Scientific Program
Day 1, APR 30th, 2015
08:00- 10:00
Session I plenary
Sport Medicine – Knee Moderator
08:00 - 08:10 Non Operative management of ACL
Dr Mohammad-Ashfaq Konchwalla
08:10 - 08:20 ACL Injury: Early or late reconstruction,what is the controversy ?
Dr Harris Zourelidis
08:20 - 08:35 Avoiding/Managing Intraoperative Complications with primary ACL Surgery
Dr Nader Darwich
08:35 – 08:45 Anatomic Single Bundle ACL reconstruction Technique
Dr Joao Espregueria-Mendes
08:45 - 08:55 Anatomic Double Bundle ACL reconstruction Technique
Dr Pascal Christel
08:55 - 09:10 Debate “Anatomical ACL single bundle vs Double bundle”
Dr Joao Espregueria-Mendes / Dr Pascal Christel
09:10 – 09:25 Anatomical ACLR with residual pivot shift. What to do?
Dr Philippe Neyret
09:25– 09:40 Take the tibial slope into consideration in osteotomies with instabilities
Dr Karl Almqvist
09:40 – 09:50 What's New in ACL Rehabilitation
Dr Abdul Hameed Al Attar
09:50 – 10:00 Questions
10:00- 11:00 Opening Ceremony & Inauguration of Exhibition
11:00- 12:30
Session II plenary
Sport Medicine – Knee Moderator
11:00 – 11:15 Common Knee problems
Dr Usama Saleh
11:15 - 11:30 Meniscal lesions : Etiology & Diagnosis
Dr Christopher Butcher
11:30 – 11:45 Save the meniscus , but : Why ?
Dr Philippe Neyret
11:45 - 12:00 Techniques in Meniscal repair,
Dr Charles Brown
12:00 – 12:15 Meniscal root and radial tear
Dr Mohammad Razi
12:15 – 12:30 Questions
12:30 – 14:30 AMICO lunch Symposium
14:30-16:00
HALL A
Session III
Sport Medicine – Knee Moderator
14:30 - 14:45 alternative strategy in managing the patient with a degenerative, painful knee
Dr William Murrell
14:45 – 15:00 Microfracture vs Mosaicplasty , is it worth it? What the literature says?
Dr Joao Espregueria-Mendes
15:00 – 15:15 Techniques to restore the joint surface when chondral pathologies/ defects are present
Dr Karl Almqvist
15:15 – 15:30 Revision ACL surgery consideration and minimizing complication
Dr Joao Espregueria-Mendes
15:30 - 16:00 Panel Case discussion & Questions
14:30-16:00
HALL B
Session IV
Foot and Ankle Moderator: Dr Leslie Cannon
14:30-14:45 Syndesmosis Injury
Dr Ali Al Amoudi
14:45-15:00 Ankle instability
Dr Omar Batouk
15:00-15:15 Achilles tendinitis and haglund’s deformity
Dr Husam Darwish
15:15-15:30 Posterior ankle arthroscopy
Dr Leslie Cannon
15:30-16:00 Group Discussion Ankle injury
All Faculty
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 -18:00
HALL A
Session V
Sport Medicine – Knee Moderator
16:30 – 16:50 Dislocated Knee Management: An Algorithm - How To Get Success!
Dr Philippe Neyret
16:50 – 17:05 PCL Reconstruction - What's the Best Way?
Dr Fabrizio Margheritini
17:20 – 17:35 Arthroscopic management of posterolateral corner injuries of the knee
Dr Mohammad Razi
17:35 – 18:00 Case presentations & Questions
16:30-17:30
HALL B
Session VI
Foot and Ankle Moderator: Dr Leslie Cannon
16:30-16:45 Ankle OA/Fusion
Dr Maan Tabaa
16:45-17:00 Ankle OA/ Replacement
Dr Johnny Lau
17:00-17:30 Group Discussion Ankle OA
Dr Johnny Lau / Dr Maan Tabaa
Day 2, May 1st, 2015
08:00-10:00
Session VII plenary
Knee Osteoarthritis Moderator: Dr Yaaqoub Al Hammadi
08:15 - 08:30 HTO vs. Unicondylar replacement, indications, patient selection, techniques.
Dr Mojieb Manzary
08:30 - 08:45 Lateral Unicondylar Knee Replacement: is it worth it?
Dr Yaaqoub Al Hammadi
08:45 – 09:00 Knee pain during the first 3 months after unilateral total knee arthroplasty. A multi-Centre prospective observational cohort study
Dr Michael McAuliffe
09:00 – 09:15 Primary knee replacement in Varus knee, steps, alignment, soft tissue balance
Dr Tarek Abuzakuk
09:15 - 09:30 Primary knee replacement in Valgus knee, steps, alignment, soft tissue balance
Dr Wael Osman
09:30 – 09:45 Resurfacing the Patella in 2015, what are the evidence?
Dr Ali Al Belooshi
09:45 – 10:00 Patient expectations and satisfaction in TKA
Dr Michael McAuliffe
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00
Session VIII plenary
Knee Osteoarthritis Moderator: Dr Sultan Al Maskari
10:30 – 10:45 The ANZ Experience with a Kinematic TKA
Dr Michael McAuliffe
10:45 – 11:00 Game Changers in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Tranexamic Acid and Other New Modalities
Dr Sultan Al Maskari
11:00 - 11:15 Pain management in TKR, my ideal choice
Dr Tarig Hassan
11:15 - 12:00 Panel Discussion -Difficult cases From Speakers - Moderator: Dr Michael McAuliffe
Panelist Speakers: Dr Sultan Al Maskari, Dr Ali Al Belooshi, Dr Tarek Abuzakuk, Dr Mojieb Manzary
12:00 – 14:00 Smith&Nephew lunch Symposium
14:30-16:00
HALL A
14:30 - 14:45 Preoperative Planning and principles of Revision TKA
Dr Philip Chapman-sheath
14:45 - 15:00 Revision TKA in KSA, lessens learn, challenges to face
Dr Mojieb Manzary
15:00 – 15:15 Revision TKA - Why is TKA failing in 2015: Can the Australian National Joint Registry help refine our practice?
Dr Michael McAuliffe
15:15 - 15:30 Management of Bone deficiency in TKA, stepwise Approach
Dr Wael Osman
15:30 – 15:45 The Role of Hinges in Revision TKA: When to Use Them? -
Dr Philip Chapman-sheath
15:30 - 16:00 nfected knee replacement. How to manage?
Dr Tarig Hassan
14:30-16:00
HALL B
14:30 - 14:40 Thoracolumbar burst fracture with no neurology: surgery versus conservative
Dr Krishnankutty-Venugopal Menon
14:40 - 14:55 Spinal Instrumentation: Basic Concepts and Biomechanics -
Dr Stephen Lewis
14:55 - 15:10 Cervical myelopathy: When to operate?
Dr Firas Al Husban
15:10 - 15:20 Controversies in the Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injuries
Dr Ahmed Al Jahwari
15:20 - 15:30 Discussion & Questions
All Faculty
Case Discussions
Moderators: Dr Krishnankutty-Venugopal Menon, Dr Stephen Lewis
15:30 - 15:40 Case 1 Cervical Myelopathy
Dr Firas Al Husban
15:40 - 15:50 Case 2 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis; Decompress only or fuse ?
Dr Benny Dahl
15:50 - 16:00 Case 3 Tumor
Dr Gemah Moammer
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 -18:00
HALL A
Session XI –Revision Knee replacement
Moderator: Dr Usama Saleh
16:30 - 16:45 I Ruptured the Patella Tendon During TKR, Now What? How to Solve the Issue With Ethics!
Dr Saeed Al Thani
16:45 – 17:00 Periprosthetic fractures around TKA
Dr Usama Saleh
17:00 – 18:00 Panel Discussion -Difficult Cases from the speakers Moderator: Dr Mojieb Manzary
Panelist Speakers: Dr Ali Al Belooshi, Dr Wael Osman, Dr Tarig Hassan, Dr Michael McAuliffe, Dr Philip Chapman-sheath
16:30 -18:00
HALL B
Session XII Debates in Spine Surgery
Debates 1: Cervical Radiculopathy
Moderator: Dr Krishnankutty-Venugopal Menon
16:30 - 16:40 Laminoforaminotomy is ideal and the least invasive
Dr Gemah Moammer
16:40 - 16:50 ACDF is the gold standard
Dr Stephen Lewis
16:50 – 17:00 Arthroplasty is the evidence based intervention
Dr Zbiggy Brodzinsky
Debates 2: Recurrent Lumbar Disc
Moderator: Dr Stephen Lewis
17:00 - 17:10 Revision Discectomy?
Dr Krishnankutty-Venugopal Menon
17:10 – 17:20 Discectomy & Fusion?
Dr Khaled Faraj
17:20 - 17:30 Discussion
All Faculty
17:30 - 18:00 Cases from Participants
All Faculty
Day 3, May 2nd, 2015
8:00-10:00
HALL A
Session XIII - Primary Hip replacement
Moderator: Dr Shine Ashokan
08:00-08:15 peoperative Planning and Templating
Dr Afshin Taheriazam
08:15 - 08:30 pros and cons of bearing option in THA- patient demand matching
Dr Mahmood Abdel Karim
08:30 – 08:45 Acetabular preparation and cup placement
Dr Shine Ashokan
08:45 - 09:00 Maximizing stability in THA, large head, dual mobility
Dr Ali Al Belooshi
09:00 – 09:15 How to manage difficult primary hip –SCD
Dr Afshin Taheriazam
09:45 - 10:00 Guidelines for VTE Prophylaxis in Orthopaedics / Arthroplasty
Dr Mahmood Abdel Karim
18:00-10:00
HALL B
Session XIV Spine
Moderators: Dr Krishnankutty-Venugopal Menon, Dr Firas Al Husban
08:00-08:15 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: classification and decision making
Dr Stephen Lewis
08:40-08:55 VCR, PSO, and Osteotomies for Severe Scoliosis: When and Which Procedures?
Dr Benny Dahl
08:55- 09:05 Case Presentations: Pediatric deformity: selection of fusion levels
Dr Krishnankutty-Venugopal Menon
09:05- 09:15 Osteotomy Technique: step by step- Video Demonstration
Dr Stephen Lewis
09:15- 09:20 Discussion & Questions
09:20-09:35 Management of Degenerative Adult Scoliosis: when to operate and when to fuse
Dr Krishnankutty-Venugopal Menon
09:35-09:45 Case Presentation : De Novo Scoliosis
Dr Zbiggy Brodzinsky
09:45 - 10:00 High Grade Spondylolisthesis- Case & Video Demonstration
Dr Benny Dahl & Dr Stephen Lewis
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00
HALL A
Session XV - Difficult Hip Arthroplasty
Moderator:
10:30 - 10:45 Leg length inequality: avoidance and management
Dr Afshin Taheriazam
10:45 – 11:00 The Unstable THA
Dr Mojieb Manzary
11:00 – 11:15 Management of Acetabular bone deficiency
Dr Afshin Taheriazam
11:15 – 12:00 Panel Discussion Moderator: Dr Ali Al Belooshi
Panelist Speakers: Dr Afshin Taheriazam, Dr Mojieb Manzary, Dr Mahmood Abdel Karim, Dr Sultan Al Maskari, Dr Shine Ashokan
10:30-12:00
HALL B
Session XVI Spine Miscellaneous Topics
Moderator: Dr Gemah Moammer
10:30 - 10:40 Debate : Reducing Surgical Site Infection in Spine
TBC
10:40 -11:05 Complications in Spine Surgery: How to identify and manage?
Dr Stephen Lewis
11:05-11:20 Endoscopic Surgery: What is the current Evidence?
TBC
11:20-11:35 Future Innovative Techniques in Spine
Dr Florian Roser
11:35-11:55 Debate : Cases from Participants
All Faculty
11:55-12:00 Closing Remarks
Dr Ahmed Al Jahwari
12:00 – 14:00 Zimmer lunch Symposium
14:00-16:00
Session XVII plenary
Shoulder program
Moderator: Dr Ali Al Suwaidi
14:00-14:20 SLAP lesion out comes
Dr Mohamad-Louay Jabban
14:20- 14:40 Biceps pathology current managements
Dr Philippe Landreau
14:40-15:00 Upper limb tumors up date
Dr Sean Dudeney
15:00- 15:20 Pectoralis tear, diagnosis, classification and treatment
Dr Ali Al Suwaidi
15:20- 16:00 Round table: case discussion (each doctor will bring case for discussion)
Panel: Dr Philippe Landreau, Dr Sean Dudeney, Dr Ali Al Suwaidi, Dr Mohamad-Louay Jabban
* Program Subject to Change
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