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Specialises in
- Spine
About me
Patrick McKenna is a fellowship-trained Consultant Spinal Surgeon. He consults at Circle Hospital in Reading, and The London Spine Clinic in Harley Street. Surgery is carried out at Circle Hospital and The London Clinic. Injections can be administered at the Forbury Clinic in Reading.
He qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1993 and rotated through hospitals in London during his Basic Surgical Training. He completed his Specialist Registrar training in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the Wessex Rotation from 1999 to 2005. As part of that training, he spent a year at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham as a Spinal Fellow. He is fully trained in all aspects of Spinal Surgery including cervical and lumbar degenerative conditions, tumour, trauma and scoliosis. He was awarded the Spine Society of Europe Clinical Award in 2005 an international prize for clinical research into lumbar spinal fusion for low back pain. He was a full-time Consultant Spinal Surgeon for over 10 years at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
His special interest and has extensive experience in anterior and lateral surgery of the lumbar spine, using minimally invasive surgical techniques to promote early recovery. He also performs motion preserving surgery (total disc arthroplasty) of the cervical and lumbar spine.
Areas of interest
back pain; sciatica; cervical radiculopathy; lumbar disc replacement; cervical disc replacement; Minimally invasive spine surgery; lateral inter body fusion; anterior lumbar inter body fusion; endoscopic spine surgery; spinal injections; adult deformity; degenerative scoliosis
Medical secretaries
- Marilyn Barras
- Circle Reading 100 Drake Way READING RG2 0NE
- 0118 922 6902
Anaesthetists worked with (Bupa members, please ask your consultant whether your anaesthetist is fee-assured)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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A5290
Transforaminal epidural - (5-50)
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V3350
Combined anterior approach discectomy, decompression and fusion and posterior fusion (lumbar region) - (5-50)
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A5771
Facet joint injection (under x-ray control) - 5 or more joints - (5-50)
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V2560
Decompression for central spinal stenosis (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)
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V3340
Primary anterior discectomy, decompression and anterior fusion +/- instrumentation - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)
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