A healthy young surfer with axillary shoulder pain
A young recreational sports player presents with a three-week history of vague right shoulder pain.
Tag: Orthopaedics
GP pays out $600,000 over delayed scaphoid fracture treatment
Poor communication compounded the delay caused by the tricky to manage injury
All types of fracture in postmenopausal women ‘flag bone risk’
Distinguishing between traumatic and non-traumatic fractures does patients a disservice, researchers say.
Is this virtual gamer’s injury related to 1930’s Aussie clay-shovellers?
Doctors had to dig a little deeper for the answer.
Patients with broken legs told to wait at home for surgery: AMA WA
President Dr Andrew Miller is warning of 'dangerous' elective surgery delays with just 13 beds free for new patients in Perth earlier this week.
How long will a knee replacement revision last?
The largest study to date shows that revisions beget revisions at ever-diminishing intervals.
A GP guide to osteosarcopenia
With an ageing population, it is more important than ever to know how to diagnose and treat osteosarcopenia in order to offset its devastating clin…
Weight loss before knee surgery shows little benefit: review
Big evidence gaps exist on the advantages of weight loss ahead of replacement, review says.
