Research News

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 [...]

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 [...]

A project on hip replacement technique has won the Queensland Orthopaedic Registrar's Prize.

One of the issues after knee replacement surgery is pain and inflammation. In 2012, we did a randomised controlled trial on knee replacements.

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 [...]

Steven Pincus, Merle Weber, Alex Meakin, Ross Breadmore, David Mitchell, Luke Spencer, Nathan Anderson, Phil Catterson, Steve Farish, Jaycen Cruickshank. Western Journal of Emergency [...]

John Dillon, Louise Brennan, David Mitchell Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, 2012, Vol 78 (2), p58

John Dillon, Ilan Freedman, James SM Tan, David Mitchell, Shaun English Acta Orthop Trauma Surg, 2012, vol 132 (7), p921

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

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. [...]

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 [...]

Ballarat Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine keenly supports and participates in a number of medical research projects.