Mr Van Rooyen is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in:
- general orthopaedics
- hip and knee replacement
- Mako Robotic assisted knee replacement surgery
- computer navigated knee replacement
- lower limb surgery
- knee arthroscopic surgery
Mr Van Rooyen's consulting rooms are at 119 Apollo Drive in Albany. He performs surgery at Southern Cross Hospital North Harbour, and the North Shore Surgical Centre in Shakespeare road
What is Orthopaedics?
This is an area that deals with conditions of the musculoskeletal system (disorders of bones and joints of the limbs and spine). The specialty covers a range of different types of conditions starting with congenital (conditions which children are born with) through to degenerative (conditions relating to the wearing out of joints). The field of orthopaedics covers trauma where bones are broken or injuries are sustained to limbs.
Other conditions that sit under the spectrum of orthopaedics are metabolic conditions, neurological and inflammatory conditions.
