Colleges
Matthew Costa
Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
- Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Matt was appointed Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Oxford in 2015. He was previously Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics at University of Warwick. Matt is also Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Matt's research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal interventions and he is Chief Investigator for a series of randomised trials and associated studies supported by grants from the UK National Institute of Health Research. His work has been cited widely, and informs many guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
In The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Fracture repair to lower shinbone
Professor Matt Costa spoke to the NIHR about Fractures of the lower end of the shin bone and one their studies looking at these serious injuries, which can take many months to heal.
Key publications
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Effect of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Management on 12-Month Disability Among Adults With Severe Open Fracture of the Lower Limb: The WOLLF Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal article
Costa ML. et al, (2018), Jama, 319, 2280 - 2288
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Effect of Locking Plate Fixation vs Intramedullary Nail Fixation on 6-Month Disability Among Adults With Displaced Fracture of the Distal Tibia: The UK FixDT Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal article
Costa ML. et al, (2017), Jama, 318, 1767 - 1776
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Effect of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Dressing on Deep Surgical Site Infection After Surgery for Lower Limb Fractures Associated With Major Trauma: The WHIST Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal article
Costa ML. et al, (2020), Jama, 323, 519 - 526
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Plaster cast versus functional brace for non-surgical treatment of Achilles tendon rupture (UKSTAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation.
Journal article
Costa ML. et al, (2020), Lancet, 395, 441 - 448
Recent publications
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Classification of open fractures: the need to modernize.
Journal article
Trompeter AJ. et al, (2020), Bone joint j, 102-B, 1431 - 1434
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Effect of the X-Bolt dynamic plating system versus the sliding hip screw for the fixation of trochanteric fractures of the hip in adults on health-related quality of life: the WHiTE Four randomized clinical trial
Journal article
GRIFFIN X. et al, (2020), Bone and joint journal
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Surgical fixation compared with cast immobilisation for adults with a bicortical fracture of the scaphoid waist: the SWIFFT RCT.
Journal article
Dias J. et al, (2020), Health technol assess, 24, 1 - 234
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Gunshot Related Injuries in Trauma: The GRIT study A profile of patients affected by gunshot related orthopaedic injuries across South Africa.
Journal article
Masters J. et al, (2020), Samj south african medical journal
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Effectiveness and safety of cemented and uncemented hemiarthroplasty in the treatment of intracapsular hip fractures.
Journal article
Nantha Kumar N. et al, (2020), Bone joint j, 102-B, 1113 - 1121