Dr Richard Allom

Dr Richard Allom is an experienced Orthopaedic Surgeon with a subspecialist interest in surgery of the knee.  He holds General Medical Registration in Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as Fellowships of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. He is experienced in Knee Surgery procedures including joint replacement, soft tissue and ligament surgery; and is a participating surgeon in the HCF No-Gap Joints Program at The George Centre

Dr Allom’s areas of specialist interest are:

• Knee arthroplasty
  • Primary total knee replacement
  • Complex knee arthroplasty
  • Unicompartmental knee replacement
  • Revision knee arthroplasty
  • Robotics and navigation
  • Personalised alignment surgery

• Sports and soft tissue knee surgery
  • Meniscal preservation
  • ACL reconstruction with autograft or allograft
  • Revision ACL reconstruction
  • Multiligament knee reconstruction
  • Tendon repair

• Joint preservation surgery of the knee, including
  • Repair and reconstruction of osteochondral lesions
  • Osteotomies about the knee

• Patellofemoral instability, including
  • Soft tissue reconstruction
  • Tibial tubercle osteotomy
• Patient education, including
  • Non-operative management of orthopaedic conditions
  • Techniques to delay or obviate the need for surgical intervention
  • Pre-operative patient optimisation
  • Enhanced recovery programmes