ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON
Dr Spike (P.J.) Erasmus
Dr Spike Erasmus is an orthopaedic knee surgeon
His special interests in knee surgery are patella instability, patella dislocation and knee replacement surgery (TKR) using a technique called inverse kinematic alignment. He has been a pioneer in knee replacements using this technique for the past 15 years, it was originally called bone balancing and is now called inverse kinematic alignment. He has firmly established himself as a leading world authority on the subject of patella instability and inverse kinematic alignment in total knee replacement surgery.
He pioneered anatomic MPFL reconstruction doing a podium presentation on the subject at the ISAKOS meeting in 1997 in Buenos Aires (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee surgery and Orthopaedic Sport Medicine) Three of his articles on MPFL reconstruction published in peer reviewed journals falls within the hundred most often articles cited on the subject.
The 100 Top-Cited Articles on Medial Patellofemoral Ligament A Bibliometric Analysis and Andreas Panagopoulos, MD, PhD, Vasileios Giannatos, MD, et al Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 12(1), 2024.
His technique for MPFL reconstruction has become the most common surgical procedure for recurrent patella dislocation.
In 2006 he pioneered the use of intravenous Dexamethasone in knee replacement surgery; this is now common practice in knee replacement surgery all over the world
Endocrine and immune effects of dexamethasone in unilateral total knee replacement
C Smith 1, P J Erasmus, K H Myburgh
J Int Med Res 2006 Nov-Dec;34(6):603-11.
He has published on extensively on these subjects in peer review journals and presented talks at many international meetings on these. Dr Spike Erasmus a distinguished orthopaedic knee surgeon with an impeccable reputation in his field. Driven by a commitment to innovation, precision and patient-centric care, he has firmly established himself as a leading authority in orthopaedic knee surgery.
