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The Orthopaedic Program consists
of a multidisciplinary team of surgeons,
nurses, PT, OT, pharmacist, and social work.
It is the sole regional provider of tertiary
level orthopaedic services and secondary
care for the Kingston community. The Orthopaedic
program provides tertiary level care to
the residents, and consultation to community
physicians, throughout Eastern Ontario and
Moose Factory. Furthermore, it provides
some routine ambulatory and inpatient orthopaedic
specialty care for the population of the
greater Kingston area and Moose Factory.
Emergent secondary level care is provided
for the population of Southeastern Ontario
when such care is unavailable through regional
centres. A full range of consultative, diagnostic,
surgical and follow-up orthopaedic services
are provided by the Division of Orthopaedic
Surgery for both the adult and paediatric
population, however the program as structured
at KGH is responsible for adult care. Members
of the division are also part of the Paediatric
Care Program for children requiring orthopaedic
surgery.
The Division provides ambulatory clinics
and outpatient surgery at the Hotel Dieu
Hospital, and outreach services in Moose
Factory through the Weeneebayko
General Hospital. While uncomplicated
inpatient surgical service is also provided
in Moose Factory, the Division provides
complicated surgical treatment, or treatment
to higher-risk patients, on an inpatient
basis at Kingston General Hospital (KGH).
The Divisions role also includes 24-hour
seven days per week on-call coverage for
emergency, orthopaedic trauma, and inpatient
needs at the KGH.
Within the program there are 4 subspecialty
areas including: upper extremity and sports
medicine; arthroplasty; spine and paediatrics;
and trauma. As one of the largest surgical
programs in the hospital, the Division has
a 45-inpatient bed service on Kidd-Davies
4, of which 32 beds are in the Davies wing
and the remaining 13 are in Kidd Wing. The
prostheses used for hip and knee surgery
receive specialized funding as a priority
program by the MOHLTC
The program works collaboratively with
other services such as Plastic Surgery,
in the provision of some reconstructive
surgical services, surgical Oncology, in
the management of pathologic fractures and
spine and pelvic tumours, Sports Medicine,
Paediatrics, and Neurosurgery. It relies
on clinical lab, diagnostic imaging, physiotherapy,
occupational therapy, pharmacy, intensive
care, OR and PACU, palliative care, chronic
care/complex continuing care and respite
care, emergency services, clinical nutrition,
social work, respiratory therapy, acute
pain management and anaesthesia to provide
patient care.
Research
The foci of research for the Division of
Orthopaedic Surgery include epidemiology
and clinical outcome research, practice-based
biomechanics, computer-assisted surgery,
and orthopaedic biology and implant research.
The Division supports, and works with, the
HMRC in fulfilling its role in research.
The Divisions has research strength as
seen by their current grants totalling in
excess of 10 million dollars.
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