Visit to learn cartilage regeneration surgery in the hip
Recently, I went on a visitation organised by Arthrex to see Dr Steens in Dortmund perform a single step cartilage regeneration technique in the hip called Autocart. I flew out with my colleague Simon Newman, another young adult hip specialist. Firstly, I want to say...
Future research priorities for soft-tissue knee injuries
A great article for my journal club! I found this to be very interesting. This questionnaire was completed by a mixture of doctors, physiotherapist, patients, and their carers. Out of a total of 356 respondents, 47% were patients or carers. It was great to find out...
Why do Orthopedic surgeons do steroid injections into the hip joint?
This research paper highlights the diagnostic value of hip injection before patients have hip arthroscopy. 81% of patients reported a significant benefit from the hip injection after keeping a pain diary. Importantly, those patients that did not describe a good pain...
