Total Hip Replacement
A clear explanation of hip replacement surgery, the implant parts, hospital stay, early walking and the stages of recovery.
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Umhlanga · Gateway · Mount EdgecombePatient procedure library
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before making a decision.
These guides explain commonly performed orthopaedic operations in everyday language: why they may be considered, what the surgeon actually does, and what recovery involves.
Surgery is not automatically the first step. Your symptoms, examination, imaging, alternatives and personal goals must support the decision.Joint Replacement Surgery
5 patient guides
Conventional Total Knee Replacement
How conventional knee replacement resurfaces an arthritic knee, what the implant does and what patients can expect during recovery.
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Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
How partial knee replacement resurfaces only the damaged compartment, who may be suitable and how it differs from total knee replacement.
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Robotic-Assisted Knee Replacement
What robotic assistance contributes to knee replacement planning, what the surgeon controls and what the technology cannot promise.
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Total Shoulder Replacement
How an arthritic or damaged shoulder joint is replaced, how anatomic and reverse designs differ, and what recovery involves.
Understand this procedureSpine surgery
4 patient guides
Posterior Lumbar Fusion
How the lower spine is stabilised from the back using screws, rods and bone graft, and how this differs from an interbody fusion such as TLIF.
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TLIF Lumbar Fusion
A plain-language guide to transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, nerve decompression, screws, rods, the interbody cage and fusion recovery.
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ACDF Cervical Fusion
What anterior cervical discectomy and fusion involves, how pressure is removed from nerves or the spinal cord, and how the neck level heals.
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Spinal Injections & Rhizotomy
A practical guide to facet injections, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency rhizotomy, nerve-root blocks and epidural injections.
Understand this procedureKeyhole surgery / Arthroscopy
2 patient guides
Knee Arthroscopy
How knee keyhole surgery works, which problems can be treated through a scope and why arthroscopy is not a cure for general arthritis.
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Shoulder Arthroscopy
A patient guide to shoulder keyhole surgery, including rotator cuff repair, decompression, instability repair and recovery in a sling.
Understand this procedureHand surgery
4 patient guides
Carpal Tunnel Release
How carpal tunnel surgery releases pressure on the median nerve, what happens to the ligament and how hand sensation recovers.
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Trigger Finger Release
How a small day-case operation opens the A1 pulley so the flexor tendon can glide without catching or locking.
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Ganglion Cyst Excision
How a troublesome wrist or hand ganglion is removed together with its stalk, and why recurrence can still occur after surgery.
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De Quervain’s Release
How surgery releases the tight first dorsal compartment at the thumb side of the wrist while protecting the tendons and nearby sensory nerve.
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