Matthew Costa
Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
- Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Matt was appointed Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Oxford in 2015. He was previously Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics at University of Warwick. Matt is also Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Matt's research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal interventions and he is Chief Investigator for a series of randomised trials and associated studies supported by grants from the UK National Institute of Health Research. His work has been cited widely, and informs many guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Recent publications
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Clinical outcomes following treatment of extracapsular hip fractures with long versus short cephalomedullary nails
Journal article
Goh EL. et al, (2025), Bone & Joint Journal
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Capturing Surgical Site Infection After Hip Fracture Surgery: Insights from Linked Routine Data
Journal article
Metcalfe D. et al, (2025), Bone & Joint Open
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Progressive resistance and flexibility exercises versus usual care advice for improving pain and function after distal radius fracture in adults aged 50 years or over : protocol for the WISE randomized superiority trial.
Journal article
Keene DJ. et al, (2025), Bone Jt Open, 6, 764 - 784
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Exploring cellular changes in ruptured human quadriceps tendons at single-cell resolution.
Journal article
Mimpen JY. et al, (2025), J Physiol
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Preventing pressure sores after hip fracture.
Journal article
Costa ML. et al, (2025), Bone Joint J, 107-B, 135 - 138
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Do patients with minimally displaced distal radial fractures need a plaster cast?
Journal article
Costa ML. et al, (2025), Bone Joint J, 107-B, 7 - 9
