MEDICAL

ADVANCED ORTHOPAEDIC & SPORTS CENTRE

Located at Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre , Advanced Orthopaedic and Sports Centre ( AOSC ), is a trusted name for cutting edge , yet affordable care for patients with musculoskeletal disorders and sports injuries . As a one-stop specialist centre , everyone undergoes comprehensive evaluation , management , and rehabilitation to ensure timely and appropriate care . The centre strives to return each individual to peak performance so that they can participate in the activities they enjoy . Another area of focus is joint preservation , as the team believes that there is no better joint than the body ’ s native joint . Many advanced procedures have been performed and pioneered by its surgeons to improve the body ’ s reparative processes and restore the function of native joints . In cases of advanced disease , the centre is skilled in joint replacements , employing cutting-edge technologies and prosthesis designs to mimic the body ’ s native joint as closely as possible . This contributes to their patients ’ ability to maintain a meaningful lifestyle .

AOSC was founded by Dr Poh Seng Yew , an internationally renowned clinician with 20 years of clinical experience who also serves as Medical Director . Dr Poh previously served as the Director of Sports Service and Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Singapore General Hospital ( SGH ), Singapore ’ s largest tertiary hospital . Dr Poh also held concurrent appointment as Chief of the Sport and Exercise Medicine Service at SGH , Singhealth Duke-NUS Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre . He remains a Visiting Consultant to Singapore General Hospital , Sengkang General

Dr Poh Seng Yew

Hospital and Kandang Kerbau Women and Children ’ s Hospital ( KKWCH ).

Dr Poh has a special interest in hip preservation surgery , having developed his passion during his year long specialty fellowship training in Hip Surgery and Sports Medicine in Germany under Professor Michael Dienst , one of the pioneers in hip arthroscopy in Europe . In addition , he has undergone hospital visitations and exchanges in the United States , Germany , Italy , Japan , Taiwan , and Southeast Asia , to learn and share the latest techniques in shoulder and elbow surgery , hip arthroscopy , osteotomy , hip and knee arthroplasty and trauma .

While in SGH , Dr Poh established the Singhealth Joint Hip Preservation Service to optimise the care of hip patients across all Singhealth hospitals . Hip preservation focuses on interventions to treat hip disease with the aim of preserving the native hip joint and delaying or preventing hip arthritis and the need for hip replacement . These include techniques such as hip arthroscopy , open surgical dislocation , and peri-acetabular osteotomy . Dr Poh is one of the highest volume hip arthroscopy surgeons in Southeast Asia , having performed over 500 such procedures to date . He has also pioneered many novel procedures in Singapore , including arthroscopic hip labral reconstruction , arthroscopic assisted femoral head and neck fracture fixation , peritrochanteric hip abductor repair , and vascularised fibula grafting for avascular necrosis of the hip .

Dr Poh also performs complex knee arthroscopy , osteotomy , multiligamentous ligament reconstruction , meniscal reconstruction , cartilage resurfacing as well as complex shoulder arthroscopy , open shoulder reconstruction and shoulder arthroplasty . He has a high volume of hip and knee arthroplasty , and he is adept at using the latest techniques , such as robotic assisted surgery , patient specific instrumentation and navigation .

To provide the finest clinical outcomes , AOSC is dedicated to clinical innovation , creating innovative surgical procedures , and utilizing cutting-edge technological advancements . The AOSC is recognized for performing arthroscopies of all major joints in minimally invasive treatments . Mindful that not all diseases necessitate surgical intervention , AOSC also provides injections and biological therapies that support the rehabilitation of joint function through non-invasive procedures . Every person who enters AOSC ’ s doors is given the best service and experience possible by its staff of physicians , nurses , and patient care specialists .

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