PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 24 AUGUST
Welcome Function 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
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FRIDAY 25 AUGUST
Registrations open from 7:15am
SESSION 1 Chair: Tim Tasman-Jones
8:15-8:30 Welcome TTJ
8:30-9:30 WALANT overview Don Lalonde
9:30-9:35 Setting up WALANT - a local experience Jenny Hicks
9:35-9:40 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Regional Survey Sandeep Patel
9:45-10:00 Managing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Complications Karen Smith
10:00 - 10:30am Morning Tea
SESSION 2 Chair: Chris Lowden
10:30-10:45 MCPJ and Basal Thumb Arthritis Tim Tasman-Jones
10:45-11:00 Small Finger Joint Arthritis Chris Lowden
11:00- 11:20 Radiocarpal Arthritis (SLAC, SNAC etc) Tom Sharpe
11:20-11:40 DRUJ Arthritis Randy Bindra
11:40-12:00 Cases Chair: Simon Chinchanwala; Panel: Speakers from session
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch
SESSION 3 Chair: Chris Taylor
1:00-1:20 Common Tendon Transfers in the Hand Jenny Hicks
1:20-1:35 Radial nerve transfer for Axillary Nerve palsy Chris Taylor
1:35-1:50 Flexor tendon Repairs - getting better results Don Lalonde
1:50-2:05 Extensor Tendon Injuries Josh Sevao
2:05-2:15 Mallet Finger Injuries Don Lalonde
2:15 - 2:45pm Afternoon Tea
SESSION 4 Chair: Emma Lacey
2:45-3:05 PIP Fracture Dislocations Randy Bindra
3:05-3:25 Metacarpal and Carpal Fractures Francis Ting
3:25-3:45 Perilunate Injuries Randy Bindra
3:45--4-10 Cases Chair: Emma Lacey ; Panel : Speakers above + Chris Taylor & Don Lalonde
4:15-5:30 NZSSH AGM
5:30pm Close
*6:30pm shuttles to The Winehouse, Gibbston Valley for Conference Dinner, returning shuttle departing 10:00pm from Winehouse back to Holiday Inn, Remarkables Park.
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SATURDAY 26 AUGUST
Registrations open from 7:30am
SESSION 1 Chair: Wolfgang Heiss-Dunlop
8:30-8:50 Distal Radius Fractures - Avoiding Complications Albert Yoon
8:50-9:10 Distal Radius Fractures - Volar Plating Alternatives Andy Stokes
9:10-9:30 Scaphoid Fractures Sandeep Patel
9:30-9:50 Scaphoid Nonunion Reconstruction Wolfgang Heiss-Dunlop
9:50-10:15 Cases Chair: Mike Chin ; Panel: Speakers from session
10:15am - 10:45am Morning tea
SESSION 2 Chair: Rob Rowan
10:45-11:05 Elbow Instability Randy Bindra
11:05-11:25 Elbow Arthritis Mike Foster
11:25-11:45 Elbow Tendinopathies and Distal Biceps Injuries Simon Maclean
11:45-12:00 Cases Chair: Rob Rowan ; Panel: Speakers from session
12:30-2:00 WALANT Surgery workshop Don Lalonde
2:00pm Close
Best Hand Surgery and Therapy Tips + WALANT discussion and cases - all welcome, first seated, first served!
Dr Lalonde is in his 39th year of practice as a hand surgeon. He will present his life’s best Hand Surgery and Therapy tips to improve your surgery and therapy practices. In addition to presenting Things I Don’t Do Anymore, he will talk about his current approaches on how to get better results and happier patients with common hand problems such as finger fractures, fingertip amputations, nail bed injuries, trigger finger, ganglions, mucous cysts, carpal tunnel release, and thumb basal joint arthritis. He will talk about how and why he uses his own ultrasound probe with his iPhone almost daily. He will also provide a forum for all participant questions and answers about WALANT technique, followed by his showing further case applications of the WALANT approach..