Research & Publications

George has an established academic profile, having authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on knee surgery over the past 20 years. He has delivered invited lectures nationally and internationally at major orthopaedic conferences.

He has also contributed chapters to medical textbooks on primary knee replacement and revision knee surgery.

Selected peer-reviewed publications

Early Functional Outcomes After Evolutionary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Is New Always Better?
JB JS Open Access. 2021 Jul 28;6(3):e21.00016. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.21.00016. eCollection 2021 Jul-Sep. PMID: 34337284
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Revision knee replacement surgery in the NHS: A BASK surgical practice guideline.
BASK Revision Knee Working Group. Knee. 2021 Mar;29:353-364. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2021.01.032. Epub 2021 Mar 6. PMID: 33690016
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Investigation and management of prosthetic joint infection in knee replacement: A BASK Surgical Practice Guideline.
BASK Revision Knee Working Group. Knee. 2020 Dec;27(6):1857-1865. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2020.09.010. Epub 2020 Nov 14. PMID: 33202289
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Provision of revision knee surgery and calculation of the effect of a network service reconfiguration: An analysis from the National Joint Registry for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.
British Association for Surgery of the Knee Revision Knee Working Group. Knee. 2020 Oct;27(5):1593-1600. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2020.07.094. Epub 2020 Sep 9. PMID: 33010778
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Planning for surgery.
Knee. 2020 Oct;27(5):1681-1683. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2020.07.079. Epub 2020 Sep 8. PMID: 32917491. No abstract available.
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Complications associated with opening wedge high tibial osteotomy--A review of the literature and of 15 years of experience.
Knee. 2016 Mar;23(2):276-82. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2015.09.018. Epub 2015 Nov 17. PMID: 26596554. Review.
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Do you have an infection problem?
Bone Joint J. 2015 Sep;97-B(9):1170-4. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.97B9.35338. PMID: 26330581. Review.
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The epidemiology of revision total knee and hip arthroplasty in England and Wales: a comparative analysis with projections for the United States. A study using the National Joint Registry dataset.
Bone Joint J. 2015 Aug;97-B(8):1076-81. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.97B8.35170. PMID: 26224824
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Philadelphia 2013: international consensus meeting on periprosthetic joint infection.
Hip Int. 2014 Jan-Feb;24(1):3-4. doi: 10.5301/hipint.5000127. Epub 2014 Jan 28. PMID: 24474416. No abstract available.
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Modern management of patellar instability.
Int Orthop. 2012 Dec;36(12):2447-56. doi: 10.1007/s00264-012-1669-4. Epub 2012 Oct 7. PMID: 23052278
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Patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty: does design matter? A meta-analysis of 7075 cases.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Jul 20;93(14):1301-9. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00594. PMID: 21792496
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