Conference Programme

Thursday 15th October 2009
SCIENTIFIC FACULTY: Dr Dickinson, Prof Choong, Annie Gibbins, Nicole Williams, Matthew Hubble
08:00 Industry arrival and setup
11:00 - 13:00 Registrations Desk open at The Cairns Sebel
12 Noon LUNCH
13:00 OPEN CONFERENCE
Dr  Ian Dickinson, AOA President                                 
13:15 TRAINING UPDATE
Professor Peter Choong, AOA Director of Training
13:30 - 13:50 Instructional Course Lecture 1
Arthroplasty I
Mr Matthew Hubble

Registrar Presentations

14:00 Uniquely North Queensland Injuries
Lochlin Brown
14:05 Predicting the need for peri-operative transfusion in patients
undergoing hip and knee Arthroplasty

Roger Bingham
14:10 A Randomised Controlled Trial of Oral Tranexamic Acid in Reducing Blood Loss and Allogenic Transfusion in Elective Total Knee Arthroplasty
Anthony Bradshaw
14:20 Pelvic Binder use in Sth East Queensland - Appropriate or Not?
Tyson Doneley
14:25 Compartment Syndrome Following Knee Arthroscopy
Jason McDarra
14:30
Pec Major wasting in cervical myelopathy
Sheanna Maine
14:35 Instructional Course Lecture
Things That Go Bang: Blast Injury Pathogenesis
Colonel Charles New - Orthopaedic Surgeon and Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon to Surgeon General, Australian Defence Force
** REGISTRARS ONLY **
15:00 - 15:30 AFTERNOON TEA (STRYKER WORKSHOP)
15:30 Instructional Course Lecture 2
Arthroplasty and Revision II

Mr Matthew Hubble

Registrar Presentations

16:00 Femoroacetabular Impingement – Results of Open Treatment
Tom Treseder
16:10 Early Outcome of Total Knee Replacement with Zimmer CR Flex Femur and
Trabecular Metal Tibia Monoblock

Agus Kadir
16:20 The Epidemiology of Pelvic Ring Fractures: a Population Based Study
Stuart Mackenzie
16:30 Long term Furlong Hip Data
Dr Raman
16:40 – 17:30 Orthotech Workshop
18:30 WELCOME DINNER - Daintrees Pool Deck at the Sebel
19:30 “SERVICE” Colonel Charles New, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to Surgeon General, Australian Defence Force
"The Colonel" Dr James M. Ellis Order of A.M.
Friday 16th October 2009
08:00 – 09:00 WORKING BREAKFAST
08:00 – 08:20 Legal Issues in Setting up  a Private Practice
Ashleigh Le (For Registrars and Partners)
08:20 – 09:00 Risk insurance for Orthopaedic Registrars
Graham Campbell
Complete Financial Balance (For Registrars and Partners)

Registrar Research Presentations

09:00 Management of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee with Bone Grafting,
Bone Morphogenic Protein - 7, and Internal Fixation

Buddhika Balalla
09:05 The role of forearm barrier protection in reducing cuff contamination during double gloving.
Eugene T. Ek
09:10 Unusual Presentation of Cystic Pathology in the Knee; 2 Case Reports
Bernard Schick
09:15 Hyaluronic Acid What’s The Fuss?
Lochlin Brown
09:20 Epidemiology of Non-Accidental Injury in a Paediatric Tertiary Hospital
Chris Dunkley
09:30 Five Year Old with Clavicular Non-Union After Fracture
Rupert Snynan
09:35 Brodie’s Abscess - An Unusual Presentation in Adult
Jike Lu
09:40 Young Men Can’t Jump... with Avulsed Tibial Tubercles
John A Anderson
09:45 Probing the Tribological Origins of Osteoarthitis
Sheanna Maine
09:55 Tribology
Zimmer - download Speaker's CV
10:30 – 11:00 MORNING TEA (STRYKER WORKSHOP)
11:00
Supporting Registrars
Maurice Ben-Mayor - Stryker
11:10 Anatomic Considerations of Vertebral Arteries in Anterior Transarticular Screw Fixation for Atlantoaxial Instability
Jike Lu
11:15 Bilateral Pedicle Stress Fracture in the Lumbar Spine Following Repeated Chiropractic Manipulation – A Case Report and Literature Review
Jike Lu
11:20 Early SPLATT in the Management of Club Foot Relapse
Catherine McDougall
11:25 Clinical Case Study Presentation - Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica in a 23 year Old Male Presenting with Femoral Diaphyseal Fracture
Anthony Bradshaw
11:30 A Case Series Using the Hemicap Contoured Articular Prosthesis for Treatment of Hallux Rigidus
Stuart Mackenzie
11:35 Postoperative Shoe Study – A Comparison of the Darco Shoe, Flat Sole shoe and Heelwalker, Using the Pedobarograph
Chatar Goyal
11:40 Topic: TBA
David Bade
11:45 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Total Ankle Joint Replacements
John Choi
11:50 Do Primary Total Hip Replacements Require Prolonged Routine Follow Up?
Ben Campbell
12:00
Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Joint Arthroplasty – Do we get it Right?
Benjamin Parkinson
12:05
Cell Saver and Reinfusion Drains in Posterior Instrumented Spinal Fusions for Scoliosis
Michael Selby
12:10
Absence of Palmaris Longus and/or Flexor Digitorum Superficialis to the Little Finger - is this Related to Hand Dominance?
Dominic Hannan
12:15
'HGLS' - A Comprehensive Classification System for Proximal Humeral Fractures
Domenic Leonello
12:20
Brachialis Muscle Anatomy - A Cadaveric Study
Domenic Leonello
12:45 Buses depart Cairns Sebel for Paradise Palms (25 mins trip)
13:30

Golf at Paradise Palms Golf Course, Ambrose Style
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Non Golfers may want a Degustation Lunch at the Ochre Restaurant - Need to notify me ASAP

  DINNER AT LEISURE IN CAIRNS
Saturday 17th October 2009
07:00 – 08:00 BREAKFAST AT LEISURE
08:15

Arrive at Cairns Reef Fleet Terminal
- Vessel boarding
- Complimentary tea and coffee, light breakfast/pastries served

Quicksilver Boat Departs  8.15 arrives back at 16:30
CHECK YOUR DETAILS ON THE SCUBA DIVING LIST HERE

19:00

AORA ANNUAL DINNER

Location Freshwater Railway Station
Time 19:00
Departure Cairns Railway Station (AORA Private Train)
Dress Black Tie
Moderator Dave Thornton
Speaker Nicole Williams
Guest Speaker AOA Foundation  Outreach Orthopaedics,
Dr Michael McAuliffe, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Ipswich, Qld, Miffy Stephens Stryker
Sunday 18th October 2009
08:00
WORKING BREAKFAST
08:00 – 08:30 The Part II Fellowship Examination “What we did... it seemed to work”
Rohan Brunello and Brett Collins (Qld)
08:30 – 09:00 Breakfast with Dr Greg Couzens - "Internal fixation of the hand"
- Book prize for the best answer

Registrar Presentations

09:00 Capitellar Fractures - is Fixation Necessary?
Lochlin Brown
09:05 A Comparison of Polyethylene Wear Rates Between Cemented and Cementless Cups. 15 Year Follow-up
Luke Spencer
09:15 Failures of 1st Carpometacarpal Joint Arthroplasty
Agus Kadir
09:20 Community Acquired Panton Valentine Leukocidin Expressing MRSA Musculoskeletal Infections-Essential Knowledge for all Orthopods.
Tom Treseder
09:30 Ulnar Translocation of the Carpus Following Minor Trauma: A Case Report
Stuart MacKenzie
09:35 Uncemented unipolar modular hip replacements for femoral neck fractures in a Melbourne hospital
Owen Mattern
09:40 MRI Demonstration of Median Nerve Entrapment after a Paediatric Forearm Fracture
Shane Prodger
09:45 Periprosthetic Tumour Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Nicola Walsh
09:55 Computers and Air Contamination in Operating Theatres
Timothy Lording
10:00 The use of Transverse Acetabular Ligament (TAL) as an Anatomical Landmark for Acetabular Component Orientation in Primary Total Hip Replacement
Tim Small
10:10 A Bone Grafting Technique for Conversion of Unicompartmental Knee Replacement to TKR
Suyog Kulkarni
10:15 The Use of Bridge Plating for Difficult Distal Radius Fractures - an Alternative Treatment Option?
Catherine McDougall
10:20 Plain Paper Templating for Total Hip Replacement
Ben Campbell
10:25 Do Scaling Markers Improve Accuracy in Digital Templating for Total Hip Arthroplasty?
Duy M Thai
10.30 -11:00 MORNING TEA - (STRYKER WORKSHOP)
11:00 Case Report: Hip Disarticulation Post Traumatic Anterior Hip Dislocation
Owen Mattern
11:10 Presentation of metastatic NSCLC with Lower Back Pain in a young Non Smoker
Sheanna Maine
11:15 Surf and Diving Related Cervical Spine Injury - 5 Year Review at Princess Alexandra Hospital
Anthony Athanasiov
11:20 Cruciate Sacrificing Versus Cruciate Retaining Total Knee Arthroplasty: a Randomised Prospective Trial."
Tim McMeniman
11:30 – 12:00 AOA Training Update followed by Q&A
Annie Gibbins, AOA National Education Manager
12:00 – 13:00 AORA Annual General Meeting and Awarding of Registrar Prizes
Conference Close.

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