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Treating patients with injuries and conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system (the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves).
- Address: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals,
- What we do
- Get in touch
- Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre
- Ward information
- Children
- Links and resources
What we do
Our Trauma and Orthopaedics team care for patients with disorders of the bones, muscles or joints.
The department offers a full range of planned (elective) surgery and emergency (trauma) surgery for patients who may need urgent treatment as a result of an accident.
This includes routine procedures such as arthroscopies (a procedure to investigate joint problems) and more specialist surgery such as treatment for pelvic fractures.
Our services include:
- Hip surgery
- Knee surgery
- Trauma surgery
- Paediatric orthopaedic surgery
- Foot and ankle surgery
- Hand and wrist surgery
- Shoulder and elbow surgery
Our team of consultants who work at both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals. They are supported by other specialties such as rheumatology, physiotherapy and radiology.
The team offers a full range of services from initial diagnosis to surgery and rehabilitation including a fracture clinic, pre-assessment and rehabilitation following surgery.
Get in touch
For enquiries about operation dates, call the Clinical Administration Unit on 01622 228221.
Complex Paediatric Upper Limb Service
01622 729000
Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre
Inpatients: 01622 227443
Reception: 01622 227421
Maidstone Orthopaedic Unit
01622 228844 and 01622 228839
Virtual fracture clinic
If you have a clinical question, or are concerned about your injury, call 01892 638450
Changing your appointment: 01892 638132
Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre
The Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre (KMOC) is a theatre complex behind Maidstone Hospital and treats patients from across Kent and Medway.
It has three operating theatres and 24 dedicated surgical beds for patients having surgery for arthritic conditions and soft tissue injuries affecting the bones and joints.
Information about having surgery in KMOC
- Ward manager: Louise Jameson
- Head of Nursing: Annie Murphy.
Visiting the centre
Ward information
Maidstone Orthopaedic Unit (MOU) is a 12 bed unit caring for patients undergoing planned (non-emergency) orthopaedic surgery.
It is in the red zone on the ground floor of Maidstone Hospital.
- Ward manager: Louise Jameson
- Head of Nursing: Annie Murphy
Children
We offer specialist surgical and non-surgical treatment for orthopaedic conditions affecting children Kent and parts of Sussex. such as:
- fractures
- club feet
- limb deformities
- cerebral palsy
- dislocated hips in babies
- other congenital and developmental conditions.
Our children’s wards are Riverbank Ward at Maidstone Hospital, and Hedgehog Ward and Woodlands at Tunbridge Wells Hospital.
Clubfoot
Clubfoot (also known as talipes) is a condition where a baby is born with a foot, or feet, that turn in.
We care for around 750 patients a year with this lower limb condition, using the Ponseti Method, a non-surgical treatment including gentle manipulation of the feet followed by plaster casts and temporary bracing.
The Ponseti Method is almost 100 per cent effective when properly applied by a healthcare provider and is considered the 'gold standard' treatment.
The team includes paediatric orthopaedic consultants, extended scope physiotherapists, and a specialist team of physiotherapists and assistants.
We run weekly clinics and antenatal appointments for parents carrying a baby diagnosed with clubfoot, to help prepare them for when the baby is born.
Complex Paediatric Upper Limb Service
We provide highly specialised input for children with complex upper limb problems.
Most of our patients have neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy, and we look at functional difficulties the child may have using their upper limbs. Our assessments will help decide what your child needs and we organise this with local therapy teams, aiming to improve your child's ability to use their hands.
Children are assessed by expert clinicians and we will give advice and treatment depending on the concerns and problems the young person has. We may recommend treatment with therapy, botulinum toxin injections, surgery or referral to other services, where needed.
Mr Marcos Katchburian is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hand surgery and in children’s (paediatric) orthopaedics. He is a member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and an Executive Board Member of the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery.
He developed our paediatric service which serves as the regional referral centre and treats children with the whole range of paediatric orthopaedic conditions. Mr Katchburian started our upper limb service for children where he assesses patients and gives treatment.
Heidi Furr has been a paediatric occupational therapist for over 20 years, working in the community and children’s hospitals. Her specialist area is motor disorders, such as cerebral palsy.
She is part of the Complex Upper Limb Service team and her job includes working with community therapists; planning, goal setting and giving specialist advice, making sure the child or young person are at the centre of our practice.
Heidi provides specialist assessment using play-based and functional tools, measures how well any interventions are working, and helping enable the child or young person to be as independent and fulfilled as possible.
Links and resources
STEPS is the leading charity working for those affected by childhood lower limb conditions. They offer confidential advice and support to people affected by a range of lower limb conditions.