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Gary HooperHead of Department

MBChB MD FRACS FRNZOA

Email gary.hooper@otago.ac.nz

Professional interests

  • Knee injuries and Joint Replacement
  • Rehabilitation following surgery
  • Impact of training on outcomes for patients
  • Regenerative medicine in Orthopaedics
  • Assessing outcomes following joint replacement

Research interests

Gary's research interests include clinical trials investigating improving outcomes after joint replacement and studies involving bone metabolism and musculoskeletal bioengineering.

Clinical outcomes include:

  • The wear of highly cross-linked polyethylene in hip replacement
  • Metal ion production in hard-on-hard bearing surfaces
  • Long term outcome of unicompartmental knee replacement
  • Acoustic monitoring of failing joint replacements
  • The use of larger femoral heads in hip replacement
  • The implications of increased BMI on the outcome
  • Bone density changes around implants
  • New Zealand Joint Registry outcomes

He also studies re-integration into society in multiple trauma patients with special emphasis on earthquake victims.

Gary's bone metabolism studies include bone density changes adjacent to uncemented hip and knee replacements and the implications this has for clinical practice.

He is also studying how to improve fracture healing rates following neck of femur and tibial shaft fracture.

Gary's biomechanical investigations include the building and production of cartilage scaffolds for the treatment of articular cartilage defects and developing titanium implants to fill bone deficits.

Publications

Lingard, M. C. H., Teo, Y., Frampton, C. M. A., & Hooper, G. J. (2023). Effect of surgeon-specific feedback on surgical outcomes: A systematic review of the literature. ANZ Journal of Surgery. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ans.18772

Hooper, G. (2023, August). The case for uncemented TKR. Verbal presentation at the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society (APAS) 23rd Annual Meeting, Cebu, Philippines.

Hooper, G. (2023, August). The use of registries to monitor clinical practice: Are they useful for assessing surgical competence in arthroplasty surgery? Verbal presentation at the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society (APAS) 23rd Annual Meeting, Cebu, Philippines.

Eglinton, T., Hooper, G., Woodfield, T., & Melzer, T. (2023, July). Surgery and medicine of the future: AI, robotics and “smart” implants. Public Talk Series: Celebrating 50 years of University of Otago Christchurch, Otautahi, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/christchurch50/surgeryandmedicine/Site/Register

Zou, Z., Li, H., Yu, K., Ma, K., Wang, Q., Tang, J., … Lim, K., Hooper, G., Woodfield, T., Cui, X., … Tian, K. (2023). The potential role of synovial cells in the progression and treatment of osteoarthritis. Exploration. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/EXP.20220132

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