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
Segond Fracture
A Segond Fracture is an avulsion of a small chip of bone off the lateral side of the femur, commonly seen in association with an anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
Second look arthroscopy
A 'second look' arthroscopy is when a patient is pro-actively booked to have an arthroscopy just to check up on a previous surgical procedure.
Screw home mechanism
The screw home mechanism is a bony rotation in the joint that allows it to lock back and keep the knee stable while standing upright. Page updated May 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Schenck Classification
The Schenck Classification gives an idea of the degrees of knee dislocation based on the number of ligaments damaged, and the presence of associated fractures.
Schatzker classification
The Schatzker classification is a visual system for the classification of tibial plateau fractures types I - VI. Page updated July 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)