Our special interests include Hip Resurfacing (over ten years experience), primary and revision hip and knee replacement including reconstruction of complex problems, and ligament reconstruction around the knee.
We are funded by donations from the general public as well as Orthopaedic implant companies who can support PORI through arms length third party funding arrangements.
While we are grateful to several companies for their support (either as major or minor sponsors) we have no direct company affiliations or obligations (such as in the choice of implants used).
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Presentations & Publications
Is Hip Dislocation a Thing of the Past? Benefits of Large Heads in Hip Replacement.
Invited Instructional Course Lecture at the AOA Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, 12 October 2010. Ed Marel.
Metal Sensitivity as a Cause of Groin Pain in Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing.
Pat Campbell PhD, Andrew Shimmin MD, Len Walter MD and Michael Solomon MD. The Journal of Arthroplasty Volume 23, Issue 7, October 2008, Pages 1080-1085
Distribution of Chromium and Cobalt Ions in Various Blood Fractions After Resurfacing Hip Arthroplasty
Leonard R. Walter MBBS(Syd), FRACS, FAOrthA , Ed Marel MBBS(Syd), FRCS Ed (Orth), FRACS, FAOrthA, Richard Harbury MBBS(Syd), FRACS, FAOrthA and Jenny Wearne RN. The Journal of Arthroplasty. Volume 23, Issue 6, September 2008, Pages 814-821
Early Mobilisation after Total Knee Arthroplasty Reduces the Incidence of Post-Operative Deep Vein Thrombosis.
Presented at AOA Scientific AGM Hobart October 2008. Sivashankar Chandrasekaran, David Dickison.
How Are Uncemented Stems Doing? A National Joint Registry Study.
Presented at the Arthroplasty Society of Australia. Annual Closed Meeting. Peppers Kingcliff, September 2007. Ed Marel.
Failures of Resurfacing: The Role of the Femoral Stem: A National Joint Registry Study.
Presented at the Arthroplasty Society of Australia Annual Closed Meeting, Hyatt Canberra. May 2008. Ed Marel.
The Challenge of Meeting Patients' Expectations in Joint Replacement.
Invited talk at TRIBOS meeting Noosa. September 2008. Ed Marel.