Patello-femoral Replacement.
Where the knee 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
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc DOI 10.1007/s00167-014-3126-y
Radiographic landmarks for surgical reconstruction of the anterolateral ligament of the knee Alex J. Rezansoff • Scott Caterine • Luke Spencer • Michael N. Tran • Robert B. Litchfield • Alan M. [...]
Biomechanical Analysis of Simulated Clinical Testing and Reconstruction of the Anterolateral Ligament of the Knee
Luke Spencer, Timothy A. Burkhart, Michael N. Tran, Alex James Rezansoff, Shaneel Deo, Scott Caterine and Alan M. Getgood Am J Sports Med 2015 43: 2189 originally published online June 19, 2015 [...]
Lateral Hip Pain Research at Ballarat OSM
Ballarat Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine keenly supports and participates in a number of medical research projects.
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.
