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30th July 2019


I had a hip replacement in April 2019. Mr. Krishnan was excellent, explaining all I needed to know about the operation. He performed the operation on a Friday evening and I walked out of the hospital (on elbow crutches) on Monday morning. All went very well and I made a great recovery. If my other hip needs doing later on, I'll definitely go back to Mr Krishnan at the Chiltern.

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15th July 2019


I was apprehensive about surgery for a second knee replacement. At my first appointment Mr Krishnan was very reassuring, explained in detail the whole procedure. He answered all my questions and gave me as much time as I needed. He gave me a date for the surgery. On the day he told me when I would be going into theatre. Surgery went well I had excellent after care at the Chiltern Hospital including hydro and physio. Could not fault my excellent care in any way.

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7th June 2019


I was referred by the NHS to Mr Shibu Krishnan. I visited him at the BMI Chiltern hospital; he examined me, fully and concisely explained the operation, the risks etc, and then, having asked me if I wanted to proceed, got out his diary and a date was agreed there and then. I had not expected to come out of my appointment with a date and was very impressed by his professionalism, care and efficiency (he had even dictated notes about our meeting before I left the room). On the day of the operation he came to see me and reassure me and I was given excellent care by him and his team during my three night stay. (The food was great too!) Mr Krishnan popped in to see me the day after the operation and told me that it had gone very well. I was surprised at how small the scar was – only three inches long – and am pleased at how well it is healing. Such skill! My post-operative care has also been excellent with two hydrotherapy sessions and two physio sessions. After five weeks I was walking a couple of miles a day unaided. I have now seen Mr Krishan for my post op appointment and, once again, was struck by his efficiency and diligence. It looks as though I am going to have to have my left hip replaced at some point and I sincerely hope it will be Mr Krishnan who does it. I am extremely grateful to him, and everyone at the Chiltern. They were all amazing. I can't think of any suggestions for improvement. Everything was excellent. Thank you.

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19th May 2019


Mr Krishnan listened to me and was able to reassure me that my hip replacement was the best way forward. I felt totally confident in his care and as I'm now on the road to recovery, I can see that what he said was right!

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9th April 2019


I had experienced nine months of continuous pain in my right hip due to osteoarthritis and was finally lucky enough to receive a consultation appointment with Mr Krishnan via the NHS referral service. From the outset Mr Krishnan was very professional and approachable and immediately put me at ease. After an initial discussion about my previous medical history and then a thorough examination of my right hip, he detailed the options which would be available to me, the best being a total hip replacement operation Mr Krishnan is obviously an expert in orthopaedic surgery and he was very honest, going through the risks as well as the benefits, giving me the opportunity to ask as many questions as I wished, without being rushed, before making the decision to go ahead with the operation. I was admitted to BMI Chiltern Hospital on the morning of Thursday 21 February and was operated on later that day. Mr Krishnan visited me prior to starting his operating schedule for the day and once again put me totally at ease about the procedure he would perform. He gave me time to ask questions and I had total trust in him ( and also his anaesthetist, who visited me slightly later and who was also excellent). I was last on the operating list and did not arrive back to my room on the ward until around 10pm but Mr Krishnan came to visit me that night to make sure that all was well following the operation. He also visited me on each of the following two days to check my progress, making sure that everything was going to plan. He spent time going through the results of the operation, once again taking time to ensure that I had no queries and then explained the details of my recovery plan I was discharged after 3 nights in hospital and went home on walking sticks rather than crutches, due to the good progress I had made. Now, 6 weeks after the operation, I have a very neat scar, I am pain free and my mobility is almost back to normal, which is due, I am sure, to having had such an excellent surgeon. I would like to add that The BMI Chiltern Hospital was second to none, it was spotlessly clean and every single member of staff I met was dedicated to the care of the patients. They were friendly, professional and absolutely nothing was too much trouble for any one of them

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Profile

Mr Shibu Krishnan is a Consultant Hip and Knee Surgeon working in several practices, including the BMI Chiltern, BMI Shelburne and Spire Thames Valley hospitals in Buckinghamshire. His NHS practice is at Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville hospitals since 2013. He is qualified in Sports and Exercise medicine and regularly treats sports injuries of the hip and knee region. He has a special interest in treating damaged joint cartilage, having completed a clinical research fellowship in novel cartilage regeneration techniques and cartilage implantation. He has several publications in reputed international journals on this topic. His other area of interest is the use of computer designed patient specific jigs in joint replacement surgery.
He performs over four hundred hip and knee surgeries each year including minimally invasive hip replacements, revision
(Re-do) hip surgery, primary total knee replacement surgery, partial knee replacement surgery and knee revision surgery. He has also performed over a thousand knee arthroscopic (key hole) surgeries including cartilage operations, meniscal repair procedures, Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions etc.
Mr Krishnan qualified in Medicine in 1997 and completed his Masters in Orthopaedics in 2001. He then undertook higher surgical training in Trauma and Orthopaedics in the North West London Thames training programme. He has also completed numerous fellowships across the world. This includes the Lower Limb Fellowship (Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital), British Orthopaedic Association's Transitional Fellowship in hip and knee surgery(Wycombe and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital), AO Foundation’s Trauma Travelling Fellowship (University Clinic Muenster, Germany) and the Trauma Fellowship at St Mary’s Major Trauma Centre in London.
Apart from performing surgery, he enjoys teaching and training in orthopaedic surgery and is an Associate Professor at the St
George's University School of Medicine, Grenada as well as an Associate member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Orthopaedic Sciences and is a reviewer for The Bone & Joint Journal.
Mr. Krishnan is committed to service development and clinical leadership and has completed a master’s level postgraduate certificate in Innovation and Improving Performance with the Teeside University and a level 7 qualification in Strategic Management and Leadership with the Chartered Management Institute.
His hobbies include road cycling and hiking.

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