Surgical Interests

• Shoulder and upper limb conditions
• Rotator cuff tears
• Subacromial impingement and bursitis
• Recurrent shoulder dislocation
• Frozen shoulder
• Fractures and sporting injuries

Expertise

• Arthroscopic shoulder surgery
• Shoulder and knee replacement for osteoarthritis
• Upper limb fellowship with an arthroscopic focus
• Deputy Head and Director of Training, Western Health Orthopaedics
• Consults in Vietnamese

Biography

Mr Duy Thai is an orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in upper limb conditions. He holds a public appointment at Western Health, where he is Deputy Head and Director of Training in the orthopaedic department, and also works at the Northern Hospital. He holds the MBBS and a Diploma of Surgical Anatomy and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Orthopaedic Association.

Mr Thai completed an upper limb fellowship with an emphasis on arthroscopic surgery. He treats rotator cuff tears, subacromial impingement, bursitis, recurrent shoulder dislocation and frozen shoulder, and also manages fractures, sporting injuries, and shoulder and knee arthritis needing joint replacement. Mr Thai speaks fluent Vietnamese.

Publications

1. Muirhead C, Talia A, Fraval A, Ross A, Thai D. Early mobilization vs delayed mobilisation following the use of a volar locking plate with non-vascularized bone graft in scaphoid non-union. A multicentred randomised controlled-trial. J Orthop. 2021;23:203-207. doi:10.1016/j.jor.2021.01.002
2. Talia AJ, Fraval A, Halliday L, McKie G, Paiva J, Thai DM. Scaphoid specific volar locking plate and non-vascularised iliac crest bone graft in scaphoid non-union. A comparative cohort study. J Orthop. 2019;16(4):337-341. doi:10.1016/j.jor.2019.03.005
3. Kitagawa Y, Thai DM, Choong PF. Reconstructions of the shoulder following tumour resection. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2007;15(2):201-6. doi:10.1177/230949900701500216
4. Thai DM, Kitagawa Y, Choong PF. Outcome of surgical management of bony metastases to the humerus and shoulder girdle: a retrospective analysis of 93 patients. Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2006;3:5. doi:10.1186/1477-7800-3-5