Media and blog
In the media and in writing.
Media appearances, podcasts and patient-focused articles on joint replacement and orthopaedic care.
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On screen.
News segments and presentations from Professor Rodda's YouTube channel. Press play to watch here, or follow the channel for new films.
Medacta TV · M.O.R.E. International Symposium · 9 min
Educating and managing patients using today's technology
A talk to surgeons on preparing patients for joint
replacement with digital tools, part of Medacta's Patient Optimized Pathway
program. Hosted on Medacta TV.
Watch on Medacta TV
Articles for patients.
Longer pieces on the questions that come up in the rooms and do not fit onto a condition or a procedure page. They carry named sources, and where a figure is quoted the reference sits on the page it appears on.
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.
Read, 9 min Preparing for surgery · 25 August 2026Nutrition 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.
Read, 8 min The implant · 25 August 2026What 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.
Read, 8 min Making the decision · 25 August 2026Am 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.
Read, 9 min Choosing the operation · 25 August 2026Partial 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.
Read, 8 min Choosing a surgeon · 21 August 2026How to Choose a Hip or Knee Surgeon on the Sunshine Coast
Six questions worth asking, and what the answers tell you. Written by a surgeon, which you should factor in when reading it.
Read, 8 min Evidence · 21 August 2026How Long Does a Joint Replacement Really Last?
The old answer was fifteen years. The registry data says otherwise, and the number that matters is not the average.
Read, 7 min Fees · 21 August 2026What Does a Knee Replacement Cost in Australia?
Four separate bills, three funding pathways, and the one document you should not proceed without.
Read, 7 min Technology · 21 August 2026Robotic Knee Replacement: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Robotic assistance is heavily marketed and genuinely useful. Those are two separate claims, and only one of them is fully supported.
Read, 8 min From Professor Rodda · 21 August 2026Before 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.
Read, 5 minPeer-reviewed publications, with DOIs so each one can be checked at source, are on the research page. Everything published here is listed at insights.
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