Spinal Muscular Atrophy

| Updated 7 Dec 2022 | Tags: neurology neuromuscular Neuromuscular disorders neurorehabilitation

At the Atkinson Morley Neuromuscular Centre at St George’s Hospital we run a specialist clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in adults. We treat patients holistically working with a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians and allied health professionals in neurology, neurorehabilitation and respiratory medicine.   Please see our general …
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Monitoring your baby’s movements

| Updated 4 May 2022 | Tags: Maternity

For more information on understanding your baby’s movements please visit this page developed by Tommy’s and NHS England, where you can download an in-depth leaflet available in over 25 different languages. You can find the English, Polish and Urdu versions below. Feeling your baby move (English) Odczuwanie ruchów dziecka jest …
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Complex Arthroplasty Unit (Hip & Knee Joint Replacement)

| Updated 7 Aug 2023

The Complex Arthroplasty Unit is based at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. It is the tertiary referral centre for hip and knee joint replacement in South West London. The unit specialises in the care and treatment of patients who suffer from advanced arthritis in their hip or knee joints or …
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Muscle and Nerve Channelopathy Clinic

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 28 Jul 2020

Skeletal Muscle Channelopathies Skeletal muscle channelopathies are rare neuromuscular diseases that cause symptoms of episodic muscle weakness or paralysis or a difficulty in relaxing muscles (the muscles can feel stuck or cramped) after they are contracted. Approximately 1 in 100 000 people in the UK has a muscle channelopathy. Muscle …
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Transition service for young adults with neuromuscular disorders

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 28 Jul 2020 | Tags: neurology neuromuscular paediatric neurology

From the age of 16 years onwards young patients with a neuromuscular disorder will be transitioned from their paediatric clinic to adult services. This can be a time of great change as it is also a time when other life decisions are being made e.g. leaving school or staying in …
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Going home after having a spinal or epidural

| Updated 7 Oct 2024

This website provides some important information for women who have had an epidural or spinal procedure on our delivery suite. The anaesthetic team always aims to review you before you are sent home to make sure that you have recovered from your spinal or epidural. Sometimes you can be discharged …
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Resources

| Updated 30 Jul 2020

1. Starting a research project https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/education-and-research/research/initiating-research-lead-by-st-georges/ 2. GCP training https://www.nihr.ac.uk/health-and-care-professionals/learning-and-support/good-clinical-practice.htm

Current studies

| Updated 16 Jul 2020

Publications

| Updated 15 Jul 2020

The department has published papers on a variety of research topics, listed below: 2020 CovidSurg Collaborative. Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study. Accepted for publication The Lancet 13.5.2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31182-X Mortality and morbidity of stairlift injuries : analysis of the UK …
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St George’s Trauma and Orthopaedic Department Musculoskeletal Unit Research and Trauma Trials Clinical Research Unit

| Updated 27 Jul 2020

The clinical research unit in Trauma and Orthopaedics at St George’s Hospital participates in a number of national trials recruiting patients into studies investigating musculoskeletal diseases and injuries. These studies are supported by the National Institute for Health Research and have contributed to improvements in care for many patients in the UK. …
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