Orthopaedic Surgery
Specializes in managing musculoskeletal trauma (e.g., fractures, dislocations) and disorders (e.g., degenerative spine disease, osteoarthritis, limb deformities).
Structured Weekly Schedule:
- Monday: Consultant Ward Rounds
- Tuesday: Theatre
- Wednesday: Resident Ward Rounds
- Thursday: Clubfoot Clinic and Clinical Presentations
- Friday: Outpatient Specialist Clinic
Services:
- Wide range of procedures including arthroplasty
- Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF)
- External fixation
- Limb reconstruction
- Deformity correction
- Amputation
- Debridement
- Skeletal and skin traction
- Skin grafting
- Sequestrectomy
- Dislocation reduction
- Bone tumor biopsy
- Trigger finger release
- Zadek's procedure for ingrown toenails
- Decompression for De Quervain's tenosynovitis and carpal tunnel syndrome
- Fasciotomy
- Implant removal
- Manipulation under anaesthesia
- Cast application