PROF PAGE AND DR ENG PRESENT RESEARCH AT THE SHOULDER AND ELBOW SOCIETY MEETING
Both Prof Page and Dr Eng provided research papers to the 2022 shoulder and elbow society of Australia scientific meeting in Sydney, delayed for 12months due to covid. It was exciting to have robust scientific discussion about many shoulder and elbow controversies. Prof Page presented several joint ...
Read moreKevin Eng teaching shoulder lab
On Sunday March 6th Kevin Eng was involved in teaching shoulder surgery at the Vasculab in Melbourne University. 6 surgeons were present and human shoulders were made available to practice arthroscopic techniques of rotator cuff repair. Techniques such as knot tying, passing, anchor placement, and o...
Read morePRIVATE ELECTIVE SURGERY NEARLY BACK TO NORMAL
We are now allowed to utilise 100% of our lists in private and public. A welcome change as hospitalisations from COVID 19 fall. 25% of the private hospital lists still have to be given to the public hospital however, and we are all sharing the occasional cancellation of our private lists to allow pu...
Read moreHarnessing mRNA vaccine tech to heal bones.
During the COVID pandemic messenger RNA vaccines have saved millions of lives . We at Geelong Orthopaedics have gratefully received our Pfizer mRNA vaccine boosters in the last few months. We are excited about the potential for mRNA technology to treat many conditions beyond COVID. Research at the M...
Read moreVACCINATION REMAINS CRITICAL AS FUTURE WAVES ARE LIKELY
Here at Geelong Orthopaedics we many patients who have suffered delays due to COVID outbreaks. These have mostly been due to unvaccinated patients filling hospitals. We note a recent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergency paper from the UK ;VIRAL EVOLUTION SCENARIOS that proposes future scenarios f...
Read moreELECTIVE SURGERY INCREASING TO 75%
We have been notified that we can increase to 75% of elective capacity in private hospitals (SJOG and epworth) from Monday 21st of February in line with Melbourne hospitals. It should be noted all other regional hospitals are allowed to operate at 100%. We hope Geelong is included in this 100% soon ...
Read moreNEW ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON STARTING Dr LIAM HALLIDAY
We would like to welcome our new orthopedic surgeon Dr Liam Halliday. He has combined experience in paediatric surgery, hip and knee arthroplasty and trauma. He was trained in in Melbourne then went on to have specialised training in hip preservation in Melbourne then paediatric orthopaedics in New ...
Read moreELECTIVE SURGERY 50% DAY CASES ONLY
The department of health anounced on friday that private surgeons can do 50% of their lists, with day cases only so patients do not take up hospital beds. It is good to see some surgery recommencing. We have no directions on what may be possible in the coming weeks but we will be in contact [&hellip...
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