Trauma and fractures
Urgency, assessment, fracture care, fixation principles, healing, complications, and return to function.
Djandan Tadum Arthur Vithran · MD, MMed Orthopaedics, PhD
Orthopaedics, bone health, and healthy ageing
A personal academic website for patients, students, clinicians, and researchers. The work brings together orthopaedic trauma, joint disease, replacement surgery, osteoporosis, rehabilitation, and the biology of ageing.
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Patients and families
Plain-language information about symptoms, assessment, treatment choices, surgery, and recovery.
View patient guidesStudents and trainees
Clinical examination, imaging, diagnostic reasoning, and practical guidance for scientific writing.
View learning resourcesClinicians and teachers
Evidence-aware clinical education, decision-making, complications, and teaching materials.
View clinical teachingResearchers
Selected DOI-verified work across joint biology, reconstruction, osteoporosis, rehabilitation, and ageing.
View researchClinical scope
Orthopaedic conditions and care
The site covers general orthopaedics while developing deeper evidence programmes in osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, joint replacement, trauma, and musculoskeletal ageing.
Osteoarthritis
Symptoms, diagnosis, exercise, medicines, injections, and shared decisions about surgery.
Joint replacement
Partial and total knee replacement, hip and shoulder replacement, preparation, recovery, and revision questions.
Osteoporosis
Risk assessment, fragility fractures, treatment, falls, and preventing the next fracture.
Rehabilitation
Healing, strength, mobility, pain, confidence, practical milestones, and return to daily life.
Healthy ageing
Bone, joint, and muscle health across the lifespan, with clear separation between hypotheses and proven clinical benefit.
Current patient guide
Knee osteoarthritis
A structured guide to symptoms, diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, and decisions about knee replacement.
Status: evidence checked; independent clinical review is pending. The draft remains excluded from search indexing until the documented review process is complete.
Research
Selected publications and current themes
Browse selected DOI-verified publications and use ORCID, PubMed, Scopus, or Web of Science for live bibliographic records.
Research and publicationsTeaching
Clinical learning and scientific writing
Resources are organised for students, trainees, clinicians, teachers, patients, and the public.
Teaching resourcesEditorial standards and corrections
Medical content displays its evidence and review status. Corrections can be reported without submitting personal medical information.