These tools prepare you. They do not diagnose you.
No online tool can replace clinical examination and imaging. These decision aids exist to help you organise your thoughts, understand the full range of options including non-surgical ones, and identify the questions worth asking. Every option presented, conservative or surgical, is a legitimate choice depending on your circumstances. The final decision is always made together with your surgeon, based on your specific case.
Available tools
Knee Replacement Decision Aid
Is it time to consider knee replacement, or are there conservative options you have not fully explored? Work through your symptoms, their impact on your life, and what matters most to you. Ends with a personalised summary you can bring to your consultation.
ACL Tear: Surgery or Structured Rehab?
Not every torn ACL needs reconstruction. Weigh your age, activity goals, and instability, and understand what a meniscus tear alongside it changes. Ends with a summary for your consultation.
Is Hip Replacement Right for Me?
For hip arthritis and avascular necrosis. Weigh weight loss, physiotherapy, injections, and surgery against your pain, your age, and the life you want back. Ends with a personalised summary.
Understanding Osteoporosis Treatment
For thin bones and after a fragility fracture. Understand what the treatments actually involve, with honest answers to the worries that stop most people taking them.
A Broken Wrist: Cast or Surgery?
A short guide for a distal radius fracture. What needs urgent attention, what the choices are, and what actually decides between a cast and an operation.
A Broken Hip: A Guide for Families
For the family of an older person with a broken hip. Why surgery is urgent, what the operations mean, delirium, recovery, and what happens afterwards.
How these tools work
- Each tool starts with a safety check to rule out red-flag symptoms that need urgent attention rather than a decision aid.
- You answer structured questions about your symptoms, their impact on your daily life, and your personal priorities.
- The tool presents your options side by side, conservative and surgical, with honest information about each.
- You receive a summary of your answers to bring to your consultation, so the discussion starts from a clear picture of your situation.