As governments cut health funding new initiatives are sometimes introduced. This one in England threatens to cut patients access to vital joint replacements. Lets hope nothing like this ever happens in Australia
The use of Stem cells is an exciting new world for medicine but we need to be cognoscente of the evidence when prescribing these expensive new techniques. Stem Cells have been promoted in the media but the research doesn’t support how it is promoted. The Australian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians recently released a […]
There are multiple approaches used in hip replacements and none is inherently better than the other. The most important thing is for the surgeon to get the implant safely into the correct position. While I don’t perform Anterior hip replacements I have seen many significant complications from them. Of most concern is a rate of […]
Mr van Bavel is now performing Robotic assisted total hip replacements and Partial knee replacements with the MAKO Robot. This offers increased accuracy and reliability compared to standard techniques.
With pre-season underway for many winter sports remember to take some time to warm up properly and include injury prevention in your program. If you have suffered a knee injury requiring surgery we run an “acute knee injury clinic” . Read more To read more about Knee Injury Clinic click here
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