Mr Karl M Bell

Mr Karl Bell is an experienced knee and hip surgeon and has been a consultant in Worcestershire since his appointment in 1995. He qualified in Edinburgh in 1982 and continued his training in Edinburgh followed by 2 years in Perth and Dundee before moving to the midlands. He has and continues to be passionate about high quality patient care and as well as developing his personal skills in knee replacement (total ,partial and revision ) , hip replacement and arthroscopic surgery also developed the MRSA free orthopaedic ward at Redditch and was instrumental in the building of the Redditch Orthopaedic Centre and the associated Arafa education centre He held the position of Orthopaedic Clinical Director for 9 years followed by associate Medical Director for 3 years He was the Course Director for the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and has run 4 courses a year from  1998 -2019 He was one of the initial UK users of the successful Stryker Triathlon Knee replacement in 2006 and has carried out over 1400 of these since that time . He is currently the UK study lead on a 10 year review of the advanced X3 polyethylene used in this prosthesis. He is an enthusiastic proponent of enhanced recovery protocols to ensure rapid recovery from interventions and minimising complications Data regarding his outcomes from Joint replacement are available on the National Joint Registry website

Knee replacement surgery Partial knee replacement Revision knee replacement Arthroscopy Knee Hip replacement surgery