The Hand Practice
Specialist hand and wrist surgery clinic in Berkshire, UK

In Association with Spire Dunedin Hospital, Reading, Berkshire






Internationally trained specialist in hand and wrist surgery
To find out more:
0118 955 3486

Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

Publications and Presentations of Mr Zulfi Rahimtoola

  • Presentations:

    Live Surgery Demonstrator and Faculty Member
    ISSH meeting, Nashik, India, 2010

    Invited Guest Speaker and Master Class workshop lectures
    Indian Hand Society Meeting, Nashik, India, 2010

    Hand Trauma Demonstrator and Faculty Member
    Depuy Hand Upper Extremity Course, Coventry 2010

    Treatment of the Arthritic Wrist: Arthroplasty
    Z.O. Rahimtoola
    Instructional Courses, Brunel University, London 2010

    Treatment of the Arthritic Wrist: Partial Fusion
    Z.O. Rahimtoola
    Instructional Courses, Brunel University, London 2010

    Hand and Wrist Trauma Workshop Part II
    Course Organiser and Faculty Member
    Leiden University, Leiden 2010

    Hand and Wrist Trauma Workshop Part I
    Course Organiser and Faculty Member
    Leiden University, Leiden 2009

    Invited Guest Speaker and Master Class workshop lectures
    Indian Hand Society Meeting, Delhi 2009

    Invited Guest Speaker: Scaphoid Fracture Fixation vs Conservative Therapy Debate
    Z.O. Rahimtoola and N Goddard
    Percival Pott Club Meeting, St Bart’s London 2009

    Invited Guest Speaker: History of Total Wrist Arthroplasty
    Z.O. Rahimtoola
    Pulvertaft Hand Club, Pulvertaft Hand Unit, Derby 2009

    Biomechanics or the Wrist
    Z.O. Rahimtoola
    Presented at the Instructional Courses, Brunel University, London 2009

    Master Class: Treatment of the Rheumatoid Wrist
    Z.O. Rahimtoola
    Presented at the ISSH-BSSH Conference, Bangalore, India 2008

    Arthroplasty vs Arthrodesis Debate
    Z.O. Rahimtoola and I. McNab
    Presented at the Instructional Courses, Brunel University, London 2008

    History of Wrist Arthoplasty
    Z.O. Rahimtoola
    Presented at the Instructional Courses, Brunel University, London 2008

    Total joint arthroplasty and revision arthoplasty in the hand. Instructional Course lecture, Brunel University, London, 2007.

    Pieter van Foreest Award: The TMW implant
    Z.O.Rahimtoola and P. Hubach
    Awarded: Alkmaar Medical Centre, Alkmaar 2005

    Treatment of the Rheumatoid Wrist
    Z.O Rahimtoola
    Presented at the Netherlands Hand Society Conference, Utrecht 2005

    Complications Following Darrach Procedures
    Z.O.Rahimtoola
    Presented at the Catalan Handgroup Conference, Andorra 2004

    Total Wrist Arthroplasty in the Netherlands
    Z.O.Rahimtoola
    Presented at the Catalan Handgroup Conference, Andorra 2004

    Revisional Total Wrist Arthroplasty
    Z.O.Rahimtoola and P.Hubach
    Presented at the FESSH Conference, Lisbon 2003

    Radiological Wrist Classification Systems and Their Clinical Reliability
    Z.O.Rahimtoola, E. Garling, D.B. Herren and R.G.H.H. Nelissen
    Presented at the NERASS Conference, Rotterdam, 2003

    Long-term Results After Resection of the Distal Ulna in Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Z.O.Rahimtoola, S.P.L.Jansen, R.G.H.H. Nelissen, and P.M.Rozing
    Presented at the Netherlands Orthopaedic Society Conference, Nijmegen 2003

    Preliminary Results of Total Wrist Arthroplasty Using the RWS Prosthesis.
    Z.O.Rahimtoola and P.M.Rozing
    Presented at the Netherlands Orthopaedic Society Conference, Nijmegen 2003

    VOCA Research Award: Results of the TMW Prosthesis
    Z.O.Rahimtoola
    Awarded: Netherlands Orthopaedic Resident Conference, Amsterdam 2002

    Case of Total Wrist Arthroplasty.
    Z.O.Rahimtoola and P.Hubach
    Guest Speaker at the ERASS Conference, Finland 2002

    Preliminary Results of Total Wrist Arthroplasty Using the RWS Prosthesis
    Z.O.Rahimtoola and P.M.Rozing.
    Poster presentation at the FESSH Conference, Amsterdam 2002

    Two Cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Classic Haemophilia.
    Z.O. Rahimtoola and J.G. van Baal
    Poster presentation at the FESSH Conference, Amsterdam 2002

    Total Wrist Arthroplasty.
    Z.O.Rahimtoola
    Guest Speaker at the EFORT Conference, Rhodos 2001

    Laparoscopic Trephine Colostomy.
    Z.O. Rahimtoola, B.F. Huizinga and S. Rakic
    Presented at the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons Conference, New York 1999

    Publications:

    A Review of Surgery of the Wrist in Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Z.O.Rahimtoola
    Accepted: Minerv Ortop Traumatol (2006)

    Treating Radiocarpal Degenerative Arthritis by Radioscapholunate Arthrodesis and Distal Scaphoidectomy.
    Z.O.Rahimtoola, A.Lluch, A.Ferreres, I. Papini-Zorli and M.Garcia-Elias
    Accepted: J Hand Surgery (Am) (2006)

    Radiological Wrist Classification Systems and Their Clinical Reliability
    Z.O.Rahimtoola, E. Garling, D.B. Herren and R.G.H.H. Nelissen
    Accepted: J Hand Surg (Br) (2006)

    Wrist Scoring Systems For Use in Total Wrist Arthroplasty and Their Interobserver Agreement
    Z.O.Rahimtoola, E Nelissen, S.P.L.Jansen, and P.M.Rozing
    Submitted: J Hand Surg (Br)

    The TMW Prosthesis: A Complete New Design
    Z.O.Rahimtoola and P.Hubach
    Scand J of Plastic Recon Surg Hand Surg, 2004;38: 3: 161-165

    Long-term Results After Resection of the Distal Ulna in Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Z.O.Rahimtoola, S.P.L.Jansen, R.G.H.H. Nelissen, and P.M.Rozing
    J Hand Surg, 2003; 29B: 2: 148-151

    Preliminary Results of Total Wrist Arthroplasty Using the RWS Prosthesis.
    Z.O.Rahimtoola and P.M.Rozing
    J Hand Surg, 2003; 23B: 59-64

    Two Cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Classic Haemophilia.
    Z.O. Rahimtoola and J.G. van Baal
    Scand J of Plast Recon Surg Hand Surg, 2002; 36 (3): 1186-189

    Outcome of Total Hip Arthroplasty in Small-Proportioned Patients.
    Z.O. Rahimtoola, S. Finger, S. Imrie and S.B.Goodman
    J of Arthroplasty, 2000; 15: 27-34

    Risk Factors for Dislocation During the First 3 Months After Primary Total Hip Replacement.
    S.T. Woolsen and Z.O. Rahimtoola
    J of Arthroplasty, 1999; 14: 662-668

Front cover of PhD thesis by Mr Z O Rahimtoola

Click here to read the PhD summary

Daily Mail article from the 22nd November 2010 on wrist replacement

(please note this will take you away from the hand practice site)

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