My Orthopaedic Surgeon

Bone Grafting and Bone Graft Substances

Fractures will heal without surgery - sometimes. For the past 50,000 years that hominids have been present, in all but the last 100 years, their fractures healed without surgery. There is no question that we have had many a short legged, crooked armed, gimpy ancestor - but their fractures did heal and so there is an inherent biology in fracture care that has to be respected. Fractures want to heal. We must encourage them to heal in a functional position.

Compartment Syndromes

Fatigue is a ubiquitous symptom that is important to patients and has a major impact on their quality of life. This is a BMJ review. BMJ 2002;325:480-483

Musculoskeletal symptoms of pain are common This paper uses low back pain as an example. The principles of management outlined are also applicable to non-specific musculoskeletal symptoms in general. BMJ 2002;325:534-537

Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Surgery. SIGN guideline

Antibiotics for fracture care

Antithrombotic Therapy. SIGN Guideline.

Remodelling of Biological Tissues

Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.

By law, all new car models must pass certain safety tests before they are sold. But legislation provides a minimum statutory standard of safety for new cars, it is the aim of Euro NCAP to encourage manufacturers to exceed these minimum requirements. These webpages contains an explanation of how Euro NCAP's different crash tests are performed and how safety ratings are reached. Includes pedestrian injuries.

A personal view of clinical neurophysiology from a British perspective. It is one of a number of overlapping web sites reflecting the author's interests in Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical Informatics and Evidence Based Medicine.