Some hip preservation techniques are associated with a relatively long recovery. In particular the periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) used to re-orientate the acetabulum to treat hip dysplasia, does require quite a […]

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Having recently undergone surgery to my shoulder for a rotator cuff tear, I have been able to reflect on the major differences  there are with bone healing compared to soft […]

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There continues to be quite a lot of debate regarding the role of hip arthroscopy in patients with acetabular dysplasia. Certainly most would now agree that severe or moderate dysplasia […]

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In the past there have been concerns that being too active after a hip replacement may lead to early wear and failure or loosening of the replacement. In general surgeons […]

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Thoughts are changing rapidly around surgery and recovery after hip replacement surgery. I think it is important that for the most part, those that need a hip replacement should not […]

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It definitely feels like something of a landmark now having performed over 1000 PAOs. It is interesting to reflect on the progress in surgical technique as well as the understanding […]

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This remains a difficult question to answer and depends on a number of individual circumstances. Increasingly the Orthopaedic community is gathering more and more information from registries from  around the […]

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Decision making with regards to hip dysplasia can at times be very difficult. One of the areas that is often not straightforward is in patients who are perhaps a bit […]

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At the recent meeting of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Preservation, in Melbourne Australia, there was a lot of interest in the idea of a less invasive […]

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The Direct Anterior Approach (DAA) to perform hip replacement surgery is a minimally invasive approach with less in the way of muscle splitting or muscle cutting than other approaches to […]

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