Mr Sakis Pollalis MD FRCS
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
hip & knee specialist
Mr Pollalis is a fellowship-trained Orthopaedic surgeon specialising in all aspects of hip and knee disorders. He is a Consultant at Wycombe General and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals, both part of the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust. His private practice is based at the Chiltern and Shelburne Hospitals, Buckinghamshire, and at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Berkshire.
Mr Pollalis prides himself in providing accurate diagnosis and exceptional treatment for his patients, giving them the possibility to resume an active lifestyle and a high quality of life. He is at the forefront of implementing the latest techniques and procedures, both surgical and non-surgical. He strives to offer highest level evidence-based care utilising personalised treatment plans with an excellent bedside manner and a personal touch.
Mr Pollalis has a special interest in hip and knee replacement surgery, both primary and revision. He is particularly keen in minimally invasive partial knee replacement surgery. He is also skilled in arthroscopic (keyhole) knee surgery.
He is renowned for his expertise in rapid recovery and day case hip and knee replacement. He is the Day Case Joint Replacement Lead in Buckinghamshire NHS Trust and he has been the leading surgeon in the development and delivery of the awarded Rapid Recovery Joint Replacement Pathway (WARP) which allows many of his patients to go home on the same day after their hip or knee replacement. The pathway encompasses all the latest research around preoperative preparation, intraoperative muscle sparing techniques, postoperative multi modal pain relief and early mobilisation.
Having graduated from Athens Medical School, Greece in 2002, Mr Pollalis completed his specialist trauma and orthopaedic training in Athens, Greece and in Oxford, UK. During his training he was widely exposed to the full spectrum of elective and emergency orthopaedic conditions.
He then undertook extensive specialist fellowship training in joint replacement and worked with some of the UK’s foremost surgeons in hip and knee surgery. During his first fellowship in the world-renowned Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford he expanded his experience in primary and revision hip and knee surgery. In particular, he worked extensively with the designer group of the Oxford Partial Knee Replacement, gaining unique expertise in this field. He then completed a second high-volume specialist hip and knee fellowship at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital which has an outstanding reputation for joint replacement surgery. During his third joint replacement fellowship at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, he gained further expertise in the treatment of complex joint and bone problems including surgery for metastatic bone disease.
Mr Pollalis has a strong research background. He has published and presented extensively throughout his career on hip and knee problems, as well as on enhanced recovery after surgery, both in the UK and abroad.
He is also a very keen educator with a passion for teaching and training. He is the Educational Lead for Trauma and Orthopaedics in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and sits regularly on the ARCP panel assessing the annual progression of orthopaedic trainees of the Oxford Deanery.
Outside of medicine Mr Pollalis enjoys spending time with his family. He has a passion for sailing and has competed in various regattas worldwide. He also enjoys skiing, music, and traveling.
Mr Sakis Pollalis
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Specialist Fellowship Training
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK
Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Qualifications
Royal College of Surgeons of England
University of Athens, Greece
University of Athens, Greece
CLINICAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Hip & Knee Surgery
- Day Case Hip & Knee Replacement
- Rapid Recovery Joint Replacement
- Oxford Unicompartmental (Partial) Knee Replacement
- Primary & Revision Hip Replacement
- Proximal / Distal Femoral Replacement
- Primary & Revision Knee Replacement
- Periprosthetic Joint Infection Surgery
- Knee Arthroscopy - Soft Tissue Knee Surgery (meniscal repairs, ACL surgery)
Specialist Lower Limb Trauma
- Periprosthetic Fracture fixation
- Total Hip Replacement for Neck of Femur Fractures
- Management of Recurrent Total Hip Replacement Dislocation
- Periarticular Knee Fracture fixation
- Soft Tissue Knee injuries
General Trauma
- Upper limb fracture fixation
- Lower limb fracture fixation
- Paediatric fracture fixation
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
PUBLICATIONS – BOOK CHAPTERS
Chapter: Bone-Graft and Implant-Graft Interface in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Book: Bone-Implant Interface in Orthopedic Surgery
Roidis N, Pollalis A, Karachalios T
Senior Editor: Karachalios, Theofilos
Publisher: Springer
PUBLICATIONS - PAPERS
Correlation of serum metal ion levels with pathological changes of ARMD in
failed metal-on-metal-hip-resurfacing arthroplasties.
Grammatopoulos G, Munemoto M, Pollalis A, Athanasou NA.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (2017) 137: 1129
How long before routine next-day discharge for primary hip and knee
replacement patients in the United Kingdom?
Wainwright T, Pollalis A, Immins T, Middleton R.
Clinical Nutrition ESPEN 12 (2016) e30-e59
Five-year experience of cementless Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement.
Pandit HG, Campi S, Hamilton TW, Dada OD, Pollalis S, Jenkins C, Dodd CAF,
Murray DW.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc (2017) 25: 694.
Total hip arthroplasty in young females with congenital dislocation of the hip,
radically improves their long-term quality of life.
Roidis NT, Pollalis AP, Hartofilakidis GC.
J Arthroplasty. 2013 Aug;28(7):1206-11.
Cementless total hip arthroplasty for avascular necrosis of the femoral head
following cardiac transplantation: report of two cases.
Antonopoulos A, Antoniou T, Pollalis A, Sklitsi F, Economou A, Theodoraki K.
J Orthop Sci (2012) 17: 808.
Are plain X-rays a valuable tool for identifying Pseudotumour formation around
a Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty?
Pollalis A, Grammatopoulos G, Mellon S, Ostlere S, Pandit H, Murray D
EFORT Meeting 2015, Poster presentation
Greek Orthopaedic Society Meeting 2015, Podium Presentation
Oxford Hip Score: A Comparison of best and worst performing hospitals
Wainwright T, Immins T, Middleton R, Pollalis A
EFORT Meeting 2015, Poster presentation
Bigger heads = less dislocation. Is it that simple?
Middleton R, Pollalis A
The Great Debate 2015
The Posterior Approach: Safer, quicker, extendable and will stand the test of time
Middleton R, Pollalis A
The Great Debate 2015
Mid-Term results of minimally invasive cementless Oxford Phase 3
unicompartmental knee replacement
Pandit H, Campi H, Jenkins C, Pollalis A, Hamilton A, Dada O, Mellon S, Dodd C, Murray D
BASK Meeting 2015, Podium presentation
Long-term survival and functional outcome following Shelf acetabuloplasty: A
valuable option in the treatment of hip dysplasia?
Pollalis A, Grammatopoulos G, Wainwright A, Gundle R, Theologis T, McLardy-Smith P, Murray D
British Hip Society Meeting 2015, Podium Presentation
Girdlestone Orthopaedic Society Meeting 2015, Podium Presentation
Greek Orthopaedic Society Meeting 2015, Podium Presentation
Mid-Term Survivorship and Functional Outcome Following Ganz Peri-Acetabular
Osteotomy – A single surgeon series
Grammatopoulos G, Wales J, Pollalis A, Gill HS, Wainwright A, Theologis T
Greek Orthopaedic Society Meeting 2015, Podium Presentation
Total hip arthroplasty in young females with congenital dislocation of the hip,
radically improves their long-term quality of life
Roidis NT, Pollalis A, Hartofilakidis GC.
Greek Orthopaedic Society Meeting 2012, Podium Presentation
Failure analysis of an in vivo broken acetabular shell
Roidis NT, Antonopoulos A, Pollalis A, Bernard PF, Magnissalis EA, Ioannidis TT
Greek Orthopaedic Society Meeting 2010, Podium Presentation
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT / AUDIT EXPERIENCE
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre OUH NHS Trust
KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Educational Lead for Trauma & Orthopaedics in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- ARCP panel member Oxford Deanery (assessing the annual progression of orthopaedic trainees)
- Educational & Clinical Supervisor of Trainees in Thames Valley & RNOH Stanmore Rotations
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The Chiltern Hospital
London Road
Great Missenden
Buckinghamshire, HP16 OEN -
The Shelburne Hospital
Queen Alexandra Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire, HP11 2TR -
The Princess Margaret Hospital
Osborne Road
Windsor
Berkshire, SL4 3SJ
