Dr Phillip van Sittert Orthopaedic Surgeon Welkom

This knee was obliterated in a fall. Not reconstructable. I used a donor knee bone to form a stout and then replaced the joint

These are the XR's of a 14 year old with a growth abnormality and my correction of it.

These are the pictures of a young child with a growth abnormality and how I have corrected it.

Interesting case of a wrist bone that abuts one of the forearm bones. I plan to shorten the forearm bone

Neck dislocation after accident and not wearing seatbelt. Can feel limbs, but not move. I did surgery just to stabilize

Sometimes you lose despite your best efforts. This was an open fracture with severe soft tissue injury. Despite one artery being open, the foot became black and had to be amputated.

These are the XR's of a revision total knee replacement after a partial or unicompartmental primary replacement. Unfortunately "uni's" often need replacement

This patient's lowest vertebra slipped on the sacrum. See how well it returned to normal position during surgery.

This patient was injured in a motorcycle accident. Spinal cord injury. Paraplegic. Chances of this happening is 14 times more on a motorcycle compared to a car

One of my classmates asked the Prof whether anything had changed in Orthopaedics in 2000 years. He feared for his life the rest of the year . Luckily something has changed : Hip replacement has changed from :