Welcome to Dray Orthopaedics, based in the Hawkes Bay
Alistair Dray is an NZ-trained orthopedic surgeon with over 14 years experience, specialising in Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement, Ankle Replacement, Bunion Surgery, and foot and ankle surgery.
I practise at Royston Hospital, Hastings NZ. Royston is a fully-equipped modern private hospital with in-house Xray, physiotherapy and occupational therapy services, to enable your recovery from surgery.
Royston runs a Joint School, to educate you about your joint replacement and expected recovery.
Hip Joint Replacement
Hip Joint Replacement is an excellent solution for arthritis pain. The result is usually reliable pain relief for many years. This type of surgery usually takes around two hours, and requires a 3 night stay in hospital.
Knee Joint Replacement
Knee Joint Replacement is an excellent solution for arthritis pain. The result is usually reliable pain relief for many years. This type of surgery usually takes around two hours, and requires a 3 night stay in hospital.
Bunion Surgery
Bunions are painful and can lead to other problems with the smaller toes, or pain on the top of your mid-foot.
Modern Bunion Surgery has come a long way, and is much less painful than 20-30 years ago.
Ankle Arthritis
Ankle arthritis is much less common than in the hip and knee.
Sometimes in the early stages, keyhole surgery to remove spurs may improve pain.
But once the ankle arthritis has advanced beyond this stage…