External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at: The Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford, Egerton Rd, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XX
Haslemere Community Hospital,
Church Lane, Haslemere GU27 2BJ
Cranleigh Village Community Hospital,
6 High St, Cranleigh GU6 8AE
Research interests
MSc Orthopaedic Engineering
Dissertation: A new and effective tension-band braided polyester suture technique for transverse
patellar fracture fixation.
Personal interests
Senior Doctor at Parham Point to Point,
West Sussex.
Rugby, Fishing, Shooting, Dog but above all: Family
Awards received
Royal Society of Medicine, Orthopaedics Section, President’s Prize Papers:
2nd Place
A new and effective tension-band braided polyester suture technique for transverse patellar fracture fixation.
MSc Orthopaedic Engineering dissertation.2005
Raine Prize: Winning Presentation
(South West Thames Orthopaedic SpR Rotation Annual Prize) 2003
Observations on the tension-band suture technique.
Hearnden AJ (Presenter), Hughes SCA, Stott PM.
Publications
Published academic papers:
Ahmed Elmorsy, James Nutt, Nick Taylor, Justin Kirk-Bayley and Sean Hughes
Iatrogenic forearm compartment syndrome
Journal of the Intensive Care Society 2017, Vol. 18(1) 63–65
Oliver Chan, Syed Z Nawaz, Sean Hughes, John Skinner
Extensive pyogenic myositis of the hip in an immuno-competent patient: a case report
J R Soc Med Sh Rep. November 2011 vol. 2 no. 11. 2:90.
Jandhyala S, Unnithan A, Hughes S, Hong T.
Subscapularis tenotomy versus lesser tuberosity osteotomy during total shoulder replacement: a
comparison of patient outcomes.
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2011 Oct;20(7):1102-7. Epub 2011 Jun 29.
Hughes SCA, Stott PM, Hearnden AJ, Ripley LG
A new and effective tension-band braided polyester suture technique for transverse patellar
fracture fixation.
Injury. 2007 Feb;38(2):212-22.
Hughes SCA
ATLS Secondary Survey Mnemonic: Has My Critical Care Assessed Patient’s Priorities Or Next Management Decision
Emerg Med J. 2006 Aug;23(8):661-2.
Hughes SCA, David LA, Turner R
Storm in a T-CUP: Thyroid crisis following trauma.
Injury 2003 Dec; 34 (12) : 946-947
Hughes SCA, Belcher HRJC
Jurgan pin ball fingertip pressure necrosis.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery 2003 Jan; 56, (1): 75-76
Hughes SCA, Hearnden AJ
Centralised guide wire replacement after DHS reaming.
Abstracts from the 2003 Meeting of the British Trauma Society
Injury Extra (2003) 34 , 26-27
Hughes SCA, Sheppard M, Goldstraw P.
Benign intramural Schwannoma of the oesophagus: a diagnostic pitfall.
European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery/Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2 (2)
2003 p 212-214
Norris PM, Hughes SCA, Strachan CLJ.
Spontaneous rupture of a benign cavernous haemangioma of the spleen, following thrombolysis.
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2003May;25 (5):476-7
Chan YC, Hughes SC, Ward SP, Strachan CJ
Blanching of the tongue as a transient ischaemic attack.
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Extra 4, 18-19 (2002)
Papagiannopoulos K, Hughes S, Nicholson A, Goldstraw P.
Cystic lung lesions in the paediatric and adult population: surgical experience at the Brompton.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002;73:1594-1598
Carr-White G, Afoke A, Birks E, Hughes S, O'Halloran A, Glennan S, Edwards S,Eastwood M, Yacoub M H.
Aortic root characteristics of human pulmonary autografts.
Circulation 2000;102(suppl III):III-15-III-21.
Courses offered to GPs
Very happy to visit GP or Physio practices to talk on upper limb subjects.
Fee Assured