Grampian Research in Orthopaedics is a charitable endowment trust held within Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust. GRO was started by the clinical and University Departments of Orthopaedics in Aberdeen in 1999 to fund research into the causes and treatment of orthopaedic disorders.
Every year in Grampian almost 1000 joint replacement are undertaken for arthritic conditions. Many thousands more are treated in other ways.
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary houses a specialist trauma centre with 70 beds. Over 650 hip fractures are treated every year in addition to patients admitted from many other types of accidents.
The Orthopaedic Unit in the Children's Hospital treats all children's orthopaedic conditions including fractures, club foot, cerebral palsy, bone and soft tissue cancers, and dislocated hips.
A wide range of research is currently carried out and Aberdeen is now recognised as one of the top centres for bone and joint research within the United Kingdom.
Current topics of research include:-
Investigations into the causes of osteoarthritis;
Specialist imaging of hip and knee replacements to help with the development of new prostheses;
Investigations into the causes of hip fracture;
Club foot in children;
Research into improved healing of fractures.
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E:mail: l.bestwick@abdn.ac.uk
Snail mail: Grampian Research in Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics Department
University of Aberdeen
Foresterhill, Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
Tel: 01224 553012 (part time, voicemail rest of time)