My father-in-law, Claude Claassen, has osteoarthritis (OA) of his right knee. He is a very active man and we decided...

The tibia (shin bone) is carefully cut and the leg is realigned and fixed with a plate. This sounds very...

Like any professional sports person he is highly motivated to return to playing at the highest level. He understands the...

Jean has given his consent to the use of these pictures to explain this technique. First step is to draw...

Congratulations to them on a superb performance beating the Melbourne Rebels so comprehensively last weekend. I took note of Justin...

The picture shows me inserting the suture device while my assistant holds the camera. On the monitor is the video...

We had two German medical students visiting KneEDoc over the past 2 weeks. Julian and Annie were a delight and...

My wife, Chardri, and I travelled to the beautiful town of Swellendam last week to present a CPD (continuing professional...

The Puffer is a hectic 80km annual trail run event that starts in the Cape Point Nature Reserve and runs...

I had a very busy week with some long consulting days! Patients often ask me if I get tired after...

I recently purchased a new road bike and started doing some rides around the beautiful roads in the Cape Winelands...

My family and I have just returned from a wonderful holiday in KZN. After flying to Durban we picked up...

I received my copy of the latest ISAKOS journal recently. ISAKOS is the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and...

50 joint replacements! The Joint Venture Trust was founded in 2009 but the dream was birthed in my heart as...

I attended a congress of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) held in Barcelona from 4...

Mr Louis de Waal recently underwent a knee replacement operation and penned this beautiful thank you letter. His writing style...

Mr Zonisele is a beneficiary of The Joint Venture Trust. This is a NPO that I founded and to date...

I was recently invited to deliver a presentation on Osteoarthritis of the knee at the Cure Day Clinic Somerset West....

I had the privilege of attending a meeting arranged by a company that manufactures knee replacement prostheses held in Cape...

Mr Brandon Senekal underwent a left knee replacement operation in October 2015. He is a very keen cyclist. He sent...

Congratulations to all my patients who completed the Argus Cycle Tour on Sunday 6th March. Having taking part in the...

Over the past few months I have had enquiries from a number of my patients regarding a product called Flexiseq....

One of my patients from Port Elizabeth blessed me with a very generous gift in December. As always we are...

Last week I attended a seminar on medical ethics at the CTICC presented by the Medical Protection Society (MPS). There...

Discovery Health recently launched a hospital rating system. The results of the surveys they have been conducting over a number...

A recent patient of mine decided to bring along to his consultation with me all the remedies he has been...

I had the pleasure of attending this meeting over the past weekend. Our Belgian colleagues are a great bunch of...

Over the past long weekend I finished reading a brilliant book: The Sports Gene by David Epstein. It was recommended...