My drive and passion is the provision of Clinical Excellence on an individual level with a Human touch.
James Lewis, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, age 44.
Specialist In Knee Replacement (partial, patello femoral and total) and Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery (Sussex Hip Clinic)
**NEWS** Custom Made Partial and Total Knee Replacements. A CT scan of your knee and leg is taken, from these images a custom made , ie individual replacement part is manufactured, along with computer guided positioning also custom to your knee.
BUPA patients. From the Jan 1st I am able to see BUPA patients in Hove at the Sussex Medical Centre. I hold a clinic every Friday morning. It is a BUPA recognised site, xrays , MRI scans and injections are all covered as per your policy.
I have strived to provide our local population with an excellent level of orthopaedic service over the last eight years. I am privileged to have achieved many truly remarkable patient outcomes and some measurable successes for example rapid recovery in knee replacement with data in the top 1 percentile nationally. I was also pleased to be judged by my peers in the annual excellence awards as the highest ranked orthopaedic surgeon from all the Worthing and Chichester orthopaedic consultants.
I will be remaining locally and focused on providing top class elective hip and knee care to our community. This will include:
• Provision of an NHS knee (NHS will be knee only initially) service at Goring Hall.
• A significant increase of provision level of private practice service including rapid appointment access within 48 hours via 0808 101 0337 (often same day), long consultations of 40 minutes, enhanced written and web information. Overall offering a truly premium private practice.
• Clinics in the community (larger GP practices).
• A thorough pre- and post-operative private physio care at the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Centre, Esporta, Rustington, which has hydrotherapy.
It was certainly my long-term expectation were to remain within the Trust. However I would like use my drive and energy to deliver excellence in a more progressive way.
**NEWS** Day Case Hip Replacement, walked in and walked out the same day.(Sept 2011, Goring Hall Hospital). This is after 18 months of progression of enhanced recovery combind with minimally invasive Surgery.
Practice
Clinics at Goring Hall Hospital and Sussex Medical Chambers at Hove & Brighton.
A national trainer for the Partial Knee Resurfacing system - an alternative to Total Knee Replacement in some patients.
Top 1 and 2 percentile length of stay outcomes compared to national peers for knee and hip replacement.
Exceptionally low infection rates (0% Goring Hall over 5 years- all joint replacements)
Enhanced recovery program, routine walking on afternoon of joint replacement surgery.
Partial knee resurfacing as a day case.
Premium implants for private patients.
Priviledged to be local Orthopaedic surgeon of choice for staff, local GPs and colleagues.
Education
Schooled at Portsmouth Grammar
Trained at Guys Hospital Medical School, further training at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, The Royal London, The Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital (Oxford), and Norwich.
Specialities
Knee
- Total Knee Replacement - I aim for a rapid recovery using the enhanced recovery program, I do not use blood transfusion. I use modern prostheses (PFC Depuy). My outcome measures, patient comments will be on the SussexkneeClinic.com. A Knee replacement Information Booklet is availalabe by request on 0845 912 1000.
- Arthroscopy (key hole) - all patients recieve a DVD recording of the procedure with live sound commentary.
- Meniscal repair (stitching) or replacement with the actifit meniscal implant.
- Osteotomies around the knee. The goal is preservation of the knee, off-loading of the early worn surfaces and regrowth of articular cartilage (microfracture) if required.
Hip
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement with uncemented Corail products and large diameter ceramic on ceramic bearing surfaces for long lasting, low wear hip replacement.