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Senior Clinical LecturerNikki Hooper image

BHB, MBChB, FRACS – ortho

Email nikki.hooper@otago.ac.nz

Professional interests

  • Paediatric orthopaedics
  • Adult foot and ankle surgery
  • Hip and knee arthroplasty
  • Orthopaedic trauma

Research interests

Nikki's research interests are wide ranging and include:

  • Paediatric hip - Nikki is involved with international databases and multi-centre clinical trials with a goal of improving and streamlining treatment protocols, as well as improving outcomes in children with hip dysplasia and other paediatric hip conditions
  • Paediatric trauma, particularly predictive factors for growth-arrest following physeal fractures in children
  • Culture in surgery, including promoting diversity and cultural change
  • Surgical education and the role of simulation in improving training while maintaining safe and healthy work practices

Publications

Adams, S., Hooper, N., & Chuang, T. (2026). Liberation of an incarcerated tibialis posterior tendon following a posterior malleolar ankle fracture: A case report. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 139(1637), 144-147. doi: 10.26635/6965.7194 Journal - Research Other

Zomar, B. O., Bone, J. N., Nguyen, V., Mulpuri, K., Kelley, S., GHD Study Group, including Hooper, N., & Schaeffer, E. K. (2024). Comparison of brace to observation in stable, radiological developmental dysplasia of the hip: A protocol for a global multicentre non-inferiority randomised trial. BMJ Open, 14, e084738. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084738 Journal - Research Other

Hooper, N., Johnson, L., Banting, N., Pathy, R., Schaeffer, E. K., Bone, J. N., … Mulpuri, K. (2024). Risk factor analysis for growth arrest in paediatric physeal fractures: A prospective study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13, 2946. doi: 10.3390/jcm13102946 Journal - Research Article

Guo, J., Blyth, P., Clifford, K., Hooper, N., & Crawford, H. (2023). Transfer validity of pediatric supracondylar humeral fracture pin placement practice on in-theater performance by orthopedic trainees using an augmented reality simulator: Protocol for a pilot interventional cohort study with a retrospective comparator cohort. JMIR Research Protocols, 12, e38282. doi: 10.2196/38282 Journal - Research Other

Hooper, N., Aroojis, A., Narasimhan, R., Schaeffer, E. K., Habib, E., Wu, J. K., … Mulpuri, K. (2021). Developmental dysplasia of the hip: An examination of care practices of orthopaedic surgeons in India. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, 55, 158-168. doi: 10.1007/s43465-020-00233-0 Journal - Research Article

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