KentSpines.com
Mr. Steven Lau
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon
Areas of Interest
Degenerate spinal conditions including lumbar back pain, neck and thoracic pain, sciatica, slipped discs (disc herniation), nerve compression, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, fractures, scoliosis.
Mr. Lau has a specialist interest in sacro-iliac joint pain and remain the only surgeon in Kent to offer sacroiliac joint fusion.
Current Posts
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon,
East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust
Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon,
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon,
One Healthcare Hospital, Ashford, Kent
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon,
Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery, Maidstone, Kent
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon,
Spencer Hospitals
Procedures
Spinal fusion, Spinal decompression, Spinal interbody fusion (PLIF and TLIF), Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty, Sacroiliac joint fusion; Interspinous spacers; Motion preservation surgery; Facet injections; Nerve root blocks; Sacoiliac joint injections Epidural injections; Facet denervation; Intra-discal injections
Mr Steven Lau cherishes the time he spends with his young family and enjoys any spare time on a squash court, playing golf or fishing. He is also a founding member of a successful rock band, The Bones (The-Bones.com), and can often be seen gigging in local music venues and festivals.
Publications
Lau S, Mueller M, Latiff A, Shepperd J.
Five year follow up of Dynesys soft stabilization for discogenic back pain in 113 patients
JBJS(Br) 94-B Supp XXV114 2012
Nawabi DH, Mann HA, Lau S, Wong JML, Andrews BL, Wilson A, Ang SC, Goodier WD, Bucknill TM.
7/7 Bomb attacks: The Royal London Hospital Experience.
JBJS(Br) 94-B:120 (abstract), 2012
Lau S.
Sacroiliac Joint Pain.
Spinal Surgery News, Oct 2011
Lau S.
Dynesys: The current evidence.
Spinal Surgery News, Feb 2011
Dakhil-Jerew F, Lau S, Shepperd J.
Refinement of the clinical indications for dynamic neutralization system for the spine for
the treatment of backpain.
JBJS(Br) 92-B, 237-238 (abstract), 2010
Dakhil-Jerew F, Chan P, Guy R, Lau S, Shepperd J.
Follow up of modic changes in symptomatic patients following treatment with dynamic
neutralization system for the lumbar spine.
JBJS(Br) 92-B: 237d (abstract), 2010
Lau S, Swarna S, Tamvakopoulos T.
Scapholunate dissociation: an overview of the clinical entity and current treatment options.
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol, March 2009
Lau S, Lam K.
Lumbar stabilization techniques
Current Orthopaedics, 21(1):25-39, Feb 2007
Jayakumar P, Lau S.
Fracture Management – selected internet viewings
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 88(4): 419-420, July 2006
Wong JM, Marsh D, Abu-Sitta G, Lau S, Mann HA, Nawabi DH, Patel H.
Biological foreign body implantation in victims of the London July 7th suicide
bombings.
Journal of Trauma., 60(2):402-4, Feb 2006
Lau S, Zammit P, Bikhchandani J, Buchholz NP.
The unbreakable bladder stone—Munchhausen’s tale.
Urol Int. 77(3):284-5, 2006
Ghani K, Lau S, Bikchandani J.
Mini reviews
British Journal of Urology International, 95(9):1367, June 2005
Watkins C, Lau S, Thistlethwaite R, Hopkins J, Harkiss GD.
Analysis of reporter gene expression in ovine dermis and afferent lymph
dendritic cells in vitro and in vivo.
Veterinary Immunology & Immunopathology, 72:125-33, Dec 1999