News & Information
Early Treatment means early recovery
Ever wondered how footballers manage to play within a week or two after a terrible looking injury?
Getting the Right Advice
While Emergency Departments are excellent at deciding if you need urgent treatment for an injury, the majority of injuries are not immediately that serious.
Patello-femoral Replacement.
Where the knee-cap rubs against the front of the femur, a small category of patients develop arthritis, and require a knee replacement. Some of these are suitable for partial replacement of the patello-femoral joint (PFJ).
Adolescent ACL Reconstruction
Cruciate ligament injuries are an unfortunate sporting injury – especially in aggressive twisting & pivoting sports like netball and football.
Biceps Rupture
The biceps muscle in the upper arm has a tendon at either end. In the shoulder, proximal biceps rupture is very common, and might be only a minor part of other shoulder pathology.
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.