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How much does it cost to have my hand or wrist operation?

Estimating the cost of hand and wrist surgery is a difficult question to answer without a proper clinical assessment. The item numbers used depend on the specifics of a patient's condition and presentation. It also depends on the approach. For example, an open operation may use a different item number to an arthroscopic or “key-hole” operation. However every patient should be aware that there is no hand or wrist operation that you have to pay for in Australia, if you have a Medicare ... Read More

March 6, 2021 By Jai Sungaran in Hand & Wrist

$Surgery for a wrist fracture is not always necessary$

Surgery for a wrist fracture is not always necessary

It is important to constantly evaluate our treatment options of even the most common injuries, like a wrist fracture. Surgery, while important for many injuries, is not always necessary to achieve a good outcome. This was the rationale behind Dr. Sungaran’s research work that has now been published in JAMA Surgery, the highest ranking surgical journal in the world. This collaboration of highly trained and well respected Surgeons from Australia have shown that for a wrist fracture in our older ... Read More

January 14, 2021 By Jai Sungaran in Developments, Hand & Wrist, Health and well being

Peer review-an important component of continuing education

Thanks to teleconferencing, peer review and clinical audit of our cases are still continuing during these times. This is an important part of Orthopaedic surgical practice in a major teaching hospital like Concord Hospital and is vital for learning. These audits are attended by Surgeons, trainee surgeons and resident medical officers as well as our Nursing and Allied health team members. We use these as a teaching tool and also for discussion of complex patients and to debate treatment ... Read More

July 13, 2020 By Jai Sungaran in Developments, Hand & Wrist, Research, Teaching

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should…

As Surgeons we are trained to "fix" a problem. If a bone is broken we can use plates and screws to realign it and relieve pain. If someone cuts their finger, we can repair their nerves, tendons, and arteries to restore its appearance and function. If you have an arthritic joint, chances are we have a replacement that we can implant to improve your motion. But one of the hardest things to do as a Surgeon, is to tell a patient that you cannot help them with an operation. Just think about ... Read More

June 22, 2019 By Jai Sungaran in Developments, Hand & Wrist, Injections, Joint pain, Nerve injury, Research, Teaching, trauma, Work injury

Hand exercises while in a cast can improve grip strength

During this morning's first session at the Australian Hand Surgery Society annual meeting, Dr. Sungaran presented his study on grip strength in older patients treated for a wrist fracture with a cast. This was a prospective, randomised controlled trial (PRCT) which is regarded as high level evidence that the outcomes are of clinical significance. The main finding of this study was that grip strength was noticeably better in patients who had a hand exercise program even while they were in ... Read More

April 4, 2019 By Jai Sungaran in Developments, Hand & Wrist, Research, Teaching, trauma

Women in Orthopaedics

Orthopaedic Women's Link (OWL) is an advocate for women in orthopaedics. OWL aims to encourage and support women through their orthopaedic careers, from as early as medical school, through to consultant level. OWL also seeks to create visible role models, encourage women to pursue and complete orthopaedic surgical training, address education issues, monitor gender-related matters and statistics, and providing advice to women trying to overcome work-life challenges. Dr. Sungaran is ... Read More

March 20, 2019 By Jai Sungaran in Developments, Research, Teaching, Workshops

Presenting our research

We are proud to share some of our research with our colleagues at the upcoming Australian Hand Surgery Society (AHSS) meeting in Adelaide this year. This represents one of our ongoing projects and some fine work by our Registrars and Allied Health staff at Concord Hospital. We firmly believe in research that can benefit our patients, and the outcomes from this study have shown that an early exercise program can make a difference, even when a patient is in a cast following a wrist ... Read More

March 4, 2019 By Jai Sungaran in Developments, Research

What’s new in hand surgery

Looking forward to sharing some exciting developments with our nursing colleagues at the Australian Orthopaedic Nursing Association (AONA) annual conference today. Hand surgery continues to advance and develop, offering better outcomes for patients. For example, we are now able to 3D print titanium mesh models of the scaphoid bone to replace native bone which is either too damaged or diseased, thereby giving patients an alternative to wrist fusion surgery. It is a reminder that we, as ... Read More

May 3, 2018 By Jai Sungaran in Arthritis, Developments, Robotics, Sporting injury, trauma, Work injury

How does Private Health Insurance affect your treatment.

There has been renewed interest in Private health insurance due to the upcoming increase in premiums as of April 1. Another reason has also been the much criticised changes by BUPA to it's health cover. But do you actually need to have private health insurance to receive treatment in Australia? The simple answer is, no. And that in itself is something we should all be grateful for. Our Health system has many flaws but the fact that every Australian has access to free health care for ANY ... Read More

March 13, 2018 By Jai Sungaran in Arthritis, corticosteroid, Elbow, Hand & Wrist, Injections, Joint pain, lacerations, Nerve injury, Rehabilitation, Sporting injury, Tendon, trauma, Work injury

Physiotherapy Education Evening

We're right into the finalising process for attendees to this exciting Education session. Once again it will be held at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery in Gymea which is an excellent venue with ample parking on site. And the food is top notch too! The theme for our talks is instability and all 4 Surgeons will be covering different areas of instability. We are fortunate that 2 patients have kindly offered their time to assist us with simulated examinations which will be a valuable learning ... Read More

May 16, 2017 By Jai Sungaran in Developments, Hand & Wrist, History, Joint pain, Rehabilitation, Sporting injury, trauma

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