The Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry (VOTOR):
- Was initially funded as a pilot project by the Victorian Trauma Foundation (VTF) in 2003;
- First started as a collaborative project between The Alfred, Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM) at Monash University;
- Was expanded to include the Geelong Hospital and the Northern Hospital in 2007;
- Operates as a sentinel site registry and is a comprehensive and robust monitoring system for orthopaedic trauma in Victoria.