Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic surgery projects
Supervisor(s): A/Prof. Simon Bell, Mr Minoo Patel
Location: Monash Medical Centre, Clayton
Tel: 9592 8028 Email: SNBell@bigpond.net.au
Tel: 9429 8084 Email: minoo.patel@monash.edu
Description
+a. Membrane guided bone regeneration
Prospective randomised animal study.
+b. Bone length multiplier
A long term prospective human observational study
+c. Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
A human cadaveric, retrospective and prospective human biomechanical study.
+d. Pronator quadratus compartment syndrome
A human cadaveric and retrospective study.
+e. Club foot
A human retrospective study.
+f. Perthes disease
A human retrospective and prospective (multicentre) study.
+g. Spina bifida
Establishment of a data base and ongoing analysis.
+h. Tibial fracture IMN versus TSF
multicentre prospective human study.
Knee or upper limb: Correlation between the outpatient manual assessment of patients clinically for power and strength and versus the use of strength measurement devices – shoulder or elbow or knee
Shoulder: Growth factors associated with adhesive capsulitis.
Shoulder: Correlation and validation of shoulder scoring between medical practitioners, physiotherapists and patient self assessment.
Elbow: Correlation and validation of elbow scoring between medical practitioners, physiotherapists and patient self assessment.
Shoulder: A post hoc study of post operative pain management after discharge following rotator cuff surgery.
Rotator cuff
1.Prospective study: Correlation of the response to local anaesthetic for impingement tendinitis and strength testing.
2.Prospective study: Correlation of pathology demonstrated on X-Ray and response to local anaesthetic injection.
3.Prospective study: Evaluation of the benefits and costs of pre-operative education for patients undergoing surgery. Comparison of the private and public sector.
Shoulder instability
A prospective study of proprioception following shoulder stabilisation surgery
Lower Limb
1. A retrospective study of outcomes following compartment syndrome surgery.
2. A retrospective study of outcomes following popliteal artery entrapment surgery.
General Orthopaedics/or Upper Limb.
1. Evaluation of post operative recuperative support systems for urban versus rural patients.
2. Evaluation of the long term outcome of compensation patients following surgery according to employment classification and other factors.
A/Prof. Bell has a series of ongoing research studies in progress and there is potential for undergraduate or postgraduate students to be involved in these studies.
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