Week of teaching and education

It’s been a hectic week, starting with teaching at the students surgical course run in Adelaide at the Convention Centre, where we demonstrated on plastic “saw bones” fixation of neck of femur fractures and ankle fractures. I then co-convened the surgical education...
Wide Awake Local Anaesthetic Surgery

Wide Awake Local Anaesthetic Surgery

Wide Awake Local Anaesthetic Surgery ( Walent) Advantages of Hand Surgery Under Local Anaesthetic There are many advantages of hand surgery under local anaesthetic. The patient is wide awake and can communicate with the surgeon during the procedure. This allows for a...
Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain

This week, 26th July – 1st August, is National Pain Week. Coordinated yearly by Chronic Pain Australia, National Pain Week seeks to bring awareness to one of the world’s fastest-growing medical conditions.