Posts Tagged ‘Professor Gordon Mackay’
Inspiring trustee visit to The Duncan Hospital, Bihar
Prof Mackay has been operating in a different theatre this week – as a trustee of our supported charity The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust he has been in India on a visit to The Duncan Hospital in Bihar, catching up on the progress of some of the projects and staff sponsorships that the charity funds.…
Read MoreAnterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Accelerated Rehabilitation with InternalBrace™ Augmentation in a Professional Footballer. July 23
Abstract: Introduction: Interest in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair has been increasing as an alternative to traditional reconstructive techniques and encouraging results have been demonstrated using internal bracing with suture tape augmentation (FiberTape®, Arthrex, Naples, Florida). ACL repair is challenging if the rupture is mid-substance or distal. We describe the case of a hybrid ACL…
Read MoreDeficits in Muscle Strength Are Not Seen Following Recovery from Augmented Primary Repair of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears. Sep 2023
Objectives: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair for proximal tears, where the ligament is re-attached and augmented with suture tape, can negate the need for graft harvest, thereby maintaining native anatomy. Autograft harvest has been associated with persistent deficits in lower limb muscle strength after recovery from ACL reconstruction. The aim of this study is to…
Read MorePodcast: ACL Research – we talk to global expert Professor Kate Webster
Women’s football is full of talk about an ACL injury ‘epidemic’ – but is this really the case? To help us find answers we were delighted to welcome to the podcast, world-leading ACL injury research expert Professor Kate Webster who is Director of the Sport, Exercise, and Research Focus Area at La Trobe University in…
Read MorePodcast: Football superstar Rachel Corsie on beating ACL rupture & staying at the top of her game
Catch our latest Surgical Goals podcast episode in which we have the privilege of sitting down with the incredible Rachel Corsie, a true superstar in the world of Women’s Football. She has been capped for Scotland over 140 times, beating the setback of an ACL rupture in 2012 to go on to triumph in teams…
Read MoreNew Podcast: Innovations in sports knee injury treatments
In our latest podcast episode, we look at what’s new in the fields of sports knee injury treatments and prevention. Prof Mackay recently attended the 8th joint Preservation Congress in Warsaw where some of the world’s finest knee surgeons, researchers, and rehab experts gathered to discuss new treatments and their findings. So for the latest…
Read MoreMackay Clinic delighted to announce sponsorship of Scotland’s Amputee football Team
Professor Gordon and Jackie Mackay, are delighted to announce The Mackay Clinic’s three-year sponsorship deal with Scotland’s national Amputee Football team. A former Rangers hopeful in his youth, Prof Mackay as the son of a footballer and of a GP mother has always had medicine and the beautiful game running through his blood. So, when…
Read MoreMarathon Man’s Achilles rupture recovery
Patient Story: Absolutely loved getting these photos into the office this morning. Former patient Richard Hamilton after completing the Paris Marathon 2023 in a highly respectable sub-5 hour time. What makes this a really remarkable achievement though is the fact that Richard had InternalBrace surgery with Prof Mackay on a ruptured Achilles just 24 weeks…
Read MoreTalking foot and ankle injuries & treatments with NY’s finest – Dr James McWilliam MD
It was fantastic to welcome New York’s finest, Dr James ‘Jim’ McWilliam foot and ankle surgeon to Scotland recently to our InternalBrace 10-year celebration. While he was here we took the opportunity to record a podcast episode in which we talked not only about his work in collaboration on the InternaBrace with Prof Mackay but…
Read MoreMeet the player-turned-professor revolutionising ACL surgery
The Athletic By Jordan Campbell 11/01/23 In his green and blue chequered kilt, Professor Gordon Mackay was proclaimed the ‘Godfather’ by Brazil’s national-team surgeon Dr Moises Cohen. The Scot had been invited out to Sao Paulo to explain his groundbreaking internal brace (IB) technique to leading South American surgeons who work in the football world,…
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