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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Cruciate reconstruction is an operation performed to restore stability of the knee. The majority achieve this, return to sport is the norm especially where no other injury has occurred to the knee.
Around the Bay was a hard ride this year!
Our lads made it around the bay, the 250km circuit this year.
Shaun, David and Greg set to Ride the Bay
Shaun English, David Mitchell, and our new Sports Medicine Physician Greg Harris are riding around the bay for the Bupa / Smith Family annual event.
Meet Shaun English – Orthopaedic Surgeon
Questions and answers with orthopaedic surgeon – Shaun English
Fragility fractures around the shoulder
As age related osteoporosis continues to occur, orthopaedic surgeons keep looking for ways to reduce the impact for patients. Fractures around the shoulder have many options – surprisingly, just putting it back together isn’t necessarily the best option.
Patella Dislocation: Femoral Derotation Osteotomy Operation
Recurrent patella dislocation has many underlying causes – a number are purely caused by an initial traumatic incident – but many have other factors. In particular – issues that change the direction of forces pulling on the patella such as knock-knees, tibial tubercle laterally positioned, and in-toeing gait are all factors
DVT rate after Joint Replacement
Blood clots after hip or knee replacement have historically been regarded as commonly occurring. We have progressively worked on the factors involved; we avoid tying the patient to the bed with tubes, we require early mobilisation after surgery, we use Venosan Silverline compression stockings rather than the old TED’s.
International Shoulder Course
Ballarat Orthopaedics Surgeon, Mr Luke Spencer, is heading off to Nice (France) to attend a shoulder course covering arthroscopic and prosthetic surgery.
The new standard of peri-operative care
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is an evolving concept of optimising the recovery of patients after surgery. We have been practicing these principles in addition to our other rapid recovery surgery concepts (including LIA).