PROGRAMME

Thursday 7 May

6:00pm - 8:00pm - Welcome Function Pullman Hotel


Friday 8 May

7:30 - 8:30 | Registration open and light breakfast available

8:30 - 10:00 | Session 1: Paediatrics / Tumour | Moderator: Otis Shirley

8:30 - 8:35 | Welcome | Johnny Manson: President NZOSS

8:35 - 8:45 | Spondylolisthesis - Isthmic/dysplastic | Otis Shirley

8:45 - 9:05 | Scoliosis - AIS, Congenital | Anand Segar

9:05 - 9:25 | Primary bone tumour | Alpesh Patel

9:25 - 9:40 |  Metastatic bone tumour | David Ardern

9:40 - 10:00 | Discussion

10:00- 10:30 | Morning tea

10:30 - 12:00 | Session 2 : Infection/metabolicModerator: Johnny Manson

10:30 - 10:45 | Spinal imaging | David Bartle, Combined talk with MSK radiologist - Jack Tsai

10:45 - 11:00 | Inflammatory arthritides / Rheumatoid arthritis | Simon Manners

11:00 - 11:15 | Osteoporotic compression fractures | Phil Insull

11:15 - 11:30 | Complications – Dural tear/epidural haematoma/infection | Koen de Ridder

11:30 - 11:45 | Emerging technologies | Richard Storey

11:45 - 12:00 | Discussion

 

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

 

13:00 - 14:30 | Session 3: Cervical spine | Moderator: David Ardern

13:00 - 13:20 | C-spine injuries | Paul Philips

13:20 -13:35 | Cervical radiculopathy | Angus Don

13:35 - 13:50 | Cervical myelopathy | Andrew Irving

13:50 - 14:05 |  Motion preservation | Anand Segar

14:05 -14:20 | Discussion

14:30 - 15:00 | Afternoon tea

15:00 - 17:00 | Session 4: Hands on (8 groups - 4 stations, 20min introduction - 25mins each station)

  •     Lumbar/pelvic pedicle screw 
  •     Cervical lateral mass screw + Pars/pedicle C2, Foraminotomy
  •     Bone scalpel (lumbar decompression/facectomy)
  •     Halo application


6:30pm - 10:30pm - Dinner, Culprit Restaurant


Saturday 9 May

8:00 - 8:30 | Registration and light breakfast available

8:30-10:15 | Session 5: ThorcoLumbar spineModerator: Bruce Hodgson

8:30 - 8:40 | Discitis / Osteomyelitis | Richard Cowley

8:40 - 8:55 | Thoracolumbar fractures | Shay Mandler

8:55 - 9:10 | Acute lumbar disc prolapse | Ryan Johnstone

9:10 - 9:25 | Lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolithesis  | Johnny Manson 

9:25 -9:40 |  Approaches and interbody options | Ryan Johnstone

9:40 - 9:55 | Sagittal Balance | Antony Field

9:55 - 10:10 | Discussion

 
10:15 - 10:45 | Morning tea 
 

10:45 - 12:15 | Session 6 - Group breakout session 10 cases – 9 minutes

- Consultant lead exam type oral computer based cases

  

12:30 - 1:15 | Lunch


1:30 Bus leaving Pullman Hotel for Green Pinnacles

14:00 - 17:00 | Golf unwind and have some fun with social golf and activities at Green Pinnacles, a luxury indoor golf club designed for both seasoned players and first timers.