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Paediatric Trauma Workshop Posicon 2014

10 th JANUARY 2014 (FRIDAY)
A refreshing new way to look at Paediatrics Trauma in the way its presents at your clinic & ER, rather than the way presented in anatomic sequence in the textbooks.
(FOR SPECIFIC FRACTURE TOPICS, THE PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE CASE BASED AND EVIDENCE BASED, AND UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED, FOCUSED ON DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES)
Time Program Presenter
9.00 AM – 10.15 AM Office Trauma: Treating the injured child in your clinic      
(8 minutes each topic / 2 minutes discussion)
Hear what our experts have to say about common injuries presenting in the clinic. Not based on experience or age-old myths but on hard-core modern evidence.
Nursemaid's elbow K L Narasimha Rao
Collar bone fracture Manoj Padman
Neonatal femur fracture Alaric Aroojis
Grade I supracondylar humerus fracture K L Narasimha Rao
Torus fracture lower end radius Sandeep Patwardhan
Toddler fracture of the tibia Manoj Padman
Swollen knee in the budding athlete Sanjeev Sabharwal
Anklesprains Unni Narayanan
10.15 AM – 11.30 AM Symposium on the ‘Enigmatic Elbow’: Cracking the Code
(10 minutes each topic / 2 minutes discussion)
The Paediatric Elbow has always been an enigma to the general orthopaedist. Our panel of experts will guide you through the common pitfalls one can encounter while treating these injuries and provide practical tips on elbow fracture management.
The swollen elbow: a dummies’ guide to interpreting the Xray Sanjay Sarup
Completely displaced supracondylar humerus fracture – technique of closed reduction and Pinning R Sankar
Flexion type supracondylar humerus fracture Alaric Aroojis
The irreducible supracondylar humerus fracture – tips & tricks Sandeep Patwardhan
An approach to the pink pulseless hand Sanjeev Sabharwal
Lateral condyle humerus fracture: A rational treatment plan based on displacement PN Gupta
11.30 AM – 11.45 AM Tea
11.45 AM – 1:00 PM Epiphyseal Injuries: Unique to the paediatric population    
(8 minutes each topic / 2 minutes s discussion)
Growth plate injuries are unique to the child’s skeleton. While these fractures have excellent remodeling potential, they are prone to complications of growth arrest. Learn how to stay out of trouble while treating these unique injuries.
Principles of treatment Sandeep Patwardhan
Proximal humerus fracture - what are the limits of acceptability? Manoj Padman
Distal humerus epiphyseal separation : diagnosis and  management Vijay Sriram
Radial neck fracture - techniques of indirect reduction PN Gupta
Distal radius epiphyseal separations Sandeep Patwardhan
Distal femur epiphyseal separation Sanjeev Sabharwal
Ankle fractures in the adolescent Unni Narayanan
1.00 PM – 2.00 PM Lunch
2.00 PM – 3.00 PM Present Tens (e) – Future Perfect: A Demonstration Workshop
Elastic intramedullary nails are here to stay. Learn the right indications, surgical technique and potential complications from the masters
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Principles & instrumentation: Carpenter, know thy tools. Sanjay Sarup
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Surgical technique for femur forearm: video & dry bone Workshop Sponsored by Adler Medieqip Private Limited Unni Narayanan /Dennis Wenger / John Mukhopadhaya/ Vijay Sriram
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Complications of ESIN: when things go wrong Unni Narayanan
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM Neglected Trauma: Modern techniques for third world problems (12 minutes each topic / 3 mins discussion)
Neglected trauma still forms a large part of our practice. Western literature, unfortunately, provides very little information on this topic. Hear what our experts have to share based on years of experience.
Non-union of lateral condyle of humerus: reconstruction v/s salvage  John Mukhopadhaya
Neglected Monteggia lesions Alaric Aroojis
Correction of cubitus varus deformity Unni Narayanan
Non-union fracture neck femur John Mukhopadhaya
4:15 PM- 4:30 PM Tea
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM  Clean bowl the faculty: case discussion on complex trauma
Once the basics are clear, it's finally time for some advanced trauma discussion. Learn how our panel of experts diagnose and treat difficult trauma situations based on actual real-life cases.
      Conveners Alaric Aroojis, Unni Narayanan
List of Faculty Dennis Wenger, Sanjeev Sabharwal, John Mukhopadhaya, Sanjay Sarup, Sandeep Patwardhan, PN Gupta, Manoj Padman, K L Narasimha Rao, Vijay Sriram, R Sankar