Acute Assessment Unit
About us
We provide treatment for a comprehensive range of orthopaedic conditions. We are a diverse and dynamic team striving to provide the best care for all patients with musculoskeletal complaints.
We practice evidence-based surgery and ensure that every member of our multi-disciplinary team upholds the highest standard of clinical care. We are actively engaged with teaching and training the next generation of surgeons.
Our clinic runs Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 5pm.
Trauma and orthopaedics services
Trauma service
- Hip fractures
- Femur / tibia fractures
- Wrist / forearm fractures
- Ankle fractures
- Knee fractures
- Foot fractures
- Shoulder fractures (including clavicle fractures)
- Elbow fractures
- Peri-prosthetic fractures
- Hand fractures
- Tendon ruptures
- Acute joint infections
Orthopaedics hand service
The hand service treats the following conditions:
- Dupuytren’s disease with contracture requiring surgery
- Traumatic arthritis of the wrist complex
- Complications following scaphoid fracture
- Tendon/ligament repair
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Old fracture management
How to be referred – referral can be made via Choose and Book, or email khn-tr.
Orthopaedic hip service
Our hip service treats the following conditions:
- hip injuries
- hip pain
- degenerative hip conditions
- failing or loose hip replacements
- rheumatoid arthritis
- post traumatic osteoarthritis
How to be referred – referrals can be made via Choose and Book, or email khn-tr.
Orthopaedic knee service
The knee service treat the following conditions:
- sports injury to the knee including arthroscopic surgery
- knee instability including
- ligament rupture
- ligament injury
- patellofemoral instability
- osteoarthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- with knee replacement and revision knee replacement
Orthopaedic upper limb service
The upper limb service treat the following conditions:
- upper limb injuries
- sports injuries to the shoulder
- osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint
Orthopaedic foot and ankle service
The foot and ankle service treat the following conditions:
- general Orthopaedic foot and ankle conditions
- sports injuries of the foot and ankle
- Achilles tendinopathy
- After a blood transfusion
- Aftercare following cast removal
- Ankle sprain
- Arm exercises while wearing a cast
- Avulsion fracture of ankle bone (talus)
- Broken or dislocated toe
- Caring for your cast
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Discharge following orthopaedic surgery
- Hip replacement
- Humeral brace
- Knee replacement
- Lateral ankle avulsion fracture
- Lateral ankle fracture (Weber A)
- Metatarsal fracture
- Plantar fasciitis
- Reducing pressure ulcers and cast sores
- Removal of K wires
- Soft cast removal
- What to expect after a wrist fracture
- What to expect after an ankle fracture