News & Information
Paget’s Disease
Paget’s disease is a condition of bone that changes how the bone forms, and remodels during age.
Tractionless Anterior Hip and the Bikini Incision
Surgeons everywhere continue to work to improve the quality of outcomes of hip replacements.
Posteroinferior liner placement
A project on hip replacement technique has won the Queensland Orthopaedic Registrar’s Prize.
Inflammation study
One of the issues after knee replacement surgery is pain and inflammation. In 2012, we did a randomised controlled trial on knee replacements.
Does Tranexamic Acid reduce post operative bleeding?
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.
Introducing a Clinical Practice Guideline using early CT in the diagnosis of scaphoid and other fractures
Steven Pincus, Merle Weber, Alex Meakin, Ross Breadmore, David Mitchell, Luke Spencer,
Nathan Anderson, Phil Catterson, Steve Farish, Jaycen Cruickshank.
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2009, X(4), 227-32
Local Infiltration analgesia in hip & knee arthroplasty: an emerging technique
John Dillon, Louise Brennan, David Mitchell
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, 2012, Vol 78 (2), p58
Endoscopic bursectomy for the treatment of septic pre patella bursitis: a case series
John Dillon, Ilan Freedman, James SM Tan, David Mitchell, Shaun English
Acta Orthop Trauma Surg, 2012, vol 132 (7), p921
In-use efficacy of a chlorhexidine in alcohol surgical rub: a comparative study.
Grabasch EA, Mitchell DJ, Hooper J, Turnidge J
“An evaluation of alcoholic chlorhexidine as a preoperative wash.”
ANZ J Surg (Australia), Sep 2004, 74(9) p769-72