CANADIAN HIP & KNEE SYMPOSIUM

June 9 - June 11, 2011
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

COURSE PROGRAM

 
Friday, June 10
 
     
7:30 Registration/Breakfast  
8:30 - 8:40 Welcome  
     
  The Ideal Bearing in 2011 - Is there one?  
8:40 - 8:55 What is the Gold Standard in Hip Replacement ?  
8:55 - 9:10 Ceramic THR - The good, bad and ugly  
9:10 - 9:25 Metal on Metal - The role in 2011  
9:25 - 9:40 Oxinium on XLPE  
9:40 - 9:55 Revision of Hard on Hard bearings  
9:55 - 10:30 Panel Discussion - "What would you do?"  
10:30 - 10:40 (Break)  
     
  Hip Resurfacing  
10:40 - 11:00 Clinical Results - What have we learned?  
11:00 - 11:15 BHR Visionaire  
11:15 - 11:30
BMHR
 
11:30 - 11:45
Metal-Metal components - (The ASR story and how it affects the whole market)
 
11:45 - 12:00
Painful MoM THA - Diagnosis and treatment
 
12:00 - 12:15
Discussion
 
12:15 - 13:00
(Working Lunch)
 
 
 
 
Early Interventions Options
 
13:00 - 13:20
Surgical Dislocation for Impingement
 
13:20 - 13:40
When do I do PAO?
 
13:40 - 14:00
Does Hip Arthoscopy prevent OA?
 
 
 
 
Direct Anterior and Short Stems
 
14:00 - 14:20 Why I use Direct Anterior approach  
14:20 - 14:45 Direct Anterior Technique  
14:45 - 15:00 Short stems - How short can we go?  
15:00 - 15:15 Modular stems -Advantages and Disadvantages  
15:15 - 15:30 Femoral heads: When is it too big?  
15:30 - 15:45 (Break)  
     
  Handling Complications  
15:45 - 16:00 Dealing with Infection  
16:00 - 16:15
When and how I manage Osteolysis
 
16:15 - 16:30
Preventions and treatment of dislocation
 
16:30 - 16:45
New technologies for handling periprosthetic fractures
 
16:45 - 17:00
Discussion
 
 
 
  Revision Considerations  
17:00 - 17:15 Pre-op work-up and planning  
17:15 - 17:30 How I get exposure  
17:30 - 17:45 Handling bone defects  
17:45 - 18:00 Modular Revision Stems  
     
18:30 Dinner/Product Fair  
     
 
Saturday, June 11
 
7:30 Sign in at Registration/Breakfast  
8:00 Welcome and Introduction  
     
  The Basics  
8:05 - 8:20 How do we compare TKR Survivorship and Function
Review of National Registry results
 
8:20 - 8:35 Fixed or Mobile TKR - is one better?  
8:35 - 8:50 CR vs PS TKR - does it matter?  
8:50 - 9:05 Should the patella be routinely resurfaced?  
9:05 - 9:20 Role of Pain Management  
9:20 - 9:45 Panel Discussion  
9:45 - 10:00 (Break)  
     
  Bearing Options in Knee Replacement  
10:00 - 10:15 Is Poly Wear still an issue in TKR  
10:15 - 10:30 XLPE for TKR - pros & cons  
10:30 - 10:45 Oxinium use in TKR - laboratory evidence  
10:45 - 11:00 Clinical Evidence for Oxinium TKR  
11:00 - 11:30 Panel Review: Case Studies  
11:30 - 12:30 (Lunch)  
     
  Advanced Techniques in Total Knee  
12:30 - 12:45 Conventional instruments: Good enough?  
12:45 - 13:00 Role of Navigation for TKR?  
13:00 - 13:15 Patient matched instruments: what is it and its role?  
13:15 - 13:45 Panel Discussion: Case Studies  
     
  Alternatives to TKR  
13:45 - 14:00 Durolane and its uses  
14:00 - 14:15 Role for UKAs - fixed vs. mobile  
14:15 - 14:30 Isolated PFJ replacement  
14:30 - 14:45 Panel Discussion: Case Studies  
14:45 - 15:00 (Break)  
     
  Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty  
15:00 - 15:15 Pre-op workup & planning for Revision TKR  
15:15 - 15:30 Prosthesis Removal - How to Save the Bone  
15:30 - 15:45 Managing Tibia and Femoral Defects  
15:45 - 16:00 Stems: to Cement or Not to Cement  
16:00 - 16:15 Dealing with Infection  
16:15 - 16:45 Panel Discussion: Cases - What would you do??  
     
16:45 Program Ends  
     

For further information please contact:
1 800 387 5263 ext 6511 or 6512
Email: carol.young@smith-nephew.com or diane.gandolfo@smith-nephew.com