Mr Ben Klass
Hand and Plastic Surgery Consultant
FEBHS, FRCS, MD, MBBS, BSc
I have been a hand and plastic surgery consultant in Liverpool and the north west for the last eight years. I trained as a plastic surgeon at major units in London and the south-east. Some of the the hospitals that I have trained at include: Barts and the Royal London Hospital, The Royal Free Hospital, The Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead and the world-renowned St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery in Chelmsford. I then moved to the region following a highly competitive hand surgery fellowship in Manchester.
In the NHS I currently work in a multidisciplinary team with orthopaedic hand surgery consultants, therapists and nurses and we regularly treat complex cases. I have also developed techniques in breast and body aesthetic surgery since the start of my plastic surgery training 20 years ago and my patients are very pleased with their results.
I am a plastic surgery consultant with a specific interest in hand surgery and aesthetic surgery of the breast and body. The majority of the procedures that I perform are described below:
Hand Surgery: Nerve decompression surgery; carpal tunnel decompression, Guyon’s canal release and cubital tunnel decompression. Trigger finger release, ganglion excision. Dupuytren’s surgery; percutaneous needle fasciotomy, segmental fasciectomy, selective fasciectomy and dermofasciectomy with skin grafting and/or local flaps. Osteoarthritis of the hand: trapeziectomy and LRTI, small joint fusion (DIPJ/PIPJs), joint replacement (PIPJ/MCPJs). Rheumatoid hand and other inflammatory hand arthritis conditions. Skin lesions, benign tumours and nail bed disorders of the hand.
Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Surgery: Scar revision, removal of benign skin lesions, breast augmentation, breast reduction, removal of breast implants, exchange of implants, abdominoplasty or 'tummy tuck' +/- muscle repair (mini, full, fleur-de-lys) and liposuction.
To date I have performed around 10,000 surgical procedures, with more than 1000 carpal tunnel and Dupuytren's operations of the hand. I have performed hundreds of aesthetic surgery procedures including breast augmentation, breast reduction and tummy tuck surgery. This is over a 20 year period in both my NHS and private practice.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Ben Klass at Spire include:
Orthopaedics - hand and wrist
- Carpal tunnel syndrome surgery
- Ganglion removal surgery
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Trigger finger release
Plastic surgery
- Breast reduction
- Breast enlargement
- Liposuction
- Mole, cyst, wart and skin tag removal
- Scar revision
- Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
Other treatments
Cubital tunnel decompression
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Additional information
Qualification and professional memberships
BSc (Hons) / University College London / 1997
Degree in Tumour Biology, Bachelor of Science (Honours Degree)
MBBS (Lond) / University College London / 2000
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MD (Res) / University College London / 2011
Doctorate of Medicine (Research)
FRCS (Plast) / Royal College of Surgeons (Plastic Surgery), England / 2014
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Plastic Surgery), England
FEBHS / European Board of Hand Surgery, Europe / 2016
Fellow of the European Board of Hand Surgery, Europe
Cosmetic Surgery Certification / The Royal College of Surgeons, England / 2023
Cosmetic Surgery Certification (The Royal College of Surgeons, England)
Professional memberships
British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)
Personal profile
I am married and have three children. Most of my free time is spent supporting them in their university, school, dance and netball activities. I also enjoy walking with our dog, cycling and regularly attend the gym.
Contact information
| Telephone | 0151 391 2515 |