https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/ Articles on hip and knee replacement by Professor Daevyd Rodda, orthopaedic surgeon, Sunshine Coast. en-AU https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/reading-your-knee-x-ray/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/reading-your-knee-x-ray/ What the four things a surgeon looks for on a knee X-ray actually are, why the film has to be taken standing up, and why a bad X-ray and a bad knee are not the same thing. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/nutrition-and-joint-replacement/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/nutrition-and-joint-replacement/ What the evidence actually supports before a hip or knee replacement, which is protein, iron, vitamin D and blood sugar rather than any of the things sold as joint supplements. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/what-is-my-knee-replacement-made-of/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/what-is-my-knee-replacement-made-of/ Metal, plastic and cement, in that order. What each part does, why the plastic is the part that wears out, and why every implant used in Australia is tracked by name. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/am-i-too-young-for-a-knee-replacement/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/am-i-too-young-for-a-knee-replacement/ Age is not the question. Lifetime revision risk is, and the numbers for someone in their early fifties are genuinely different from the numbers for someone in their seventies. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/partial-or-total-knee-replacement/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/partial-or-total-knee-replacement/ A partial knee feels more like your own knee and is revised more often. Both of those are true, and the decision is a trade between them rather than a matter of which is better. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/how-to-choose-hip-knee-surgeon-sunshine-coast/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/how-to-choose-hip-knee-surgeon-sunshine-coast/ Six questions worth asking, and what the answers tell you. Written by a surgeon, which you should factor in when reading it. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/how-long-does-a-joint-replacement-last/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/how-long-does-a-joint-replacement-last/ The old answer was fifteen years. The registry data says otherwise, and the number that matters is not the average. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/what-does-a-knee-replacement-cost-australia/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/what-does-a-knee-replacement-cost-australia/ Four separate bills, three funding pathways, and the one document you should not proceed without. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/robotic-knee-replacement-what-the-evidence-shows/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/robotic-knee-replacement-what-the-evidence-shows/ Robotic assistance is heavily marketed and genuinely useful. Those are two separate claims, and only one of them is fully supported. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/before-i-look-at-your-imaging/ https://daevydrodda.com.au/insights/before-i-look-at-your-imaging/ The scan is the least useful thing in the room, and it is usually the thing people most want to talk about. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000