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| Matthew Lyons, Orthopaedic surgeon, NSW |
I am a fellowship trained Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in disorders of the hip and knee. I perform arthroscopic, reconstructive and replacement surgery of the Hip & Knee with a particular interest in revision arthroplasty for failed and infected joint replacements.
Education
Subspecialty Fellowships
Hip & Knee Joint Replacement Fellowship (Primary & Revision Arthroplasty)
University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
Fellowship Directors – Professors Bob Bourne & Steve MacDonald
Sports Hip & Knee Fellowship (Arthroscopic & Reconstructive Surgery)
North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre at The Mater Hospital, Sydney
Fellowship Directors – Dr Merv Cross OAM & Michael O’Sullivan
Postgraduate
Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association 2013
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2009
Australian Orthopaedic Association Advanced Trainee- (Northside NSW) 2006-9
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Basic Surgical Trainee 2001-5
Undergraduate
University of New South Wales 1994- 2000
Bachelor of Medicine
Bachelor of Surgery
Bachelor Medical Science Honours Class One
Academic Awards / Courses
Arthroscopy Association of North America, Masters Course in Hip Arthroscopy, Rosemont, Illinois, 2010
Australia Limb Deformity and Correction Course, 2007
Advanced Arthroscopy Workshop, Northern Clinical Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, 2007
United States Medical Licensing Exam Step 1, 2007
AO/ASIF Hand Course, Queenstown, New Zealand, 2005
AO/ASIF Hand Course, Queenstown, New Zealand, 2005
CLEAR Course (Critical Literature Evaluation and Research), 2005
AO/ASIF Advanced Fracture Treatment, Davos Switzerland 2004
Arthroscopic Skills Workshop, Northern Clinical Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, 2004
AO/ ASIF Basic Principles Course 2003
Resident of the Year, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney 2002
Surgical Anatomy by Dissection Course 2002
ATLS/ EMST (Early Management of Severe Trauma Course) 2002
CCrISP (Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient) 2002
Intern of the Year, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney 2001
United States Medical Licensing Exam, Step 2, 2000
Harvey Carey Scholarship for Honours Study, UNSW 1997
Academic Vice Chancellor’s Scholar for the award of Bachelor of Laws at Bond University, Queensland (not pursued) 1994
Cooper Scholarship to study classics (Latin & Ancient Greek) at the University of Sydney (not pursued) 1994
Dux of St Ignatius’ College, Riverview 1993
Current Hospital Appointments
Visiting Medical Officer
The Mater Hospital, Sydney
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Hornsby Kuringai Hospital
North Shore Private Hospital
Dubbo Base Hospital
Dubbo Private Hospital
Special Interests
My particular areas of interest in orthopaedic surgery include:
Joint replacement surgery (Arthroplasty) of the hip and knee
Revision Arthroplasty for failed, painful or infected prosthetic joints
Arthroscopic surgery of the hip & knee, including-
ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) reconstruction
Sports knee surgery
Hip arthroscopy
Labral repair
Femoro-acetabular impingement (FAI) hip surgery
Research
I have extensively published research on the performance of knee and hip arthroplasty, both primary and revision surgery. Specifically, my interests pertain to the improvement of safe, efficacious and effective surgery of the lower limb.
Yao R, Lyons MC, Howard JL, McAuley JP. Does patellectomy jeopardize function after TKA?Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Feb 471(2): 544-553.
Mahmud T, Lyons MC, McCalden RW, Naudie DD, Howard JL, Bourne RB, MacDonald SJ. Assessing the Gold Standard: A Review of 253 Two-Stage Revisions for Infected TKA. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Oct 470 (10): 2730-2736
Lyons MC, MacDonald SJ, Somerville LE, Naudie DD, McCalden RW. Unicompartmental versus total knee arthroplasty database analysis: is there a winner? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Jan; 470(1):84-90.
Lyons MC, MacDonald SJ. Rotational Bearing TKA: Less Than AdvertisedSeminars in Arthroplasty 2011 Vol. 22, Issue 3, Pages 163-166
Lyons MC, MacDonald SJ. Dual Poly Liner Mobility Optimizes Wear & Stability in THA; Opposes. Orthopedics. 2011 Sep 9;34(9):e449-51
Harris IA, Lyons MC. Reoperation rate in diaphyseal tibia fractures ANZ Journal of Surgery, Volume 75, Issue 12, Page 1041-1044, Dec 2005
Honours Thesis for BSc (Med)
The effect of a season of swimming training on elite adolescent athletes. Supervisors- Dr David Garlick and DrJeni Saunders. Department of Sports Medicine, School of Physiology and Pharmacology,Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales
In Press
Book Chapter: “Prevention of Periprosthetic Fractures- Local Factors” in AO Manual of Fracture Management: Periprosthetic Fractures, Editor Michael Schuetz. Author Lyons MC, MacDonald SJ. 2013
Lyons MC, MacDonald SJ, Somerville LE, Howard JL, Naudie DD. Spinal vs General Anesthesia in THA: An Analysis using Prospectively Collected Clinical Patient Data.
Provisionally accepted Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research 2013. Presented 2012 American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco & The Hip Society Closed Meeting Dallas, 2011
Lyons MC, McCalden RW, Naudie DD, Howard JL, Bourne RB, MacDonald SJ Sequential 2 stage revision for bilateral infected total knee arthroplasty. Submitted Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
In progress
Dzaja I, Lyons MC, Howard JL, Naudie DD Early results of difficult revision hip arthroplasty using the Stryker Restoration Modular Revision Hip System. Accepted for podium presentation American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, 2014, New Orleans
Lyons MC, Naudie DD, MacDonald SJ, McCalden RW, Bourne RB.A case series of trabecular metal failure in post irradiated acetabulae.
Lyons MC, O’Sullivan MD A simple method for removal of a ceramic acetabular liner
Lyons MC, O’Sullivan MD How Accurate are CT Scanograms for Leg Length Discrepancy?
Atwal NS, Lyons MC, Cross MJ. Current Concepts on ACL reconstruction: A systematic review.
Professional Memberships
Australian Orthopaedic Association
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Arthroplasty Society of Australia
Australian Medical Association
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Personal
When not working and spending time with family, I enjoy skiing, golf and am a veritable Rugby tragic.I consider it a priority to be available and approachable for all your orthopaedic concerns.
For appointments with Dr Lyons please phone (02) 9409 0500.
Kindly go through the below link for more information about orthopaedic services
http://www.drmattlyons.com.au
