Rupert Clifton

Rupert Clifton is an experienced consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in knee procedures. Alongside his NHS roles and private practice, he is also an Undergraduate Educational Supervisor to Leicester orthopaedic medical students

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	Medbelle position	Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
	Titles	MB ChB, MRCS (Eng), MSc (Orth Eng), FRCS (Tr & Orth)
	Specialisation	Knee Conditions & Procedures
	Experience	22 years
	Specialisation	Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons

Summary

Rupert Clifton is a highly-experienced consultant orthopaedics surgeon specialising in knee conditions and procedures. He performs several hundred knee operations a year, many of them arthroscopically (keyhole) using the very latest techniques, e.g., Visionaire patient-specific Total Knee Replacement and Anatomic Single Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. As part of his commitment to patient safety, he is also very open about his operative experience and fully contributes to both the National Joint Registry and to the National Ligament Registry. In addition to his NHS positions and private practice, he is also the director of Peterborough and Stamford Orthopaedics, a network of specialist surgeons providing orthopaedic care to patients in the area. Patients describe him as calm, kind and hard-working.

Positions

2010 - Present: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Fitzwilliam Hospital
ATLS Instructor
Undergraduate Educational Supervisor to Leicester orthopaedic medical students
Director of Peterborough and Stamford Orthopaedics
2010 - Present: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Ramsay Fitzwilliam Hospital

Education

FRCS (Tr & Orth), Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2008
MSc (Orthopaedic Engineering), Cardiff University, 2003
M.R.C.S. (Eng), Royal College of Surgeons, 2003
M.B. Ch.B. Leeds, Hons in Surgery, 2000

Professional memberships

General Medical Council (GMC Number): 4714831
British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
British Medical Association (BMA)
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Specialist surgical interests

Degenerative knee disorders
Knee arthroscopy
Anterior knee pain
Knee pain
Knee surgery
Knee replacement surgery
Ligament reconstruction
- Anterior Cruciate
- Posterior Cruciate
Meniscal Repair
Meniscectomy
Patellofemoral Replacement
Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
Joint Replacement

Locations

Ramsay Fitzwilliam

Milton Way
South Bretton
Peterborough
PE3 9AQ

Publications

Clifton R, Ng CY, Nutton RW, What is the Role of Lateral Retinacular Release? J Bone Joint Surg (Br) (1)1-6 January 2010

Loveday D, Clifton R, Robinson AHN. Cochrane systematic review of osteochondral injuries to the talus. Protocol Published November 2009

Haleem S, Clifton R, Quiraishi NA, Hallett, JP. ‘Pointing’ in the wrong direction – a case of diverticulitis presenting at the hip. HIP International, 18(1):58-60, 2008

Clifton R, Haleem S, McKee A, Parker MJ. Closed suction surgical wound drainage after hip fracture surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. International Orthopaedics, 32(6):723-7, 2008

Clifton R, McKee A, Haleem S, Parker MJ. Closed suction surgical wound drainage after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Knee. 14(5):348-51 2007

Parker MJ, Livingstone V, Clifton R, McKee A. Closed suction surgical wound drainage after orthopaedic surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD001825. 2007

Clifton R, Norrish A, Howell F. Reducing blood loss after total hip arthroplasty: a prospective randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of temporarily clamping drains – HIP International, 15(2):108-111, 2005

Clifton R, Nicolai P. Retropharyngeal Haematoma: A Case Report - INJURY, 36(4):59-98, 2005

Clifton R. Second Opinion – letter published by BMA News, Saturday 27th November 2004.

Scollay J, Clifton R, Fewings P. The Relative Merits of Neurosurgery as part of a Basic Surgical Training Rotation: A guide for the trainee with non-neurosurgical career intentions – Published January 2004, Bulletin of Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Clifton R. Posterior Fossa Haematomas, a neurosurgical quiz question (NSQ 3) – December 2003, Annals of Neurosurgery. (http://www.annals-neurosurgery.org/quiz/nsq3/index.htm)

Clifton R. Selected Internet Viewings on Subarachnoid Haemorrhage – Published Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 85 (3):214, 2003.

Clifton R. Colouterine Fistula: A Case Tutorial – Accepted for use on Surgical Tutor website (http://www.surgical-tutor.org Editor Mr S J Parker BSc MS FRCS (Gen) FRCS (Eng & Ed)), April 2003.

Published Abstracts

Britspine:
R. Clifton, D. Hay, J.M. Powell, and D.J. Sharp
Orthopaedic specialist registrar training in spinal surgery. A five-year follow-up review of the attitudes to spinal surgery and reasons for poor recruitment.
J Bone Joint Surg Br Proceedings, Aug 2008; 90-B: 458.

Britspine:
D Hay, A Siegmeth, R Clifton, J Powell, and D Sharp
The effect of somatisation on the outcome of lumbar spine surgery.
J Bone Joint Surg Br Proceedings, Aug 2008; 90-B: 454.

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