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Geelong Orthopaedics wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season. We would like to thank our staff for a wonderful year, and our patients for their kindness and forbearance through covid restrictions especially. Please see our opening hours below. Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Read moreGeelong Orthopaedic Society scientific meeting 2022
We were all very excited to have our local Geelong Orthopaedic Society meeting reconvene in Nov 2022 after COVID. Our guest speaker was A,Prof Havinder Bedi , a foot and ankle specialist from Melbourne. We heard about various foot and ankle pathologies, discussed cases and learned about A Prof Bedis...
Read moreProf Page and research team presenting great science at the combined Australia New Zealand Orthopaedic society meeting
Congratulations to Prof Page and his teams on contributing to a great meeting. The recent combined annual scientific meeting of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and New Zealand Orthopaedic association was recently held in NZ and was a great success with Prof Page contributing a large part to t...
Read moreDr Halliday attends hip surgery conference in Glasgow
Dr Liam Halliday recently returned from the 2022 Hip Preservation Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. The 3 day conference focused around the latest techniques and technology in caring for patients with femoroacetabular impingement, hip dysplasia, perthes disease, and labral tears. There was a focu...
Read moreNEW STUDY SHOWS MASKS “FLATTEN THE CURVE”
Covid is rising again, with a 63% increase in cases in Victoria. New variants are here and restrictions designed to reduce transmission have been removed , and interruptions can be expected again. Note health care workers cannot return to work for 7 days , so if the surgeons are infected we are remo...
Read moreRUN 4 GEELONG RAISES MONEY FOR BARWON HEALTH
Run 4 geelong was run today and was a great success. Staff from Geelong Orthopaedics participated including adults and kids. A great morning was enjoyed by all with great weather, running, entertainment, prizes, and even a chance to see the premiership cup! More than 100K was raised and we were happ...
Read moreWelcoming a new Orthopaedic Surgeon – Dr Todd Mason
We are very pleased to announce Dr Mason has joined us. He is an orthopaedic surgeon who has completed further training in arthroplasty, traum and sports arthroscopy. His webpage is here and he can be contacted for appointments on (03) 4216-5026.
Read moreGeelong Orthopaedics surgeons contribute to key finding : Enoxaparin superior to aspirin after hip or knee replacement in preventing DVT
In our recent Geelong Orthopaedics Group journal club we discussed a landmark Australian paper to which we contributed. It was published in the world famous JAMA (journal of the american medical association). It showed that enoaxaparin was more effective than aspirin in reducing clotting in the leg ...
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