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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Percutaneous fixation with Kirschner wires versus volar locking plate fixation in adults with dorsally displaced fracture of distal radius: randomised controlled trial.
Journal article
Costa ML. et al, (2014), Bmj, 349
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Inequalities in use of total hip arthroplasty for hip fracture: population based study.
Conference paper
Perry DC. et al, (2016), Bmj, 353
Recent publications
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The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review: does this patient have hip osteoarthritis?
Journal article
METCALFE D. et al, (2019), Jama: journal of the american medical association
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Cost-effectiveness of negative-pressure wound therapy in adults with severe open fractures of the lower limb: evidence from the WOLLF randomized controlled trial.
Journal article
Petrou S. et al, (2019), Bone joint j, 101-B, 1392 - 1401
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Enrolling patients without capacity to trauma trials; successes and challenges
Presentation
WALLIS S. et al, (2019)
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Patient experience of long-term recovery after open fracture of the lower limb: a qualitative study using interviews in a community setting.
Journal article
Rees S. et al, (2019), Bmj open, 9
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Moving to direct electronic capture of patient-reported data: lessons from the UKSTAR trial
Poster
WAGLAND S. et al, (2019)