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Clear, independent information to help you prepare for a consultation or understand your options before committing to a plan.
24 guides to explore
Considering treatment
Understand your options before deciding on an operation or another course of treatment.
Knee & meniscus
Told you need a knee replacement
A major, permanent decision. A second opinion is a reasonable step before committing to one.
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Hip replacement
Told you need a hip replacement
One of the most effective operations in orthopaedics, but still major surgery. Reasonable to want a second view first.
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Knee & meniscus
Recommended knee arthroscopy or meniscus surgery
Evidence on meniscus surgery has shifted over the past decade. Understand where you fit.
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Your options
Conflicting advice
Been told different things by different clinicians? See where the disagreement actually lies.
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Knee & meniscus
Meniscus tear: repair or removal?
Explore what repair, partial removal and rehabilitation would mean for your particular tear.
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Recovery & revision
Second opinion before revision surgery
Understand why another operation is proposed, what it would change and what recovery may involve.
Read guideProblems after surgery
Still in pain, or recovery is not going as expected? Find the guide closest to your experience.
Recovery & revision
Pain after joint surgery
Still in pain, or recovery is not going the way you expected? Work out why.
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Knee & meniscus
Knee still painful after keyhole surgery
Understand persistent symptoms after arthroscopy and what the original operation did—and did not—address.
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Knee & meniscus
Pain or stiffness after knee replacement
Review restricted movement or continuing pain with a clear picture of your operation and recovery.
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Knee & meniscus
Unstable, swollen or clicking knee replacement
Work out which symptoms need investigation and what they mean for the stability of your knee.
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Hip replacement
Limping after hip replacement
Understand a persistent limp by looking at walking, strength, pain and the hip replacement together.
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Hip replacement
Gluteal or hip-abductor tendon injury after hip replacement
Review outer-hip pain or weakness and whether the tendons that support walking are involved.
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Hip replacement
Leg-length difference after hip replacement
Explore why your legs feel unequal and how that difference has been assessed.
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Hip replacement
Painful, loose or infected hip replacement
Understand the evidence behind a suspected implant problem and the questions that need resolving.
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Hip replacement
Dislocation after hip replacement
After urgent treatment, review why the hip dislocated and the plan to reduce further episodes.
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ACL surgery & recovery
ACL injury: when you feel surgery has gone wrong
A careful review of what happened, what the records show and what can help now.
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ACL surgery & recovery
Problems after ACL reconstruction
Review ongoing pain, stiffness, swelling or instability after ligament reconstruction.
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Recovery & revision
Infection or unexpected recovery after surgery
Know when to seek prompt help, then make sense of an unexpected recovery with a planned review.
Read guideInjury or ongoing symptoms
Make sense of an injury, a delayed diagnosis or symptoms that have not settled.
ACL surgery & recovery
ACL injury
Torn your ACL and been given a plan, surgical or not? Weigh it up before committing.
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Fractures & healing
Missed or delayed fracture diagnosis
Review the injury timeline, the imaging and what the diagnosis means for care now.
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Fractures & healing
Fracture not healing properly
Understand delayed healing, nonunion and the purpose of any proposed further treatment.
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Achilles tendon
Missed or delayed Achilles tendon rupture
Review a rupture diagnosed late and understand which decisions need making now.
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Achilles tendon
Weakness after non-operative Achilles treatment
Explore persistent loss of push-off and how to assess progress after treatment without surgery.
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Achilles tendon
Chronic or re-ruptured Achilles tendon
Review a longstanding Achilles problem or a new injury to a previously treated tendon.
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Talk through your next step.
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