| NAME | Simon BRITTEN | ||||||||||
| ADDRESS | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Leeds General Infirmary Great George Street Leeds LS1 3EX UK |
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| TELEPHONE | #44 113 3926767 | ||||||||||
| traumawarrior@hotmail.com | |||||||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19 November 1966 | ||||||||||
| NATIONALITY | British | ||||||||||
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| CURRENT POST |
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK Honorary Senior Lecturer University of Leeds, UK Appointed July 2002 |
MY PRACTICE AT LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY, LEEDS
My practice is exclusively in the field of trauma & limb reconstruction in the largest teaching hospital in Europe. The catchment area for trauma admissions from Leeds metropolitan area is approximately 850 000, while the hospital accepts tertiary referrals for complex fractures, open fractures, pelvis and acetabular fractures and spinal injuries from a region of 3 million people. My trauma practice involves not only the management of straightforward fractures encountered in any busy fracture clinic, but also the treatment of tertiary referral severe lower limb fractures, often treated in collaboration with our plastic surgeons. My elective orthopaedic practice comprises the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of nonunion, malunion and post-traumatic bone infection. Thanks to extensive Ilizarov training by the Russians, 14 months of training in limb reconstruction at Bristol Royal Infirmary, and almost four years in independent reconstructive practice, I am a national expert in trauma and limb reconstruction. My post was the replacement appointment for Malcolm Smith.
Since my appointment in July 2002 I have built up from scratch a limb reconstruction practice which comprises an all day specialist Ilizarov clinic; 2 experienced outpatient nurses to assist with pinsite care, pre-discharge ward visits and practical and psychological support for patients; an interested superintendent physiotherapist; and a weekly frame physiotherapy class. I was personally responsible for the introduction of a trust-wide evidence based pinsite care policy. This Russian-style pinsite care regimen has replaced the old British Consensus method, leading to a huge reduction in pinsite infections in Leeds. The significant reduction in pinsite complications has been audited and presented at the British Limb Reconstruction Society, European Trauma Congress, and British Orthopaedic Association meetings in 2004. This work on pinsite care is due to be published in the April 2006 British edition of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
I initiated the fostering of links with the limb reconstruction unit in Sheffield. We now hold a Leeds-Sheffield combined clinic every 3 months. Such collaborative working has proved invaluable in terms of personal and regional audit, clinical governance, research, and decision-making for complex reconstructive problems.
My practice at Leeds General Infirmary also includes the initial reception and stabilisation of pelvis and acetabular fractures; many aspects of management of children’s fractures; the initial assessment and emergency non-operative management of spinal trauma; and many aspects of management of upper limb fractures. In addition to expertise in the treatment of severe lower limb fractures and open fractures, I also have an interest in the treatment of displaced calcaneal fractures. I completed the AO calcaneal fracture course in 1999. I gained experience while working as specialist registrar for several national experts in the management of calcaneal fractures (Roger Atkins, Chris Curwen, Mark Jackson and Simon Gregg-Smith). I presented the Bristol experience of open calcaneal fractures at the British Orthopaedic Association in 1999. I treat many fractures using standard AO internal and external fixation techniques. I have completed Basic and Advanced AO courses. I was appointed an AO Instructor in 2003. I was appointed an Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor in 2004. Following my appointment I initiated the transfer of all our implant trauma at Leeds General Infirmary to a clean air laminar flow theatre, leading to a significant reduction in deep sepsis rates for implant trauma.
| May – Jun 2001 | Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics Kurgan, Russia |
As complex fracture management is my main interest, I have successfully undertaken clinical training in the application of the Ilizarov Method under the supervision of Professor Vladimir Shevtsov in Kurgan, Russia. The two month programme included an overview of Ilizarov methods; anatomy for pin placement; preoperative planning; bone model workshops and tips for stable frame construction; supervised surgery sessions; leg lengthening and bone transport techniques; post-operative management of wound sites and complications; physiotherapy and rehabilitation; and opportunity for emergency on-call for trauma. This fellowship followed on from an initial week’s course in Ilizarov application for foot, ankle and distal tibial pathology; including lectures, discussions and theatre sessions in foot and ankle fractures, pilon fractures, foot deformity correction, calcaneal fractures and post-trauma conditions.
| May – June 2002 | Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics Kurgan, Russia |
| May 2003 | Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics Kurgan, Russia |
| Oct – Nov 2004 | Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics Kurgan, Russia |
| June 2006 | Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics Kurgan, Russia |
I returned to the Ilizarov Centre for a further period of private study in the Department of Closed Trauma 1, dovetailing with a conference on the use of the Ilizarov Method in trauma treatment in 2002.
A third visit to Kurgan was undertaken to attend a conference on the use of the Ilizarov Method in the treatment of osteomyelitis in 2003.
In October 2004 I attended a conference on the basic science of distraction histiogenesis and spent further time in the Department of Bone Infection, working under the tuition of Head of the Department, Dr. Nikolai Klyushin.
In June 2006 I was invited to the Conference of Young Scientists at the Ilizarov Centre to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Professor Ilizarov’s life, and invited to make to presentations on the role of crusts in Ilizarov fixator pinsite care; and Flap & Frame, the combined orthoplastic management of adult open tibial fractures by microvascular free tissue transfer and fine wire fracture fixation.
My time in Russia studying the applications of the Ilizarov Method now totals four months.
Specialist Registrar on the Bristol Higher Surgical Training Scheme for Trauma and Orthopaedics
| Jan 2002 – May 2002 | Mr M Jackson Bristol Royal Infirmary Trauma and limb reconstruction |
5 months |
| Jul 2001 – Dec 2001 | Mr C H Marsh Taunton & Somerset Hospital Lower limb arthroplasty, revision arthroplasty and trauma |
6 months |
| Jan 2001 – May 2001 | Mr A M Clarke Taunton & Somerset Hospital Hand, upper limb surgery and trauma |
4 months |
| Jul 2000 – Dec 2000 | Mr I G Winson Southmead and Frenchay Hospitals, Bristol Foot and ankle surgery and trauma |
6 months |
| Mar 2000 – Jun 2000 | Mr M Jackson Bristol Royal Infirmary Trauma and limb reconstruction |
4 months |
| Sep 1999 – Mar 2000 | Mr M F Gargan Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children & Bristol Royal Infirmary Paediatric and young adult orthopaedics; and trauma |
6 months |
| Mar 1999 – Aug 1999 | Mr I W Nelson Frenchay Hospital, Bristol Spinal surgery and trauma |
6 months |
| Sep 1998 – Mar 1999 | Mr N Blewitt Frenchay Hospital, Bristol Upper limb surgery and trauma |
6 months |
| Mar 1998 – Sep 1998 | Mr R M Atkins Bristol Royal Infirmary Trauma and limb reconstruction |
6 months |
| Sep 1997 – Feb 1998 | Mr R S Majkowski Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester Joint replacement, general orthopaedics and trauma |
6 months |
| Mar 1997 – Sep 1997 | Mr C H M Curwen Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester Trauma and hip replacement |
6 months |
| Oct 1996 – Feb 1997 | Mr E J Smith, Mr M F Gargan Southmead Hospital, Bristol Hip surgery and young adult orthopaedics |
5 months |
Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Royal United Hospital, Bath
| Aug 1996 – Sep 1996 | Mr P J M Morrison Royal United Hospital, Bath Joint replacement, general orthopaedics and trauma |
2 months |
| Apr 1996 – Jul 1996 | Mr G E B Giddins Royal United Hospital, Bath Hand trauma and elective hand surgery |
4 months |
| Jan 1996 – Mar 1996 | Mr C B Jones Royal United Hospital, Bath Joint replacement, paediatric orthopaedics and trauma |
3 months |
| Oct 1995 – Dec 1995 | Mr S Gregg-Smith Royal United Hospital, Bath Trauma and general orthopaedics |
3 months |
| Aug 1995 – Sep 1995 | Mr A C Ross Royal United Hospital, Bath Spinal surgery, joint replacement, musculoskeletal tumour surgery and trauma |
2 months |
| Feb 1995 – Jul 1995 | Mr M P Patterson Royal United Hospital, Bath Spinal surgery, hand surgery and trauma |
6 months |
| Nov 1994 – Jan 1995 | Senior House Officer in Vascular and General Surgery |
| Apr 1994 – Oct 1994 | Senior House Officer in General Surgery |
| Feb 1994 – Mar 1994 | Senior House Officer in Urology |
| Feb 1993 – Jan 1994 | Senior House Officer in Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Feb 1992 – Dec 1992 | Senior House Officer in General Surgery and Urology Duchess of Kent’s Military Hospital, Catterick and Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich |
| Aug 1991 – Jan 1992 | Senior House Officer in Accident and Emergency Medicine Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth |
| Feb 1991 – Jul 1991 | House Surgeon Princess Alexandra Hospital, RAF Wroughton Post involved the surgical care of servicemen evacuated from the Gulf War |
| Aug 1990 – Jan 1991 | Medical House Officer Southampton General Hospital |
Following Army sponsorship in 1987, I served with the Brigade of Gurkhas at British Military Hospital Dharan, Nepal, summer 1988. I gained experience in trauma and disaster management following the Nepal Earthquake, 21 August 1988.
In the aftermath of a large earthquake centred only 2 miles from the hospital, over 1000 casualties were treated by the hospital staff, with 500 arriving within the first 24 hours. The medical staff of the hospital consisted of a surgeon, an anaesthetist, a physician, two locally trained General Practitioners and three UK clinical medical students on elective. As a medical student, my role was to assess casualties at the receiving station; initiate basic life-supporting measures such as intravenous infusion and chest drain insertion; ensure adequate analgesia; and triage patients for emergency theatre, for inpatient wait for surgery or considered beyond help. In the ensuing days I was personally responsible for the ward care of many of the survivors.
European Trauma Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2006 – Best scientific poster
The role of crusts in Ilizarov fixator pinsite care
Ghoz A, Duffield B, Abou-Shameh M and Britten S
British Limb Reconstruction Society, Nottingham 2006 – Best scientific paper
The role of crusts in Ilizarov fixator pinsite care
Britten S, Ghoz A, Abou-Shameh M and Duffield B
British Orthopaedic Association / Zimmer Travelling Fellowship 2002
£3000 towards further visit to the Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Kurgan, Russia
British Orthopaedic Association / Wishbone Trust Travelling Fellowship 2001
£2500 towards fellowship in foot and ankle surgery, limb reconstruction and trauma - Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Kurgan, Russia
British Trauma Society Annual Clinical Meeting, Biomet Prize 1997
The Wiltshire Air Support Unit hastens transport of the injured to hospital in a rural environment
Britten S and Riseley-Prichard R A
British Trauma Society Annual Clinical Meeting, Biomet Prize 1995
Insufficient cannula length and potential failure of needle thoracocentesis in tension pneumothorax
Britten S, Palmer S H, Ellis S C and Snow T M
Bristol Registrars’ Annual Presentation Day, “Most entertaining paper” The Magician and the King, December 2001 Britten S
BMA News Review Letter of the Month December 1997 Driving home the class argument Britten S
British Medical Association / STA Travel Medical Elective Writing Competition When the Earth moved, May 1990 Britten S
| Advanced Trauma Life Support | Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford Weston Super Mare Harrogate |
1991 1996 2003 |
| Severe Lower Limb Trauma | Bournemouth | 1995 |
| AO Basic Course | Davos, Switzerland | 1995 |
| External Fixation | Royal College of Surgeons | 1996 |
| Basic Arthroscopic Surgery | Royal College of Surgeons | 1996 |
| Basic Ilizarov Course | Royal College of Surgeons | 1997 |
| AO Advanced Course | Leeds | 1998 |
| Total Knee Arthroplasty Course | Stanmore | 1998 |
| AO Calcaneal Fracture Course | Bristol Royal Infirmary | 1999 |
| Paediatric Orthopaedics | Alder Hey, Liverpool | 1999 |
| Training the Trainers | Royal College of Surgeons | 2000 |
| Ilizarov application for foot, ankle and distal tibia | Kurgan, Russia | 2001 |
| Edinburgh Trauma Symposium | Edinburgh, Scotland | 2001 |
| Nottingham Fracture Forum | University Hospital, Nottingham | 2001 |
| Ilizarov application in trauma | Kurgan, Russia | 2002 |
| AO Training the Trainers | Banbury, UK | 2003 |
| Ilizarov application-osteomyelitis | Kurgan, Russia | 2003 |
| Morphofunctional aspects of structural components of locomotor apparatus under strain | Kurgan, Russia | 2004 |
| Equal opportunities in interviewing for medical school | University of Leeds | 2004 |
| ATLS Instructors Course | Harrogate | 2004 |
The patella and anterior knee pain after total knee replacement
British Orthopaedic Association, Nottingham, September 1994
Britten S*, Dodenhoff R M and Ross A C
Reaudit of waiting times for elderly patients with femoral neck fractures in the Accident and Emergency Department
South and West Regional Clinical Audit Conference, Poole, May 1995
Britten S*, Bailey C, Duran P and Palmer S H
Patellar orientation and knee pain after total knee replacement
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) biennial meeting, Munich, July 1995
Britten S*, Dodenhoff R M and Ross A C
The use of the Knee Society clinical rating system to detect early differences between different designs of total knee arthroplasty in a prospective, randomised trial
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) biennial meeting, Munich, July 1995
Pattison G*, Britten S and Ross A C
Insufficient cannula length and potential failure of needle thoracocentesis in tension pneumothorax
British Trauma Society Annual Clinical Meeting, Leeds, October 1995
Britten S*, Palmer S H, Ellis S C and Snow T M
The Bath Knee Trial - early results
Rheumatoid Arthritis Surgical Society, Glasgow, November 1995
Britten S* and Ross A C
The Bath Knee Trial
Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT), Amsterdam, August 1996
Britten S* and Ross A C
The Wiltshire Air Support Unit hastens transport of the injured to hospital in a rural environment
British Trauma Society Annual Clinical Meeting, Bath, October 1997, and
South West Orthopaedic Club 50th Anniversary Meeting, Exeter, May 1998
Britten S* and Riseley-Prichard R A
Air ambulances in pre-hospital trauma care - The Wiltshire Experience
Trauma Care (UK) 1st Biennial Conference, Harrogate, November 1997
Britten S* and Riseley-Prichard R A
All Basic Surgical Trainees should rotate through an Accident and Emergency post
2nd Trauma Care Conference, Bournemouth, June 1999
Britten S*
Open calcaneal fractures
British Orthopaedic Association, Glasgow, September 1999
Britten S*, Livingstone J A, Allen P E, Atkins R M
The impact of Trauma Teams on Basic Surgical Training
British Trauma Society, Stoke on Trent, October 1999
Davis R M* and Britten S
Open fractures of the calcaneum
South West Orthopaedic Club, Bath, May 2000
Britten S*, Livingstone J A, Allen P E, Atkins R M
Russian-style pinsite care versus British Consensus method in Ilizarov Surgery
British Limb Reconstruction Society, Sheffield, March 2004
Britten S*, Branfoot T and Duffield B
A preliminary report on the treatment of high energy tibial plateau fractures using the Ilizarov Method
6th European Trauma Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2004, and
British Trauma Society, Leeds, October 2004
Wall OR*, Kharwadkar N and Britten S
Russian-style pinsite care versus British Consensus method in Ilizarov Surgery
6th European Trauma Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2004, and
British Orthopaedic Association, Manchester, September 2004
Britten S*, Branfoot T and Duffield B
Flap & Frame (21 cases)
British Trauma Society, Leeds, October 2004
Britten S*, Branfoot T, Liddington M and Fenn C
Use of a clean air laminar flow theatre reduces deep infection in hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture
British Trauma Society, Leeds, October 2004
Corbin CJ, Branfoot T and Britten S (poster)
Flap & Frame (30 cases)
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) biennial meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2005
Britten S*, Branfoot T, Liddington M and Fenn C
Flap & Frame (75 cases)
British Trauma Society / Hellenic Orthopaedic Association, Athens, Greece,
October 2005
Britten S*, Kapoor S, Kumar S, Liddington M, Fenn C, Miller G, Branfoot T, Dennison M and Royston S
A preliminary report on the treatment of complex tibial diaphyseal fractures by the Ilizarov Method
British Trauma Society / Hellenic Orthopaedic Association, Athens, Greece,
October 2005
Jones SCE*, Kenny S and Britten S
The role of crusts in Ilizarov fixator pinsite care
British Limb Reconstruction Society, Nottingham, March 2006
Britten S*, Ghoz A, Abou-Shameh M and Duffield B
Flap & Frame (97 cases) – Treating open fractures by the Ilizarov Method
7th European Trauma Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2006
Britten S*, Kapoor S, Miller G, Liddington M and Royston S
Treatment of complex tibial diaphyseal fractures using the Ilizarov Method
7th European Trauma Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2006
Jones SCE*, Kenny SL and Britten S
Preliminary report – Distal tibial pilon fractures treated by the Ilizarov Method
7th European Trauma Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2006
Saleh DB*, Mills EJ, Sian PS, Branfoot JT and Britten S
The role of crusts in Ilizarov fixator pinsite care
7th European Trauma Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2006
Ghoz A, Duffield B, Abou-Shameh M and Britten S (poster)
Fractures treated by the Ilizarov Method heal preferentially by endosteal callus
7th European Trauma Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2006
Varghese M, Derhem C and Britten S (poster)
*asterisk denotes presenter
Road traffic accidents
North Bristol Rotary Club, October 1999
The Kurgan Ilizarov Mini-Fellowship
Smith and Nephew Healthcare, Memphis, Tennessee, August 2001
The treatment of peri-articular fractures of the tibia using the Ilizarov Method
University Medical Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands, March 2004
The treatment of peri-articular fractures of the tibia using the Ilizarov Method
ASEAN Travelling Fellows, Leeds, September 2004
Compensation Culture – an orthopaedic viewpoint
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Leeds, September 2004
Applications of the Ilizarov Method
Nottingham Dental Society, November 2004
The Treatment of Bone Defects
Beyond the ATLS – Polytrauma management course, Leeds, April 2005
The treatment of open fractures with bone loss by the Ilizarov Method
British Trauma Society / Hellenic Orthopaedic Association, Athens, Greece,
October 2005
Debate – The treatment of pilon fractures – pro-Ilizarov
British Trauma Society / Hellenic Orthopaedic Association, Athens, Greece,
October 2005
The role of crusts in Ilizarov fixator pinsite care
Conference of Young Scientists, Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre, Kurgan,
June 2006
Flap & Frame
Conference of Young Scientists, Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre, Kurgan,
June 2006
| When the Earth moved Britten S BMA News Review, September 1990, p21 |
article |
| Annual influx of temporary residents to the Glastonbury Festival Britten S, Whiteley M S, Fox P F, Goodwin M I and Horrocks M British Medical Journal, 1993, 307, p561 |
letter |
| Medical treatment at the Glastonbury Festival Britten S, Whiteley M S, Fox P F, Goodwin M I and Horrocks M British Medical Journal, 1993, 307, p1009 |
letter |
| Should relatives watch resuscitation? Britten S British Medical Journal, 1994, 309, p670 |
letter |
| Effect of inhaled bradykinin on indices of airway responsiveness in asthmatic subjects Polosa R, Rajakulasingam K, Prosperini G, Bellofiore S, Britten S, Milazzo L and Holgate S T European Respiratory Journal, 1994, 7(8), p1490-6 |
paper |
| The Glastonbury Festival 1993: pattern of attendances and admissions to an NHS Trust Britten S, Whiteley M S, Fox P F, Goodwin M I and Horrocks M Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 1995, 12(1), p30-31 |
paper |
| Needle thoracocentesis in tension pneumothorax: insufficient cannula length and potential failure Britten S, Palmer S H and Snow T M Injury, 1996, 27(5), p321-322 |
paper |
| A useful tip for distal interlocking in femoral intramedullary nailing Palmer S H, Britten S and Ellis S C Injury, 1996, 27(7), p528 |
surgical tip |
| Chest wall thickness may limit adequate drainage of tension pneumothorax by needle thoracocentesis Britten S and Palmer S H Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 1996, 13, p1-2 |
case report |
| Driving home the class argument Britten S BMA News Review, December 1997, p6 |
letter |
| The Wiltshire Air Support Unit Britten S, Cassidy M and Riseley-Prichard R A Ambulance UK, June 1998, p136 |
article |
| Surgical training in the Armed Forces Britten S Health Service Journal, 11 May 2000, p22-23 |
letter |
| The impact of Trauma Teams on Basic Surgical Training Davis R M and Britten S Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2001, 83(1), p21-2 |
paper |
| All Basic Surgical Trainees should rotate through an Accident and Emergency post Britten S Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2001, 83(1), p23-5 |
paper |
| The Hoody Habit Britten S The Times, 16 June 2005 |
letter |
| The treatment of pinsites with external fixation Sian PS, Britten S and Duffield B www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/eletters/87-B/5/716 [18 August 2005] |
letter |
| The treatment of pinsites with external fixation Sian PS, Britten S and Duffield B Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2006, 88-B(4), p183 |
letter |
The patella and anterior knee pain after total knee replacement
Britten S, Dodenhoff R M and Ross A C
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1995, 77-B, Supplement I, p5
The use of the Knee Society clinical rating system to detect early differences between different designs of total knee arthroplasty in a prospective, randomised trial
Pattison G, Britten S and Ross A C
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1995, 77-B, Supplement II, p183
Patellar orientation and knee pain after total knee replacement
Britten S, Dodenhoff R M and Ross A C
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1995, 77-B, Supplement II, p192
Insufficient cannula length and potential failure of needle thoracocentesis in tension pneumothorax
Britten S, Palmer S H, Ellis S C and Snow T M
Injury, 1996, 27(5), p367
The Wiltshire Air Support Unit hastens transport of the injured to hospital in a rural environment
Britten S and Riseley-Prichard R A
Injury, 1998, 29(2), p151-152
Open calcaneal fractures
Britten S, Livingstone J A, Allen P E and Atkins R M
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2000, 82-B, Supplement I, p71-2
Trauma teams and basic surgical training
Davis R M and Britten S
Injury, 2001, 32(1), p90
A preliminary report on the treatment of high energy tibial plateau fractures using the Ilizarov method
Wall OR, Kharwadkar N and Britten S
European Journal of Trauma, 2004, 30, Supplement 1, p117
Russian-style pinsite care versus British Consensus method in Ilizarov Surgery
Britten S, Branfoot T and Duffield B
European Journal of Trauma, 2004, 30, Supplement 1, p156
Flap & Frame. The treatment of grade 3 open fractures by tissue coverage and Ilizarov frame fixation
Britten S, Branfoot T, Liddington M and Fenn C
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2006, 88-B, Supplement I, p157-8
Flap & Frame (97 cases) – Treating open fractures by the Ilizarov Method
Britten S*, Kapoor S, Miller G, Liddington M and Royston S
European Journal of Trauma, 2006, 32, Supplement 1, p173
Treatment of complex tibial diaphyseal fractures using the Ilizarov Method
Jones SCE*, Kenny SL and Britten S
European Journal of Trauma, 2006, 32, Supplement 1, p231
Preliminary report – Distal tibial pilon fractures treated by the Ilizarov Method
Saleh DB*, Mills EJ, Sian PS, Branfoot JT and Britten S
European Journal of Trauma, 2006, 32, Supplement 1, p206
The role of crusts in Ilizarov fixator pinsite care
Ghoz A, Duffield B, Abou-Shameh M and Britten S (poster)
European Journal of Trauma, 2006, 32, Supplement 1, p223
Fractures treated by the Ilizarov Method heal preferentially by endosteal callus
Varghese M, Derhem C and Britten S (poster)
European Journal of Trauma, 2006, 32, Supplement 1, p175-6
FLAP & FRAME (100 pts)
The treatment of grade 3 open fractures of the tibia by the Ilizarov Method.
PINSITE CARE – CRUSTS vs NO CRUSTS
The role of crusts in Ilizarov fixator pinsite care.
COMPLEX TIBIAL DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURES – ILIZAROV METHOD
A preliminary report on the treatment of such fractures by the Ilizarov Method.
PILON FRACTURES – ILIZAROV METHOD
A preliminary report on the treatment of such fractures by the Ilizarov Method.
COHORT OF STIFF NONUNIONS WITH GOOD FUNCTION
Small group of patients with good function despite docking site nonunion.
ULTRASOUND REGENERATE
The role of USS in the assessment of bone regenerate in distraction osteogenesis.
STIFF NONUNION + HEALED FIBULA MASQUERADES AS HEALED FRACTURE
Two case reports.
FRACTURES TREATED BY ILIZAROV HEAL BY ENDOSTEAL CALLUS
Comparison of callus index in tibial fractures treated by frame or intramedullary nail.
I regularly attend and contribute to the monthly departmental audit meetings at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds.
My work auditing pinsite infection rates using Russian-style pinsite care versus British consensus method was published in the British edition of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery in Spring 2006. Further audit work comparing pinsite infection rates in Russian-style pinsite care with crusts removed or retained has recently been submitted to the British Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
I am strongly committed to teaching and have attended the Royal College of Surgeons Training the Trainers course, the Stratec AO Instructors course, and the ATLS Instructors Course.
I am an AO Instructor.
I am an ATLS Instructor.
In collaboration with my colleague Toby Branfoot I help to organise and teach on the Leeds-Sheffield Basic External Fixation Course.
I teach on both basic and advanced Ilizarov courses run in Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool and Edinburgh.
I examine on the Bristol FRCS (Tr & Orth) intensive revision course.
I have been actively involved in teaching medical students since my teaching hospital house job at Southampton General Hospital, and I continued this through my SHO posts and during my time as Specialist Registrar. While a registrar at Royal United Hospital, Bath I organised the orthopaedic revision course for final year medical students from Southampton University Medical School. More recently I was involved in the teaching of clinical medical students from Bristol University in their musculoskeletal systems course at Bristol Royal Infirmary and Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. While at Bristol Royal Infirmary I taught on the ENB 219 orthopaedic nursing course at the University of the West of England and I have also been involved as lecturer and table demonstrator on the AO study day for theatre nurses.
I regularly teach on the Children’s Surgical Nursing course at St. James’s University Hospital.
While at St. James’s I have helped to set up the multidisciplinary Foundation Course in Trauma and Orthopaedics, which is aimed at qualified staff nurses on the orthopaedic wards and senior house officers in trauma and orthopaedics.
I annually teach at the Sheffield Trauma Summer School on aspects of orthopaedic trauma management, and was recently invited to Utrecht, Netherlands to talk to the Dutch orthopaedic trainees on the treatment of complex tibial plateau fractures using the Ilizarov Method.
| Apr 1999 – Jun 2000 | “Who Cares?” management training programme |
I participated in the “Who Cares?” management training programme organised by NHS South & West Management Executive. This was a fourteen month day release course meeting formal training requirements in management and management development. It was held jointly with management and finance trainees from the NHS Management Training Scheme. Core topics included the history and structure of the NHS; statutory frameworks for the NHS and employment legislation. Team building and leadership included outdoor events, psychometric testing and personality types, stresses within teams and building high performance teams. Other core topics included new advances in health technology; the role of management; and the role of healthcare professionals including clinical governance, evidence-based medicine, Calman, NICE and appraisal / revalidation. It also involved finance and funding structures; strategic and operational planning; organisational power frameworks; the role of patient groups; and the role of arbitration, mediation and conflict management.
I currently chair the Chancellor Wing theatre users’ group monthly multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds. I am responsible for supervision of the Basic Surgical Trainees rotating through the department. I am involved in interviewing for Pre-Registration House Officers, Senior House Officers, and SSHO posts within the West Yorkshire Deanery, in addition to annual involvement in interviewing candidates for Leeds University Medical School.
SPORTS – I represented my school, medical school and the Royal United Hospital XV at scrum half. I enjoyed watching Bath and Bristol play rugby at home, but more recently I have switched codes to support Leeds Rhinos rugby league team.
I enjoy walking in the Lake District and Peak District.
MODERN LANGUAGES – I speak French. I have been learning Russian at nightclass, and I was recently awarded the Foundation Qualification in Modern Languages (Russian) from Leeds Metropolitan University.
TRAVEL – I enjoy foreign travel, particularly in Europe. I have visited France, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Switzerland, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Austria, Holland, Greece, Russia, Finland, Spain, Czech Republic, Italy, Sweden, Estonia, Portugal, Belarus, Slovakia and Belgium. I have spent time in Asia including Nepal, Siberia, Borneo, China and Mongolia. I have undertaken several trips to the USA, including New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC and Tennessee. I have made one visit to Australia. I also like travel within the British Isles, particularly the Lake District and South West England.