Our group has specialised in using Local Infiltration Analgesia to reduce pain and improve mobility after joint replacement surgery. Having adopted the technique in 2003, it has a number of modifications and improvements.

The ankle syndesmosis refers to how the tibia and fibula are held together at the ankle joint. Because of the shape of the joint, the two bone should “spring” apart when weight placed through the leg.

A randomised controlled trial comparing knee replacement cases with or without tourniquet use has demonstrated that using the tight cuff around the thigh actually causes muscle weakness after the surgery.

Clavicle fractures have had quite a discussion at the Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual General Meeting 2015 in Brisbane.

On of the issues after knee replacement surgery is pain and inflammation. In 2012, we did a randomised controlled trial on knee replacements.

Knee arthroscopy has been a godsend to people with knee complaints, one of the most common being a torn cartilage. The historical operation was on open menisectomy, but even in 1937 it was observed that menisectomy lead to degeneration of the compartment, and eventual arthritis.

A project on hip replacement technique has won the Queensland Orthopaedic Registrar’s Prize.

David Mitchell added Tranexamic acid to his local anaesthetic mixture for joint replacements in line with a number of other orthopaedic surgeons with the hope of reducing bleeding complications and swelling after joint replacements.

An apophysis is a growth plate where a tendon attaches to bone. If the tendon pulls too hard, the bone of the growth plate might be injured (apophysitis), although rarely is it pulled right off.