
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
Meniscal root avulsion
A meniscal root avulsion is a tearing away of the meniscal root from the underlying tibial bone. Page updated October 2023 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Meniscal root
The meniscal root serves as the anchor point at each end of the kneee meniscus where it is tethered to the underlying tibia bone via a fibrous extension - which looks like a root.
Meniscal replacement
A meniscal replacement is a replacement of the part or all of the meniscus after the native tissue has been removed.
Meniscal repair augmentation
Meniscal repair augmentation is the use of various techniques to improve the healing and eventual function of a meniscal repair.
Meniscal repair
Meniscal repair encompasses various techniques of surgically closing up a tear in the meniscus. Page updated April 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)