Orthopaedic Surgery

Clinical service overview

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is a clinical service that provides:

• orthopaedic trauma surgery as a referral service from the Trauma Unit
• emergency orthopaedic surgery
• elective surgery as a direct referral service from the community and other health care providers

Our team is multi-disciplinary, including surgeons, physiotherapists, orthotists and nurses.

All orthopaedic surgeons specialise in different areas of expertise, including:

• hip and knee surgery
• wrist and hand surgery
• shoulder and elbow surgery
• foot and ankle surgery
• spinal and neck surgery
• pelvic surgery
• spinal surgery
• arthroplasty and trauma
• lower limb reconstruction

For more information on surgeon specialties, refer to the Orthopaedic Guidelines.

Exclusion criteria

This service does not routinely offer treatment for the following:

• Patients who are being treated for the same condition at another Victorian public hospital
• Children under 18 years of age

• Hip arthroscopy (not currently offered at the Alfred).
• Bone and soft tissue tumours (these should be referred urgently to St Vincent’s Hospital).

Please note: All referrals for hip and knee osteoarthritis attend the Osteoarthritis Hip and Knee Service (OAHKS) which is staffed by physiotherapists. Referrals may also be triaged and allocated to the Physiotherapy Screening Clinic (direct referrals are not accepted).

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