DAY 1 PROGRAMME

8.30 – 9.00 - Registration

9.00 – 9.10 - Welcome / Course Objectives -

MORNING SESSSION

PLATEAU FRACTURES

9.10 – 9.20 - Role of Plates`

9.20 – 9.30 - Role of Circular frame

9.30 – 9.45 - Discussion

SHAFT FRACTURES

9.45 - 9.55 - Nailing is the gold standard

9.55- 10.05 - Circular frame is better

10.05 – 10.15 - Middle path regime

10.15 – 10.30 - Discussion

10.30 – 10.45 - COFFEE

10.45 – 11.05 - Key note Lecture

LATE MORNING SESSION

BIOMECHANICS

11.05 – 11.15 - Basic biomechanics

11.15 – 11.25 - Circular frame

11.25 – 11.35 - Nails & plates

11.35 – 11.45 - Discussion

15 min - history of plates and nails

12.15 – 1.00 - DISCUSSION GROUP

1.00 – 1.45 - Lunch

1.45 – 2.45 - workshop

POST LUNCH SESSION 1

OPEN FRACTURES

2.45 – 3.00 - Flaps, when and what?

3.00 – 3.10 - fix & flap - ORIF

3.10 – 3.20 - Circular frame

3.20 – 3.35 - Discussion

3.35 – 3.50 - TEA

3.50 – 4.50 - Workshop

POST LUNCH SESSION 2

PILON FRACTURES

4.50 - 5.00 - Locking plates

5.10 – 5.20 - Circular Frame

5.20 – 5.35 - Discussion

Key note lecture - 20 min

Close

DAY 2 PROGRAMME

MORNING SESSION

MALUNION

8.00 – 8.10 - Clinical assessment and X rays (Mal alignment and mal orientation)

8.10 – 8.20 - Long term outcome of deformity

8.20 – 8.30 - Assessment of deformity – frontal plane & sagittal plane

8.30 – 8.40 - Oblique plane deformity

8.40 – 8.50 - Osteotomy rules

8.50 – 9.00 - Discussion

9.00 – 9.10 - Correction of deformity with plates / single cut osteotomy

9.10 – 9.20 - Correction of deformity with nails / fixator assisted nailing

9.20 – 9.30 - Correction of deformity with circular fram

9.30 – 9.40 - Discussion

STERILE NON UNION -

9.40 – 10.00 - Personality (Assessment) of non union

Pt. & injury factors & Treatment factors

- scoring systems for non union

10.00 – 10.10 - Classification of non union (conventional & Ilizarov) -

10.10 – 10.25 - Stiff & Lax non union – plates & nails with outcomes

10.25 – 10.40 - Stiff & Lax non union – circular frame with outcomes

10.40 – 10.55 - Discussion

COFFEE - 10.55 – 11.10

WORKSHOP - 11.10 – 12.10

PRE LUNCH SESSION

BONE GRAFTS & ADJUVANT THERAPY

12.10 – 12.20 - Synthetic bone grafts, do they work ?

12.20 – 12.30 - Bone marrow & platelet rich plasma injections, is there any science ?

12.30 – 12.40 - Role of BMP ( acute fractures & non union) !

12.40 – 12.50 - Exogen – does it heals the bone or mind ?

12.50 – 1.00 - Magnetic stimulus for non unions !

LUNCH - 1.00 – 1.45

DISCUSSION GROUP - 1.45 – 2.30

POST LUNCH SESSION INFECTION

INFECTED NON UNION & chronic osteomyelitis

2.30 – 2.40 - pt assessment, investigations etc) of Infected non union & Osteomyelitis

2.40 – 2.50 - Infected non unions – role of plates / nails

2.50 – 3.00 - Infected non union – circular frame

3.00 – 3.15 - Discussion

TEA - 3.00 – 3.15

3.15 – 3.25 - classification of osteomyelitis

3.25 – 3.35 - Debridement and flap

3.45 – 3.55 - outcome in infected non union & osteomyelitis

3.55 – 4.10 - Discussion

4.10 – 4.25 - Cost of Tibial fracture to Society

DISCUSSION GROUP - 4.25 –5.10

CLOSING REMARKS - 5.10