Research

Appointments

Director of Training, QEII Hospital.

QEII clinical registry steering committee member.

ANZ Hip Fracture registry. Chief Investigator, QEII Jubilee Hospital.

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Ongoing research

Mortality and Implant survival with Simultaneous and Staged Bilateral Total Hip Arthroplasty. Experience from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry. L Calabro, S Whitehouse, R Crawford. Orthopaedic Research Unit. Prince Charles Hospital.

 

The impact of early complications on functional outcome in Total Hip and Knee replacement. L Calabro, N Clement, D McDonald, C Howie, R Burnett Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.

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Peer reviewed publications / Textbook chapters

A Model of Plating and Nailing Osteosynthesis with and without Staphylococcus Aureus Osteomyelitis.

Arens D, Wilke M, Calabro L, Hackl S, Zeiter S, Richards R, Moriarty T. European Cells and Materials 2015 30: 148-162

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Preclinical models of Infection in Bone and Joint Surgery. Calabro L, Moriarty T, Richards R. In W. Zimmerli (ed.), Bone and Joint Infections: From Microbiology to Diagnostics and Treatment, DOI: 10.1002/9781118581742.ch4 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK

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Models of Orthopedic Implant-related Infection. Calabro L, Lutton C, Fouad Saif El Din A, Moriarty T, Richards R. In T.F. Moriarty et al. (eds.), Biomaterials Associated Infection: Immunological Aspects and Antimicrobial Strategies, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1031-7_12, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

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Pre-operative platelet-bound CD40 ligand is probably associated with peri-operative cardiac events in hip and knee arthroplasty. Ray MJ, Calabro LJ, Sirisena T, Crawford SA, Crawford RW, Walters DL. Eur J Clin Invest. 2010; 40: 497-503

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Acute compartment syndrome of the thigh following minor trauma in a patient on dual anti-platelet therapy.

Calabro LJ, Dick CG, Lutz MJ. Emerg Med Australasia 2011; 23: 95-97

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Conference presentations

Challenges in Developing a Fracture Model for Orthopaedic Trauma Research.

Australian Orthopaedic Association – Annual Scientific meeting, Sydney. October 2012 Australian Orthopaedic Association – Queensland annual scientific meeting. June 2012 Australian Orthopaedic Association – ACT annual scientific meeting. November 2013

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Pre-operative platelet-bound CD40 ligand is associated with peri-operative cardiac events in hip and knee arthroplasty. Australian Orthopaedic Association – Annual Scientific meeting, Adelaide October 2010 Australian Orthopaedic Association – Queensland annual scientific meeting. 12 June 2010

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Glenoid bone deficiency and Shoulder Arthroplasty: A review and illustrative cases. Australian Orthopaedic Association – ACT annual scientific meeting. November 2013

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CTCA Provides Predictive Information For Perioperative MI In Patients Undergoing Routine Hip/Knee Replacement. R Slaughter, M Hansen, M Ray, D Walters, T Sirisena, S Crawford, L Calabro, D Enever, R Crawford. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2009; 18: S28-29

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CD40 Ligand Expression on Platelets Predicts Cardiac Complications After Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty.

M Ray, D Walters, T Sirisena, S Crawford, L Calabro, D Enever, R Crawford. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2009; 18: S94