Publications

A radiological review of cervical spine injuries from an accident and emergency department.  Has the ATLS made a difference? Published in The Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 1995; 12; 189-190. S H Palmer, M Maheson

Stroke following neck injury in a rugby player: a case report Published in Injury, 1995; vol 26, no 8; 555-556.  S H Palmer, M Paterson and in “Children in Sport: Proceedings of the 1st Bath Sports Medicine Conference”, July 1995

A case report demonstrating the different treatment options of displaced fractures of the proximal humerus. Published in Injury, 1995; vol 26, no 10; 702-704. S H Palmer, M Bishay, A C Ross and The Journal of the Canadian Society of Orthopaedic Technologists. April 1996 

Needle thoracocentesis in tension pneumothorax: insufficient cannula length and potential failure.Published in Injury, 1996;vol 27, no 5; 321-322. S Britten, S H Palmer, T Snowand (abstract) - proceedings of the British Trauma Society. Published in Injury, 1996;vol 27, no 5; 367.

Chest wall thickness limiting adequate drainage of tension pneumothorax by needle thoracocentesis.  Publication in Journal of accident and emergency medicine. 1997 S Britten, S H Palmer

A useful tip for distal interlocking in femoral intra-medullary nailing. Published in Injury, 1996; vol 27, no.7; 528. S H Palmer, S Britten, S Ellis

The customised angled blade plate for the treatment of metaphyseal fractures in patients with poor bone stock. S H Palmer, R Handley, K Willett. Published in Injury 31 (2000) 187-191 and  (abstract) - proceedings of the British Trauma Society.  Published in Injury 1998; 29: 154

Tourniquet induced rhabdomyolysis after a total knee replacement . Published in the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, November 1994; 76; 416-417.  S H Palmer, G Graham

Catastrophic tibial wear after Robert Brigham unicondylar knee replacements . Published in Clin. Orthop. 1998; no 350: 143 - 173.  S H Palmer, P J Morrison, A C Ross

Kneeling ability after total knee replacement. SH Palmer, CT Servant, J Maguire, E Parish, O Aung-Kyi, MJ Cross. Published in British J Bone Joint Surg.  2002 Vol 84-B: 220 - 222

Surgical Reconstruction of Severe Patellofemoral Maltracking.

S H Palmer, S Machan, E Parish, J Maguire, CJT Servant, M Cross. Published in Clin. Orthop.and Rel Research. 2004; no 418: 1-7

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 91-B, Issue SUPP_I, 31. 2008

A randomized controlled study of intra-articular marcain vs normal saline in patients undergoing day case ankle arthroscopy  F Middleton. S Umarji. R Venn. S H Palmer. Published in British J Bone Joint Surg  2006 Dec;88(12):1603-5

Functional outcome of untreated tendo-achilles ruptures in the older patient. J Owen, K Baker, S Palmer, P Cooke. Published in British J Bone Joint Surg (Br). 2008; 90-B: Supp. 1; 12

A review of 121 patients with spinal stenosis treated by “targeted” surgical decompression. Published in J Bone Joint Surg (Br). 1997; 79-B: supp. 1; 100. S H Palmer, A C Ross

Gonadal irradiation in young female scoliosis patients: a review of 231 x-rays Published in  European Spine Journal 1998 7:278-271 S H Palmer, H Starritt, M Paterson

Recovery of shoulder movements in patients with complete denervation of the deltoid muscle. Published in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England . November 1998 80;6: 413 - 415 S H Palmer, A C Ross

A new spiral technique for flexor tendon shortening in hand surgery. Published by the Journal of Hand Surgery. 2002 N.Savva G.E.B.Giddins  S H Palmer

The pathology of bone allograft. Published in J Bone Joint Surg 1999 Vol. 81-B, No.2, 333-335. S H Palmer, M Gibbons, N Athanasou and letter in JBJS 81-B, No 5, 935.

PREDICTING ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INTEGRITY IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2009 Jun;17(6):595-9. Epub 2009 Jan 23

Second toe proximal phalanx interposition bone graft to correct a failed Keller's arthroplasty. A new technique.

Patel S, Mistry RS, Dodd LE, Shaikh N, Palmer SH. Foot Ankle Surg. 2009;15(3):149-51. Epub 2008 Nov 13.

Knee flexion significantly reduces blood loss and transfusion rate after uncemented total knee arthroplasty. The Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery™ ISSN: 1531-2968 2009 Feb.

On-going Projects

Periprosthetic fractures of  the hip in patients undergoing cemented and uncemented hemiarthoplasties for hip fracture. British trauma society. Leeds. October 2004. F Middleton, S Sadek, S H Palmer (submitted to injury)

A functional and radiological comparison of scarf osteotomy and chevron osteotomy in patients with hallux vaulgus. British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society meeting, November 2008, Liverpool and EFORT June, 2009 Vienna.  Jakub Kaczynski, E Fawzy, S H Palmer. (writing up)

The use of the mini-C arm for intraoperative screening in patients undergoing surgery of  the  foot and ankle. British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society meeting, November 2008, Liverpool and EFORT June 2009, Vienna.  E Dawe, S H Palmer (submitted to Journal of foot and ankle surgery)

Functional outcome of patients undergoing dorsal cheilectomy for hallux rigidus. British Orthopaedic Association meeting Liverpool, September 2009 and EFORT Vienna June, 2009. T Harrison, E Fawzy, S H Palmer (accepted for publication by journal of foot and ankle surgery)

The sensitivity and specificity of the pivot shift test in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. EFORT Vienna June, 2009. M Dodd, S H Palmer (writing up)

Intra-operative death secondary to the use of  cement in patients undergoing hemiarthroplasty for fractured neck of femur: analysis of  POSSUM scores. EFORT Vienna June, 2009. C Hughes, R Venn, S H Palmer (writing up)

Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation vs Existing Treatments: ACTIVE TRIAL. A multicentre randomised control trial (ongoing)

An audit of accuracy of diagnosis independant physiotherapists in the orthopaedic clinic. N Sheikh and S H Palmer (writing up)

A randomised controlled study of intraarticular marcain vs chirocaine in patients undergoing ankle arthroscopy. 54 pts recruited, 80 required.

A randomised control study comparing total knee replacement and unicompartmental replacement. (TOPKAT). A multicentre study – setting up

Manchester Oxford Functional Questionaire prospective database on all patients undergoing day surgery at WASH (commenced 2003, ongoing)

Prospective database looking at outcome of ankle replacements (AOFAS AND MOXFQ) – (up to date)

A review of 20 feet following interpositional arthroplasty. (writing up)

A new technique for pre-operative templating for the Oxford unicompartmental replacement.

A clinical outcome study of patients undergoing ankle arthroscopy for osteoarthritis (presented at BOA and BOFAS 2009)

A clinical review of 30 patients following the Stainsby procedure.(submitted to Journal of foot and ankle surgery and EFFORT 2009)

A clinical review of outcome for surgical excision of mortons neuromata (4th year medical student research project)

A review of urological symptoms in endurance cyclists (combined study with urologists)

Published Book Chapters:

Total knee arthroplasty: published by “emedicine”, a web based health textbook.

www.emedicine.com

S H Palmer, Dr M Cross.

The angled interlocked blade plate in the treatment of osteoporotic fractures: published in “internal fixation in osteoporosis”, edited by Prof. H. An, University of California, USA. S H Palmer