To Ice or not to Ice?
Recent newspaper articles discussed whether using ice for acute ankle sprains was actually useful for recovery. The article suggested that all we thought about using RICE (“Rest, Ice, [...]
Inpatient Rehabilitation Doesn’t Help Most Joint Replacement Patients
Research from Mater Hospital Sydney. Of 748 patients having hip or knee replacement, only 44 patients chose to go directly home. They matched these patients to 44 most similar remaining in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
