Referrer Information

 

 

What Patients To Refer

 

• Hip and knee arthritis
  
  
• Previous joint replacements of the lower limb
  
  
• Potential hip impingement
  
  
• Hip, knee and ankle problems
  
  
• Lower limb compartment syndrome
  
  
• Other lower limb orthopaedic problems

 

 

 

Areas Of Surgical interest

 

• Hip and knee replacement surgery (both areas computer navigated)
  
  
• Computer assisted knee realignment surgery (high tibial osteotomy)
  
  
• Knee and ankle arthroscopy
  
  
• ACL reconstruction including revision ACL reconstruction
  
  
• Patellofemoral surgery including stabilisation
  
  
• Lower extremity orthopaedic surgery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Referral Letters

 

Please ensure a referral letter is sent to the rooms prior to your patients appointment. Ideally this will be sent as soon as the patient is referred. It is better to get the letter early as it can allow prioritisation. It is not as important that it is right up to date.

 

 

 

Radiographs

 

All patients need to have up to date imaging (usually this means within the last 6 months). This includes soft tissue problems such as tendinopathies. The underlying skeleton needs a radiograph.

 

 

 

Pre-appointment MRI Scans

 

We frequently arrange pre-appointment MRI scans but require a referral letter and plain x-rays to order this.

 

 

 

Funding

 

As Julian no longer has a public practice he cannot place patients on the public surgical waiting list.  This means if patients require surgery to be performed by him funding must be available (typically through ACC, private medical insurance or the patient self funding).  Please make patients aware of this so that they do not incur unnecessary expense by having an initial appointment with Julian and then require a further referral on to one of his colleagues who works in the public system.   This is not only expensive for the patient but time consuming for both the patient and Julian. It may also delay their treatment.

 

 

 

Making Appointments

 

• Call Orthopaedic House 06 769 5634
  
  
• Fax Orthopaedic House on 06 769 6533
  
  
• E-mail at admin@orthohouse.co.nz

 

 

Our open hours are

 

Monday            8.20am  to 5.00pm

 

Tuesday           8.20am  to 5.00pm

 

Wednesday      10.00am to 4.00pm

 

Thursday         10.00am to 4.00pm

 

Friday             10.00am to 1.00pm

 

 

If the phone is busy please leave a message and we will get back to you. If you have a query about any patient please e-mail Julian at jstoddart@orthohouse.co.nz  and he will reply that day or the next.

 

 

 

Why Julian Has Sub-specialised

 

During 2011 90% of Julian's surgeries were on the lower limb (17% hip, 60% knee, 13% foot and ankle).  The majority of these surgeries were knee arthroscopies, ACL reconstructions and hip and knee replacements.

 

In Julian's current practice he sees a lot of young to middle age patients with knee injuries and a large number of patients of all ages with hip and knee arthritis. Consequently, he has limited his practice to lower limb adult reconstruction and sports medicine.

 

Julian believes his patients benefit greatly from seeing a sub-specialist especially because the range of conditions, investigations and interventions has increased.  Julian's decision to stop consulting on  upper limb (and previously spine) reflects the greater amount of time he has spent gaining expertise in lower limb work.