This young boy presented with an established non-union through the left proximal femur. It was deformed and painful and had occurred through an area of abnormal bone. An assessment was done and the main purpose of surgery was to optimise…
When bones do not heal. Nature is really good at healing broken bones. She has done it for a very long time. In the vast majority of cases, fractures and osteotomies heal well and the patients can get on with…
This young patient had an unfortunate injury which, despite his doctors' best efforts, resulted in this non-union with mal-position of his tibia. It followed on an open fracture which he had sustained. A non-union like this is of course unsightly,…
For centuries the only way to attach an artificial limb to an amputee's body was to use a socket. Socket-based prostheses have come a long way and have provided high level function to the vast majority of amputees. They do,…
Exciting New Treatment Coming to Stellenbosch We are proud to announce that our orthopaedic practice at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology, Stellenbosch, will soon be offering a groundbreaking limb-saving treatment for patients with severe diabetic ulcers: Transverse Bone Transport. This innovative approach uses…