Mr John Britton BA BM BCh FRCS
Intercollegiate Speciality Board in Trauma
and Orthopaedic Surgery
Since 2005 I have been an Examiner for the
Intercollegiate Speciality Board. This is the body responsible
for assessing trainees prior to their appointment as
consultants and is important in the maintenance of professional
standards in orthopaedics.
To visit the Intercollegiate Speciality Board
website click
here.
National Joint Registry
I have been a Regional Clinical Coordinator
for the National Joint Registry since its inception in 2003.
The National Joint Registry collects data on
all hip and knee replacements implanted in the UK. It provides
unrivalled information about the performance of the various
types of replacement and as the database grows it will become
the gold standard for assessing the quality of different makes
of prostheses.
To visit the National Joint Registry website
click
here.
Research
My current research interests are in hip and
knee replacement.
I have set up a computerized
database for all hip and knee replacements performed in
Basingstoke. We now
have comprehensive follow up data of a number of different types
of hip and knee replacement, which will shortly be published.
 I
have recently completed a study on Minimally Invasive Hip
replacement. This has been done in collaboration with consultant
colleagues and Biomet®. The results
have been presented internationally at meetings in Europe and
the USA.
Publications
I have published papers on a
wide variety of topics, which include the mechanics of osteoporotic bone, hand, spine and hip surgery
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