Mr Ricci Plastow, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Ricci Plastow
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Ricci Plastow
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon MBBS
Mr Plastow is a recommended Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Areas of expertise
- Adductor tendon repair
- Sports groin surgery
- Adductor tendon injury
- Paediatric knee injuries
- Paediatric avulsion injuries
Recommendations for Mr Plastow
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Recommended by:
byDr Neil Gupta, GP
❝Mr Plastow offered an excellent service at UCLH for patients referred with hip and knee injuries. His advice, professionalism and communication both with patients and community services was superb. As were his surgical outcomes. Highly recommend.❞
❝Mr Plastow offered an excellent service at UCLH for patients referred with hip and knee injuries. His advice, professionalism and communication both with patients and community services was superb. As were his surgical outcomes. Highly recommend.❞
Make an appointment
Address
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Outpatients and Diagnostic Centre
30 Devonshire Street, London, W1G 7AF
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The Princess Grace Hospital
42-52 Nottingham Place, London, W1U 5NY
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The Institute of Sport Exercise & Health (ISEH)
170 Tottenham Court Road, Londn, W1T 7HA
About Mr Ricci Plastow
GMC number: 7017310
Year qualified: 2008
Place of primary qualification: University of Manchester
New schedule:
Wednesdays: 8:00 – 6:00 pm alternate weeks at 30 Devonshire Street
Wednesdays: 8:00 am – 12:30 alternate weeks at 30 Devonshire Street
Wednesdays: 5:30 – 7:00 pm alternate weeks at ISEH (when not all day at 30 Devonshire Street )
Thursdays: 5:30 – 7:00 pm every week at ISEH
Mr Ricci Plastow serves as a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon specialising in hip and knee reconstructive surgery. He holds a consultant position at The Princess Grace Hospital, affiliated with HCA Healthcare UK, and at University College London Hospitals.
Graduating from Manchester University Medical School in 2008 with an MBBS, Mr Plastow commenced his training in hip and knee surgery in Manchester. He achieved the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2017 and obtained his consultant certificate in 2019. Further enriching his expertise, he participated in an esteemed fellowship programme in Vancouver, Canada, focusing on soft tissue knee sports injuries. Returning to London, he completed a fellowship in arthroplasty and robotic surgery under Professor Haddad for one year.
Mr Plastow specialises in lower limb arthroplasty surgery and various forms of knee surgery, encompassing hip and knee joint replacements, partial knee joint replacement, robotic-assisted joint replacement, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, multiligament knee reconstruction, meniscal surgery, cartilage surgery (including cartilage restoration treatments), joint preservation through osteotomy, and patellofemoral stabilisation (kneecap stabilisation).
He holds the role of research lead for the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association (BOSTAA) and serves as the Training Lead for the Royal College of Surgeons Robotic and Digital Assisted Surgery (RADAR) group, advancing the use of digital technology in orthopaedic surgical training within the NHS. Additionally, Mr Plastow is the lower limb teaching lead for the UCL MSc Orthopaedic course, demonstrating a commitment to educating students from medical school to surgeons in training. His research interests include sports injuries in elite athletes and the advancement of technologies such as robotic surgery.
Areas of expertise
- ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury
- ACL reconstruction
- Adductor tendon injury
- Adductor tendon repair
- Arthritis (hip)
- Arthritis (knee)
- Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the hip
- Cartilage surgery (knee)
- Hamstring repair surgery
- Hip and groin pain
- Hip fractures
- Hip replacement
- Joint injection
- Joint replacement
- Knee arthroscopy
- Knee injections
- Knee ligament repair
- Knee pain
- Knee preservation surgery
- Knee replacement
- Meniscal repair
- Minimally invasive knee surgery
- Multiligament reconstruction
- Paediatric avulsion injuries
- Paediatric knee injuries
- Partial knee replacement
- Patella (kneecap) dislocation
- Patella realignment
- Patellofemoral joint replacement
- Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction
- Posterolateral corner injury
- Revision surgery
- Sports groin pain syndrome
- Sports groin surgery
- The young hip
- The young knee
- Torn meniscus (cartilage)
- Trauma surgery including hip fractures, tibial plateau, femoral and tibial nailing and ankle fractures
Professional memberships
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Articles by Mr Ricci Plastow
Management of hamstring injuries: current concepts review
Restarting elective orthopaedic services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Do patients want to have surgery?
Outcomes of surgical repair versus primary tenodesis for proximal rectus femoris avulsion injuries in professional athletes
Cementless knee arthroplasty: a review of recent performance
Gentamicin pre-soaking of hamstring autografts decreases infection rates in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Day-case total hip arthroplasty: a literature review and development of a hospital pathway
The introduction of day-case total knee arthroplasty in a national healthcare system
Surgical repair of distal biceps femoris avulsion injuries in professional athletes
Fracture of heterotopic mass in the lower limb
Incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism in proximal hamstring repair
Restarting elective orthopaedic surgery as COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are reduced
Current concepts in graft selection for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Efficacy of surgical tenodesis for treatment of distal semitendinosus hamstring tendon injuries
Surgical repair of stener-like injuries of the medial collateral ligament of the knee in professional athletes
London International Consensus and Delphi study on hamstring injuries part 1: classification
London International Consensus and Delphi study on hamstring injuries part 2: operative management
