Surfers challenge the chop Technology leads in PENINSULA Surfriders Club started its 2017 season with a contest at Rye in small, choppy surf. Despite the conditions on Saturday 11 February, secretary Jane Featherston said “impressive performances” and “great ocean management skills and wave knowledge” were shown by surfers in the female and under-13 divisions. Charli Wookey won the girls’ event and Taj Barber the under-13s. Winners in the four older age divisions were Calum Nicolson (over 28), Andrew Hyde (over 35), Darren Bird (over 45) and Gavin Duffy (over 55). In the Cadet final (under-16s) Max Burton defeated his older rivals, adding 2000 points towards his season aggregate. Will Antonie won the under-18s and Brett Ryder the Open B. The Premier Open A division saw Adam Morris triumph in a field of 42 surfers. It was his first win after 10 years in the division. The club’s junior development program - PSC Supergroms - was held in windy conditions the following day (Sunday 12 February) at Crunchy Point, Point Leo. The next Supergroms (under-9 to under-15) event will be on 26 March and the next club aggregate event on 18 March. Details: psc.org.au.
shoulder surgery Liz Bell liz@baysidenews.com.au MORNINGTON ‘S The Bays Hospital is the first Victorian centre and only the second in Australia to use advanced technology that is helping to revolutionise shoulder replacement surgery. Orthopaedic surgeon James Shiu carried out the first surgery on Capel Sound resident Pam Chitty on Friday using the technology, after leading the push to bring the groundbreaking GPS navigational computer system to Mornington. Mrs Chitty had surgery in 1980 when she first injured her rotator cuff, but deterioration meant full replacement was the only option when even hanging out the clothes became unbearable. Mr Shiu said patients like Mrs Chitty now had options that made surgery quicker and more effective. “Medical professionals only turned to technology when it improves accuracy and reduces operating times, and this new equipment allows faster insertion of shoulder implants with pinpoint accuracy,” he said. A CT scan of the patient’s shoulder is downloaded onto the computer and a map of the surgery is created before the patient enters the operating theatre. The navigational tracking tools then provide real-time guidance for
Looking for the lip: Adam Morris, above, heads for his first win in a decade in the Open A division of Peninsula Surfriders Club and below, Charlie Lucas.
the surgeon to insert the implant. “It’s still me, the surgeon, using my own hands to perform the surgery but the system will provide me with realtime guidance,” Mr Shiu said. “I don’t have to depend on my eye alone; the computer does it for me.” The equipment, yet to be approved in the US, is expected to reduce patients’ time in theatre and all the associated risks and costs. Mr Shiu said there had been many improvements in shoulder replacement surgery in the past 10 years, with the latest technology “one step further” in ensuring that implants work better, function better and last longer.
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