The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care publishes Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard May 2017. One of the key recommendations is Arthroscopic procedures are not effective treatment for knee osteoarthritis and should only be offered if the patient has true mechanical symptoms or another appropriate indication for these procedures. Dr Lawrie first become aware of this after reading Dr Freddie Fu’s textbook on knee surgery back in 1997.
Articles of Interest
- Patient Information on Sports Injuries
- Computer Assisted Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Joint Replacement Surgery
- Treatment of Arthritis
- Managing Arthritis
- Trauma
- Trauma / Fractures
- Cartilage Transplantation
- Arthroscopic Surgery
- Knee Arthroscopy
- Post Operative Arthroscopy
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
- Cartilage Transplantation
- Meniscal Injuries
- Osteotomy
- Joint Replacement Surgery
- Knee Replacement Surgery
- Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
- Patella Surgery
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Total Hip Replacement
- Options in Hip Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Trigger Finger Release
- Patient Pathway for Dupuytren’s Contracture
- Patient Pathway for De Quervain’s Disease
- Hand Care
- Cast Care
- Post Operative Rehabilitation for ACL Reconstruction
- Post Operative Knee Arthroscopy
- Antibiotic Cover Following Joint Replacement Surgery
- Patient Information – DVT / Blood Clots Following Surgery
- Patient Instructions for Knee Sleeves
- Patient Pathway on ACL Reconstruction