Lower limb, foot and ankle surgery

Leading-edge surgical care

Based at The Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, we are experts in a wide range of lower limb conditions with our highly acclaimed surgical service having some of the best results in the country.

At Imperial College Healthcare Private Care, we can offer a range of surgical reconstructive options for lower limb conditions, whether you have suffered an accident or have an ailment and you're looking at a treatment for hip, knee, foot and ankle surgery. Whether you require leg, ankle or foot surgery. We also undertake complex post trauma reconstructions, needing limb lengthening using the most sophisticated magnetic lengthening devices on the market.

We are experts in a wide range of problems and offer surgeries including:

• Management of open fractures of the lower limb
• Failed Fracture Fixation
• Treatment of non treated or un-united fractures
• Treatment of infected Fractures
• Complex limb reconstruction (including failed previous surgeries )
• Limb salvage surgery—saving legs after severe injuries
• Repair of non unions or un united fractures and failed surgical reconstructions
• Management of Bone infection and repair of bone defects
• Correction of deformities( bent legs)  of the lowerlimb
• Use of modern Ilizarov type External Fixation devices (Hexapods) for complex limb reconstructions
• Nerve compression and nerve conditions of the lower limb
• Comprehensive  Amputationservice – including above, through and below the kneecorrective/revisional surgery post-amputation
• Limb Fitting after Amputations
• All aspects of Plastic surgery including:
  • Flap surgery – including free flap (microvascular) reconstruction
  • skin grafts
  • degloving injuries (where sections of the skin have been completely separated from underlying tissues)
  • pretibial lacerations and traumatic skin loss of the lower limb
  • skin cancer and benign lesions
  • nailbed injuries
  • cosmetic flap surgery

World-class expertise

We have a team of highly experienced senior consultants  who are members of the major trauma centre at St Mary’s Hospital – one of the busiest trauma units in the country. They have been instrumental in shaping the Open Fracture and Trauma management in the UK and offer a truly combined Ortho Plastics multi-disciplnary approach , in dealing with these complex injuries.

Their expertise spans working in war zones or dealing with mass casualties through to sports injuries and DIY accidents. Their work in our private plastic and reconstructive surgery team is embedded in this range of experience, with the skills to help you, whatever your concern.

Much of our plastic and reconstructive surgery takes place in The Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital. The hospital itself is a major UK wide referral centre for complex reconstructive dealing with complex upper and lower limb surgery. We also provide services at Charing Cross Hospital for cancer patients who require reconstructive surgery, where we work alongside some of the best cancer consultants in the UK.

As part of one of the UK’s largest teaching hospital groups, our team are involved in the latest plastic surgery research and are able to provide the most up-to-date techniques. This includes the “Hololens” approach where augmented reality technology is used to detect blood vessels, which optimises reconstruction and the potential for a successful outcome.

We offer a multidisciplinary approach to care, with your chosen consultant working closely with orthopaedic surgeons, radiologists, rheumatologists and support services such as physiotherapy with the aim of providing you with the best possible outcome.

Outstanding results

Our lower limb service has some of the best results in the country, including a limb reconstruction rate of 98.5 per cent. The national standards for trauma surgery were in fact developed alongside our consultant body. The results of this group are well published in surgical literature.

Ongoing and ancilliary support

After surgery, we will continue to support you throughout your rehabilitation. Your chosen consultant will see you regularly to monitor your progress and recommend any further steps with your treatment.

We have a team of specialist Plastic Surgery Nurses experts in all aspects of  wound care and will be able to advise you on the best way to protect yourself through your recovery period. We can also offer topical negative pressure wound therapy (VAC therapy) which supports better healing of wounds.

During your treatment, you will be supported by our physiotherapy team who  will devise a tailored  exercise programme designed to improve your function and final outcome, with access to a large rehabilitation gymnasium in the department. This service can be provided as an inpatient or an outpatient.