Total knee replacement: Traditional or robotic assisted?

Mr Alex Liddle is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at Imperial College and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at St Mary’s and Charing Cross Hospital. Prior to starting at Imperial, he was NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Orthopaedics at Stanmore and previously undertook a DPhil (PhD) at the University of Oxford, examining the predictors of outcome following Unicompartmental Knee Replacement surgery. Clinically, he specialises in partial, primary and revision knee replacement and hip replacement surgery. His research interests are in the use of technology and big data to improve the outcomes, and reduce the complications associated with lower limb arthroplasty surgery. He has held grants from the NIHR, Arthritis Research UK, and the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has published highly cited papers in general medical journals including the Lancet and BMJ Open, and all the major orthopaedic journals. He reviews for the NIHR, the BMJ and several orthopaedic journals, and is on the Editorial Board of the Bone and Joint Journal. 

Mr Dinesh Nathwani is a Consultant, Hon Senior Clinical Lecturer and Head of Orthopaedics at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
He has a keen clinical and research interest in technology assisted knee surgery and has used Navigation and Robotics for all his partial and Total knee replacements since being appointed as a substantive Knee Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare in 2004. This was following a fellowship in Knee Navigation techniques in Perth, Western Australia. He is involved in trials for novel cartilage resurfacing implants, customised and robotically assisted knee replacements. His main focus is in delivering precise execution of surgical plans and bone conserving knee replacement using technology. He is a programme committee member of the Computer assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) International and executive committee member and President Elect of CAOS UK. He is Orthopaedic research advisor for the Hamlyn Centre of Robotics at Imperial College. He is one of the few Surgeons in the UK to have current clinical experience and access to both systems presently available to Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is faculty member on several national and international knee reconstruction courses teaching surgeons of all grades including the International Navio cadaveric instructional course in London. He is reviewer for several Orthopaedic Journals including British Bone & Joint Journal, American Journal of Sports Medicine, The Knee, and Injury.