Blogs

  • No need for a General Anaesthetic for most Hand and Wrist Surgery

    • 29 June 2021
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Hands
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    For many years a number of hand operations have been done under local anaesthetic, where the surgeon injects the local anaesthetic into the area being operated on to numb it. Carpal tunnel and trigger finger releases and most surgery on the fingers is done this way. Historically for more major hand and wrist surgery patients

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  • Computer guided personalised shoulder replacements come to Tunbridge Wells

    • 11 June 2021
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Shoulder
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    Mr Rose and his team at the Spire Tunbridge Wells carried out Tunbridge Wells’ first computer navigated shoulder replacement this month, using the Exactech Equinoxe GPS system. This system allows incredibly accurate positioning of shoulder replacement components, reducing the risk of complications and improving patient outcomes. This case was a reverse total shoulder replacement using

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  • Robotics in Orthopaedic Joint Replacement Surgery

    • 16 May 2021
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Knee Injuries
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    Mr Jamie Young BSc (Hons) MBBS MRCS FRCS (Tr & Orth) Arthritis, the medical term for inflammation of a joint, is becoming increasingly more common and affects 10 million people in the UK. Osteoarthritis is by far the most common form and generally affects older patients. In osteoarthritis the natural smooth cartilage surfaces of the

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  • Keyhole Bunion Surgery

    • 17 April 2021
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Foot and ankle
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    Keyhole Bunion Surgery – How modern surgical techniques have revolutionised the treatment of bunions Why do people develop bunions (also known as hallux valgus) Bunions can affect a range of different people from childhood through to our later years. There is a common belief that they are a hereditary condition but I believe they are

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  • Bow legs in children

    • 25 March 2021
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Children’s Orthopaedics
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    All babies are born with bow legs but these gradually correct so that by the time the child is around three are to four years old when they tend to have knock knees.  Bow legs tend to be most pronounced at around 18 months of age.  In the vast majority of children there is no

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  • Shoulder pain during the COVID-19 pandemic – is the increase in frozen shoulder cases real or apparent?

    • 28 February 2021
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Shoulder
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    One surprising aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a notable increase in the frequency of patients presenting with symptoms of a frozen shoulder. The reasons for this are unclear, but are likely multi-factorial and I will give my two pence worth below. The condition of frozen shoulder was first described in the early 20th

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  • Orthopaedic Surgery and Cortisone Injections during the COVID-19 Pandemic and with COVID Vaccination

    • 4 February 2021
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Hands
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    As everyone is aware there has been massive disruption of normal medical services during the COVID pandemic, because NHS resources have been prioritized to look after people suffering from COVID, and because of concerns about the risks to patients from COVID if they have a surgical procedure or cortisone injection. During the first wave in

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  • COVID-19 Coronavirus

    • 30 March 2020
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Uncategorised
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    COVID-19 Virtual clinics These are challenging times. COVID-19, or Coronavirus, is sweeping our planet and as a result we find ourselves in near total isolation. The UK government, and particularly the Department of Health, are battling to “flatten the curve” and avoid us all getting this new virus at once… the result being an overload

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  • “Shoulder pain: the importance of getting the correct diagnosis”

    • 6 March 2020
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Shoulder
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    Shoulder pain can be debilitating and can leave you feeling miserable, particularly if your sleep has been affected. Most of us will suffer with shoulder pain at some point in our lives, either due to previous injuries or simply due to the “wear and tear” of getting older. Many problems will settle down with rest,

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  • It’s the time of year for skiing injuries

    • 2 March 2020
    • Posted by: invicta_ortho
    • Category: Hands
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    At his time of year I see a steady stream of patients coming back from their skiing holiday with a fracture or other injury. I’m an enthusiastic skier myself and always interested to know where the person had been skiing and how their injury had occurred. This season I saw my first patient injured skiing

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