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Dr. SS Sathappan provides specialised orthopaedic care for adults and kids. He sees a wide variety of patients across different age ranges on issues related to hip, knee, sports injuries, joint replacement, heel, elbow, shoulder and more. In this blog he will share some of his doctor cases and general thoughts to better educate patients.
This is a 40-year-old gentleman who was involved in a road traffic accident 2 years ago. He presented with acute open dislocation injury and had a pulseless leg with severe soft tissue injury to the knee. Following this injury, he had initial treatment with an external fixator to stabilise the lower limb as well as a four multiple compartment fasciotomy which is…
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This is a 40-year-old gentleman who was involved in a road traffic accident 2 years ago. He presented with acute open dislocation injury and had a pulseless leg with severe soft tissue injury to the knee. Following this injury, he had initial treatment with an external fixator to stabilise the lower limb as well as a four multiple compartment fasciotomy which is…
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Osteochondral injuries are becoming increasingly common in society. These are secondary to patients’ having a keen interest in sporting activities and also seen sometimes in weekend warrior syndromes. Patients when involving in sporting activities, it is very important to prime the soft tissue with appropriate stretches and strengthening exercises. When this is not done, patients can easily, incur twisting injuries, which can…
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Osteochondral injuries are becoming increasingly common in society. These are secondary to patients’ having a keen interest in sporting activities and also seen sometimes in weekend warrior syndromes. Patients when involving in sporting activities, it is very important to prime the soft tissue with appropriate stretches and strengthening exercises. When this is not done, patients can easily, incur twisting injuries, which can…
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Most of the time when we cut fruits, it is often eventful. Unfortunately, when we are not careful, especially when we are cutting hard fruits there can be incidents where penetrative trauma can incur to the hand. In this patient, she was using a sharp knife to cut an avocado fruit. There was a certain amount of resistance encountered when she was…
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Most of the time when we cut fruits, it is often eventful. Unfortunately, when we are not careful, especially when we are cutting hard fruits there can be incidents where penetrative trauma can incur to the hand. In this patient, she was using a sharp knife to cut an avocado fruit. There was a certain amount of resistance encountered when she was…
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Fibular lesions consisting of ganglions are not a common disease condition. In patients’ ganglions are often seen in the wrist and the foot regions. These are usually due to microtears in the capsule and the ligaments as well as the tendon sheath and can result in the seepage of fluid causing swellings in these regions. Less commonly, they can be also seen…
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Fibular lesions consisting of ganglions are not a common disease condition. In patients’ ganglions are often seen in the wrist and the foot regions. These are usually due to microtears in the capsule and the ligaments as well as the tendon sheath and can result in the seepage of fluid causing swellings in these regions. Less commonly, they can be also seen…
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This 67-year-old lady presented with worsening bilateral hip pain. Her symptoms were primarily in the groin with pain moving to the knee. We call this referred pain. This is due to the nerve innervation between the hip and the knee being shared giving a sense of perception that the pain is originating from the knee. However, due to severe hip pathology, the…
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This 67-year-old lady presented with worsening bilateral hip pain. Her symptoms were primarily in the groin with pain moving to the knee. We call this referred pain. This is due to the nerve innervation between the hip and the knee being shared giving a sense of perception that the pain is originating from the knee. However, due to severe hip pathology, the…
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This is a 82-year-old lady who presented with recurrent elbow issues after being seen and managed by a previous clinician in a different hospital. She was referred to Dr Sathappan by one of his patients with a view to unsolved elbow issues. All the problems started after a fall which incurred when she was at home. Following which, she was unable to…
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This is a 82-year-old lady who presented with recurrent elbow issues after being seen and managed by a previous clinician in a different hospital. She was referred to Dr Sathappan by one of his patients with a view to unsolved elbow issues. All the problems started after a fall which incurred when she was at home. Following which, she was unable to…
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This 94 year old lady presented with worsening hip pain. Her symptoms were all aggravated over a 1 week history. She had previous fracture fixation done three years ago in a different hospital. Initial recovery was suboptimal with pull out of screws as can be seen from the last X-ray. She was coping with limited ambulation and decision was made in view…
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This 94 year old lady presented with worsening hip pain. Her symptoms were all aggravated over a 1 week history. She had previous fracture fixation done three years ago in a different hospital. Initial recovery was suboptimal with pull out of screws as can be seen from the last X-ray. She was coping with limited ambulation and decision was made in view…
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A 59 year old lady presented with aggravated knee pain following of fall at her workplace. She had initially consulted Traditional Chinese medicine treatment with limited relief. Following this, she was seen by an orthopaedics specialist with regards to her knee pain symptoms. Having initial evaluation with radiographs and MRI, she was offered right total knee replacement. She presented to Dr Sathappan’s…
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A 59 year old lady presented with aggravated knee pain following of fall at her workplace. She had initially consulted Traditional Chinese medicine treatment with limited relief. Following this, she was seen by an orthopaedics specialist with regards to her knee pain symptoms. Having initial evaluation with radiographs and MRI, she was offered right total knee replacement. She presented to Dr Sathappan’s…
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This is a 51 year old gentleman who presented with worsening left knee pain. All his symptoms started after a running activity whereby he incurred in a severe pain following a twisting injury. Initially, he was been managed for knee sprains symptoms. He came to consult me because of persistent pain and swelling that had not resolved despite consultations with previous orthopaedic…
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This is a 51 year old gentleman who presented with worsening left knee pain. All his symptoms started after a running activity whereby he incurred in a severe pain following a twisting injury. Initially, he was been managed for knee sprains symptoms. He came to consult me because of persistent pain and swelling that had not resolved despite consultations with previous orthopaedic…
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This 62 year old lady presented with worsening left knee pain. She was initially seen by an orthopaedic surgeon who have offered her knee arthroplasty based on her clinical diagnosis of osteoarthritis. She was told there were multiple loose bodies and that she will benefit from a knee replacement surgery. However, she was slightly concerned because the knee was associated with numbness…
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This 62 year old lady presented with worsening left knee pain. She was initially seen by an orthopaedic surgeon who have offered her knee arthroplasty based on her clinical diagnosis of osteoarthritis. She was told there were multiple loose bodies and that she will benefit from a knee replacement surgery. However, she was slightly concerned because the knee was associated with numbness…
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