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Surgeon In Brief With Mr William K. Hage SpR Trauma & Orthopaedics, Yorkshire Region OPN: What made you choose Orthopaedics? WH: I liked the combination of hands-on skills and the technically demanding procedures. Plus the attraction of, in many cases, being able to make people completely better.OPN: Where did you train? WH: Nottingham University Medical School.OPN: What are your specialist areas? WH: Hopefully knee soft-tissue and replacement surgery.OPN: What are the best and worst aspects of your job? WH: Best: Theatre time and getting the procedure just right.
Worst: Still higgledy-piggledy social and family life.OPN: Are there any developments in orthopaedics that excite you? WH: Navigation for complex joint replacement looks very interesting.OPN: What are your thoughts on surgeons who receive financial benefits for using a company’s products? WH: Direct financial incentivisation and reward for using a particular company’s product is clearly wrong and pollutes the relationship between patient and surgeon. A relationship between a company and a motivated surgeon however, can be the best of both worlds with the company bringing educational support, contacts and experience with other teams.OPN: Are patients becoming too knowledgeable on joint replacement and the implants that are used? WH: Too knowledgeable? More impartial information I think is the way forward for the subgroup of patients who want to take an interest in their treatment. We must ensure however that the patient who just wants to place their trust in you to do right by them is still a priority.OPN: Is it right that surgeons are rated and reviewed by patients on the website www.iwantgreatcare.org? WH: I’d never visited until you suggested, but then I’m not currently a patient. The cynic in me says “where’s the money going with this?” It certainly has the all important glossy-sheen on the front-page that imparts value to a webpage. All about the public relation work…OPN: What aspect of the industry would you change, if you could? WH: Try and eradicate the all purveying New Product = Better Product ethos that seeps through from R&D departments. It might not equal more sales, but I think “If it works right, then don’t change it” is fine for me.
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