Mr Atul Khanna
Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon
Clinical Experience
Mr Khanna is Consultant Plastic, reconstructive and hand surgeon. Mr Khanna has been providing medical reports for solicitors for the last twenty one years. In this period he has provided over 3900 medical reports. These have been predominantly in the following areas of expertise:
- Hand surgery: Sequelae of hand injuries and surgery
- Soft tissue injury: Sequelae of post traumatic scarring
- Burns management: Sequelae of disability following burns injury, scarring and surgery.
- Medical negligence in Cosmetic Surgery.
As a Plastic Surgeon he deals with hand injuries and he is involved in dealing with these injuries, rehabilitating the patients and providing them with advice as to how they can return to work. He also gives advice on scars, comments on their prognosis and whether they can be improved by various forms of surgery. He treats patients with skin cancer and patients with burns. He also performs cosmetic surgery, including breast reduction, reconstruction, silicone implantation, liposuction, body contouring surgery and surgery for facial rejuvenation.
He has received certification from the Intercollegiate Cosmetic Surgery Oversight Committee as a certified cosmetic surgeon being on the General Medical Council's specialist register and having demonstrated to the RCS that his training, professional skills, clinical skills and knowledge are of a satisfactory standard.
Publications
Peer reviewed Journals
- The Changing face of Streptococcal Myositis,Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine - November 1998, Vol 15 No 6 p 425-426.
- Case Report: Reconstruction of an Ischial Pressure Sore with a Sartorius - Musculocutaneous Flap,Journal of Wound Care, March 1994, Vol 3, No 2, p76-78
- The Thermal Effects of Kirschner wire fixation on small bones, Journal of Surgery of the - Hand- British and European Volume, 199 24B: 3: 355-357
- BMA’s Annual Report for 1993-4,British Medical Journal - Correspondence - 18th June 1994, No 6944, Vol 308 p 1640
- Rationing and surgery: setting boundaries,British Journal of Surgery - Correspondence - July 1998,Vol 85, p1015
- Sturge Weber Syndrome -Hospital Medicine - Correspondence,February 1999, Vol 60, No 2, p 146
- Raised intracomparmental pressures and compartment syndromes-Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 30 (1999) 313- Correspondence
- Overview of trends in burns and scalds related mortality in the last 20 years at the Birmingham Burns Unit Burns 2001 2001 N0v 27(7) 723-30
- Current attitudes to fluid resuscitation in the UK -Burns 2001 March: 27(2) 183-4
- A novel method of ring removal from a swollen finger- British Journal of Plastic Surgery-2001 March 54(2): 182
- Unilateral Mydriasis during Blepharoplasty - British Journal of Plastic Surgery 2001 Oct 54(7): 648
- Lignocaine for Surgical Surgical Drain Removal- A Prospective Double Blind - Controlled Study - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery- 2003 October 2003 112(5) 1493-4
- A Simple method of locking the plunger during syringe liposuction - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Dec 2004 114(7):1973
- Use of a balloon catheter as a tissue expander and sizer - British Journal of Plastic Surgery Sep 2004 57(6) 594
- Prospective analysis of the outcome of subpectoral augmentation - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2005 May;115(6) 1781
- Can we rely on a general practitioners referral letter to a skin lesion clinic to prioritise appointments and does it make a difference to the patient’s prognosis - Ann R Coll Surg Engl Jan 2006;88(1)40-5
- Skeletal muscle Metastasis from malignant melanoma - Br J Plast Surg Sep 2005;58(6):855-8
- Familial pseudo pseudoxanthoma elasticum. - J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59(10):1127-9
- Marking the position of the inframammary fold during breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Aug;118(2):584.
- Congenital bilateral calcinosis cutis of the hands.. - J Hand Surg [Br]. 2006 Oct;31(5):522-3.
- Elevation of the umbilicus with skin hooks aids excision in abdominoplasty.
- Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Apr;117(4):135
- A free 'app' for plastic surgery: the smartphone spirit level. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2012 Nov;94(8):607. - Clinical audit of the impact of information leaflets on outcomes in patients with mallet finger injuries
- J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(12):1369-70. Epub 2007 Jun 4.
- Avoiding unfavourable outcomes in Liposuction.
- Indian J Plast Surg. 2013 May;46(2):393-400. Review.
- The CQC’s recommendations on Psychological assessment for cosmetic Surgery patients: Will they improve the patient’s journey? A review of current practice in the UK based on a survey of 71 plastic surgeons
- J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2021 Apr 18;S1748-6815(21)00200-X. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.03.097. Online ahead of print.
- Should the ‘normal’ and ‘ideal’ nipple position in a male influence the surgeonwhen planning severe gynaecomastia correction? J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg :November 29, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2021.11.041
- Referral and management of pre-tibial lacerations in two district general hospitals
- Journal of Medical Science-Cureus- DOI: 10.7759/cureus
- A letter in response to ; Surgical site infection in reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery: A single centre retrospective analysis of the association between healthcare workers and infections
- J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg . 2022 Nov 24;76:10-11. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2022.11.020
Publications in Books :
- Medical malpractice: Plastic and Aesthetic surgery
- Encyclopaedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine 2nd Edition
- Pages 476-483
- Copyright 2015
- A Khanna
- Plastic Surgery Trauma- A Handbook of acute management-Kindle edition
- Contributor to the following chapters
- Chapter 1: General Principles and approach to Plastic Surgery trauma
- Chapter 5: Bites, Extravasation injury, severe soft tissue infection and systemic disorders
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