Dott. Lorenzo Garagnani

LORENZO GARAGNANI MD FRCS | CONSULTANT HAND AND WRIST SURGEON IN LONDON

Mr Lorenzo Garagnani is a highly specialised Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon who treats the whole spectrum of disorders of the hand, wrist and peripheral nerves of the upper limb, both in adults and children. Both his NHS and private practice are based in central London where he consults and operates at leading hospitals and clinics.

Mr Lorenzo Garagnani qualified in Medicine and Surgery at Bologna University (Italy) then he trained in Trauma and Orthopaedics in the prestigious Bologna Specialist Training Programme, mainly based at the world famous Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute.

Mr Garagnani completed his sub-specialist training in hand and wrist surgery in centers of excellence in the UK, where he was Hand Fellow at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, at the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of the Oxford University Hospitals, and at the Hand Clinic in Windsor. In 2009 he was appointed Specialist Hand Surgeon at Humanitas Clinical Institute in Rozzano, Milan (Italy). Between 2009 and 2012 he worked in London, as locum Consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and as Hand Fellow in congenital hand anomalies at the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

In 2012 he was appointed Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon at the Department of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery of the University Hospital Policlinico di Modena (Italy), where he worked until his appointment in 2015 as Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London. Mr Garagnani is Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In 2017, Mr Garagnani has become Hon Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London.

Mr Garagnani’s activities include supervision of and teaching to Specialist Trainees, Hand Fellows and King’s College medical students. He is author of numerous scientific publications that include papers and book chapters and is regular speaker and invited faculty at national and international conferences and courses. Mr Garagnani is internationally recognised for his work and research on new minimally invasive techniques that allow reduction of surgical morbidity.

Mr Lorenzo Garagnani expertise includes:

Hand and wrist trauma (treatment of fractures, ligament, tendon and nerve injuries)
Hand and wrist joint disease (degenerative and inflammatory joint disease – osteoarthritis, arthropaties, rheumatoid arthritis)
Congenital and paediatric hand surgery – treatment of anomalies of the hand and upper limb in children and adults
Upper limb nerve disorders (including carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndromes)
Tendon surgery (trigger finger, tenosynovitis, tendon reconstruction, tendon transfer)
Wrist arthroscopy (keyhole surgery)
Dupuytren’s contracture treatment
Removal of growths/cysts in the hand and upper limb (including ganglion cysts, lipomas, enchondromas, GCTs, etc.)

Mr Lorenzo Garagnani is member of:

British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH)
American Society for Surgery of he Hand (ASSH) – also Member of the International Relations Committee 2015-2018
Italian Society for Surgery of the Hand – Società Italiana di Chirurgia della Mano (SICM)
European Wrist Arthroscopy Society (EWAS)
International Society for Sport Traumatology of the Hand (ISSPORTH)
International Bone Research Association (IBRA)
Italian Medical Society of Great Britain (IMSoGB)