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Mr Ricci Plastow

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  • University College Hospital

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7017310

Professional background

Ricci Plastow is a hip and knee reconstructive surgeon at University College Hospital. He has worked at UCLH since 2020. He graduated from the Manchester University Medical school in 2008 with MBBS. His training in hip and knee surgery started in Manchester where he was awarded the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2017 and consultant certificate in 2019. He subsequently enhanced his experience with the internationally renowned fellowship programme in Vancouver, Canada. This allowed specialist knowledge and high volume surgery in soft tissue knee sports injuries. He returned to London to complete a fellowship specialising in arthroplasty and robotic surgery with Professor Haddad for one year.

He now specialises in lower limb arthroplasty surgery and all forms of knee surgery. This includes anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; multiligament knee reconstruction, meniscal surgery; cartilage surgery including cartilage restoration treatments; joint preservation through osteotomy; patellofemoral stabilisation (kneecap stabilisation) partial joint replacement; total joint replacement; robotic assisted joint replacement.

He is research lead for the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association (BOSTAA) and Training lead for the Royal College of Surgeons Robotic and digital assisted surgery (RADAR) group progressing the use of technology within Orthopaedic surgical training in the NHS. He is the lower limb teaching lead for UCL MSc Orthopaedic course and has a passion for teaching students from medical school up to surgeons in training.

He has a keen interest in research looking at sports injuries in the elite athlete and progressing technology such as robotic surgery.

Specialties

Research interests

  • Hip and knee arthroplasty 
  • Knee arthroscopy and sports injuries 
  • Robotic surgery

Publications

  • Fontalis A, Putzeys P, Plastow R, Giebaly DE, Kayani B, Glod F, Haddad FS. Functional Component Positioning in Total Hip Arthroplasty and the Role of Robotic-Arm Assistance in Addressing Spinopelvic Pathology. Orthop Clin North Am. 2023 Apr;54(2):121-140. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2022.11.003. Epub 2023 Jan 31. PMID: 36894286.
  • Plastow R, Kerkhoffs GMMJ, Wood D, Paton BM, Kayani B, Pollock N, Court N, Giakoumis M, Head P, Kelly S, Moore J, Moriarty P, Murphy S, Read P, Stirling B, Tulloch L, van Dyk N, Wilson M, Haddad F. London International Consensus and Delphi study on hamstring injuries part 2: operative management. Br J Sports Med. 2023 Mar;57(5):266-277. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-105383. Epub 2023 Jan 17. PMID: 36650033.
  • Thompson JW, Rajput V, Kayani B, Plastow R, Magan A, Haddad FS. Surgical Repair of Stener-like Injuries of the Medial Collateral Ligament of the Knee in Professional Athletes. Am J Sports Med. 2022 Jun;50(7):1815-1822. doi: 10.1177/03635465221093807. Epub 2022 May 20. PMID: 35593741.
  • Andreas Fontalis, Babar Kayani, Joshua W Thompson, Ricci Plastow, Fares S Haddad. Robotic total hip arthroplasty: past, present and future. Orthopaedics and Trauma. February 2022; 6-13.
  • Thompson JW, Wignadasan W, Ibrahim M, Plastow R, Beasley L, Haddad FS. The introduction of day-case total knee arthroplasty in a national healthcare system. A review of the literature and development of a hospital pathway. The Surgeon: Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland. 2021 Mar. DOI:10.1016/j.surgeon.2021.01.017. PMID: 33766461
  • Baawa-Ameyaw J, Plastow R, Begum FA, Kayani B, Jeddy H, Haddad F. Current concepts in graft selection for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. EFORT Open Rev. 2021 Sep 14;6(9):808-815. doi: 10.1302/2058-5241.6.210023. PMID: 34667652; PMCID: PMC8489469.
  • Thompson JW, Plastow R, Kayani B, Moriarty P, Asokan A, Haddad FS. Surgical Repair of Distal Biceps Femoris Avulsion Injuries in Professional Athletes. Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Mar 26;9(3):2325967121999643. doi: 10.1177/2325967121999643. PMID: 33855098; PMCID: PMC8013639.
  • Kayani B, Singh S, Chang JS, Magan AA, Plastow R, Haddad FS. Outcomes of Surgical Repair Versus Primary Tenodesis for Proximal Rectus Femoris Avulsion Injuries in Professional Athletes. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2021;49(1):121-129. doi:10.1177/0363546520970912
  • Asokan A, Plastow R, Kayani B, Radhakrishnan GT, Magan AA, Haddad FS. Cementless knee arthroplasty: a review of recent performance. Bone Jt Open. 2021 Jan 22;2(1):48-57. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.21.BJO-2020-0172.R1. PMID: 33537676; PMCID: PMC7842161.
  • Chang JS, Kayani B, Plastow R, Singh S, Magan A, Haddad FS. Management of hamstring injuries: current concepts review. Bone Joint J. 2020 Oct;102-B(10):1281-1288. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.102B10.BJJ-2020-1210.R1. PMID: 32993323.
  • R Plastow, H Imalingat, J Sergeant, C Cullen, N Jain. MRI Scans do not accurately predict hamstring graft diameter for ACL surgery. Muscle, Ligaments and Tendons Journal. May 2018.