This series titled “How I do it” is co-edited by Dr. Nemandra A. Sandiford, from Joint Reconstruction Unit, Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand. The topics are flexible and will vary across orthopaedic disciplines.
Nemandra A. Sandiford, MRCS, FFSEM (RCSI), FRCS (Tr/Orth)
Joint Reconstruction Unit, Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand
Nemandra A. Sandiford is a consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma surgeon based at the Joint Reconstruction Unit, Southland Hospital and a senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He specializes in primary and revision hip and knee reconstruction and prosthetic joint infection(PJI). He has published internationally in these fields.
He qualified from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados in 2000. His basic training in Orthopaedics and Hip and Knee reconstruction was obtained in London, UK. This started under the mentorship of Ms. Sarah Muirhead-Allwood. He then undertook specialist fellowship training in Vancouver, Exeter, Nijmegen and London.
He was awarded a Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Fellowship in 2014, a British Hip Society Travelling Fellowship in 2016 and the prestigious American British Canadian (ABC) Travelling Fellowship in 2018.
Mr. Sandiford’s clinical and research interests have focused around hip and knee prosthesis design, Prosthetic Joint Infection and medical education. He has published widely on implant design, surgical techniques, clinical outcomes and return to function and sporting activity after joint replacement surgery.
He was also awarded a Master degree with Merit in Sports and Exercise Medicine from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff and was recently awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Sport and Exercise Physicians of Ireland.
Series outline:
- DAIR for Prosthetic Joint Infection
- Direct anterior approach
- Single stage revision for Prosthetic Joint Infection
- Hip resurfacing arthroplasty
- Medial unicompartmental arthroplasty of the knee
- High Tibial Osteotomy
- ACL Reconstruction
- Cement in cement revision of the femoral component
- Revision THA utilising a tapered fluted non modular titanium stem
- Uncemented primary total knee arthroplasty
- Robotic assisted total knee arthroplasty utilising a patient specigic alignment protocol
- DAA with the patient in the lateral position
- Total ankle arthroplasty
Disclosure:
The series “How I do it” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Joint without any sponsorship or funding. Nemandra A. Sandiford is serving as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.