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Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff, since August 1996. SUMMARY OF CURRENT JOB Chris Wilson is a general trauma and orthopaedic surgeon in
the large university teaching hospital in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
The unit in which he works is one of the busiest in the UK He is responsible
for the supervision and training of specialist orthopaedic trainees and
visiting trainees from overseas. He spends one day a week in theatre, conducting trauma operations,
normally emergencies, and a further day every week performing more routine
reconstructive surgery, mainly in the fields of knee, hip and foot surgery. The remainder of his week is spent in out-patient clinics,
in carrying out training and teaching commitments and participating in an
on-call rota for emergency work. Most of his routine operating timetable involves surgery of
the major lower limb joints, with a large number of joint replacements,
particularly in the more complicated cases such as those involving rheumatoid
arthritis. SPECIAL INTERESTS
Although he has a general orthopaedic practice and sees the
whole range of orthopaedic diseases Chris Wilson has developed special interests
in surgery of the lower limb and in accident and trauma surgery, together
with reconstructive surgery following trauma. WHAT IS TRAUMA WORK? Trauma work is, generally speaking, the surgery of fractured bones, but it may also involve surgery for pure soft tissue injuries, including sports injuries to the knee and ankle. Chris Wilson receives a large number of referrals from medical colleagues, involving surgery in trauma cases some time after the accident, where further surgery or corrective reconstruction surgery is necessary. | |||||||||||||||||
