Frank Wurmitzer is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Timaru and Hawke’s Bay. His Timaru private practice is located at Aorangi Surgical Group and he has operating rights at Bidwill Trust Hospital. He is also employed by Health New Zealand and works at Timaru Public Hospital. In Hawke’s Bay Frank consults under Te Mata Orthopaedics in Hastings at Kaweka Specialist Centre and and operates at Kaweka Hospital.
Frank’s practice covers most aspects of orthopaedics including joint replacements of major joints, sport orthopaedics and trauma, arthroscopies and shoulder/elbow/hand/knee/foot surgery.
Additionally, Frank is a medical examiner grade 1 for the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand and Australia and performs medicals for pilots and air traffic controllers.
Areas of special interest include:
- Major joint replacement including revision surgery of shoulder, hips and knee
- Direct anterior approach hip joint replacement
- Robotic assisted knee replacements (currently only in Timaru)
- Shoulder joint replacements (anatomic and reverse)
- Orthopaedic trauma and sport injuries
- Correction of post-traumatic deformities (non-unions, mal-unions)
- Hand surgery such as Carpal tunnel release, Dupuytren release, Trigger finger release, ganglion removal, tendon repair, tenolysis etc
- Elbow surgery such as epicondylitis release, cubital tunnel release, radial head replacement
- Shoulder surgery open/arthroscopic such as rotator cuff repair, decompression, stabilisation (Latarjet), outer end of clavicle resection etc
- Knee open or arthroscopy, ligament reconstruction, meniscus repair, patella realignment
- Ankle and foot surgery such as bunion/bunionette, hallux, toe realignment, ankle fusion etc
- Aviation medicine
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