Select Publications
Journal articles
2009, 'Trends of spinal fusion surgery in Australia: 1997 to 2006', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 79, pp. 783 - 788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.05095.x
,2008, 'Acute management of hemodynamically unstable pelvic trauma patients: Time for a change? Multicenter review of recent practice', World Journal of Surgery, 32, pp. 1874 - 1882
,2008, 'Lottery incentives did not improve response rate to a mailed survey: a randomized controlled trials.', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 61, pp. 609 - 610
,2008, 'Physical and psychosocial factors associated with neck pain after major accidental trauma', European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 34, pp. 498 - 503
,2008, 'Practical Procedures in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 78, pp. 211 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04407.x
,2008, 'Predictors of general health after major trauma', Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care, 64, pp. 969 - 974
,2008, 'Predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder following major trauma', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 78, pp. 583 - 587
,2008, 'The effect of compensation on general health in patients sustaining fractures in motor vehicle trauma', Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 22, pp. 216 - 220
,2007, 'Delay to surgery and mortality after hip fracture', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 77, pp. 889 - 891, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04267.x
,2007, 'The effect of time to theatre on infection rate for open tibia fractures', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 77, pp. 886 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04266.x
,2007, 'Factors predicting patient satisfaction following major trauma', Injury, 38, pp. 1102 - 1108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2007.05.004
,2007, 'Personal injury compensation', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 77, pp. 606 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04203.x
,2007, 'Factors Associated With Back Pain After Physical Injury: A Survey of Consecutive Major Trauma Patients.', Spine, 32, pp. 1561 - 1565
,2007, 'Indonesian earthquake experience', A O Dialogue, 2/2007, pp. 24 - 26
,2007, 'Intramedullary nailing versus fixed angle blade plating for subtrochanteric femoral fractures: a prospective randomised controlled trial', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (Hong Kong), 15, pp. 278 - 281
,2007, 'Orthopaedic trauma surgery performed by unsupervised and supervised trainees: complication rates compared', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (Hong Kong), 15, pp. 264 - 266
,2007, 'Publication bias in abstracts presented to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (Hong Kong), 15, pp. 62 - 66
,2006, 'Continuous compartment pressure monitoring for tibia fractures: does it influence outcome?', Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care, 60, pp. 1330 - 1335
,2006, 'Publication bias in papers presented to the Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 76, pp. 427 - 431
,2006, 'Retrograde nailing versus fixed-angle blade plating for supracondylar femoral fractures: a randomized controlled trial', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 76, pp. 290 - 294
,2005, 'Reoperation rate in diaphyseal tibia fractures', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 75, pp. 1041 - 1044, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03618.x
,2005, 'Assesing leg lenght discrepancy after femoral fracture: Clinical examination or computed tomography?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 75, pp. 319 - 324
,2005, 'Association between compensation status and outcome after surgery - A meta-analysis', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 293, pp. 1644 - 1652
,2005, 'Institutional practice guidelines on management of pelvic fracture-related hemodynamic instability: do they make a difference?', Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care, 58, pp. 778 - 782
,2005, 'Necrotising infection due to Bacillus cereus mimicking gas gangrene following penetrating trauma', Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 19, pp. 353 - 355
,2004, 'Accuracy of mandatory surgeon recording of unplanned return to theatre', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 74, pp. 302 - 303
,2004, 'Guidelines for the management of haemodynamically unstable pelvis fracture patients', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 74, pp. 520 - 529
,2004, 'Hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures: recent care and new guidelines', World Journal of Surgery, 28, pp. 904 - 909
,2003, 'Outcome after intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 73, pp. 387 - 389
,2002, 'Radiation exposure using laser aiming guide in orthopaedic procedures', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 72, pp. 349 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02406.x
,1997, 'The fate of the syndesmosis in type C ankle fractures: A cadaveric study', Injury, 28, pp. 275 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00010-7
,1994, 'Computed tomography scanning with image reconstruction in evaluation of distal radius fractures.', J Hand Surg Am, 19, pp. 720 - 727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0363-5023(94)90174-0
,Conference Papers
2022, 'DETERMINANTS OF UNPLANNED READMISSION FOLLOWING SELF-INFLICTED AND NON-SELF-INFLICTED MAJOR INJURY', in INJURY PREVENTION, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A5 - A5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2022-safety2022.15
,2022, 'Utilisation of elective spinal procedures in NSW (Preliminary findings)', Sydney, presented at Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network Scientific Meeting 2022, Sydney, 18 April 2022 - 19 April 2022
,2020, 'Rates of elective spinal procedures in NSW by public – private – workers compensation schemes', Sydney, presented at Australian and New Zealand Low Back Pain Research Network, Sydney, 17 September 2020
,2019, '1 A controlled before-after study to evaluate the effect of a clinician-led policy to reduce knee arthroscopy', in Oral Presentations, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, presented at Preventing Overdiagnosis Abstracts, December 2019, Sydney, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2019-pod.15
,2019, '85 Evaluating a patient decision aid for people with degenerative knee disease considering arthroscopic surgery: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial', in Oral Presentations, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, presented at Preventing Overdiagnosis Abstracts, December 2019, Sydney, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2019-pod.98
,2018, '34 Overdiagnosis of low back pain', in Oral presentations, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, presented at Preventing Overdiagnosis, Abstracts, August 2018, Copenhagen, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111070.34
,2018, '67 Design and rationale for an implementation trial to improve care for low back pain in emergency departments', in Oral presentations, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, presented at Preventing Overdiagnosis, Abstracts, August 2018, Copenhagen, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111070.67
,2015, 'Clinical impact of low-grade temperatures in older persons with fractured neck of femur (NOF)', in AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 66 - 66, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000354463000121&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2015, 'Exploratory analysis of pre-operative orthogeriatric medical input and outcomes following fracture neck-of-femur', in AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 65 - 66, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000354463000120&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2015, 'Improvement in care of elderly fractured neck of femur patients with implementation of a formal model of care checklist', in AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 43 - 43, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000354463000075&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'Radiographic loss of contact between radial head fracture fragments is moderately reliable', in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, pp. 2113 - 2119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3592-z
,Conference Abstracts
2023, 'OPTIMIZING PATIENT WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO ARTHROPLASTY: A FEASIBILITY STUDY', in Orthopaedic Proceedings, British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery, Vol. 105-B, pp. 75 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/1358-992x.2023.2.075
,2022, 'The impact of a patient decision aid on intentions to undergo surgery for subacromial pain syndrome: An online randomised controlled trial', in Internal Medicine Journal, Wiley, Vol. 52, pp. 11 - 11, presented at Australian Rheumatology Association 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 May 2022 - 22 May 2022, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imj.15756
,2022, '60 The impact of a patient decision aid on intention to undergo surgery for subacromial pain syndrome: an online randomised controlled trial', in Abstracts, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, presented at Preventing Overdiagnosis Abstracts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2022-podabstracts.17
,2021, 'Has the reporting quality of published randomised controlled trial protocols improved since the SPIRIT statement?', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, Vol. 50, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000695815900622&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2021, 'The hospital frailty risk score (HFRS) predicts complications in older surgical patients', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, Vol. 50, pp. 96 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.268
,2021, 'PUBLIC AND PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTIC LABELS FOR ROTATOR CUFF DISEASE: A CONTENT ANALYSIS', in INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, WILEY, Vol. 51, pp. 11 - 11, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000651518500021&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2021, 'SUCCESS, SURGERY FOR SPINAL STENOSIS: A RANDOMISED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL', in INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, WILEY, Vol. 51, pp. 29 - 29, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000651518500074&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
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