Mr John Hardy
BSc MB BS MD FRCS(Ed & Eng) FRCS(Orth)
Title: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Specialty 1: Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
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Clinical Interests: Sports Injuries, Prevention of Arthritis, Keyhole Surgery, Cartilage Replacement Surgery, Joint Replacement Surgery, Hand Surgery, Knee Surgery, Ligament Reconstruction, Navigation Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Pen Picture: Mr Hardy is a Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. He consults in a number of hospitals in Bristol and London including the world renowned Cromwell Hospital. He is a founding Director of the Sport and Orthopaedic Clinic where he has had the honour of being asked to care for Olympic and National Sportsmen and Sportswomen. He has published the outcome of the largest personally treated series of 100 footballers who had broken their limbs. He now lectures to medical students and to clubs on the prevention of injury in sport. Mr Hardy is registered with all healthcare insurers and accepts private GP and sports injury clinic referrals.
Languages Spoken: English and French to GCSE level
Regular Cromwell Clinics: Yes
Telephone Number: 0117 3171793
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Year Qualified: 1984
Memberships: BOA, BMA, MDU, GMC, RCS(Eng), BORS, BOSTA
NHS Hospital: Private
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Research Interests: Sports Injuries; Sprains, Strains and Contusions; Ligament Injuries; Cartilage repair vs. removal; Prevention of refracture in athletes; Fracture Healing; Fracture non-union; Children's Fractures; Arthritis management in the young and Rheumatoid patient; Dupuytren's Disease; Peripheral nerve compromise (Carpal or Cubital Tunnel Syndrome); Prevention of Infection in Surgery.
Published Papers: • Hardy JRW. Complex clavicular injury in childhood. J Bone Joint Surg. 1992;74-B:154.
• Hardy JRW, de Jonge EJ, Richardson JB. Fracture stiffness. J. Orthop. Techniques. 1994;2:177-189.
• Cattermole HR, Hardy JRW, Gregg PJ. The footballer's fracture. Br. J. Sports Med. 1996;30:171-175.
• Hardy JRW, McCaskie AW, Calder SJ, Pattison GTR. Inflatable trays for the prevention of contamination in surgery. Injury. 1999;30(4):309-312.
• Hardy JRW, Chimutengwende-Gordon M, Bakar I. Quadriceps tendon rupture: An association with a patella spur. J. Bone Joint Surg. 2005;87-B:1361-3.