News & Information
Slipped Femoral Epiphysis
Slipped epiphysis (SUFE, SCFE) is a relatively uncommon childhood condition where the ball of the femur in the hip joint slides off the back of the femur to a small or large extent.
Bone Donation Program
Bone Donation Program St John of God Ballarat Hospital is proud to announce its new bone bank program.
Adolescent pelvic avulsion fractures
From the Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics is a review of 228 apophyseal avulsions of the pelvis.
Mr Luke Spencer published
Congratulations to Luke Spencer in publishing his work on the Anterolateral Ligament of the knee which can also be injured when sportspeople rupture their anterior cruciate ligament.
Options for symptomatic hip dysplasia in adults
One of the conditions ultimately causing hip arthritis is dysplasia, where the socket of the pelvis isn’t deep enough, causing excess load on the rim of the socket (or acetabulum).
Rapid Recovery after joint replacement
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.
Trochanteric Pain and Gluteal Tears
Pain over the out aspect of the hip, on the boney prominence is relatively common. Historically the presumed diagnosis was “bursitis” and in fairness, a cortisone injection to that bursa often relieved the pain, and although it might need to be repeated once or twice, the treatment worked. Sometimes the pain keeps recurring. MRI scan should be undertaken.
Are there syndesmotic injuries that can be treated non operatively?
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.