Dr Thomas Smallman
Knee Surgeon
Degrees: BSc, MSc, MD, FRCS (C), CSPQ
Particular expertise: Anterior knee pain
Website: https://tvsmallman.com/
Location: North Medical Center, 5100 W. Taft Road, Suite 2R, Liverpool, NY, 13088, United States of America
DR SMALLMAN HAS RETIRED.
Dr Smallman's special expertise is in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic knee pain. As a physician, my special interest is in you, adult or child, plagued by disabling knee pain which dominates your life. Such pain in the adult is often multifactorial. In the child such pain is of urgent concern, as it can be overwhelming, inducing avoidance behavior and lifestyle modification within months. We have published a peer-reviewed, safe, simple surgical approach to chronic knee pain, successful in most. Our team’s research interest is chronic knee pain, in adults and children.
Contributions
TAKEHOME MESSAGE - The surgical technique of Untethering the Fat Pad
Dr Smallman discusses his surgical technique in some cases of anterior knee pain, and highlights the work still needed to fully understand this problem.
INTRODUCTION: Anterior Knee Pain - a symptom complex
A military knee surgeon explains how his experience with soldiers triggered his interest in anterior knee pain.
BACKGROUND PHYSIOLOGY - Kinematics of the knee
Dr Smallman discusses the discovery that many cases of anterior knee pain are relieved by releasing the tethers restraining the fat pad and the infrapatellar plica.
CLINICAL CASES - Case 5
The development during adolescence of anterior knee pain in a young dancer seriously undermines her potential. Dr Smallman explains...