Michelle Dowsey

The Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Total Joint Arthroplasty: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Siddharth Rele, Cade Shadbolt, Chris Schilling, Nicholas F Taylor, Michelle M Dowsey, Peter FM Choong

Journal article  |  2021  |  JMIR Research Protocols

BACKGROUND: The number of total joint arthroplasties (TJAs) being performed is increasing worldwide. To match this increasing dema..

The cost-effectiveness of computer navigation in primary total knee replacement: a scoping review

J Trieu, C Schilling, MM Dowsey, PF Choong

Journal article  |  2021  |  EFORT Open Reviews

Despite additional costs associated with the use of computer navigation technology in total knee replacement (TKR), its impact on ..

Low grade of radiographic osteoarthritis predicts unsatisfactory response of the contralateral knee replacement in two-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty

Sina Babazadeh, Tim D Spelman, Michelle M Dowsey, Peter FM Choong

Journal article  |  2021  |  Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

PURPOSE: It is difficult to counsel patients with bilateral osteoarthritis who are unsatisfied with their first knee replacement a..

Addressing surgical inequity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia's universal health care system: a call to action

Penny O'Brien, Samantha Bunzli, Ivan Lin, Dawn Bessarab, Juli Coffin, Michelle M Dowsey, Peter FM Choong

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANZ Journal of Surgery

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to experience health inequity within the Australian health care system. Litt..

How Do People Communicate about Knee Osteoarthritis? A Discourse Analysis.

Samantha Bunzli, Nicholas Taylor, Penny O'Brien, Michelle Dowsey, Jason Wallis, Peter Choong, Nora Shields

Journal article  |  2021  |  Pain Medicine

OBJECTIVE: To explore the ways in which people talk about knee osteoarthritis and how this may influence engagement in physical ac..

The effect of animated consent material on participants' willingness to enrol in a placebo-controlled surgical trial: a protocol for a randomised feasibility study

Elizabeth Nelson, Cade Shadbolt, Samantha Bunzli, Angela Cochrane, Peter Choong, Michelle Dowsey

Journal article  |  2021  |  Pilot and Feasibility Studies

BACKGROUND: Placebo-controlled surgical trials are recognised as the gold standard way to test the efficacy of a surgical procedur..

Patient-Related Risk Factors for Unplanned 30-Day Hospital Readmission Following Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Daniel Gould, Michelle M Dowsey, Tim Spelman, Olivia Jo, Wassif Kabir, Jason Trieu, James Bailey, Samantha Bunzli, Peter Choong

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Clinical Medicine

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a highly effective procedure for advanced osteoarthritis of the knee. Thirty-day hospital readmis..

Cohort profile: the St Vincent's Melbourne Arthroplasty Outcomes (SMART) Registry, a pragmatic prospective database defining outcomes in total hip and knee replacement patients

Daniel Gould, Sharmala Thuraisingam, Cade Shadbolt, Josh Knight, Jesse Young, Chris Schilling, Peter F Choong, Michelle M Dowsey

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ Open

PURPOSE: The St Vincent's Melbourne Arthroplasty Outcomes (SMART) Registry is an institutional clinical registry housed at a terti..

Placebo Surgery Controlled Trials: Do They Achieve What They Set Out to do? A Systematic Review.

Samantha Bunzli, Emma Choong, Cade Shadbolt, Laura Wall, Elizabeth Nelson, Chris Schilling, Helen Wilding, Stefan Lohmander, Zsolt Balogh, Francesco Paolucci, Philip Clarke, Peter Choong, Michelle Dowsey

Journal article  |  2020  |  Annals of Surgery

OBJECTIVE: To explore whether placebo surgery controlled trials achieve what they set out to do by investigating discrepancy betwe..

Developing prediction models for total knee replacement surgery in patients with osteoarthritis: Statistical analysis plan

Sharmala Thuraisingam, Michelle Dowsey, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Tim Spelman, Peter Choong, Jane Gunn, Patty Chondros

Journal article  |  2020  |  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open

Background Approximately 12–20% of those with osteoarthritis (OA) in Australia who undergo total knee replacement (TKR) surgery do..