Surgical Interests

• Sports knee surgery
• ACL reconstruction, primary and revision
• Patellar instability
• Cartilage restoration and meniscal preservation
• Hip and knee joint replacement
• Orthopaedic trauma

Expertise

• Multi-ligament knee reconstruction
• Knee osteotomy
• Primary and revision knee arthroplasty
• Anterior and posterior approach hip replacement
• Navigated and robotic hip and knee surgery
• Supervisor, Western Health Sports Knee Fellowship

Biography

Dr Scott Tulloch is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Western Health, where his work includes sports knee surgery, supervision of the Sports Knee Fellowship and teaching medical students and orthopaedic trainees. He graduated in medicine and surgery with honours from Monash University and completed his specialist orthopaedic training in 2016. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and of the Australian Orthopaedic Association.

After training, Dr Tulloch completed a 12 month fellowship at the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic in Ontario, Canada, followed by a three month rotation visiting centres in Europe and the USA. His knee practice covers ACL reconstruction, multi-ligament reconstruction, patellar instability, osteotomy, cartilage restoration, meniscal preservation and knee replacement. He also performs hip replacement and general orthopaedic trauma surgery, and has training in navigated and robotic techniques.

Dr Tulloch has published research on sports knee surgery and presents at local and international conferences. He is a member of Sports Medicine Australia, the Australian Medical Association and the Anterior Hip Foundation.

Publications

1. Beel W, Firth AD, Tulloch S, Abdelrehman T, Olotu O, Bryant D, Getgood A. Extrusion After Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Is Lower or Equal With Bony Compared With Soft-Tissue Root Fixation: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2025;41(3):785-797.e2. doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2024.02.045
2. Batty L, Huntington LS, Chung T, Spiers L, Tulloch S, Webster KE, Tran P. The Effect of Tibial Tunnel Drilling Technique on Retained Intra-Articular Bone Debris Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2023;5(2):e337-e343. doi:10.1016/j.asmr.2022.12.002
3. Huntington L, Griffith A, Spiers L, Pile R, Batty L, Tulloch S, Tran P. Suture-tape augmentation of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective, randomised controlled trial (STACLR). Trials. 2023;24(1):224. doi:10.1186/s13063-023-07127-0
4. E A Mackenzie C, Huntington LS, Tulloch S. Suture Tape Augmentation of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Increases Biomechanical Stability: A Scoping Review of Biomechanical, Animal, and Clinical Studies. Arthroscopy. 2022;38(6):2073-2089. doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2021.12.036
5. Abdelrahman T, Tulloch S, Lebedeva K, Degen RM. Scoping review of complications associated with epinephrine use in arthroscopy fluid. Phys Sportsmed. 2021;49(3):262-270. doi:10.1080/00913847.2020.1853488
6. Tulloch SJ, Devitt BM, Porter T, Hartwig T, Klemm H, Hookway S, Norsworthy CJ. Primary ACL reconstruction using the LARS device is associated with a high failure rate at minimum of 6-year follow-up. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019;27(11):3626-3632. doi:10.1007/s00167-019-05478-3
7. Tulloch SJ, Devitt BM, Norsworthy CJ, Mow C. Synovitis following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using the LARS device. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019;27(8):2592-2598. doi:10.1007/s00167-018-5280-0

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