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Master’s Course in Hip & Knee Arthroplasty
IGOF organized a two day International Seminar on Hip and Knee Arthroplasty at MIOT Hospitals – pioneer of joint replacement surgeries in India. A “Master’s Course in Hip & Knee Arthroplasty” programme was successfully conducted on Saturday – September 13, 2008 and Sunday – September 14, 2008.
More than 400 delegates from various countries participated in the seminar where the recent developments in Hip & Knee Replacement surgery and joints lasting for a lifetime were elaborated upon.
The seminar saw renowned surgeons from all over the world discussing
- Changes in the operative techniques
- Changes in the material used for implants
- From plastic cups to ceramic cups
- From metal heads to ceramic heads,
- Replacement of old materials used for joints and
- The enhancement of a joint which lasted 10-15 years to a life time.
The seminar also covered a lecture on minimally invasive hip and knee surgery – no muscle cutting, less complications and early return to normal activity. Dr. Prithvi Mohandas (Director of Hip Arthroplasty, MIOT Hospitals) gave a lecture on “Minimal Invasive Approaches -Does minimal invasiveness improve early or late outcome”. This lecture covered topics from his scientific journal – Current Orthopedics 2005 “A review of minimally invasive hip replacement surgery – current practice and the way forward”
On both the days, the seminars were followed by Live Surgeries performed in the modern laminar flow theatres at MIOT Hospitals.
VENUE DETAILS
Address : MIOT Hospitals
4/112, Mount Poonamalle Road
Manapakkam
Chennai – 600 089
Tamil Nadu
INDIA
Website : www.miotinternational.com
DATE
September 13, 2008 and Sunday – September 14, 2008.
SCHEDULE
IGOF MASTER’S COURSE IN HIP & KNEE ARTHROPLASTY PROGRAMME | |
Saturday September 13, 2008 | |
08.00 -09.00 | Registration |
09.00 | Welcome – Prof.Dr.S.S.K.Marthandam |
09.15 | History of Joint Replacement Surgery – Prof. Dr. P.V.A. Mohandas |
09.30 | Twenty years of experience with Bicontact Prosthesis – Prof. Dr. Siegfried Weller |
09.45 | Minimal Invasive Approaches – Dr. Prithvi Mohandas (Does minimal invasiveness improve early or late outcome) |
10.00 | The Rationale of Cement & Uncemented techniques of implantation – Prof. Dr. U. Holz |
10.15 | The Evolution of Hip Resurfacing – tribology of bearing surfaces – risks & pitfalls in Resurfacing – Dr. Andrew Cobb. |
10.30 | Coffee Break |
11.00 | The Ideal Hip – Dr. Prithvi Mohandas |
11.15 | Peri prosthetic fractures – Prof. Dr. U. Holz |
11.30 | “Cups getting bigger and stems getting smaller.” – Dr. S.K. Marya. |
11.45 | Bone Conservation in Hip Arthroplasty – Dr. Andrew Cobb |
12.00 | Asceptic revision surgery of the hip – Dr. Sanjay Agarwala |
12.15 | Septic Revision surgery of the hip – one step, two steps – what are the decisive criteria – Prof. Dr. U. Holz. |
12.30 | “Large sized bearing surfaces implies greater mobility and stability” – myth or reality? – Dr. Andrew Cobb |
12.45 | Special Prosthesis – Prof. Dr. Rainer Neugebauer |
13.00 | Lunch |
14.00 | Live Surgeries |
KNEE | |
Sunday, September 14, 2008 | |
09.00 | Reconstruction of the Acetabulum in Trauma & Revision of hips – Prof. Dr. Kuno Weise |
09.20 | Indications, techniques and results in unicondylar and total condylar prosthesis – Prof.Dr.Rainer Neugebauer |
09.30 | Total knee replacements – rotating platform – mobile bearing knee – Dr. Phil Hirst |
09.45 | Gender knee – does it improve the gold standard or is it a marketing tool? – Panel discussion led by Prof. Dr. U. Holz |
10.00 | Coffee Break |
10.30 | Revision knee – replacements – asceptic revision & septic revision – Dr. Phil Hirst |
10.45 | Peri prosthetic fractures – Prof. Dr. U. Holz |
11.00 | Overcoming bone defects – Dr. Phil Hirst |
11.20 | Computer Navigation and its role in knee arthroplasty – Dr. Arun Mullaji |
12.00 | Lunch |
14.00 | Live Surgeries |
Igof Master’s Course in Hip Arthroplasty Programme
Igof Master’s Course in Knee Arthroplasty Programme