Conditions and procedures
If you’re suffering from any of the following conditions, you'll find expert treatment and patient-led care:
- Knee pain
- Meniscal tears
- Arthritis of the knee
- Arthritis of the hip
- Hip pain
- Trochanteric bursitis
- Gluteal tendonitis
- Investigation and treatment of all bone and soft tissue tumours (benign and malignant)
- Metastatic bone disease
Bone and soft tissue tumours
Mr Pollock is a specialist in bone and soft tissue tumours. As well as chairing the HCA UK Sarcoma Board, his NHS practice is at the London Sarcoma Unit, one of the largest sarcoma services in Europe, with an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients with sarcoma.
Mr Pollock also provides treatment for metastatic bone disease. He is highly trained in most current limb salvage surgery techniques, and has undertaken fellowships in limb reconstruction in Sydney, Australia and Denver, Colorado.
Mr Pollock is passionate about the need to raise awareness of sarcoma, and wrote the following article to do just that. It contains some very useful information about the nature of sarcoma, and the signs to keep an eye out for.
Surgical procedures performed by Mr Pollock
Mr Pollock’s surgical expertise covers a wide-range of procedures, including:
- Knee arthroscopy
- Robotic-assisted partial knee replacement
- Robotic-assisted total knee replacement
- Revision knee replacement
- Patellofemoral replacement
- Hip replacement
- Revision hip replacement
- Excision of benign bone and soft tissue tumours
- Excision of malignant bone and soft tissue sarcomas with appropriate limb salvage techniques
- Surgery for metastatic bone disease
If you’d like to find out more about surgery using the Mako robotic arm and the benefits it brings, you’ll find useful information on robotic-assisted partial knee replacement here and robotic-assisted total knee replacement here.
Your anaesthetic
We know no two patients are the same, that’s why we provide a range of anaesthetic options to suit everyone.
From general anaesthesia, to spinal, epidural and local anaesthetic nerve blocks, we’ll work with you to find out which option suits you best, ensuring peace of mind and the highest quality of care during your treatment.
If you’d like more information, you’ll find a series of useful patient information guides here. Produced by The Royal College of Anaesthetists and The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, they’re clearly written and a great resource. Anaesthetic Choices for Hip and Knee Surgery and Your Spinal Anaesthetic are particularly helpful.
Anaesthetic support is provided by Dr Michael Cooper, a full-time consultant at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and a Fellow the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
Dr Cooper provides a range of options for anaesthesia and pain relief for both adults and children, including intravenous anaesthetic techniques and the use of regional analgesia (pain blocks) to help recovery.
