Trauma Workshop
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08.30 - 17.45TRAUMA WORKSHOP
08.30 - 09.00REGISTRATION
09.00 - 09.15WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
09.15 - 12.30PELVIC FRACTURES
All talks of 12 min. each
09.15 - 10.00SESSION 1
Radiology & classification of Pelvic Fractures (12)Tim Pohlemann (Germany)
Acute Evaluation and Treatment of Pelvic Fracture Patients (12)Rakesh Rajput (India)
Overview of emergency pelvis stabilization role of Ex fix, infix (12)Harpal Singh Selhi (India)
10.00 - 11.00SESSION 2
Anterior pelvic stabilization with plate fixation (12)Sameer Aggarwal (India)
Crescent fractures (12)Vijay Sharma (India)
ORIF of posterior pelvic injuries with trans-iliac plate fixation (12)Marinis Pirpiris (Australia)
Percutaneous Stabilization Sacroiliac Dislocations & Sacrum fractures (12)Tim Pohlemann (Germany)
Combined Pelviacetabular injury management (12)Sameer Aggarwal (India)
11.00 - 11.30TEA BREAK
11.30 - 12.30PRACTICAL EXCERCISES ON BONE MODELS
Reduction and Internal Fixation of Pelvic Fractures
Pubic Symphysis DisruptionRakesh Rajput (India)
Sacroiliac DislocationSameer Aggarwal (India)
12.30 - 14.00OSTEOPOROSIS COURSE
DXA Technology - Made Simple for Surgeons (15)Eram Nahid (India)
Integrating DXA into clinical practice for Orthopaedic surgeons (15)Vijay Sharma (India)
Decoding DXA and FRAX for everyday practice (15)Sahil Batra (India)
Go beyond DEXA: TBS, 3D Shaper, REMS (15)Shubhankar (India)
Panel Discussion and Case presentation (30): All faculty
14.00 - 14.30LUNCH
14.30 - 15.50PROXIMAL FEMUR FRACTURES
Ipsilateral Femoral Neck and Shaft Fracture (10)Anup Agrawal (India)
Delayed Neck Femur Fracture in Young Patient (10)Aditya Bhardwaj (India)
Failed IT Fracture in Elderly (10)Marinis Pirpiris (Australia)
Failed Proximal Femur Fracture in Young Salvage Option (10)Samarth Mittal (India)
Trochanteric / Subtrochanteric Fixation How To improve The Reduction Quality: Tips & Tricks (10)Anup Agrawal (India)
Periprosthetic Fracture of Hip (10)Marinis Pirpiris (Australia)
Augmentation in Treatment of Proximal Femoral Fractures (10)Samarth Mittal (India)
15.40 - 16.00TEA BREAK
16.00 - 17.00PRACTICAL EXCERCISES ON BONE MODELS
TFNASamarth Mittal (India)
Demonstration of cement augmentation techniques
17.00 - 17.45MY WORST COMPLICATION - CASE PRESENTATION (AWARD SESSION)
Cases (8 min each)
17.45 ONWARDSEND OF WORKSHOP
Hip Workshop
TimeTopicSpeakers
08.00 - 09.00WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
09.00 - 10.30A. STEM SCIENCE AND EXECUTION PHILOSOPHY - THE STORY OF 3D BALANCING A HIP
3D balancing the hip - What is it? (10)Abhay Elhence (India)
Combined offset restoration - How to execute? (6)Shivkumar Santpure (India)
Trunion Science - What makes for a relevant marriage? (6)Sumit Banerjee (India)
Taper Science - How do they add modularity to 3D balance execution? (6)Sandeep Yadav (India)
Distal Stem fixation - How much modularity do we need and when? (6)D. P. Sharma (India)
Short Stems - Passing fad or a relevant role? (6)D. P. Sharma (India)
Impaction Bone grafting - The Einstein who never lost relevance! (6)Hwa Sen Chua (Malaysia)
Case Discussion (30)
Moderator: Lewis P. K. Chan (Hong Kong)
Panelists: Raman Murthy (India), Sanjay Gupta (India), Rajiv Gupta (India), Naveen Sharma (India), Dheeraj Dubay (India)
10.30 - 11.00COFFEE BREAK
11.00 - 12.00B. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP ON STEM TAPERS AND REVISION STEMS
JNJ: Reclaim Monobloc with ETO (4 Stations)
Facultys: Abhay Elhence (India), D. P. Sharma (India), Naveen Sharma (India), Vishwas Sharma (India)
Zimmer: SL Wagner (2 stations)
Facultys: Arun Partani (India), Dheeraj Dubay (India)
12.00 - 13.00LUNCH
13.00 - 14.15C. SOCKET SCIENCE - RELEVANT OR REDUNDANT
Socket science in modern THA - How does it matter? (10)Unmesh Mahajan (India)
THA Sockets - Surface Coats - Do they Matter? (8)Sandeep Yadav (India)
THA Sockets - Socket liners and their locking mechanisms - Horses for courses? (8)Prateek Goyal (India)
Ceramic on XLPE - Why is it the new Gold Standard? (8)Lalit Modi (India)
Hip Resurfacing - Will it make a comeback and how? (8)Akhilesh Yadav (India)
Case Discussion (30)
Moderators: Boopalan Ramasamy (India), Solomon Bogdan (Australia), Unmesh Mahajan (India)
Panelists: Akhilesh Yadav (India), R. P. Meena (India)
14.15 - 15.15D. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP ON DUAL MOBILITY CUPS
JNJ: Pinnacle Dual Mobility with Griptian Augments (4 stations)
Facultys: Unmesh Mahajan (India), Dheeraj Dubay (India), Vishwas Sharma (India), R. P. Meena (India)
Zimmer: G7 Dual Mobility
Facultys: Lalit Modi (India), Sandeep Yadav (India)
15.15 - 16.00E. THE ROBOTS IN OUR LIVES - PASSING FAD OR TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FUTURE: DEBATES
Cup Version - Robotic or Conventional
Speaker A - Cup Version - Lewinnik Safe Zone and Conventional cup Version (6)Marcelino Cadag (Philippines)
Speaker B - Cup Version - Functional Safe Zone is the future (6)Hwa Sen Chua (Malaysia)
Rebuttal Speaker B (2)
Rebuttal Speaker A (2)
Moderator's Closing Comments (2)
Stem Biomechanics - Robotic or Conventional
Speaker A - Combined Version predictable and safe (6)Sumit Banerjee (India)
Speaker B - Stem Version - Robotic 3D balance - The next higher step in the walk towards the perfect hip (6)Lewis P. K. Chan (Hong Kong)
Rebuttal Speaker B (2)
Rebuttal Speaker A (2)
Moderator's Closing Comments (2)
16.00 - 17.00F. TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN HIP SOLUTIONS
JNJ: Velys Digital Hip (1 stations)
Faculty: Naveen Sharma (India)
17.00 ONWARDSG. VOTE OF THANKS AND CLOSING REMARKS
Knee Arthroplasty Workshop
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09.00 - 17.00KNEE ARTHROPLASTY WORKSHOP
Co-ordinators: Dhanasekara Raja (India), Raja Bhaskar (India)
09.00 - 11.00A. OPTIMIZING THE RESULTS OF YOUR NEXT KNEE REPLACEMENT
Moderators: K. C. Mehta (India), Shivkumar Santpure (India)
Lectures: 8 min + 2 min (50 min)
Alignment Philosophies in Knee replacement - Do Existing Implant Designs Effectively Work? (8+2)Vertrikumar (India)
Joint line obliquity in TKA - What should we aim for? (8+2)Nitesh Gahlot (India)
Precision meets stability - Insert designs & Changes over time (8+2)Adarsh (India)
Prevention & management of Intraoperative complications (8+2)Suryakant Purohit (India)
Bone defect in complex primary TKR (8+2)Deepak Saini (India)
Case-based discussion (60 min)
Moderators: Nitesh Gahlot (India), Dheeraj Dubay (India)
Facultys: Rajeev Gupta (India), Vijay Reddy (India), Nirmal Jajodia (India), Jagadeesh Nallamuthu (India), Debashish Chanda (India), Prasanth Patare (India)
Varus
Valgus
Fixed Flexion Deformity
Recurvatum
11.00 - 12.00B. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP
Performing a primary TKR - Attune with stemmable tibia (Depuy)
Facultys: Vertrikumar (India), Deepak Saini (India), Nirmal Jajodia (India), Jagadeesh Nallamuthu (India)
Performing a primary TKR - Persona with stemmable tibia (Zimmer)
Facultys: Debashish Chanda (India), Prateek Goyal (India), Sandeep Yadav (India)
12.30 - 13.15C. REVISION TKA MADE SIMPLE
Moderators: Lalit Modi (India), Ashok Bishnoi (India)
Lectures (8+ 2 min)
Exposure & Implant Exit (8+2)Sanjay Gupta (India)
Step-by-step approach for revision (8+2)Unmesh Mahajan (India)
Bone defect reconstruction (8+2)Ashok Bishnoi (India)
Selecting Level of constraint (8+2)Rajiv Gupta (India)
13.15 - 14.15LUNCH / LUNCHEON WORKSHOP
14.15 - 15.30D. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP
Sleeves in revision TKA for bone defect reconstruction (Depuy)
Facultys: Shivkumar Santpure (India), Adarsh (India), Unmesh Mahajan (India)
Revision TKA with LCCK, RHK, TM Shapes / Cones (Zimmer)
Facultys: Dhanasekara Raja (India), Raja Bhaskar (India), Sanjay Gupta (India)
15.30 - 16.15E. ROBOTICS IN JOINT ARTHROPLASTY
Lectures (7+2 min)
Uni vs TKA (7+2)Suryakant Purohit (India)
Robotic partial knee (7+2)Dhanasekara Raja (India)
Debate (6 + 6 + 2)
Mechanical alignment with conventional instruments gives predictable long-term resultsAkhilesh Yadav (India)
Robotic assisted TKA adds valueUnmesh Mahajan (India)
Conclusion
16.15 - 17.30F. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP: MY ROBOT IS THE BEST
Depuy
Velys UKADhanasekara Raja (India)
Velys TKAUnmesh Mahajan (India)
Zimmer
ROSA Persona Partial KneeSrinivas Thati (India)
ROSA Persona TKRSrinivas Thati (India)
Sports Workshop
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09.00 - 13.00KNEE PRESERVATION
09.00 - 10.30MENISCUS REPAIR
Anatomy and current Indications for meniscus repair (10)Sunit Hazra (India)
Techniques for bucket handle meniscus repair (10)Vikram Sharma (India)
Radial tear repair techniques and Tips (10)Rajeev Raman (India)
Root tears - Should we need to repair? If then, indications and techniques (10)Vikram Mhaskar (India)
Root repair with centralization - When and how? (10)Sumit Banerjee (India)
Horizontal tears - Indications and repair techniques (10)Viswadeep (India)
Discussion (20)
10.30 - 12.00ACL AND PCL
Current evidence of ACL Tunnels and Fixations (10)Sunit Hazra (India)
ACLR - Quadriceps - Indications and Technique (10)Rajeev Raman (India)
ACL with MCL - Management (10)S. R. Sundararajan (India)
LET or ALL - Indications and Technique (10)Vikram Sharma (India)
PCL Tears - Management (10)Deepak Joshi (India)
Discussion (20)
12.00 - 13.00OSTEOTOMY
Indications of High tibial Osteotomy (10)Rajiv Gupta (India)
How to calculate correction angle? (10)Sumit Banerjee (India)
Open wedge HTO - Technique and Tips (10)Nitin Mehta (India)
How to avoid complications in Open wedge High tibial osteotomy? (10)Deepak Joshi (India)
Double Osteotomy - When and how? (10)S. R. Sundararajan (India)
Double Osteotomy - When and how? (10)S. R. Sundararajan (India)
Discussion (10)
13.00 - 14.00LUNCH
14.00 - 16.00VIDEO TECHNIQUES
Meniscus Ramp Repair (7)Sumit Banerjee (India)
Chronic AC Dislocation (7)Nitin Mehta (India)
PCL PLC Video Tech (7)Vikram Mhaskar (India)
Knotted Bankart and Remplissase (7)Nitesh Gahlot (India)
RC Augmentation Dermal Patch (7)Viswadeep (India)
Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty (7)Rajiv Gupta (India)
ACL Primary Repair (7)Vikram Sharma (India)
MPFL Reconstruction (7)Arun Partani (India)
LEAT (7)Lalit Modi (India)
Bone Block (7)S. R. Sundararajan (India)
16.00 ONWARDSHANDS-ON MENISCUS REPAIR FOR DELEGATES
Basic Spine Workshop - Lumbar & Cervical Spine Surgery
TimeTopicSpeakers
08.45 - 17.00Basic Spine Workshop - Lumbar & Cervical Spine Surgery
Conveners: Sai Raut (India), Siddhartha Katkade (India), Tarun Dushad (India), Mahendra Tak (India)
Table Faculty: Neeraj Gupta (India), Prateek Karki (Nepal), Sai Raut (India), Vikas Tandon (India), Deepak Shreshta (Nepal), Gaurav Mehta (India), Suhail Afzal (India)
08.45 - 10.30SESSION 1: LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION TECHNIQUES
Moderators: Saheel Maajid (India), Lalit Sharma (India)
Microdiscectomy for PIVD - Play n Pause Surgical VideoPrateek Karki (Nepal)
Laminectomy for LCS - Play n Pause Surgical VideoLalit Sharma (India)
Hands-on Saw bone Workshop (60 mins; 6 tables; 5 delegates each)
10.30 - 10.45TEA BREAK
10.45 - 12.30SESSION 2: LUMBAR & SACRAL INSTRUMENTATION & FUSION
Moderators: Neeraj Gupta (India), Tarun Suri (India)
Lumbar Pedicle Instrumentation Technique - Play n Pause Surgical VideoSaheel Maajid (India)
Sacral pedicle / alar fixation techniques - Play n Pause Surgical VideoNeeraj Gupta (India)
Open TLIF Technique - Play n Pause Surgical VideoGautam Zaveri (India)
Hands on Saw bone workshop (60 mins; 6 tables; 5 delegates each)
12.30 - 13.30LUNCH BREAK
13.30 - 15.15SESSION 3: THORACIC / TL DECOMPRESSION & INSTRUMENTATION
Moderators: Sachin Patil (India), Gaurav Mehta (India)
Transpedicular Decompression - Play n Pause Surgical VideoTarun Dushad (India)
Thoracic Pedicle Screw Insertion Technique - Play n Pause Surgical VideoVikas Tandon (India)
Hands-on Saw bone Workshop (60 mins; 6 tables; 5 delegates each)
15.15 - 15.30TEA BREAK
15.30 - 17.00SESSION 4: CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION & INSTRUMENTATION
Moderators: Tarun Suri (India), Mohit Biyani (India)
ACDF - Play n Pause Surgical VideoSuhail Afzal (India)
Cervical Laminectomy - Play n Pause Surgical VideoTarun Suri (India)
Lateral mass Fixation Technique - Play n Pause Surgical VideoMahendra Tak (India)
Hands-on Saw bone Workshop (60 mins; 6 tables; 5 delegates each)
Audience Participation & Feedback
Advanced Spine Workshop - Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery
TimeTopicSpeakers
08.45 - 17.00Advanced Spine Workshop - Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery
Conveners: Amit Sharma (India), Ayush Sharma (India)
08.45 - 10.30SESSION 1: TUBULAR MICRO ENDOSCOPIC MISS SURGERY (7 MINS TALK)
Moderators: Akshay Hari (India), Amit Sharma (India), Himanshu Kulkarni (India)
Principles, Armamentarium & Surgical anatomy of MISS surgeryPrateek Lodha (India)
OT setup, Docking principles in MISS tubular surgery - Basics first!Niraj Vasavada (India)
Tubular Microendosocpic Discectomy for PIVDAmit Sharma (India)
Tubular Micro endoscopic OTD for LCS - Play n Pause Surgical VideoHimanshu Kulkarni (India)
Tubular MIS TLIF for LIsthesis - Play n Pause Surgical VideoAkshay Hari (India)
Challenges & Complications - Prevention strategyAmit Jhala (India)
Q&A - Audience participation
Hands-On Armamentarium & Workshop (60 mins; 6 tables; 5 delegates each)
Microscope hands-on
Tubular docking principles hands-on
10.30 - 10.45TEA BREAK
10.45 - 12.45SESSION 2: ENDOSCOPIC MISS SPINE SURGERY - INTERLAMINAR
Moderators: Ayush Sharma (India), Varun Agarwal (India)
Principles & Armamentarium of endoscopyAyush Sharma (India)
Learning curve - Patient selection Indications & ContraindicationsNiraj Vasavada (India)
Endoscopic Discectomy for PIVD - Play n Pause Surgical VideoVarun Agarwal (India)
Endoscopic Decompression for LCS - Play n Pause Surgical VideoAyush Sharma (India)
Endo Fusion (EndoLIF /KLIF) for Listhesis - Play n Pause Surgical VideoVarun Agarwal (India)
Future of Next Gen Endoscopic SurgeryJwo-Luen Pao (Taiwan)
Challenges & Complications - Prevention strategyJwo-Luen Pao (Taiwan)
Q&A - Audience participation
Hands-On Armamentarium & Workshop (60 mins; 6 tables; 5 delegates each)
Endoscopic Hands-On (60 mins; 3 tables; 12 delegates each)
12.45 - 13.30LUNCH (WORKSHOP STATIONS REMAIN OPEN)
13.30 - 15.30SESSION 2: ENDOSCOPIC MISS SPINE SURGERY - UBE
Moderators: Sagar Sharma (India), Shailesh Hadgaonkar (India)
Principles, Armamentarium of UBE & and Preparations in OTSagar Sharma (India)
UBE Decompression for PIVD - Play n Pause Surgical VideoAshwin Khandge (India)
UBE Decompression for LCS - Play n Pause Surgical VideoMehul Sarkar (India)
UBE Fusion for Listhesis - Play n Pause Surgical VideoAshwin Khandge (India)
Challenges & Complications - Prevention strategyShailesh Hadgaonkar (India)
Q&A - Audience participation
Hands-On Armamentarium & Workshop (60 mins; 6 tables; 5 delegates each)
Endoscopic Hands-On (60 mins; 3 tables; 12 delegates each)
15.30 - 15.45TEA BREAK
15.45 - 17.00SESSION 4: MISS FIXATION TECHNIQUES
Moderators: Sagar Sharma (India), Shailesh Hadgaonkar (India), Prateek Lodha (India)
Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation Techniques - Surgical VideoAkshay Hari (India)
Radiation hazards, O arm & Navigation in Percut. Fixation TechniquesChirayu Pamecha (India)
Hands-On Armamentarium PPF- & Workshop (60 mins; 6 tables; 5 delegates each)
Advanced Spine Workshop: Spinal Deformity - Scoliosis / Kyphosis
TimeTopicSpeakers
08.45 - 17.00Advanced Spine Workshop: Spinal Deformity - Scoliosis / Kyphosis
Conveners: Arjun Dhawale (India), Dhiraj Sonawane (India), Niraj Vasavada (India)
08.45 - 10.30SESSION 1: BASICS, TERMINOLOGIES, CLASSIFICATION IN SCOLIOSIS
Moderators: Niraj Vasavada (India), O. Z. M. Dastagir (Bangladesh)
Clinical & Radiological terminologiesArjun Dhawale (India)
Kings Classification - Old is Gold! How does it help in planningSharif Jonayed (Bangladesh)
Lenke Classification - Comprehensive decision-making toolDhiraj Sonawane (India)
Saggital Parameters in ScoliosisPriyank Patel (India)
Hands-on Workshop for delegates - Case Based Revision
10.30 - 10.45TEA BREAK
10.45 - 12.30SESSION 2: DECISION MAKING IN AIS & EOS
Moderators: Dhiraj Sonawane (India), Gururaj Sangonsimath (India)
How to plan a surgery in AIS - Clinical pre-requisitesGururaj Sangonsimath (India)
LIV planning in Double Major (Type C) curvesNiraj Vasavada (India)
LSTV - What’s the fuss about it? Rule breakers?Naveen Tahasildar (India)
Selective fusions in Double curves - When, How, Why?Arjun Dhawale (India)
Shoulder Balance in Proximal Thoracic curvesDhiraj Sonawane (India)
Thoracolumbar / Lumbar Curves - What’s The Plan?Hak Sun Kim (Korea)
Hands-on Scoliosis Deformed Saw Bone Workshop - Case Based Revision
12.30 - 13.30LUNCH
13.30 - 15.15SESSION 3: INSTRUMENTATION & REDUCTION MANOEUVRES
Moderators: Amit Jhala (India), Arjun Dhawale (India)
How to insert pedicle screw in rotated Spine - Factors to considerAmit Jhala (India)
Reduction manoeuvres in Scoliosis correction - Which, when & how?Naveen Tahasildar (India)
Implant considerations - Implant density / Materials - Do they influence correctionArjun Dhawale (India)
Neuro-monitoring & Signal alerts - Do’s and don’tsNiraj Vasavada (India)
Hands-on Scoliosis Deformed Saw Bone Workshop - Case Based Revision
15.15 - 15.30TEA BREAK
15.30 - 17.00SESSION 4: KYPHOSIS - SURGICAL PLANNING AND TECHNIQUES
Moderators: Dhiraj Sonawane (India), Priyank Patel (India)
Surgical planning and tricks for kyphosis correctionGururaj Sangonsimath (India)
Surgical tips and tricks
Smit Peterson / pontes osteotomy - Play n Pause Surgical VideoAmit Jhala (India)
Pedicle substraction osteotomy & VCR - Play n Pause Surgical VideoS. Rajasekaran (India)
Audience Participation & Feedback

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