Surgical dislocation of the hip and the management of femoroacetabular impingement: results of the Christchurch experience.

Background: Surgical dislocation of the hip has been developed to deal with the problems causing femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). This is a relatively recent procedure that was historically reserved for larger areas specializing in hip surgery.

Methods: We hypothesized that surgical dislocation can be used for symptomatic FAI in a typical Australasian tertiary orthopaedic centre with acceptable results.

Ten-year review of extradural spinal abscesses in a New Zealand tertiary referral centre.

Despite being a well-understood pathology, patients with an extradural spinal abscess (ESA) still experience delays in diagnosis, with associated morbidity and mortality. This 10-year retrospective audit aimed to define the presentation, findings and prognosis of ESA in a New Zealand tertiary referral centre. Forty-two patients were diagnosed and treated between 1 May 1997 and 30 June 2007.