pain on bending often comes from the kneecap joint, the meniscus or arthritis. Pain at the front when squatting or on stairs points to the kneecap, while pain deep on one side with twisting suggests the meniscus. A knee that hurts more and more on bending is worth an assessment.

Pain behind the knee is commonly from a Baker's cyst, a hamstring or calf tendon problem, or a tear at the back of the meniscus. A painful, swollen calf with pain behind the knee needs urgent medical review to rule out a blood clot.

Pain on the inner side of the knee is often from early arthritis in the inner compartment, a medial meniscus tear, a strained medial ligament or irritation of the tendons just below the joint. An examination usually separates them.

Front-of-knee pain usually comes from the kneecap joint or the tendons above and below it, often linked to load, weak hips or changes in training. My anterior knee pain page explains the causes and treatment.

If knee pain has not clearly improved after a few weeks of sensible rest and exercise, or is getting worse, it is time to be seen. After an injury with swelling, locking or giving way, be seen sooner.

I see patients in Mayfair, at Cromwell Hospital in Kensington, in Chiswick and in Brentford, which covers central, south-west and west London. Book online, call 0207 859 4016 or email admin@ortholongevity.co.uk.

Look for a consultant whose practice is focused on the knee, who is on the GMC specialist register for trauma and orthopaedic surgery, and who can talk you through non-surgical options as well as surgery. Ask how often they perform the operation you are considering and what their results and complication rates are, and read verified patient reviews on independent sites such as Doctify. A good knee specialist should be as comfortable telling you that you do not need an operation as recommending one.