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Mr Arvinte is a well established Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in conditions of the hip and knee. He has had extensive training at numerous reputable centres around the world, including in Romania, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

Between 2006 and 2010 Mr Arvinte completed two fellowships.

• Lower limb arthroplasty at Warwick Hospital
• Knee arthroscopy at Bradford Royal Infirmary

From 2015, Mr Arvinte has been working as a Consultant at Bedford Hospital, and in this time he has helped to drive significant change and introduce new services which have lead to an improvement in the quality of care and levels of patient satisfaction.

Mr Arvinte practices evidence-based medicine, and takes the time to get to know his patients so that he can fully understand their individual condition and concerns. He has excellent communication skills and is passionate about enhanced rehabilitation (early discharge) after hip and knee replacement surgery.

Mr Arvinte will see patients for most problems related to the hip and knee, and has a special interest in:

• replacement surgery
• revision (re-do) surgery
• knee arthroscopy procedures

Throughout his career up to 2023 Mr Arvinte has performed more than 900 successful hip and knee replacement procedures. His outcomes from surgery are very positive and are reflected in his patient satisfaction results on the UK National Joint Registry.

Besides his clinical work Mr Arvinte is Regional Clinical Supervisor for medical students at Cambridge University and Clinical and Educational Supervisor for Junior Doctors from East of England Foundation Training Programme. Mr Arvinte has also delivered multiple presentations at national and international meetings, as well as being published in well-recognised peer-reviewed Journals.

When not at the Hospital working, Mr Arvinte can be found at his local tennis club playing to competition standard. In previous years he was also a singles and men's doubles club champion within his age category too. Dan also enjoys keeping fit by going to the gym.

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• Hip Problems / Pain
• Trauma
• Knee Problems / Pain
• Sports Injuries (Knee)
• Knee arthroscopy (“key-hole” surgery)
• Knee replacement surgery
• Complications associated with hip and knee replacements
• Hip replacement surgery (cemented and uncemented)
• Revision hip replacement surgery (re-do surgery to repair a damaged or poor functioning artificial hip)
• Fractures around implants/replacements (hip and knee)-periprosthetic fractures
• Revision knee replacement surgery (re-do surgery to repair a damaged or poor functioning artificial knee)
• Intra-articular injections (hip and knee) 

Orthopaedics:

• Hip and Knee Injection Treatment
• Knee cartilage operations
• Hip Replacement Surgery 
• Knee Arthroscopy 
• Knee Injuries 
• Knee Replacement Surgery 

Research Interests

Mr Arvinte has an interest in research related particularly to lower limb arthroplasty and knee injuries and has contributed to numerous papers, studies and national and international presentations. For more information and to view some of his research work please visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dan_Arvinte

• Regional Clinical Supervisor for medical students at Cambridge University
• Orthopaedic Consultant at Bedford Hospital
• Clinical and Educational Supervisor for Junior Doctors from the East of England Foundation Training Programme
• Clinical Supervisor for higher surgical trainees for the East of England Deanery 

• European Association of Orthopaedics and Trauma
• British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd)
• British Medical Association (BMA)
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
• British Hip Society

• • www.hipsandkneesbedford.co.uk
  • iwantgreatcare.org
  • Linkedin
  • www.hipsandkneesbedford.co.uk
  • www.danarvinte.com

Press & Publications

• Arvinte D, Kiran M, Sood M. “ Cup-cage construct for massive acetabular defect in revision hip arthroplasty- A case-series with medium to long-term follow-up”- Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 11(2020), pp. 62-66.
• Kiran M, Santhapuri S, Moeen S, Merchant I, Arvinte D, Sood M. “10-year results of Recap Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty: a non-designer case series” – Hip International, vol 29(4), pp 393-397.
• Kiran M, Arvinte D, Sood M. “ An Unusual Case of Massive Intra-articular Angiolipoma of the Knee- A Case Report and Review of the Literature”- Journal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (JAJS), vol 3, 2016, pp.90-93.
• Arvinte D, Sood M. “Periprosthetic femoral fractures”- Journal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (JAJS) vol 2, 2015, pp.90-93.
• Kiran M, Santhapuri S, Arvinte D, Sood M. “Medium-term Results of the Recap Hip Resurfacing System- A Single Surgeon’s Series”- Hip International, 24(5), 2014, pp. 497.
• Memarzadeh A, Arvinte D, Sood M. “Soft-tissue balancing in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Results in 100 consecutive patients”- Hip International, 24(5), 2014, pp.524.
• Arvinte, D. Bollen, SR. “Rehabilitation protocols after treatment for full thickness chondral lesions of the knee- is there a UK consensus ?”- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Br), Supplement 1-vol. 93-B, January 2011, pp. 13.
• Bollen, SR. Arvinte, D.“Snapping pes anserinus syndrome – a report of four cases”- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Br)-vol. 90-B, March 2008, pp. 334-335 .
• Arvinte, D. Quarcoopome, W. Kane, V. Steingold, R. Reddy, R. “Treatment of Hallux Valgus: Gibson-Piggott technique revisited”- Acta Orthopaedica Belgica -no. 72/ 2006, pp.454-459.