Mr Jonathan Manara

Mr Manara graduated from the University of Nottingham Medical School and his specialist orthopaedic training was on the All Wales and Severn rotations, gaining his FRCS (Tr & Orth) in 2020.  

On completing his training he completed international specialist fellowships covering all aspects of knee surgery. His soft tissue knee fellowship was at the world-renowned North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre, where he treated elite athletes and large numbers of patients undergoing ACL reconstructions. Jonathan then undertook a joint replacement fellowship at the Perth Hip & Knee Clinic, training in robotic joint replacement and gained extensive experience in performing both total and partial knee replacements using a Mako robot. His final fellowship was at the Major Trauma Centre based at Royal Perth Hospital. He managed a daily trauma list operating on complex cases transferred in from across Western Australia, including a large volume of patients with fractures and multi-ligament knee injuries. 

Mr Manara specialises in knee ligament reconstructions, meniscal repair, cartilage surgery, patella stabilisation and osteotomy procedures.

 In the treatment of arthritis, Jonathan is an advocate of unicompartmental (partial) knee replacements, which account for around 40% of all the joint replacements he performs. He has an interest in the benefits of ‘personalised alignment’ for improving outcomes in patients undergoing total knee replacements. This is an area of research he is involved in.

In addition to knee surgery, Mr Manara consults for trauma, regularly carrying out fracture surgery.

BMedSci, BMBS, FRCS (Tr &Orth)

Year of first medical qualification: 2009

International Society of Arthroscopy Knee surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)

European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)

British Association Society Knee (BASK)

Personalised Alignment Society (PAS)

Evolution in the Management of Patella Fractures
J Clin Med2024 Feb 29;13(5):1426. doi: 10.3390/jcm13051426.
Baid M, Narula S, Manara JR, Blakeney W

Severe obesity in total knee arthroplasty occurs in younger patients with a greater healthcare burden and complication rate.
Curtis A, Manara J, Doughty B, Beaumont H, Leathes J, Putnis SE.
Knee. 2024 Jan:46:27-33. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2023.11.010. Epub 2023 Nov 30.

Incidence, Management, and Hospital Costs of Orthopaedic Injuries of E-Scooter Riders in Western Australia.
Raubenheimer K, Szeliga K, Manara JR, Fatovich DM, Plant JGA, Blakeney WG.
J Clin Med. 2023 Oct 18;12(20):6591. doi: 10.3390/jcm12206591.PMID: 37892729 

An Analysis of Repeat Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Return to Sport In Australian Soccer Players Demonstrates Hamstring Autografts to be a Reliable Option 
Manara JR, Salmon L, Pinczewski L, Roe J et al. 
Am J Sports Med  2022 Nov;50(13):3533-3543. doi: 10.1177/03635465221125467.Epub 2022 Oct 3.

Medium term results of the cementless Oxford mobile bearing medial unicompartmental knee replacement.
Manara JR; Bristol Knee Group, White P, Bray R, Davies H, Eldridge J, Porteous A, Murray JR.
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2023 May;33(4):1335-1340. doi: 10.1007/s00590-022-03289-w.Epub 2022 May 30.

Two-Year Prospective RSA Measured Migration of a Third-Generation Taper Wedge Cementless Femoral Stem
Collopy D, Manara J.
Surg Technol Int. 2022 Aug 1;41:sti41/1572. doi: 10.52198/22.STI.41.OS1572. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35920334

Rehabilitation versus surgical reconstruction for non-acute anterior cruciate ligament injury (ACL SNNAP): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. 
Beard DJ, et al. ACL SNNAP Study Group.
Lancet. 2022 Aug 20;400(10352):605-615. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01424-6.PMID: 35988569

Outcomes after perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with proximal femoral fractures: an international cohort study
COVIDSurg Collaborative Co-Authors
BMJ Open 2021 Nov 30;11(11):e050830.doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050830.

Does Partial Knee Replacement Allow Return to High-Demand Activities?
Al-Musawi H, Hassaballa M, Manara J et al.
Cureus Sept ’21, 13(10): e18439. doi:10.7759/cureus.18439 PMID: 34737907

Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score
COVIDSurg Collaborative Co-authors
Br J Surg. 2021 Jul 6;znab183. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab183 PMID: 34227657 

The number of patients “worse than death” while waiting for a hip or knee arthroplasty has nearly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic
Clement ND, Scott, CEH, Murray JRD, Howie CR, Deehan DJ, IMPACT-Restart Collaboration
Bone Joint J 2021 Mar 23;1-9. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.103B.BJJ-2021-0104.R1 PMID: 33752468

Regarding “Hamstring Braid Graft Technique for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction” 
Manara JR, Putnis SE
Arthroscopy. 2020 May 28:S0749-8063(20)30440-0. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2020.05.026. PMID: 32474050

Arthroplasty Patients; Not-Forgotten During COVID-19, 
Manara JR, Murray JR, Eastaugh-Waring S, Porteous A, Webb J, Clark D,
The Transient Journal of Trauma, Orthopaedics & The Coronavirus, May 2020 

Prolonged operative time increases risk of blood loss and transfusion requirements in revision hip surgery
Manara J, Sandhu H, Odutola A, Wainwright T, Knowles C, Wee M, Middleton R
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol April 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s00590-020-02677-4 PMID: 32367218 

Mid-term clinical results of the cementless R3 cup and Polar stem total hip arthroplasty.
Assaf A, Manara JR, Teoh KH, Evans AR.
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2018 Dec 8. doi: 10.1007/s00590-018-2357-x. PMID: 30535590

A series of cable plating with strut grafting for periprosthetic femoral fractures
Manara JR, Mathews J, Sandhu H
Hip Int. 2018 May 1:1120700018761519. doi: 10.1177/1120700018761519 PMID: 29739248

Complications following open distal radius fractures
Bigsby E, Manara J, Jackson J, Davies O, Harries W
Journal Orthop Trauma Surg Rel Res12(3) 2017 Corpus ID: 79922590 ISSN: 2897-2276

An Ipsilateral Subtrochanteric Femoral Neck Fracture in The Presence of An Established Subcapital Non-Union
Manara JR, Smith IC,
World Journal of Research and Review (WJRR), Volume-4, Issue-6, June 2017 Pages 35-37 ISSN:2455-3956

Management of shoulder pain following a stroke or traumatic brain injury:
Manara JR, Taylor J, Nixon M,
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2015 Feb 3. pii: S1058-2746(14)00670-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2014.12.003. PMID: 25660242

Back-Carrying Infants to Prevent Developmental Hip Dysplasia and its Sequelae
– Is a new Public Health Initiative needed?
Graham S, Manara J, Chokotho L, Paniker J, Harrison WJ                    
J Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Jan;35(1):57-61. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000000234 PMID: 24942071

Immediate care of open extremity fractures; where can we improve?
Walton R, Manara J, Eltoum S, Braithwaite I, Wood E          
BioMed Research International, 2014, doi:10.1155/2014/807694. PMID: 24672795

Is Climbing the Greasy Pole Bad for Your Health?!
Kasbekar A, Manara JR, Sherman 
IW British Medical Journal 2011: 343:d4257 do: 10.1136/bmj.d4257

Virtual assessment of coronal balance prior to bone resection with the MAKO robotic-assisted system accurately predicts final balance in TKA.
Manara JR, Goonatillake M, Marley M, Pretty W, Collopy D, Clark G.J Robot Surg. 2023 Dec;17(6):2849-2854. doi: 10.1007/s11701-023-01705-9. Epub 2023 Sep 30.PMID: 37776492