Mr Ben Lankester
Last updated: 30/01/2025
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Last updated: 30/01/2025
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GMC reg: 4212597Ben Lankester is a specialist knee surgeon at Sulis Hospital, Bath and Yeovil District Hospital and has been a consultant since 2007. After training at Oxford University Medical School, Bath and Bristol, he completed fellowship training in Bristol and Seattle covering arthroscopic knee cartilage surgery, knee ligament reconstruction, traumatic knee injuries and all types of knee joint replacement. As a specialist knee surgeon, he is often referred patients by colleagues for a second opinion or for more complex surgery. He has an active interest in teaching and research, and reviews articles for three different orthopaedic journals. In 2017 he was elected to the South West Clinical Senate Council - a body that advises on reforming healthcare pathways across the region.
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Trauma and orthopaedic surgery - Foot & Ankle • Trauma and orthopaedic surgery - Hip & Knee
Specialist clinical interests: Arthroscopic (keyhole) knee surgery, Knee cartilage surgery including regeneration techniques, Cruciate ligament reconstruction, Partial and total knee replacement, Revision knee replacement surgery, Patella (kneecap) stabilisation surgery Research Interests Mr Lankester is the Primary Investigator at Yeovil Hospital for several multicentre knee trials, including: - The timing of surgery after ACL rupture (ACL SNNAP) - The use of local anaesthetic infiltration for pain relief after knee replacement surgery (SPAARK) - Partial vs total knee replacement (TOPKAT) - The use of intensive physiotherapy input in patients recovering from knee surgery (TRIO trial) - Chondral patch regeneration for cartilage surface injuries (SISMIC). He also has a research interest in rapid recovery after knee replacement surgery, patella stabilisation surgery techniques and computer-guided knee replacement surgery. Mr Lankester submits data from all joint replacement operations to the National Joint Registry, from which he can show that improvements in function after surgery and re-operation rates are better than average in his patients. He also uses the National Knee Ligament registry for ACL reconstruction operations which enables patients to assess their own progress, both before and after surgery.
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