Melbourne knee spe******ts

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This is by no means meant to be an exhaustive list, but a guide to some of the specialists who see exclusively or mainly sports knee problems in Melbourne. This list could admittedly go on for a lot longer, as the knee is a very popular area for surgery and most surgeons who operate anywhere will have a go at the knee if given a chance.

Knee surgeons:
John Bartlett, 03 9459 6611
Julian Feller 03 9473 8850
Ian Henderson, 03 9415 8000
Iain McLean, 03 9650 3833
Hayden Morris, 03 9417 7299
David Young, 03 9510 6828

If anyone knows of others who are experts in knee injuries in Melbourne, please add to the list (or start another thread if you know of others in a different state).

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John Bartlett is worth a special mention, as he was (I think) the first surgeon in Melbourne to complete subspecialise in a particular joint (the knee). Over the years he has done reconstruction on many AFL players, particularly from Essendon and Collingwood.

Julian Feller was orginally a student of John Bartlett's and is now one of the leading knee surgeons in Melbourne in his own right. He has been particularly impressive in publishing a lot of research about the relative merits of patellar versus hamstring reconstruction in athletes.

The list above includes a few names who are very prominent sports orthopaedic surgeons in Melbourne but who don't exclusively operates on knees (e.g. David Young, Ian Henderson). The biggest sports orthopaedic group in Melbourne is MOG, and they have a website at:

http://www.mog.com.au/

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Also worth noting, although knee injuries often require surgery, if you have patella tendinopathy (tendinitis etc.) then don't see a surgeon, instead see a sports physician or a physiotherapist.

In Melbourne, Jill Cook is an internationally-reknowned expert on patella tendinopathy having completed a PhD on this topic. Her physio practice is hard to get into (at Alphington) but worth it if you have jumper's knee.

[Itze]

Julian Feller did my knee in December 04 at La Trobe Medical Centre, really good bloke. He used the hamstring graft. I even had a student from the nearby La Trobe Uni come in pre-op and do a few tests with various knee braces for her Masters degree and she said he is one of the two best knee surgeons in the country.

[Unregistered]

I have recently completely torn my ACL. I have been recommended to see Julian Feller and/or Adrian Trivett. Has your friend heard of Adrian Trivett?

[Alla]

I have recently completely torn my ACL. I have been recommended to see Julian Feller and/or Adrian Trivett. Has your friend heard of Adrian Trivett?

I dont know about Adrian, but Julian did my knee this year.... and Im really happy with what he's done.... he's a nice bloke too.

Alla

[kike]

had an acl recon by Andrew Mcqueen at the Melbourne Orthopaedics Group , highly recommend him very professional and thorough, im very happy with the job.

[Syd Uni sports clinic]

BTW, if you make a post and leave your name as "Unregistered" and someone else does the same thing, it is hard to follow who is who. Better to give yourself a name if you want people to directly reply to your posts.

[dave_worland]

Hi people,
Can anyone tell me about Ian Hendersons work? A friend of mine is a physio and recommended him as a surgeon but before making my decision I was looking for some extra feedback on what some real experiences might have been like. Another option recommended was Hayden Morris who has been spoken of quite highly here!
Thanks,
Dave

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Ian Henderson is a pretty old school surgeon, in my opinion. Very experienced, technically good but generally has a typical surgeon's bedside manner. He is definitely in the A-list of Melbourne sports surgeons (does plenty of work for St Kilda) but may not be everyone's cup of tea.

Hayden Morris is a bit younger than Henderson and probably has done less career procedures, however, maybe a bit more personable for some patients. He would also on the A-list for most referring practitioners.

In choosing between Henderson and Morris it is like choosing between a VW and a Honda - both make good cars, some slight differences but hardly anyone would say you bought a crummy brand of car. The anology continues in that you might expect to pay good money as well.

By the way, people are welcome to make personal comments about doctors, surgeons and physios etc on this Forum with the rules of:
(1) try to be objective - you can fairly state that you had a bad outcome with surgeon X but from this one bad outcome you can't generalise to say X is a bad surgeon.
(2) anything defamatory is not on - if we find it we'll delete it.