Trauma Symposium Programme
| Wednesday 13 August | ||
| 08.15-08.55 | Registration & Coffee | |
| The Multiply Injured Patient | ||
| 09.00 | Is their epidemiology changing? | P Weniger |
| 09.20 | The spectrum of injury in recent wars | P Hill |
| 09.40 | Factors influencing injury patterns in RTAs | P Weniger |
| 10.00 | When should the fractures be fixed? | P Giannoudis |
| 10.15 | Does delay in diagosis matter in the multiply injured? | S Ruchholtz |
| 10.35 | Discussion | |
| 10.50 | Coffee | |
| 11.10 | Damage control. Is this the answer? | S Ruchholtz |
| 11.25 | Is there a role for nailing in the severely injured? | P Weniger |
| 11.40 | Can we predict outcome? | P Giannoudis |
| 11.55 | Discussion | |
| 12.10-13.00 | Specialist Sessions | |
| A | Multiple Injuries | |
| 12.10 | Paediatric multiple injuries | NMP Clarke |
| 12.20 | Multiple injuries in the elderly | S Ruchholtz |
| 12.30 | ARDS | TO White |
| 12.40 | Discussion | |
| B | Gunshot Injuries | |
| 12.10 | Management of wartime gunshot injuries | P Hill |
| 12.30 | Gunshot injuries in Western Europe | P Weniger |
| 12.45 | Discussion | |
| C | Whiplash injuries | |
| 12.10 | What is a whiplash injury? | MF Gargan |
| 12.20 | How do we write the report? | SJ Matthews |
| 12.30 | The outcome of whiplash injuries | MF Gargan |
| 12.45 | Discussion | |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| Femoral Fractures | ||
| 14.00 | IM Nailing: What is the best starting point? | CB Jones |
| 14.15 | Is there a role for expandable nails | B Ziran |
| 14.30 | Antegrade or retrograde nailing | CB Jones |
| 14.45 | IM Nailing in paediatric fractures. Indications and results | NMP Clarke |
| 15.00 | Is external fixation better in paediatric femoral fractures? | Larsson |
| 15.15 | When should be nail adolescent femoral fractures? | CB Jones |
| 15.30 | Discussion | |
| 15.45 | Tea | |
| Orthobiologics | ||
| 16.00 | How useful is resorbable bone cement in the proximal femur? | S Larsson |
| 16.15 | BMPs. An overview of their current status | MD McKee |
| 16.30 | Can we accelerate bone union? | P Giannoudis |
| 16.45 | Discussion | |
| 17.00-17.45 | Breakout Sessions | |
| 1 | Pelvis and acetabular fractures (Cases) | A Gänsslen |
| 2 | Damage control surgery (Q&A) | P Giannoudis |
| 3 | External Fixation (Cases) | B Ziran |
| 4 | hands on demonstration session | |
| Wednesday 13 August | ||
| Clavicle Fractures | ||
| 09.00 | What clavicle fractures will I see? | CM Robinson |
| 09.15 | What are the sequelae of nonoperative treatment ? | S Larsson |
| 09.30 | An overview of treatment techniques | MD McKee |
| 09.45 | Which fractures should be fixed ? | S Larsson |
| 10.00 | Does delay in fixation matter? | MD McKee |
| 10.15 | Lateral clavicle fractures. How should they be treated? | CM Robinson |
| 10.30 | Discussion | |
| 10.45 | Coffee | |
| Controversies in humeral fracture management | ||
| 11.00 | Proximal humeral fractures. The role of locked plates | B Ziran |
| 11.15 | Plating nailing or bracing for diaphyseal fractures | MD McKee |
| 11.30 | Percutaneous humeral plating. How I do it | B Ziran |
| 11.45 | Discussion | |
| Specialist Sessions | ||
| D | Unstable extra-articular distal radius fractures | |
| 12.00 | Are locking plates the answer? | MM McQueen |
| 12.10 | The role of Kirschner wiring | S Ehrendorfer |
| 12.20 | External fixation | MM McQueen |
| 12.30 | The role of calcium phosphate cemet | S Larsson |
| 12.40 | Discussion | |
| E | Plating techniques | |
| 12.00 | Polyaxial screw placement. An overview | M Kuster |
| 12.15 | Diaphyseal locked plates | A Gänsslen |
| 12.30 | Non-contact locking plates | M Kuster |
| 12.45 | Discussion | |
| F | Soft Tissue Injuries | |
| 12.00 | Who gets soft tissue injuries? | RAE Clayton |
| 12.10 | How I do it. Compartment monitoring | MM McQueen |
| 12.20 | Tendo Achilles rupture | JF Keating |
| 12.30 | Soft tissue injuries related to pelvic fractures | S Ruchholtz |
| 12.45 | Discussion | |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| Complications | ||
| 14.00 | Osteomyelitis. An overview of current practice | B Ziran |
| Nonunion | ||
| 14.30 | The use of Ilizarov techniques | M Jackson |
| 14.45 | Exchange nailing | CM Court-Brown |
| 14.55 | Complex regional pain syndrome | RM Atkins |
| 15.10 | Compartment syndrome. Epidemiology and diagnosis | MM McQueen |
| 15.25 | Discussion | |
| 15.40 | Tea | |
| 2008 Roberta Vanderpool Lecture | ||
| 16.00 | Brachial Plexus Injuries | Rolf Birch |
| 16.45-17.30 | Breakout Sessions | |
| 5 | periprosthetic fractures (Cases) | R Burnett |
| 6 | Knee ligament injuries. An update | M Blyth |
| 7 | How I do it. Proximal humeral fracture fixation | CM Robinson |
| 8 | hands-on demonstration session | |
| Wednesday 13 August | ||
| Nerve Injuries | ||
| 09.00 | The spectrum of nerve injury associated with fractures and dislocations | R Birch |
| 09.20 | The management of radial nerve palsy | TE Hems |
| 09.40 | Nerve injury and paediatric supracondylar fractures | R Birch |
| 09.55 | Brachial plexus lesions and shoulder injury | TE Hems |
| 10.15 | Discussion | |
| 10.30 | Coffee | |
| Fragility fractures | ||
| 10.45 | Fragility fractures. Who is at risk? | R Eastell |
| 11.00 | Which fractures are osteoporotic? | CM Court-Brown |
| 11.15 | Can we prevent fragility fractures? | R Eastell |
| 11.30 | How useful are fracture liasion services? | S Larsson |
| 11.45 | Discussion | |
| 12.00-13.00 | Specialist Sessions | |
| G | Fragility Fractures | |
| 12.00 | Osteoporosis. Its detection and treatment | S Ralston |
| 12.15 | Leisure activities and fractures in men | S Larsson |
| 12.30 | Osteoporosis and vertebral fractures | R Eastall |
| 12.45 | Discussion | |
| H | Operative techniques | |
| 12.00 | Distal radius. Periarticular external fixation |
MM McQueen |
| 12.10 | Percutaneous scaphoid fixation | T Lindau |
| 12.20 | Iliosacral screw fixation | B Ziran |
| 12.30 | Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair | J McBirnie |
| 12.40 | Discussion | |
| I | Distal Humeral Fractures | |
| 12.00 | How I do it. Approaches to the distal humerus | MD McKee |
| 12.15 | The role of minifragment plates | CB Jones |
| 12.30 | ORIF or arthroplasty in elderly patients? | SJ Matthews |
| 12.45 | Discussion | |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| Upper Limb Dislocations | ||
| 14.00 | Acriomoclavicular dislocation. Who should be fixed? | MD McKee |
| 14.20 | Gleno-humeral dislocation. The role of primary stabilisation | CM Robinson |
| 14.40 | Elbow fracture dislocations. How should they be treated? | L Rymaszewski |
| 15.00 | Carpal dislocations | T Lindau |
| 15.20 | Discussion | |
| 15.40 | End of course | |
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