List planning is a daily occurrence in all orthopaedic units across the country. Make sure you think about how you would order the trauma or elective lists when you are in the trauma meeting or doing the team brief at the start of an operating list. Its a key step to making sure things happen!… Read More »
Dynamic Hip Screw A Dynamic Hip Screw or a DHS for short is a frequent flyer on the trauma list. One would hope to have seen and done a few prior to attending the ST3 orthopaedic recruitment interview to become an orthopaedic registrar. It’s a simple operation, however don’t underestimate it, as at times they can be… Read More »
Lag screw operative technique This is a procedure that you should be able to talk through and perform this skill during the ST3 Ortho interview process. It is possible that this could for a part of the technical skills station. However you are likely to need to do more than just a lag screw during… Read More »