Scientific Programme


Faculty List
1. Robert E. Eilert U.S.A 2. William g. Mackenzie U.S.A
3. Mihir Thakker U.S.A 4. David Arronson U.S.A
5. James Robb U.K 6. Fritz Hefti Switzerland
7. Reinald Brunner Switzerland 8. Selim Yalcin Turkey
9. Unni Naraynan Canada 10. Richard Beauchamp Canada
11. Noam Bor Israel 12. Elhanan Bar-On Israel
13. Lionel Copelivich Israel
Pre conference workshops :
Date : 2nd February, 2007
Place : OTS Jaipur
Workshop on : Deformity Correction
Faculty : Robert E Eilert (USA)
William Mackenzie (USA)
Milind Choudhary (India)
Richard Beauchamp (Canada)


Time Topics Faculty
08:30 a.m - 09:00 a.m Registration  
09:00 a.m - 09:10 a.m Inauguration
 
09:10 a.m - 10:45 a.m Morning Session 1  
09:10 a.m - 09.25 a.m Pffd classification, decision making Dr. Milind Choudhary
09.25 a.m - 09.45 a.m Tibial hemimelia Dr. William Mackenzie
09.45 a.m - 10.00 a.m Radial club hand Dr. Milind Choudhary
10.00 a.m - 10.15 a.m Maturation of gait following Rotationplasty Dr. Richard Beauchamp
10.15 a.m - 10.45 a.m Clinical Case presentation  
10:45 a.m - 11:00 a.m Tea Break  
11:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m Morning Session 2  
11:00 a.m - 11.20 a.m Fibular hemimelia Dr. Robert Eilert
11.20 a.m - 11.35 a.m Multiplier Method Dr. Milind Choudhary
11.35 a.m - 11.45 a.m Congenital amputations and Prosthetic considerations for limb deficient children Dr. Navnendra Mathur
11.45 a.m - 12.00 noon Strategies for avoiding and treating complications in limb lengthening Dr. Navnendra Mathur
12.00 noon - 12.30 p.m Clinical Case Discussion  
12:30 p.m - 1:30 p.m Lunch  

Date : 2nd February, 2007
Place : OTS Jaipur
Workshop on : Cerebral Palsy
Faculty : Dr. Reinald Brunner(Switzerland)
Dr. Selim Yalcin (Turkey)
Dr. J.Robb (UK)
Dr. Unni Naraynan (Canada)
Dr. Richard Beauchamp (Canada)
Dr. Nadire Berker

Time Topics Faculty
1:30 p.m - 1.35 p.m Introduction Dhiren Ganjwala
1.35 p.m - 1.50 p.m Abnormal gait including Lever arm dysfuction Unni Naraynan
1.50 p.m - 2.05 p.m Assessment Reinald Brunner
2.05 p.m - 2.35 p.m Case discussion for assessment view points B. Joseph, D.Ganjwala
2.35 p.m - 2.45 p.m Physiotherapy Nadire Berker
2.45 p.m - 2.55 p.m Botulinum Selim Yalcin
2.55 p.m - 3.05 p.m Limitation of Botulinum Richard Beauchamp
3.05 p.m - 3.15 p.m Orthotics and casting James Robb
3.15 p.m - 3.45 p.m Case discussion for spsticity management B. Joseph, D.Ganjwala
3.45 p.m - 4.00 p.m Tea  
4.00 p.m - 4.15 p.m Surgery: when/when not Unni Naraynan
4.15 p.m - 4.30 p.m Hemiplegic James Robb
4.30 p.m - 5.00 p.m Diplegic Reinald Brunner
5.00 p.m - 5.30 p.m Cases discussion for Surgical management B. Joseph, D.Ganjwala
5.30 p.m - 6.00 p.m Inauguration of conference  

Date : 3rd February, 2007
Time Topics Faculty
9.00 a.m - 10.00 a.m Session 1 - Guest Lectures  
  Lecture 1 : Mechanical modulation of vertebral and tibial growth Dr. Aaronson
  Lecture 2 : The massively traumatized limb Dr. Elhanan Bar
  Lecture 3 : Congenital hemivertebra Dr. Robert Eilert
10.00 a.m - 10.15 a.m Tea Break  
10.15 a.m - 11.00 a.m Session 2 : Interactive session (Decision-making)  
  Discussants - Dr. K. Sriram, Dr. Ashok Johari, Dr. Shlomo Porat, Dr. Noam Bor  
11.00 - 12.00 noon Session 3 : Free Papers  
12.00 noon - 12.45 p.m Session 4 : Controversies in Paediatric Orthopaedics  
  Coordinators : Dr. Benjamin Joseph & Alaric Aroojis  
12.45 p.m - 1.30 p.m Lunch  
01.30 p.m - 03.30 p.m Session 5 : Free Papers  
03.30 p.m - 03.45 p.m Tea  
03.45 p.m - 05.05 p.m Session 6 - Guest Lectures  
  Lecture 4 : Ganz osteotomy Dr. Mihir Thacker
  Lecture 5 : Trochanteric transfer Dr. Eilert
  Lecture 6 : SCFE- Evaluation & management Dr. Aaronson
  Lecture 7 : Femoral neck lengthening Dr. Noam Bor
05.05 p.m - 06.01 p.m Session 7 - Free Papers  
  General Body Meeting POSI  

Date : 4th February, 2007
Time Topics Faculty
09.00 a.m - 10.20 a.m Session 8 - Guest Lectures  
  Lecture 8 : Cong. Posteromedial Bowing of Tibia Dr. Ashok Johari
  Lecture 9 : Long-term follow-up of Axer’s varus Dr. Lionel Copeliovich
  Lecture 10 : Observational gait analysis in cerebral palsy Mr. James Robb
  Lecture 11 : Pelvic osteotomies in DDH and residual dysplasia Dr. Fritz Hefti
10.20 a.m - 10.40 a.m Tea Break  
10.40 a.m - 11.40 a.m Session 9 : Symposium - Skeletel Dysplasias  
  Skeletal dysplasia – an overview (Diagnostic approach) Dr. McKenzie
  The spine in skeletal dysplasia (Management) Dr. McKenzie
  The hip in skeletal dysplasia (Management) Dr. B. Joseph
  The knee in skeletal dysplasia (Management) Dr. Shlomo Porat
  The foot & ankle in skeletal dysplasia (Management) Dr. B. Joseph
11.40 a.m - 12.40 p.m Session 10 : Free Papers  
12.40 p.m - 1.25 p.m Session 11 : Interactive Session (Complications: what went wrong)  
  Discussants : Dr. Vrisha Madhuri, Dr. Vinod, Dr. Lionel Copeliovich, Dr. Elhanan Bar-On  
01.25 p.m - 02.10 p.m Session 12 : Interactive session (Diagnostic & treatment problems)  
  Discussants : Dr. Dhiren Ganjwala, Dr. Mathew Verghese, Dr. Uri Givon, Dr. Danny Weigl  
  VALEDICTORY LUNCH  

POSTER SESSION
Sr. No. Topic Faculty
01. Cdh in older child problems associated with one stage procedure Raghav Saini
02. Comparative analysis of podography and radiography in the management of idiopathic clubfoot Vikas Trivedi
03. Congenital dislocaton patella with ipsilateral hip deformity case report. P N Gupta
04. Effect of trochanteric epiphyseodesis in perthes Rakesh Kumar
05. Plain radiography vs mri in perthes Pebam sudesh
06. Primary management of idiopathic clubfoot by ponseti technique Amol Patel
07. Role of fhl fdl lengthening in CTEV surgery Om Lahoti
08. Botulinum toxin in cp-goals & indications Weigl Daniel
09. supracondylar osteotomy for correction of cubitus varus Manoj Dubeys

FREE PAPER SESSION
Session 1 : 3rd Feb, 11:00 a.m - 12:00 noon
Sr. No. Topic Faculty
01. Ponseti’s technique of clubfoot management, analysing the results P. N. Gupta
02. Treatment of Residual Clubfoot Deformities with the Taylor Spatial Frame Using a Ponseti Sequence Mark Eidelman (1),
Alexander Katzman (1),
Noam Bor (2), Bradley Michael
Lamm (3), and John Eric
Herzenberg (3)
03. The Pathological Anatomy of Clubfoot
Charles Howard, M.K.Benson*
04. The Ponseti treatment for Clubfeet. The Afula experience with a minimum of five years follow-up Noam Bor, M.D
05. Congenital vertical talus Thomas Palocaren, Vrisha Madhuri
06. Single event correction of paralytic rigid equinocavovarus deformities in children and adolescents Deepak Sharan
07. Common errors in executing Ponseti technique in the treatment of idiopathic clubfoot. Maulin M. Shah
08. Ponseti manipulation in neglected clubfoot. Are we Joking Shah Alam Khan

FREE PAPER SESSION
Session 2 : 3rd Feb, 1:30 a.m - 3:36 p.m
Sr. No. Topic Faculty
1. Analysis of the risk factors and prospective tools for reinjury - rate
reduction in unorganized sports related overuse injuries in
skeletally immatures
Ajai Singh
2. It’s Not Growing Pains! Repetitive Strain Injuries in Children
and Adolescents
Deepak Sharan
3. Morphometric determinants of the sagittal dimensions of the Cervical
spinal canal in Achondroplasia : An analysis of the reliability of the Torg Ratio
Swapnil Keny MS
4. Corrective Osteotomies in Children using Temporary External Fixation
and Percutaneous Locking Plates
E. Bar-On; T. Becker;
K. Katz; D. Weigl
Schneider Children's
Medical Center, Petah
Tikva – Israel
5. Where is the limit of the surgery and the surgeon in cases with extreme
pathology ?
S Porat, N
Simanovsky, R Lamdan
6. Unusual applications of Mini Ex Fix in pediatric deformity correction Rujuta Mehta
7. Minimal invasive deformity correction : A new horizon Premal Niak
8. Treatment of Severe Blount's Disease by Medial Plateau Elevation,
Lateral Epiphysiodesis and Corrective Osteotomy and Lengthening With
the Taylor Spatial Frame
E. Bar-On; D. Weigl; K.
Katz; T. Becker
Schneider Children's
Medical Center, Petah
Tikva - Israel
9. The pathology of valgus knee in Ellis-van-Creveld syndrom, and its
surgical treatment. Comparison to the equivalent pathology in Blount's disease.
Eylon S., Simanovsky N.,
Porat S.
10. Adolescent Blount's disease: Is fibular osteotomy necessary ? Mark Eidelman,
Alexander Katzman,
Viktor Bialik
11. Correction of Lower Limb Deformities in Children with Renal
Osteodystrophy by the Ilizarov Method
E. Bar-On; Z. Horesh;
K. Katz; D. Weigl; T.
Becker; M. Davidovich
12. Strategies for management of loss of femoral epiphysis following
neonatal septic arthritis.
Alaric Aroojis
13. Principles of managing bone malignancies in children Anoop Jhurani
14. Incomplete Trans-ilial Pelvic Osteotomy (DEGA) for Developmental Hip
Dislocations
Ramani Narasimhan,
Indraprastha Apollo
Hospital, New Delhi.
15. Aneurysmal bone cyst-report of outcome and a new technique Kaushik Bhowmik,
Vrisha Madhuri
16. Joint salvage in malignant bone tumors of lower femur in children Vrisha Madhuri
17. Arthroscopically assisted percutaneous fixation of triplane fracture of
the distal tibia.
Om Lahoti
18. The mid-term effectiveness of Single Event Multi-Level (SEML) surgery,
in children with spastic Cerebral palsy in their motor function.
S.Venkataramanan

FREE PAPER SESSION
Session 3 : 3rd Feb, 5.05 p.m - 6.00 p.m
Sr. No. Topic Faculty
01. Ultrasound evaluation of clubfoot correction during ponseti treatment. Alaric Aroojis
02. Congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia treated by intramedullary rodding and cortical bone grafting A ten-year follow-up study N.D. Siddesh, Hitesh
Shah, Benjamin Joseph
Paediatric Orthopaedic
Service Kasturba
Medical College, Manipal
03. Congenital pseudarthrosis of tibia A comparison of rush rodding with tibial onlay grafting and rush rodding with Ilizarov technique
Vivek Dutt Vrisha Madhuri
04. Treatment of Congenital Pseudarthrosis of Tibia by Ilizarov Method Amol Patel,
Ruta Kulkarni
05. Trochanteric Arthroplasty: A salvage procedure for sequale for septic hip Rujuta Mehta
06. Aetiology of Perthes disease-Role of thrombophilia in Indian children Vinu Mathew George,
Vrisha Madhuri
07. Role of ulna lengthening in chronic dislocation of radial head James George,
Vrisha Madhuri
08. Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in immunocompromised children Abhay Gahukamble,
Vrisha Madhuri

FREE PAPER SESSION
Session 4 : 3rd Feb, 11.40 p.m - 12.40 p.m
Sr. No. Topic Faculty
01. Post infective sequelae of long bones in children Manoj Mittal Mittal
Nursing Home Aligarh
02. Neglected congenital muscular torticollis in adults: ferkel’s release revisited. Sandeep Patwardhan
03. Arthroscopically assisted percutaneous fixation of triplane fracture of
the distal tibia.
Om Lahoti
04. Documentation of gait patterns: Suggestion for a visual gait recording format Weigl Daniel MD; *Arbel
Nili, LPT; *Keler Ayelet,
LPT; Katz Kalman, MD;
Becker Tali, MD; Bar- On
Elhanan MD.
05. Management of severe crouch in the older child with cerebral palsy Kishore B, Benjamin Joseph
06. SEMLARASS: A new surgical approach to treat Cerebral Palsy Deepak Sharan
07. The mid-term effectiveness of Single Event Multi-Level (SEML) surgery,
in children with spastic Cerebral palsy in their motor function.
S.Venkataramanan
08. Treatment of Spastic Euino-Varus Feet in Patients with Ataxia Telangiectesia Uri Givon, MD (1,3),
Niv Dreiengel, MD (2),
Amos Schindler, MD (1),
Alexander Blankstein,
MD (1), Abraham Ganel MD (1)