
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 reconstruction
Meniscal reconstruction is rebuilding absent meniscal tissue, eg with a graft or scaffolds.
Meniscal fixation device
A meniscal fixation device is a manufactured device for holding together the torn ends of a meniscus - part of a meniscal repair.
Meniscal extrusion
Meniscal extrusion is when the meniscus becomes loose from its moorings and slips out over the edge of the top of the tibia. Page updated May 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Meniscal degeneration
Meniscal degeneration is the breakdown in the internal structure of the meniscus, the shock absorber of the knee.
Meniscal cyst
A meniscal cyst is a fluid-filled tender lump at the joint line of the knee, arising from the meniscus shock absorber. Page updated June 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)