Miss Miss Victoria Deans

I have been a dedicated orthopaedic hand and wrist surgeon working in West Yorkshire for over 10 years, working at consultant level for over 10 years, and in the NHS since 1999. I provide a specialist service for hand and wrist surgery for patients with a range of problems including nerve compression, tendon compressions, arthritis to the fingers, and trauma related injuries. My practice is now based solely at Spire hospital in Elland, where I see NHS patients with referrals. I also see private and self funding patients, who do not require a referral. I see patients in outpatients clinic, listen, examine and advise on treatment/ surgery where needed. I commenced my medical training at the University of Leicester in 1999, then completed both my membership (MRCS, 2007) and fellowship (FRCS, 2013) exams with the Royal College of Surgeons. In addition I completed an MSc (2011) in orthopaedic surgery. In 2012 I was awarded an educational bursary award by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. In 2014-15, I completed one of 11 nationally competitive advanced training programme hand and wrist surgery fellowships in Manchester, which are recognised by the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) as the best hand surgery training programmes. I worked for three highly experienced hand and wrist surgery consultants, one of whom was the president of the BSSH at that time. Currently I perform in excess of 500 hand and wrist surgery operations per year, as recorded in my surgical logbook. As I am keen to remain up to date with techniques and research, I regularly attend the BSSH scientific meetings. My last systematic review of the evidence for surgical treatment of STT joint wrist arthritis was published in The Journal of Hand Surgery (AP volume) in October 2017. I presented this evidence at the BSSH scientific meeting in Bath. I teach both undergraduate medical students, and orthopaedic trainees in the specialism of hand and wrist surgery, pathology and treatment. Also I teach physios, occupational therapists and nurses, and I run a clinic at CRH with several specialist physios.

Local anaesthetic awake surgery where possible, and general anaesthetic surgery where not (with out without an upper limb block where appropriate) Carpal tunnel surgery, cubital tunnel (ulnar nerve) surgery Steroid injections in clinic to the carpal tunnel, trigger finger or thumb, arthritic joints (arthritis injections under xray guidance for accuracy) Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Base of thumb (CMC joint) arthritis,  STT joint arthritis, wrist arthritis including partial or total wrist fusion, proximal row carpectomy , Finger joint arthritis; PIP joint fusion, PIP joint silastic joint replacement, DIP joint fusion Dupuytrens surgery; Fasciotomy, fasciectomy, dermofasciectomy (revision surgery with a skin graft), finger amputation Ganglion surgery,  scaphoid fracture surgery, bone fixation with bone graft, wrist fracture fixation Trigger finger release, extensor tendon transfer, tendonitis surgery,  Dequervain's tenosynovitis surgery Osteotomy +- bone graft