Mr Hywel Dafydd

Mr Hywel Dafydd is a Consultant Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon with a specialist practice in surgery of the hand and wrist and limb reconstruction. Their private practice closely mirrors their NHS practice. Mr Dafydd frequently sees patients referred from other hand surgeons with ongoing pain and functional problems following nerve injury. They also have a keen interest in reconstruction following trauma, and work closely with Orthopaedic Trauma colleagues to manage the most complex skin, soft tissue and bony problems with a team-based approach. This often requires transplantation of skin, muscle or bone from one part of the body to another and re-establishing the blood supply using microsurgical techniques. Mr Dafydd qualified from Cambridge in 2001, then worked in plastic surgery units in Leicester, Birmingham, Coventry and Swansea. Towards the end of their training, they completed a specialist fellowship in orthopaedic hand and wrist surgery at the Auckland Hand Unit, Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand. They were also one of only six international fellows selected to spend over a year learning cutting-edge microsurgical reconstructive techniques in Taiwan. Further subspecialist training was gained from a visiting fellowship to St. Louis, Missouri USA, to learn advanced peripheral nerve surgery. Mr Dafydd is a full member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand.

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2016–2022
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universidad de Navarra (GB)

2. 2022–2026
   Residency · Plastic Surgery

   Universidad Complutense de Madrid (GB)

3. 2026–2027
   Fellowship · Subspecialty training

   Karolinska Stockholm, SE

1. 2026-09–2027-08
   Junior consultant

   Universidad de Navarra Teaching Hospital — Plastic Surgery

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Average end-to-end time: 45 minutes · Free cancellation up to 24h before · Telemed or in-clinic — your choice

h-index: 8 · i10: 12

Selected publications

1. Outcomes of Plastic Surgery in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Mr Hywel Dafydd, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.3232/euroclin.2025.0 · cited by 194

2. European registry analysis of Plastic Surgery outcomes

   Mr Hywel Dafydd, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024

   DOI: 10.6365/euroclin.2024.1 · cited by 176

3. Outcomes of Plastic Surgery in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Mr Hywel Dafydd, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2023

   DOI: 10.3457/euroclin.2023.2 · cited by 182

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