Johan Witt Hip Joint Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon
This is the website of Johan Witt, Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon. His special interests include joint replacement surgery and joint preservation procedures particularly of the hip.
On the web site you will be able to find details of joint replacement procedures, patient information sheets and information on the types of implant used in joint replacement of the hip and knee. Specific procedures that allow preservation of the hip joint rather than joint replacement are also explained. You will also be able to find out more about the surgeon himself and contact details.
Profile
Johan Witt is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon specialising in Pelvic, Hip and Knee Surgery. Since 1995 he has been a Consultant at the Middlesex Hospital and University College Hospitals, London. Prior to that he trained mainly in London, and gained specialist training in Boston, USA (1989), Sydney, Australia (1993) and Bern, Switzerland (1994). He has developed a specialised practice in hip and pelvic surgery involving all aspects of joint replacement surgery, including resurfacing, as well as procedures to preserve the hip joint and delay the onset of arthritis. He has a specific interest in young athletic patients with hip problems encompassing developmental abnormalities requiring osteotomies around the hip and arthroscopic procedures to deal with sports related injuries. He has considerable experience in primary and revision hip replacement in young patients built up on a practice of looking after children and adolescents with inflammatory arthritis within a specialist unit.
He has published on a variety of subjects and should you wish to view these articles please visit www.pubmed.com
and search under Witt J D.