Useful documents
We have prepared a number of useful documents for you to access which should improve your experience at the Midlands Orthopaedic Centre. This will include information on outpatient appointments, preparing you for surgery and information about what to do after your surgery.
Elective trauma & orthopaedics
Patient information leaflets
- Ankle fusion (arthrodesis)
- Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
- Arthroscopy of the knee joint
- Back pain and cauda equina warning signs
- BestMSK spinal MRI: clinician advice
- BestMSK spinal MRI: patient advice
- Bunion surgery
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cervical collar
- Collagenase injections for Dupuytren's disease
- Corticosteroid injections
- Cubital tunnel syndrome
- Dupuytren's disease
- Dynamic hip screw
- Frozen shoulder
- Hemiarthroplasty hip replacement
- Ingrowing toe nail/removal of nail bed
- Instability of the shoulder
- Intermedullary nailing
- K-wire removal
- Lesser toe surgery
- Morton's neuroma
- Obesity and bone health
- Patient initiated follow up
- Pre-operative information
- Rotator cuff tear
- Shoulder joint replacement
- Spinal injections
- Subacromial impingement of the shoulder
- Total ankle replacement
- Total hip replacement
- Total knee replacement
- Unicompartmental knee replacement
Fracture clinic
Patient information leaflets
- Advice after a broken collar bone
- Advice after a foot fracture
- Advice after a mallet finger injury
- Advice after a torus buckle fracture (cast)
- Advice after a torus buckle fracture (splint)
- Advice after an ankle fracture
- Advice after an elbow fracture
- Application of a walker boot
- Caring for your plaster cast
Fracture clinic follow-up letters
Knee
Paediatrics
- Buckle forearm fracture with cast
- Buckle forearm fracture with splint
- Clavicle injuries
- Neck of metacarpal hand injury
- Removing a cast
Shoulder
- Acromioclavicular joint fracture
- Clavicle fracture
- Minimally displaced shoulder fracture
- Pendular shoulder exercises
- Primary shoulder dislocation
- Proximal humerus shoulder fracture
- Recurrent shoulder dislocation
Spinal
- British Spinal Registry patient information
- Consent for posterior lumbar spinal surgery
- EQ5D-5L measures
- Oswestry disability index
- Visual analogue score: back and leg pain
Other
There are more patient information leaflets available at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust web site.
Referral forms
Can't find what you are looking for?
If you are unable to find what you are looking for or have a specific question, please do not hesistate to contact a member of the team who will be able to help you.
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