Sunday

Sports afternoon:

Golf 

Nelson Golf Club
12.30pm - 1.20pm tee times
Convenor: Alex Rutherford

 Biking

11:00am Coppermine trail

1:00pm Codgers trails

Convenors: Kate Ball and Angus Jennings

Specialty Orthopaedic Training Board Meeting

Hawker Lounge

5:30pm

SET 5 Trainee Dinner (invite only)     

Hawker Lounge

6:45pm         

Welcome Function
6.00pm: Nelson Classic Car Museum (dinner)
Dress Smart Casual

 

Monday

7:00am Registrations Open

*Light breakfast served from 7:00am in Trades area

7:30am – 8:00am Opening ceremony

8:00am – 9:30am Plenary session | Moderator: Haemish Crawford

8:30am - 8:50am Sharpening your Scalpel – Dr. Chris Ahmad

8:50am - 9:10am Quality and safety – Dr. Mike Vitale

9:10am - 9:30am Sustaining Excellence over a career - Dr Stuart Weinstein

9:30am - 10:00am Discussion          

10:00am - 10:30am Morning Tea

10:00am – 10:30am Wishbone Research Foundation Trust | Heaphy Room, Level 2 

10:30am – 11:30am Nick Petrie (partners welcome) Moderator: Perry Turner

“Avoiding Burnout as an Orthopaedic Surgeon”
Nick is a local Nelson researcher and internationally acclaimed speaker on workplace stress and burnout. He will research NZ Orthopaedic surgeons and present on ways to control burnout and have a more positive career from registrar until retirement. Partners are encouraged to attend at no cost.

11:30 – 12:30am Plenary Session Moderators Bruce Twaddle and Margy Pohl 

11:30 – 11:50am John Sullivan Lecture – “Women in Orthopaedics-A Road to a culture of inclusion” Dr Laurie Hiemstra (COA President)

11:50-12:10pm Clutch performance for intra op complication – “How to avoid choking”
Dr. Chris Ahmad (RACS Guest Speaker)

12:10-12:30pm Creating the Most Efficient Operating Room – Dr Mike Vitale

12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch

2:30pm – 1:30pm NZOA Trust Meeting | Heaphy Room

1:30pm – 2:30pm Free papers

Foot and Ankle Free Papers
Moderators Rhett Mason and Helen Rawlinson (Waimea Room, Level 2)

1:30 - 1:40pm Marinus Stowers. Life and Limb: The Surgical Management of Foot Complications in People with Diabetes

1:40 - 1:50pm Aleksandar Sevic. Randomised Prospective Trial Comparing the Salto Talaris Fixed-Bearing and Salto Mobile-Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty

1:50 - 2:00pm Jessica Lynch-Larkin. Can you predict which ‘routine’ closed ankle fractures require external fixation rather than cast immobilisation? A retrospective matched cohort study.

2:00 - 2:10pm Shamunyama Mooya. Surgical Outcomes in Intramedullary Fibular Nail Fixation Compared with Plate Fixation of Distal Fibular Fractures

General Free Papers 
Moderators Tim Love and David Gwynne-Jones
Matai Room #1, Ground Floor

1:30- 1:38pm Sam Arnold. Gelatin and VEGF incorporation in PVA-Tyramine hydrogels as a strategy to enhance vascular infiltration and treat avascular necrosis

1:38-1:46pm David Bartle. Affordable Virtual Reality Haptic-Feedback Surgical Simulator: a Proof-of-Concept.

1:46 -1:54pm Holly Morris. Surgical Waste and a Circular Medical Textile Economy

1:54pm- 2:02pm Reece Joseph. Lactoferrin as an adjuvant antimicrobial in battlefield-relevant open fractures

2:02pm – 2:10pm Simon Hadlow. Preparation Times for Elective Orthopaedic Surgery

2:10pm-2:18pm Katarina Sim. The epidemiology and economic impact of Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)-funded primary total knee and total hip arthroplasty in Aotearoa.

2:18pm-2:26pm Charlotte Tuimana. Experiences of Pacific Patients Seeking Arthroplasty in New Zealand

2:30pm – 3:00pm Afternoon tea

2:30pm – 3:00pm NZ Hip Fracture Registry Trust | Heaphy Room

3:00pm -4:30pm Subspecialty techniques: Breakout sessions on: Hip, Shoulder, Foot and Ankle

Hip Society Session (Waimea Level 2)

Moderators: Georgina Chan and Matt Boyle

·         Dr John Timperley: posterior approach to the hip

·         Dr Michael Solomon: Direct anterior approach to the hip

·         Richard Keddell: ITB release

·         Andy Vane: GT fixation

·         Tony Lamberton: Cementing the femur

·         Dr Michael Millis: “PAO a la Boston:  Continuing Evolution of Principles and Techniques”

·         Matt Boyle: Surgical hip dislocation 

Shoulder Society Session

Maitai Room #1

Moderators: Warren Leigh and Chris Ahmad

·         Khalid Mohammed: Indications and how to perform the perfect Open Capsular shift and bankart repair

·         Dr Buddy Savioe: Arthroscopic bankart repair and Remplissage

·         Warren Leigh: Latarjet Giles Walch Video

·         Mike van Niekerk: Open tibial allograft for massive bone loss and stabilization

·         Dr Chris Ahmad: Arthroscopic soft tissue releases and cuff repair  

·         Perry Turner: Clavicle osteotomy 

Foot and Ankle Society Session

Riwaka Room, Ground Floor

Moderators: Simon Hodkinson and Kate Ball

·         Rhett Mason: Scarf Osteotomy

·         Fraser Harrold: Lesser Toe Deformity Correction

·         Jonny Sharr: Midfoot / Forefoot Fusion

·         Rupesh Puna: Flatfoot Reconstruction

·         Tony Danesh-Clough: Lateral Ligament Reconstruction

·         Matt Tomlinson: Total Ankle Replacement

4:30pm – 5:30pm AGM | Waimea Room, Level 2

6:30pm – 7:30pm Canape’s and Drinks, Matai Room #2 (Trades), Rutherford ground floor

7:30pm Gala Dinner
Dress: Black tie

Tuesday

6:15am Stand up paddle boarding – Tahuna Beach

7:00am Registrations open

*Light breakfast served from 7:00am in Trades area

7:00am – 8:30am Sub Specialty Society Meeting | Heaphy Room (breakfast)

7:30am – 8:30am Plenary Session: Where are we heading with trainee education?
Moderators:  Tim Gregg and David Bartle

7:30am - 7:50am Dr Ann van Heest (President American OA):The need for competency based education

7:50am - 8:00am Dr Chris Morrey: The Australian experience competency based training

8:00am - 8:10am Dawson Muir Competency based education for NZOA trainees

8:10am - 8:30am: Discussion

8:30am – 10:00am Subspecialty techniques: Breakout sessions Knee, Spine, Elbow

Knee Society Session
Waimea Room, Level 2
Moderators: Bruce Twaddle and Julian Balance

·         Stuart Walsh                How I do fasciotomies for exercise compartment syndrome

·         Michael Rosenfeldt      How I do a meniscal root repair

·         Bruce Twaddle           How I do “ALL reconstruction.”

·         Mark Clatworthy     How I do a Tibial osteotomy

·         Peter Monk                How I do a Unicompartmental knee replacement

·         Laurie Hiemstra           How I do a patellofemoral trochleoplasty

Spine Society Session

Room Maitai room #1

Moderators: Angus Don and Michael Barnes

·         Peter Robertson: PLIF

·         Angus Don: Lateral

·         Antony Field: ALIF

·         Chris Hoffman: Discectomy

·         Hamish Deverall: ACDF

·         Ed Yee: Laminoplasty

Elbow (Shoulder and Elbow Society) Session

Riwaka Room, Ground Floor

Moderators: Basil Vrettos and Buddy Savoie

·         Dr Buddy Savoie: Advanced Elbow Arthroscopy

·         Dr Basil Vrettos: Elbow replacement

·         Jonny Manson: Ulnar nerve decompression and transposition

·         Dr Chris Ahmad: Distal biceps tendon reconstruction

·         Dr Buddy Savoie: Elbow Arthroscopy for Arthritis

10:00am-10:30am Morning Tea

10:00am – 10:30am NZOA Joint Registry | Heaphy Room

10:30am – 1100amPlenary Session Moderator: Simon Hadlow (Maitai room #1)

10:30am – 10:40am Andy Johnston: National Sarcoma service

10:40am – 10:50am Tom Geddes: National Spine service

10:50am – 11:00am Dr Arthur Morris: Surgical Site Infection in Orthopaedics

11:00am – 12:30pm Free Papers

Arthroplasty Free Papers

Maitai room #1

Moderators: Helen Tobin and James Taylor

11:00am -11:05am Erynne Scherf. Total Knee Arthroplasty Revision Rates in Mobile vs. Fixed Bearing Implants: A New Zealand Joint Registry Study

11:05am – 11:10am William Chen. Accuracy of Registry-Reported Reasons for Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Revision

11:10am – 11:15am Discussion

11:15am -11:25am Doug Hancock. Outcomes of Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty after Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty and Periarticular Osteotomy

11:25am – 11:35am Joshua Knudsen. Can we predict DAIR failure in PJI? External validation of the KLIC and Crime80 scores

11:35am-11:40am Mark Clatworthy. Patient Specific TKA Two Year Outcome Study - Velys vs Brainlab

11:40am-11:45am Faseeh Zaidi. Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty is Associated with Earlier Return of Symmetrical Limb Function Compared to Conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty

11:45am – 11:50am Faseeh Zaidi. In-Vivo Accuracy of a New Robotically-Assisted System for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Cohort Study

11:50am - 12:00pm Discussion

12:00pm - 12:10pm Katarina Sim. Outcomes of Trabecular Metal in Revision Acetabular Reconstruction in Auckland.

12:10pm – 12:20pm Dr. David Owen: The influence of bearing surface on periprosthetic joint infection in total hip arthroplasty

12:20pm -12:30pm Rushi Penumarthy. Influence of Obesity on functional outcomes and revision rates following revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Upper Limb Free Papers (Shoulder & Elbow and Wrist & Hand)

Waimea Room, Level 2

Moderators Khalid Mohammed and Craig Ball

11:10am – 11:20am Dr Denny Lie (Singapore) Abstract: "Shoulder Instability in South-East Asia: are we that different? Algorithm and Treatment Strategies in dealing with Minor and Major Bone Loss"

11:20am – 11:30am Rushi Penumarthy. Clavicular osteotomy for surgical exposure of the shoulder joint

11:30am – 11:40am Scott Bolam. Does Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Acute Proximal Humeral Fracture Lead to Worse Outcomes Compared To Elective Indications? Results From the New Zealand Joint Registry

11:40am-11:50am Dr Manohar Arumugam (Malaysia) Abstract title: “Tuberculosis of the Wrist”

11:50am -12:00pm Jessica Leary. Suture Choice in Carpal Tunnel Surgery: A Randomised Controlled Trial

12:00pm – 12:10pm Supilate Mikaele. A prospective observational study of thumb function following 1st carpometacarpal joint arthrodesis

12:10pm – 12:20pm Holly Morris. An eight year retrospective review of flexor sheath infections

12:20pm – 12:30pm Dr Shaun Mauiliu from (Samoa) Orthopacifix Pacific Island Ambassador: TENs in Samoa “A game changer”  

12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch 

1:30pm - 2:30pm Free Papers

Knee Free Papers
Maitai room #1, Ground Floor
Moderators: Richard Keddell and Julian Ballance

1:30pm - 1:40pm Dr Vincent Chan (Hong Kong) –Blood Flow Restriction training of Quadricep Muscles in Advanced Osteoarthritis of the Knee. A Randomised - Controlled Study

1:40pm -1:50pm Dr.Taufin Warindra (Indonesia) Discoid Meniscus

1:50pm - 2:00pm Marinus Stowers. Safety And Efficacy Of Intraosseous Ropivacaine In Lower Extremity (SORE) Study

2:00pm - 2:10pm Owain Davies. The Ten-year Radiological Results of the Uncemented Oxford Medial Compartment Knee Arthroplasty

2:10pm – 2:20pm Mark Clatworthy. Risk Factors for Meniscal Repair Failure Following Concurrent Primary ACL Reconstruction

2:20pm – 2:30pm Zoe Wells. TKA Following Septic Arthritis – A Longitudinal Study Over 20 Years

Trauma Free Papers

Waimea Room, Level 2

Moderators Angus Jennings and Vaughan Poutawera

1:30pm – 1:40pm Scott Bolam. Time to Surgery for Neck of Femur Fractures in Southland For Patients Presenting Directly to a Referral Hospital Versus Transferred from Peripheral Hospital: A Matched Cohort Study

1:40pm – 1:50pm Tim Woodfield.  Developing Next Generation Injectable Adipose Tissue Grafts for Soft Tissue Reconstruction

1:50pm – 2:00pm Mark Zhu. Risk factors for morbidity and mortality following hip fractures – an ANZHFR study

2:00pm – 2:10pm Mark Zhu. Standard of care and outcomes for Māori patients with neck of femur fractures – an ANZHFR study

2:10pm- 2:20pm John Zhang. Outcomes of Single vs Combination Fixation in Distal Femur Fractures - A Christchurch Experience

2:20pm – 2:30pm Brad Atkinson. Outcomes Following a Total Femoral Plating Technique for Management of Periprosthetic Fractures Around Stable Hip and Knee Implants

2:30pm – 3:00pm Afternoon tea

President's Dinner (invitation only)

Hopgood’s Restaurant
Dress: Smart casual