Mr Matthew Wordsworth Consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon
- Patient age group
- Adults and children
- Consultant registered on
- 08/01/2008
- Primary medical qualifications
- BM BCh
- Gender
- Male
- Services
- Hospitals
Contact
- Phone
- 020 3311 7724
Plastic surgery secretaries
Background
Mr Wordsworth graduated with distinction from his medical training at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. He undertook his surgical training in London with research and overseas fellowship training in the USA. He works as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with specialist interest in peripheral nerve surgery, limb reconstruction, surgical treatment of pain, and amputee surgery (including targeted muscle re-innervation and osseointegration).
Expertise
Peripheral nerve injury, hand surgery, limb reconstruction, amputee surgery, general plastic surgery, skin surgery
Research & publications
A conceptual framework for soft tissue management of transdermal bone-anchored implants in extremity prostheses.
Wordsworth M, Harrington CJ, Juckett L, Souza JM.
OTA Int. 2025 Mar 7;8(1 Suppl):e370.
Polyethylene Glycol Fusion and Nerve Repair Success: Practical Applications.
Sarac BA, Wordsworth M, Schmucker RW.
J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2024 Mar 25;6(5):740-742.
Understanding progressive tissue loss and wound burden in combat casualties: lessons learnt for future operational capability.
Staruch R, Naumann DN, Wordsworth M, Jeffery S, Rickard R.
BMJ Mil Health. 2024 Nov 25;170(6):501-506.
Delivery of UK military upper limb prosthetics: current concepts and future directions.
Thomas RL, Howes R, McMenemy L, Hindle P, Wordsworth M, Staruch R.
BMJ Mil Health. 2024 Dec 11;170(e2):e180-e186.
Management of conflict injuries to the upper limb. Part 2: reconstruction and managing complications.
Roberts DC, Jose RM, Duraku LS, Wordsworth M, Foster M, Mortiboy D, Sellon E, Stapley SA, Power DM.
J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2022 Sep;47(8):787-797.
Occult tension pneumothorax discovered following imaging for adult trauma patients in the modern major trauma system: a multicentre observational study.
Naumann DN, Sellon E, Mitchinson S, Tucker H, Marsden MER, Norris-Cervetto E, Bafitis V, Smith T, Bradley R, Alzarrad A, Naeem S, Smith G, Dillane S, Humphrys-Eveleigh A, Wordsworth M, Sanchez-Thompson N, Bootland D, Brown L; FORTRESS Collaborative.
BMJ Mil Health. 2024 Mar 20;170(2):123-129.
Management of conflict injuries to the upper limb. Part 1: assessment and early surgical care.
Brown KV, Roberts DC, Wordsworth M, Duraku LS, Jose RM, Power DM, Stapley SA.
J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2022 Jul;47(7):687-697.
C4: 'Command, control, coordination and communication' at NHS Nightingale, London: introducing the tactical commander.
Webster C, Wordsworth M, Marsden M, Navaratne L, Bowley D, Chaloner E, O'Brien B, Schilling R.
J R Soc Med. 2020 Aug;113(8):299-301.
Is Skin the Most Allogenic Tissue in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation and a Valid Monitor of the Deeper Tissues?
Robbins NL, Wordsworth MJ, Parida BK, Kaplan B, Gorantla VS, Weitzel EK, Breidenbach WC.
Plast Reconstr Surg.
The Effect of Electronic Cigarettes on Hand Microcirculation.
Pywell MJ, Wordsworth M, Kwasnicki RM, Chadha P, Hettiaratchy S, Halsey T.
J Hand Surg Am. 2018 May;43(5):432-438.
Silicone lip implant for augmentation in cleft lip.
Paddle A, Wordsworth M, Atherton D.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2018 Apr;71(4):546-547. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2017.11.019.
Randomized feasibility trial of replacing or discarding the nail plate after nail-bed repair in children.
Greig A, Gardiner MD, Sierakowski A, Zweifel CJ, Pinder RM, Furniss D, Cook JA, Beard D, Farrar N, Cooper CD, Jain A; NINJA Pilot Collaborative.
Br J Surg. 2017 Nov;104(12):1634-1639. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10673.
The surgical management of facial trauma in British soldiers during combat operations in Afghanistan.
Wordsworth M, Thomas R, Breeze J, Evriviades D, Baden J, Hettiaratchy S.
Injury. 2017 Jan;48(1):70-74.
Improving the care of patients with severe open fractures of the tibia: the effect of the introduction of Major Trauma Networks and national guidelines.
Wordsworth M, Lawton G, Nathwani D, Pearse M, Naique S, Dodds A, Donaldson H, Bhattacharya R, Jain A, Simmons J, Hettiaratchy S.
Bone Joint J. 2016 Mar;98-B(3):420-4.
Spontaneous hematoma into the carpal tunnel and palmar aponeurosis.
Chadha P, Wordsworth M, Eckersley R.
Eplasty. 2015 Jan 23;15:ic8. .
Assessing functional mobility after lower limb reconstruction: a psychometric evaluation of a sensor-based mobility score.
Kwasnicki RM, Hettiaratchy S, Jarchi D, Nightingale C, Wordsworth M, Simmons J, Yang GZ, Darzi A.
Ann Surg. 2015 Apr;261(4):800-6. doi:
Vascularised composite allotransplantation: implications for the Defence Medical Services.
Wordsworth M, MacIver C, Hettiaratchy S.
J R Army Med Corps. 2014 Dec;160(4):268-70.