Inayat Panda · Trauma & Orthopaedics · FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Bone Deep
Writing on shoulder surgery, trauma, the history of fixing bones, and the software I build for clinicians.
How a reverse shoulder cheats physics — an interactive explainer
Why putting the ball where the socket was lets a torn-cuff shoulder lift again. Toggle the geometry and watch the deltoid's moment arm grow.
Glenoid version, in your hands
Why a few degrees of retroversion matters — with a baseplate you can tilt yourself. Drag the sliders and watch the failure risk climb the curve.
What live navigation actually changes in shoulder replacement
Navigation for glenoid baseplate fixation is usually sold as precision for its own sake. The real value is what it does to your worst cases.
Before the FRCS: what bone-setters knew
For centuries fracture care belonged to families of bone-setters, not surgeons. Some of what they practised survived peer review remarkably well — and one family changed surgery itself.
Why surgeons should build their own software
The tools clinicians are given are built by people who have never carried a bleep. The gap between workflow and software is a design brief.
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