
Dr Sheila Strover
Clinical Editor
Degrees: BSc (Hons), MB BCh, MBA
Particular expertise: clinical editing, online publishing, patient advocacy, KNEEguru Founder
Location: Newquay, CON, TR7 1HU, United Kingdom
Dr Sheila Strover is the Founder and previous Clinical Editor of the KNEEguru website.
Her medical studies were completed at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa - BSc(Hons) (1968) and MBBCh (1974). She emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1983 and worked as an anaesthetist (anaesthesiologist) until 1989 when she left practice to work in a managerial position at the Droitwich Knee Clinic, which she co-founded with her knee surgeon ex-husband, <a href="/KNEEnotes/retired-knee-surgeon/dr-mr-angus-strover>Angus Strover.
There she was involved with the establishment of The Knee Foundation (an academic trust) and helped to design the content of their academic courses, as well as designing and bringing to production a 3-dimensional arthroscopic training model of the knee.
A sabbatical in at Warwick University 1973-1974 earned her an MBA (1994), and at this stage she also established the KNEEguru company and website and , with help from the shareholders, she started to build the site content which continues to grow.
Dr Strover resigned from the Clinic in 2002, and has concentrated her energies on creating within the KNEEguru website a successful venue for the collaboration of Patients, Clinical Practitioners and Industry in the knee field.
Contributions
2007 - The long-term consequences of anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus injuries: osteoarthritis
An 'interpretation' of a paper from 2007, which is a literature review trying to determine whether cruciate ligament injury predisposes one to osteoarthritis of the knee.
2007 - Autologous platelet gel and fibrin sealant enhance the efficacy of total knee arthroplasty: [& reduce incidence of AF]
An 'interpretation' of an interesting article published in 2007 promoting the use of growth factors derived from the patient's own blood to enhance healing after knee replacement.
2007 - Functional Problems and Arthrofibrosis Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
An 'interpretation' of an article from 2007 discussing problem that interfere with joint function after knee replacement.
2006 - Heterotopic ossification after total knee arthroplasty
An 'interpretation' of an article from 2006 discussing the issue of bony changes in the soft tissues around the knee after knee replacement.
2006 - Posterolateral Reconstruction Techniques. Techniques in Knee Surgery
An 'interpretation' of a 2006 medical article outlining the important anatomy of the important posterolateral corner of the knee, and the surgical procedures that are relevant there.