My most memorable day as a doctor? George Clooney, roadside trauma and saving my own mum
As part of our 40th anniversary, we asked readers to describe their most memorable day in medicine over the past 40 years. Here, you can…
Tag: Orthopaedics
Scope of Practice Review wants chiros referring to surgeons and mandatory GP practice accreditation
Allowing chiropractors to directly refer to orthopaedic surgeons under Medicare and mandatory accreditation for all GP practices are two of the radical suggestions in the…
Spot Dx — Thigh mass is quite the kicker
Duncan, 43, presents with a six-week history of a soft tissue mass in the right upper thigh. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz…
Spot Dx — A painful elbow that’s just not cricket
Jim is a 63-year-old retired, right-handed labourer who presents with 12 months of a progressively painful right elbow. Test your clinical know-how by taking the…
Medical Must-See: Basketballer’s remarkable rebound from open ankle dislocation
A professional basketballer who sustained an open, fracture-free ankle dislocation during a game returned to the court at the top of his game just three months later,…
Cause for caution with corticosteroids pre-arthroplasty
A sixty-five-year-old man, with no medical comorbidities, has a painful right hip which is being investigated by his GP. An MRI shows severe hip joint…
Medical Must-See: Toddler’s postaxial polydactyly of the bilateral hand
Surgery to treat postaxial polydactyly is typically performed at around 12 months, but a lack of bony involvement meant this toddler underwent the procedure aged…
Medical Must-See: How a simple elbow dislocation led to fasciotomy six hours later
A Japanese woman escaped serious complications, including myonecrosis, following a simple elbow dislocation that morphed into acute compartment syndrome, doctors report. The case also highlights…
Hospital malfunction: Orthopaedic patients given service call bells to alert nurses
Modern healthcare — high tech, high cost with complex life-saving computer-guided machinery that, in the 21st century at least, does far more than go ping.…
Spot Dx — Can you hit this nail injury on the head?
Aaron is a 50-year-old builder who presents after dropping a marble benchtop on the tip of his right middle finger. Test your clinical know-how by…
