

Tim Spalding
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Medbelle Partner Surgeon
Location
Leamington Spa, London
Specialties
Knee surgery
Experience
42 years
GMC number
2596958
Titles
MB.BS, FRCS Orth.
Tim Spalding is an award-winning consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in knee conditions and procedures. Alongside his private practice, he is also Chairman UK National Ligament Registry.


Tim Spalding
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Medbelle Partner Surgeon
Location
Leamington Spa, London
Specialties
Knee surgery
Experience
42 years
GMC number
2596958
Titles
MB.BS, FRCS Orth.
Tim Spalding is an award-winning consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in knee conditions and procedures. Alongside his private practice, he is also Chairman UK National Ligament Registry.
About
Tim Spalding is a specialist knee surgeon in the Midlands at Warwickshire Nuffield Hospital. His focus is on ligament reconstruction and knee preservation covering meniscal repair and meniscal transplantation, articular cartilage repair, osteotomy, and novel Ortho-Biologics. He also works in London at Cleveland Clinic London, where he is part of a team of expert orthopaedic surgeons. He has pioneered several new techniques and currently has over 100 publications and 12 book chapters. He leads the UK National Ligament Registry for ACL surgery. Internationally, he is the past president of the ACL Study Group and co-leads the European Allograft Initiative and the ICRS Cartilage Foundation. Patients describe him as caring, thorough and hard-working.
Positions
- Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic London, UK
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Cleveland Clinic London
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Nuffield Health Warwick
- Past President of International ACL Study Group
- Co-chairman European Allograft Initiative, ESSKA
- Co-chairman International Meniscal Reconstruction Forum (IMReF)
- Chairman UK National Ligament Registry
- Secretary of ICRS Foundation
- Associate Editor KSSTA Journal (Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy)
Education
- FRCS Orth Royal College of Surgeons 1992
- MB. BS. (LOND) 1982
- FRCS(Ed) 8th July 1988
Memberships
- British Association for Surgery of the Knee BASK
- International Cartilage Repair Society ICRS
- European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy ESSKA
- International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine ISAKOS
- ACL Study Group
- General Medical Council (GMC) number 2596958
Publications
- Spalding TJW, Dewar E, Muggridge A, Buchanan J, Conroy B. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology as part of a 3-stage diagnostic approach to breast lumps in a district general hospital. J Roy Nav Med Serv 1989;75:5-9.
- Spalding TJW. Experiences with ureteroscopy. J Roy Nav Med Serv 1989;75:95-97.
- Spalding TJW. Bilateral synchronous mixed germ cell tumour of the testis. A case report. J Roy Nav Med Serv 1990;76:165-166.
- Wheeler RA, Spalding TJW, Carss GA. The fixation of central venous catheters in the military environment. J Roy Nav Med Serv 1991
- Botha AJ, Earlam RJ, Wilson AW, Dalton AM, Spalding TJ, Warren C, Hodkinson S. The Royal London Hospital Helicopter Emergency Medical Service: first phase 1990. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1992 Sep;74(5 Suppl):130-4.
- Dalton M. Spalding TJW, Botha A, Hodkinson S, Warren C. The Helicopter team - Doctors and Paramedics. The Royal London Hospital Helicopter Emergency Medical Service 1992, 14-18.
- Spalding TJW, Stewart MPM, Tulloch DN, Stevens K. Penetrating Missile Injuries in the Gulf War 1991. British Journal of Surgery 1991; 78: 1102-1104. (Reprinted in the Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service and the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1992) Dalton M, Spalding TJW, et al. Helicopter Doctors?. Injury 1992;23:249-250.
- Spalding TJW, Guy R. Replica Hand Guns - Not so safe. Injury 1993;24:195-196.
- Guy R, Spalding TJW, Jarvis LJ. Pseudoaneurysm after arthroscopy of the knee. A case report. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 1993;295:214-7.
- Spalding TJW, Stewart MPM. Second Congress of Surgery: Brussels 2-5 June 1992. J Roy Nav Med Serv 1992;78:177-179.
- Spalding TJW, Kiss J, Kyberd P, Simpson H. Driver reaction times after total knee replacement. JBJS 1994;76-B:754-6.
- Spalding, T.J.W. & Kiss J. Reactiesnelheid van autobestuurders na totale knievervanging J. STIM (1995) 14: 235.
- Spalding TJW, Jesenko R, Saardi R, Benson MK. Removal of femoral Sherman plates - Not a simple operation. J Paed Ortho 1996;5(4):287-91.
- Spalding TJ Effect of femoral offset on motion and abductor muscle strength after total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1996 Nov;78(6):997-8 (LETTER)
- Spalding TJW, Botsford D, Ford M, Marks PH. Popliteal artery compression: a complication of Gore-Tex anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. JBJS 1996;78-B:151-2.
- Tim Spalding Curriculum Vitae 8
- Price CJS, Spalding TJW and McKenzie C. Patterns of illness and injury encountered in amateur ocean yacht racing: an analysis of the British Telecom round the world yacht race 1996-7. Br J Sports Med. 2002 Dec;36(6):457-62; discussion 462.
- Selzer G, Ross RA, Spalding TJW. A complicated stress fracture of the femoral neck. J Royal Naval Medical Service 2003, 89.1 5-8
- Hand CJ, Spalding TJW. Association between anatomical features and anterior knee pain in a "fit" service population. J R Nav Med Serv. 2004;90(3):125-34.
- D Power, R Potter, A Kumar, T Spalding. Technical Note: A Novel Retractor For "Inside- Out" Meniscal Suture. The Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery. 2004 Vol 2 Number 2.
- T Spalding, M Dekkers, A Siddiqui. Short Stay Mini-incision Total Knee Replacement – Hype or Reality? JBJS SuppI 2005;87-B:151. (ABSTRACT)
- Chandratreya AP, Spalding TJ, Correa R. Development and efficiency of an acute knee trauma list. Injury. 2006 Jun;37(6):502-6. Epub 2005 Dec 20.
- Tim Spalding, Timo Malinen, Mark Tomson, Meinolf Goertzen, Robert Sinclair, Anne Allen. Analysis of medical problems during the 2001-2002 Volvo Ocean Race. NZJSM. 2005;33(2):38-42
- Schindler OS, Misra R, Spalding TJ. Osteonecrosis of the medial tibial plateau: a case report. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2006 Dec;14(3):325-9.
- K. A. Ziali Sivardeen, Sahadu Saajid Kaleel, Tim Spalding, A. Sandokji. Two transverse versus single longitudinal incisions for patella tendon harvest in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. July 2007, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp 353–358
- Carey-Smith R, Spalding TJW, Masri B. TruFit polymer scaffolds for the management of cartilage defects of the knee. Techniques in Knee Surgery. 2009 June:8(2)136-141
- Carmont MR, Carey-Smith R, Saithna A, Dhillon M, Thompson P, Spalding T. Delayed incorporation of a TruFit plug: perseverance is recommended. Arthroscopy. 2009 Jul;25(7):810-4.
- Tim Spalding FRCS Orth, Richard Carey-Smith FRCS Orth, Mike Carmont FRCS Orth, Katie Dunn MCSP. TruFit Plugs for Articular Cartilage Repair in the Knee: 2 Year Experience, Results and MRI Appearances. Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery 06/2009; 25(6).e32-e33. (ABSTRACT)
- Crane T and Spalding TJW. The Management of Patella Stress Fractures and the Symptomatic Bipartite Patella. Oper Tech Sports Med 2009 17(2):100-105
- Saithna A, Arbuthnot J, Carey-Smith R, Spalding T. Simultaneous bilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a safe option. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2010 Aug;18(8):1071-4.
- Tim Spalding Curriculum Vitae 9
- M.R. Carmont, T. Crane, P. Thompson, T. Spalding. Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction for subluxating patellofemoral arthroplasty. The Knee, 2011;18(2):130-
- Bird J, Carmont M.R, Dhillon M, Smith N, Brown C, Thompson P, Spalding T. Validation of a New Technique to Determine Midbundle Femoral Tunnel Position in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using 3-Dimensional Computed Tomography Analysis. Arthroscopy 2011. Arthroscopy. 2011 Sep;27(9):1259-67. .
- Odumenya M, McGuinness K, Achten J, Parsons N, Spalding T, Costa M. The Warwick patellofemoral arthroplasty trial: a randomised clinical trial of total knee arthroplasty versus patellofemoral arthroplasty in patients with severe arthritis of the patellofemoral joint. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2011 Nov 23;12:265.
- Spencer SJ, Saithna A, Carmont MR, Dhillon MS, Thompson P, Spalding T. Meniscal scaffolds: Early experience and review of the literature. Knee. 2012 Dec;19(6):760-5.
- Carmont MR, Scheffler S, Spalding T, Brown J, Sutton PM. Anatomical single bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2011;4(2):65-72.
- Saithna A, Kundra R, Modi CS, Getgood A, Spalding T. Distal femoral varus osteotomy for lateral compartment osteoarthritis in the valgus knee. A systematic review of the literature. Open Orthop J. 2012;6:313-9.
- Getgood A, Spalding T. The Evolution of Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction The Open Orthopaedics Journal, 2012;6(1):287-94.
- Brown C, Spalding T, Robb, C. Medial portal technique for single-bundle anatomical Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction. International Orthopaedics 2013 Feb 37 (2): 253-269
- A. Saithna, R. Kundra, A. Getgood, T. Spalding. Opening Wedge Distal Femoral Varus Osteotomy for Lateral Compartment Osteoarthritis in the Valgus Knee Original Research Article. The Knee. 2014 Jan;21(1):172-5.
- S O’Leary. Spalding T, Haddad F, Price A, Bollen S. The UK National Ligament Registry. Editorial. The Knee 20 (December 2013) 365-366.
- H. Bouyarmane, P. Beaufils, N. Pujol, J. Bellemans, S. Roberts, T. Spalding, S. Zaffagnini, M. Marcacci, P. Verdonk, M. Womack, R. Verdonk. Polyurethane scaffold in lateral meniscus segmental defects: Clinical outcomes at 24 months follow-up. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2014 Feb;100(1):153-7.
- Thompson SM, Spalding T, Church S. A novel and cheap method of outside-in meniscal repair for anterior horn tears. Arthrosc Tech. 2014 Mar 14;3(2):e233-5.
- Spalding T, Robinson J, Getgood A. Concerns over interpretation of data in "anterior cruciate ligament femoral footprint anatomy: systematic review of the 21st-century literature". Arthroscopy. 2014 May;30(5):538-9. (LETTER) Tim Spalding Curriculum Vitae 10
- Robb C, Kempshall P, Getgood A, Standell H, Sprowson A, Thompson P, Spalding T. Meniscal integrity predicts laxity of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015 Dec;23(12):3683-90.
- Nicola D. Mackay, Nicholas A. Smith, Nick Parsons, Tim Spalding, Peter Thompson and Andrew P. Sprowson. Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction for Patellar Dislocation: A Systematic Review. Orthop J Sports Med 2014 2(8)
- Smith N. MacKay N, Costa M, Spalding T. Meniscal allograft transplantation in a symptomatic meniscal deficient knee: a systematic review. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015 Jan;23(1):270-9.
- Norman DG, Getgood A, Thornby J, Bird J, Turley GA, Spalding T, Williams MA. Quantitative topographic anatomy of the femoral ACL footprint: a micro-CT analysis. Med Biol Eng Comput. 2014 Nov;52(11):985-95.
- P. J. Kempshall, B. Parkinson, M. Thomas, C. Robb, H. Standell, A. Getgood, T. Spalding. The outcome of meniscal allograft transplantation related to articular cartilage status: advanced chondral damage should not be a contraindication. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015 Jan;23(1):280-9
- Nick A. Smith, Ben Parkinson, Tim Spalding. Meniscal allograft transplantation and meniscal scaffolds; where are we up to now? Orthopaedics and Trauma. Published online: January 9, 2015
- Smith N, Costa M, Spalding T. Meniscal allograft transplantation: Rationale for treatment. Bone Joint J 2015; 97-B:590–4. INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW
- Biant LC, McNicholas MJ, Sprowson AP, Spalding T. The surgical management of symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee: Consensus statements from United Kingdom knee surgeons. Knee. 2015 Oct;22(5):446-9.
- Smith NA, Achten J, Parsons N, Wright D, Parkinson B, Thompson P, Hutchinson CE, Spalding T, Costa ML. Meniscal Transplantation and its Effect on Osteoarthritis Risk: an abridged protocol for the MeTEOR study: a comprehensive cohort study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial. Bone Joint Res. 2015 Jun;4(6):93-8.
- Gabr A, O'Leary S, Spalding T, Bollen S, Haddad F. The UK National Ligament Registry Report 2015. Knee. 2015 Sep;22(4):351-3.
- Smith NA, Parkinson B, Hutchinson CE, Costa ML, Spalding T. Is meniscal allograft transplantation chondroprotective? A systematic review of radiological outcomes. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Sep;24(9):2923-35
- Spalding T, Parkinson B, Smith NA, Verdonk P. Arthroscopic Meniscal Allograft Transplantation with Soft-Tissue fixation through Bone Tunnels. Arthroscopy Techniques, Volume 4, Issue 5, e559 - e563 October 2015. Open access
- Tim Spalding and Alan Getgood Defining outcome after meniscal allograft transplantation: Is buying time a valid measure of success? EDITORIAL Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 24(5), 1424-1426. 2016 Tim Spalding Curriculum Vitae 11
- Pengas IP, Assiotis A, Khan W, Spalding T. Adult native knee extensor mechanism ruptures. Injury. 2016 Oct;47(10):2065-2070.
- Verdonk R, Madry H, Shabshin N, Dirisamer F, Peretti GM, Pujol N, Spalding T, Verdonk P, Seil R, Condello V, Di Matteo B, Zellner J, Angele P. The role of meniscal tissue in joint protection in early osteoarthritis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Jun;24(6):1763-74.
- Vannini F, Spalding T, Andriolo L, Berruto M, Denti M, Espregueira-Mendes J, Menetrey J, Peretti GM, Seil R, Filardo G. Sport and early osteoarthritis: the role of sport in aetiology, progression and treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Jun;24(6):1786-96.
- Getgood A, LaPrade RF, Verdonk P, Gersoff W, Cole B, Spalding T; IMREF Group. International Meniscus Reconstruction Experts Forum (IMREF) 2015 Consensus Statement on the Practice of Meniscal Allograft Transplantation. Am J Sports Med. 2017 May;45(5):1195-1205.
- Parkinson B, Smith N, Asplin L, Thompson P, Spalding T. Factors Predicting Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Failure. Orthop J Sports Med. 2016 Aug 19;4(8)
- Norman D, Metcalfe AJ, Barlow T, Hutchinson CE, Thompson PJ, Spalding TJ, Williams MA. Cortical Bony Thickening of the Lateral Intercondylar Wall: The Functional Attachment of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament. Am J Sports Med. 2016: 45 (2): 394-402
- Parkinson B, Robb C, Thomas M, Thompson P, Spalding T. Factors That Predict Failure in Anatomic Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Am J Sports Med. Am J Sports Med. 2017 Jun;45(7):1529-1536..
- Laver L, Hoffmann A, Spalding T, Mouton C, Seil R. Hypermobiler lateraler Meniskus. Arthroskopie 30, 100–107 (2017)
- B. Parkinson, R. Gogna, C. Robb, P. Thompson, T. Spalding. Anatomic ACL reconstruction: the normal central tibial footprint position and a standardised technique for measuring tibial tunnel location on 3D CT. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc (2017) 25:
- Smith NA, Parsons N, Wright D, Hutchinson C, Metcalfe A, Thompson P, Costa ML, Spalding T. A pilot randomized trial of meniscal allograft transplantation versus personalized physiotherapy for patients with a symptomatic meniscal deficient knee compartment. Bone Joint J. 2018 Jan;100-B(1):56-63.
- Smith NA, Parsons N, Wright D, Hutchinson C, Metcalfe A, Thompson P, Costa ML, Spalding T. Infographic: Meniscal transplantation is beneficial at one year. Bone Joint J. 2018 Jan;100-B(1):64-65.
- Prentice H, Lind M, Mouton C, Persson A, Magnusson H, Gabr A, Seil R, Engebretsen L, Samuelsson K, Karlsson J, Forssblad M, Haddad F, Spalding T, Funahashi T, Paxton L, Maletis G. Patient demographic and surgical characteristics in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a description of registries from six countries. Br J Sports Med 2018;0:1–8. Tim Spalding Curriculum Vitae 12
- Getgood A, Brown C, Lording T, Amis A, Claes S, Geeslin A, Musahl V; ALC Consensus Group. Antero Lateral Complex Consensus Statements 2018 The anterolateral complex of the knee: results from the International ALC Consensus Group Meeting. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Jul 25.
- S. G. F. Abram, D. J. Beard, A. J. Price, BASK Meniscal Working Group*. Arthroscopic meniscal surgery. A national society treatment guideline and consensus statement. Bone Joint J 2019;101-B:652–659. (Collaborator)
- Spalding T. An interview with Surgeon Vice Admiral Anthony Revell Royal Navy: “the early days and my career” Journal of The Royal Naval Medical Service 2019;105:58-62.
- Lawton, R., Thompson, P., & Spalding, T. (2019). Meniscal repair and replacement. Orthopaedics and Trauma. April 2019 Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 109–118
- Getgood A, Bryant D, Firth A; Stability Group. The Stability study: a protocol for a multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with and without Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis in individuals who are at high risk of graft failure. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 May 15;20(1):216. (Collaborator).
- Spalding T, Verdonk P, de Girolamo L, Seil R, Dejour D. EDITORIAL Allografts in joint reconstruction: ESSKA making a difference. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Jun;27(6):1701-1703.
- Waugh N, Mistry H, Metcalfe A, Loveman E, Colquitt J, Royle P, Smith NA, Spalding T. Meniscal allograft transplantation after meniscectomy: clinical effectiveness and cost- effectiveness. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Jun;27(6):1825-1839
- Drobnič M, Ercin E, Gamelas J, Papacostas ET, Slynarski K, Zdanowicz U, Spalding T, Verdonk P. Treatment options for the symptomatic post-meniscectomy knee.. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Jun;27(6):1817-1824.
- Hulet C, Sonnery-Cottet B, Stevenson C, Samuelsson K, Laver L, Zdanowicz U, Stufkens S, Curado J, Verdonk P, Spalding T. The use of allograft tendons in primary ACL reconstruction.. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Jun;27(6):1754-1770.
- Strauss MJ, Varatojo R, Boutefnouchet T, Condello V, Samuelsson K, Gelber PE, Adravanti P, Laver L, Dimmen S, Eriksson K, Verdonk P, Spalding T. The use of allograft tissue in posterior cruciate, collateral and multi-ligament knee reconstruction. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Jun;27(6):1791-1809.
- Condello V, Zdanowicz U, Di Matteo B, Spalding T, Gelber PE, Adravanti P, Heuberer P, Dimmen S, Sonnery-Cottet B, Hulet C, Bonomo M, Kon E. Allograft tendons are a safe and effective option for revision ACL reconstruction: a clinical review. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Jun;27(6):1771-1781.
- Middleton S, Asplin L, Stevenson C, Thompson P, Spalding T. Meniscal allograft transplantation in the paediatric population: early referral is justified. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Jun;27(6):1908-1913. Tim Spalding Curriculum Vitae 13
- Bloch B, Asplin L, Smith N, Thompson P, Spalding T. Higher survivorship following meniscal allograft transplantation in less worn knees justifies earlier referral for symptomatic patients: experience from 240 patients. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2019 Jun;27(6):1891-1899.
- Getgood A, Bryant D, Firth A, Stability Group.. The Stability study: a protocol for a multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with and without Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis in individuals who are at high risk of graft failure. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019;20(1):216
- Abram SGF, Beard DJ, Price AJ, BASK Meniscal Working Group.. Arthroscopic meniscal surgery: a national society treatment guideline and consensus statement. Bone Joint J. 2019;101-B(6):652-659
- Spalding T, Damasena I, Lawton R. Meniscal Repair Techniques. Clin Sports Med. 2020;39(1):37-56
- Getgood AMJ, Bryant DM, Litchfield R, Spalding T, et al. Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis Reduces Failure of Hamstring Tendon Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: 2-Year Outcomes From the STABILITY Study Randomized Clinical Trial. Am J Sports Med. 2020;48(2):285-297
- Robinson J, Inderhaug E, Harlem T, Spalding T, Brown C. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Femoral Tunnel Placement: An Analysis of the Intended Versus Achieved Position for 221 International High-Volume ACL Surgeons AJSM 2020 Apr;48(5):1088-1099
- Toanen, C., Dhollander, A., Bulgheroni, P., Filardo, G., Zaffagnini, S., Spalding, T., Verdonk, P. (2020). Polyurethane Meniscal Scaffold for the Treatment of Partial Meniscal Deficiency: 5-Year Follow-up Outcomes: A European Multicentric Study. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(6), 1347–1355.
- Spalding T, Karlsson J, Hirschmann M. et al. COVID-19 crisis: an extraordinary time for collaboration and science—a call for leadership, now and beyond. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. EDITORIAL 2020 Jun;28(6):1677-1678.
- Meredith SJ, Rauer T, Chmielewski TL, Fink C, Diermeier T, Rothrauff BB, Svantesson E, Hamrin Senorski E, Hewett TE, Sherman SL, Lesniak BP; Panther Symposium ACL Injury Return to Sport Consensus Group. Return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament injury: Panther Symposium ACL Injury Return to Sport Consensus Group. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2020 Aug;28(8):2403-2414.
- Diermeier T, Rothrauff BB, Engebretsen L, Lynch AD, Ayeni OR, Paterno MV, Xerogeanes JW, Fu FH, Karlsson J, Musahl V, Svantesson E, Hamrin Senorski E, Rauer T, Meredith SJ; Panther Symposium ACL Treatment Consensus Group. Treatment after anterior cruciate ligament injury: Panther Symposium ACL Treatment Consensus Group. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2020 Aug;28(8):2390-2402.
- Holz, J., Spalding, T., Boutefnouchet, T. et al. Patient-specific metal implants for focal chondral and osteochondral lesions in the knee; excellent clinical results at 2 years. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Sep;29(9):2899-2910 Tim Spalding Curriculum Vitae 14
- LaPrade RF, Spalding T, Murray IR, Chahla J, Safran MR, Larson CM, Faucett SC, von Bormann R, Brophy RH, Maestu R, Krych AJ, Firer P, Engebretsen L. Knee arthroscopy: evidence for a targeted approach. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Dec 7 doi: 10.1136/bjsports- 2020-103742.
- Batty LM, Firth A, Moatshe G, Spalding T, et al. Association of Ligamentous Laxity, Male Sex, Chronicity, Meniscal Injury, and Posterior Tibial Slope With a High-Grade Preoperative Pivot Shift: A Post Hoc Analysis of the STABILITY Study. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. April 2021. Apr 6;9(4) doi:10.1177/23259671211000038
- Arnold MP, Calcei JG, Vogel N, Magnussen RA, Clatworthy M, Spalding T, Campbell JD, Bergfeld JA, Sherman SL; ACL Study Group. ACL Study Group survey reveals the evolution of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction graft choice over the past three decades. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Nov;29(11):3871-3876.
- Marmura H, Bryant DM, Birmingham TB, Kothari A, Spindler KP, Kaeding CC, Spalding T, Getgood AMJ. Same knee, different goals: patients and surgeons have different priorities related to ACL reconstruction. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021;29:4286–4295.
- Damasena I, Onggo JR, Asplin L, Hutchinson C, Shah R, Spalding T. Extrusion, meniscal signal change, loss of shape, synovitis and bone marrow oedema are reliable scoring parameters to assess MRI appearance post meniscal transplant. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 May;30(5):1527-1534.
- Johnson JL, Boulton AJ, Spindler KP, Huston LJ, Spalding T, Asplin L, Risberg MA, Snyder-Mackler L. Creating Crosswalks for Knee Outcomes After ACL Reconstruction Between the KOOS and the IKDC-SKF. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 Apr 20;104(8):723-
- Firth AD, Bryant DM, Litchfield R, McCormack RG, Heard M, MacDonald PB, Spalding T, Verdonk PCM, Peterson D, Bardana D, Rezansoff A; STABILITY Study Group, Getgood AMJ. Predictors of Graft Failure in Young Active Patients Undergoing Hamstring Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With or Without a Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis: The Stability Experience. Am J Sports Med. 2022 Feb;50(2):384-395.
- Barlow T, Coco V, Shivji F, Grassi A, Asplin L, Thompson P, Metcalfe A, Zaffagnini S, Spalding T. Patient-reported outcome and survival following meniscal allograft transplantation: an international case series. Bone Joint J. 2022 Jun;104-B(6):657-662.
- Javanbakht, M., Mashayekhi, A., Carlson, A. Moloney, E. Snow, M. Murray, J. Spalding T. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Medial Meniscus Replacement Prosthesis for the Treatment of Patients with Medial Compartment Pain in the United Kingdom PharmacoEconomics Open 6, 681–696 (2022).
- Zsidai, B., Narup, E., Senorski, E.H. Martin Lind, Tim Spalding, Volker Musahl, Kristian Samuelsson & James J. Irrgang. The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score: shortcomings in evaluating knee function in persons undergoing ACL reconstruction. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 Nov;30(11):3594-3598.
Areas of Expertise
- Acl Reconstruction
- Anterior Knee Pain
- Arthritis
- Articular Cartilage Repair, Including Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
- Degenerative Knee Disorders
- Knee
- Knee Injury
- Knee Pain
- Knee Replacement Surgery
- Knee Surgery
- Ligament Reconstruction, Including Anterior Cruciate Ligament
- Meniscal Allograft Transplantation
- Meniscal Repair and Reconstruction Using Synthetic ACTIFIT Implants
- Partial Knee Resurfacing Using Episurf Customised Implants
- Patello-Femoral Replacement
- Sports Injuries
- Total Knee Replacement and Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
Accepted Insurances
Tim Spalding is working with most private medical insurers, please call to confirm coverage.
Locations
Cleveland Clinic London Hospital
33, Grosvenor Pl, SW1X 7HY, London
Nuffield Health Warwickshire Hospital
Old Milverton Ln, CV32, Leamington Spa
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