PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Knee Technology: what lies ahead?

Draft programme *to be confirmed and subject to change.

Saturday 19th October
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 7:30am    8:30am Registrations open
                           8:30am Welcome
Arthoplasty - Robots and alignment
8:35am Robotic Development in Total Knee Arthroplasty OR Achieving Balance in TKA?
8:55am Utilising the CPAK system and navigation for individualised knee replacement within FDA parameters
9:02am Tibia First Ligament Guided Technique is Superior to Mechanical, Kinematic, and Functional Alignment Strategies in Creating a Well-Balanced TKA
9:09am Technology progression over 15year in a small centre - where are the gains?
9:19am Discussion
9:29am Adjusted mechanical alignment knee arthroplasty yields comparable results to kinematic alignment technique
9:36am Functional vs Mechanical Alignment in TKA - Outcomes from the Camelot RCT
9:43am Intraoperative Soft-Tissue Balancing with Functional and Mechanical Alignment in Robotic-assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
9:50am Discussion
10:00am Morning Tea
Arthroplasty  - Infection and Complications 
10:30am Revision risk in total knee joint arthroplasty with respect to the type of cement used
10:37am Auckland experience of One vs Two stage Revision
10:44am Achieving Knee Flexion following Total Knee Replacement: Is There a Role for Manipulation Under Anaesthesia?
10:51am Discussion
11:00am One Stage versus Two Stage Treatment for Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Prospective, Randomized Trial
11:00am The use of Mesh in Extensor Mechanism Reconstruction of the Knee in TKA
11:07am Use of the ROSA in Revision Surgery
11:14am Revision Case Discussions
Panel Discussion
11:50am Lunch
Sports Medicine 
1:00pm Return to Play Testing after ACL Reconstruction 
1:15pm "THE EFFECT OF INTRA-ARTICULAR AUTOLOGOUS PROTEIN SOLUTION ON KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS SYMPTOMS: A
PILOT PARALLEL, DOUBLE-BLINDED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL"
1:25pm Non-operative treatment of ACL injury - The Cross Brace Protocol
1:35pm Non-operative treatment of ACL injury - The Cross Brace Protocol
1:45pm Discussion 
1:55pm Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Orthopaedic Consultation - A Great Leap Forward? 
2:05pm ACC talk - Success with ARTP
2:20pm Afternoon tea
Multiligament Knee
2:50pm How I harvest a Quadriceps Graft
3:00pm Multiligament Knee
Panel Discussion
4:00pm NZKSS Annual General Meeting
5:00pm Close

7:00pm Knee Society Dinner | Ngamotu Golf Club
*Transport available from 6:30pm at the Devon Hotel

Sunday 20th October

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8:30amOutline of the Day
Partial Knees and Osteotomies
8:35amCommercialisation and Innovation in Orthopaedics OR Partial Knee Replacement 
8:55amBiplanar Lateral Opening Wedge Distal Femoral Osteotomy without Grafting - Technique, Complications and Outcomes
9:02amAccuracy of a Novel Patient-Specific Technique of High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO) Using Finite Element Analysis Pre-Operative Planning 
9:09amDiscussion 
9:14amOxford Medial Hemiarthroplasty the long-term results
9:21amOxford Partial Knee Femoral Sizing Via Preoperative MRI Scan – A Novel Template Method
9:28amDiscussion 
9:33amWho Should Get a UKA in 2024? UKA Cases
10:00amMorning Tea
Case Sessions
10:30amPrimary Arthroplasty 
Extra-articular deformity, post op complication management
11:15amSports
Medial meniscal root in middle age woman, ACL Graft choice in young patients, when to add lateral procedure
12:00pmClose Meeting