Contact information
Jessica Ryan-Phillips
jessica.ryan-phillips@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
Research groups
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).
Key publications
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Surgical fixation with K-wires versus casting in adults with fracture of distal radius: DRAFFT2 multicentre randomised clinical trial.
Costa ML. et al, (2022), Bmj, 376
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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.
Costa ML. et al, (2020), Jama, 323, 519 - 526
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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.
Costa ML. et al, (2018), Jama, 319, 2280 - 2288
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Cemented or Uncemented Hemiarthroplasty for Intracapsular Hip Fracture.
Fernandez MA. et al, (2022), N engl j med, 386, 521 - 530
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High-dose dual-antibiotic loaded cement for hip hemiarthroplasty in the UK (WHiTE 8): a randomised controlled trial.
Agni NR. et al, (2023), Lancet, 402, 196 - 202
Recent publications
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Prevalence of complications in older adults after hip fracture surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Goh E. et al, (2025), Bone and joint journal, 107-B, 139 - 148
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Preventing pressure sores after hip fracture
Costa ML. et al, (2025), The bone & joint journal, 107-B, 135 - 138
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Do patients with minimally displaced distal radial fractures need a plaster cast?
Costa ML. et al, (2025), Bone joint j, 107-B, 7 - 9
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Haemodynamic measurements during hip hemiarthroplasty surgery for hip fracture.
Fernandez MA. et al, (2025), Bone joint j, 107-B, 103 - 107
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Exploring cellular changes in ruptured human quadriceps tendons at single-cell resolution
Mimpen JY. et al, (2024)
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Five-year outcomes for patients sustaining severe fractures of the lower limb from the Wound Healing in Surgery for Trauma (WHIST) trial.
Costa ML. et al, (2024), Bone joint j, 106-B, 858 - 864