HAND AND PERIPHERAL NERVE SURGERY Head of Department: Richard Lawson
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SUPERVISION
Richard Lawson • Hand Trauma Module: Essentials In Clinical Trauma Care Brahman Sivakumar • 4 MD Students David Stewart • Co-Supervisor, Master of Surgery Student
DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH RESOURCES
CLINICAL DATABASES TO SUPPORT OUTCOMES RESEARCH • Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Database • Tetraplegia Database
LINKS TO TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PARTNERS OR UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS • Macquarie University
CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on distal interphalangeal joint arthroplasty; early vs. late replantation; rib grafts vs proximal scaphoid • Registry analysis – trends in outcomes in wrist arthroplasty in Australia • Arthroscopic bone graft for scaphoid • Arthroscopic lunate excision for Kienböck’s disease • Outcomes of plate removal – patient satisfaction • Review of Scheker distal radial ulnar joint arthroplasties • K wire treatment of mallet injuries • Radial collateral ligament injuries of thumb metacarpophalangeal joint • Flexor tendon adhesions to phalangeal fractures • Intra-medullary screw damage to phalangeal head cartilage – assessment of defect size • Ultrasound to predict tendinopathy from distal radius volar locking plates: a pilot study
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