Surgeon Background
Constant Busch

Constant Busch

Medbelle Partner Surgeon

Location

Woking, Guildford

Specialties

Hip & Knee

Experience

22 years

GMC number

3562600

Titles

MB BS BSc (Hons) FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Tr&Ortho)

Constant Busch is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in primary and revision hip and knee replacements. He has been a consultant at Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust since 2004 and has a special interest in managing hip problems in younger patients.

About

Constant Busch is a highly experienced Orthopaedic Surgeon with expertise in hip and knee reconstruction. He trained in the UK and Canada, completing a fellowship at the London Health Sciences Hospital. Mr. Busch focuses on reducing post-operative pain and enhancing recovery for patients undergoing joint replacements. He is particularly skilled in treating younger patients with hip issues.

Positions

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Unit

Education
  • CCST 2003 FRCS (Tr & Orth), London, England 2002
  • FRCS part II, London, England 1996
  • FRCS (Eng) Part I, London, England 1993
  • MB BS, St Thomas’s Hospital, London, England 1991
  • BSc Honours Immunology, Rayne Institute, London, England 1988
Memberships
  • General Medical Council (GMC number): 3562600
  • British Orthopaedic Association
  • British Hip Society
  • British Medical Association
  • Medical Defence Union
  • Hospital Consultants and Specialist Association

Publications

  • Patient-matched Total Knee Arthroplasty : Does it offer any clinical advantages? Acta Orthop. Belg., 2013, 79, 00-00
  • Failure of a metal on metal hip prostheses presenting as a destructive soft tissue mass due to ALVAL.Hutt JR, Busch C, Hughes RA. Rheumatol Int. 2011 Oct;31(10):1401-2. Epub 2010 Nov 27.
  • Is peri-articular multimodal drug infiltration in knee arthroplasty safe when used in conjunction with autologous blood transfusion drains? Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Volume 92, No 4, May 2010
  • Acetabular Polyethylene Wear and Acetabular Inclination and Femoral Offset. CORR, Volume 467, Issue 11 / November , 2009
  • The Efficacy of Periarticular Multimodal Drug Infiltration in Total Hip Arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2009 Dec
  • Efficacy of Peri-articular Multimodal Drug Injection in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Trial. JBJS (Am) Vol.88, May 2006 pages 959-963
  • Comparison of acetabular wear and osteolysis in RAM extruded versus compression molded Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE). Journal of Arthroplasty - Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 304, February 2006
  • The tapered femoral component. C A Busch and R B Bourne
  • Book Chapter in the Adult Hip, 2nd Edition 2006 Edited by John J Callaghan, Aaron G Rosenberg and Harry E Rubash
  • Fractures of distally-fixed femoral stems after revision arthroplasty. JBJS (Br) Vol.87-B, No10, October 2005 pages 1333-1336
  • Video title: The indications for patellar resurfacing or non-resurfacing in Total Knee Replacement. Instructional Course Lectures 53, AAOS 2004
  • Augmentation of Acetabular Cement Fixation in Revision Hip Replacement Using Titanium Screws . Hip International- Vol 11, No 2 , 2001
  • Cement mantle thickness in the Charnley Elite Plus Prosthesis. Journal of Engineering in Medicine Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H, 2000, Vol 214 No H5, pages 471-477
  • Impaction Allografting of the Proximal Femur using a Charnley-type stem: A Cement Mantle Analysis. Journal of Arthroplasty - Volume 14 , Number 1, 1999
  • Assessment of Supero-lateral Bulk Bone Grafts in Total Hip Replacement using Radiographs and Scintigraphy. Hip International - Vol 9, No 1, 1999
  • A Prospective Randomized Control Trial to Compare the Aquamantys System with Standard Electrocautery in Reducing Blood Loss in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty (50% patients recruited 3.5.2013)

Areas of Expertise

Accepted Insurances

Constant Busch is working with most private medical insurers, please call to confirm coverage.

Locations

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital

Stirling Rd, GU2, Guildford

Nuffield Health Woking Hospital

Shores Rd, GU21 4BY, Woking

Fees

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