Mr L Van Niekerk

Medical qualifications

MB ChB, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Orth)

Year of qualification:

1987

Areas of expertise:

Orthopaedics

Practising at:

Tees Hospital

Clinics:

  • By arrangement

Member of:

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association
  • Fellow of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee

Contact details:

01642 367 404 01609 764 661 / 07977 442 879
01642 359 111

Profile:

Mr Van Niekerk has been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon since 2000. He undertook Fellowship training in the management of sports injuries in 1999 at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital in Oswestry, Shropshire.  

Mr Van Niekerk and his team offer a comprehensive service in the diagnosis and management (operative and non-operative) of injuries of the knee and ankle. With a national network of physiotherapy partners the team provide a comprehensive rehabilitation programme after injury or surgery.

His main area of expertise is in arthroscopic (key-hole) treatment as well as ligament reconstruction of knee and ankle injuries.  From 2000 to-date his NHS and private practice is solely focused on the treatment of lower limb injuries in sport at all levels including premiership football and other elite sportsmen and women.

Research:

Mr Van Niekerk lectures nationally and internationally on ligament reconstruction and cartilage repair of the knee and ankle.  He has published widely on the surgical management of patella instability (kneecap dislocation) and ligament deficiency of the sports injured ankle.

Other interests:

  1. Knee General: Arthroscopy (key hole surgery), Meniscus tear, Arthritis
  2. Knee Ligaments: Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction, Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL), Multiligament reconstruction, Patella (knee cap) Instability
  3. Knee Cartilage: Cartilage repair, Cartilage Transplantation, Osteochondritis Dissecans repair
  4. Ankle General: Arthroscopy(key hole surgery), cartilage Repair and Transplantation Arthritis, Arthroscopic Ankle Fusion
  5. Ankle Ligaments: Ligament repair and Reconstruction
  6. Ankle Tendons: Repair, Reconstruction and Transplantation

Languages spoken:

English

Current posts:

Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery - South Tees NHS Trust (Friarage Hospital, Northallerton)

Services that this consultant provides:

Arthroplasty
Arthroscopy
Bursitis
Chondroplasty
Complex Hip Replacement
Complex Hip and Knee Surgery
Hemi Arthroplasty
Hip
Hip Osteoarthritis
Kellars Arthroplasty
Knee Arthroscopy
Knee Inflammation
Knee Ligament Injury
Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee Replacement
Ligament Reconstruction
Meniscal Tear
Meniscectomy
Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement
PCL Reconstruction
Patella Stabilisation
Patello-femoral Joint Replacement
Plantar Fascitis
Sports Injury
Tibio-femoral
Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR)
Unicondylar Knee Replacement