Aims

• To educate the General Orthopaedist & the Paediatric Orthopod to differentiate between infection v/s tumor and benign v/s malignant lesions which they will encounter in their day to day practice which can confuse even the experienced surgeon.
• To stay safe while doing biopsy and the pitfalls associated; tips on “when to refer” to an oncology surgeon who can plan on the biopsy and management if it requires expertise as in a benign aggressive neoplasm e.g aneurysmal bone cyst, chondroblastoma.
• Case based examples on management of common cystic lesions which are frequently encountered in one’s practice.

Program:

Hall	Time	Topic	Watch Video
HALL A (POSNA HALL)	15:45 - 16:00	INTRODUCTION / OVERVIEW: Dr. Mandar Acharya What kind of imaging/work up is the best for correct diagnosis in cystic lesions? How can one differentiate between infection vs tumor? Malignant or benign lytic lesion? Q & A (3 min)	View
HALL A (POSNA HALL)	16:00 - 16:13	BIOPSY: Dr. Mihir Thacker Approach Pitfalls Q&A (3 min)	View
HALL A (POSNA HALL)	16:13 - 16:28	ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST VS UNICAMERAL BONE CYST: Dr. Darko Anticevic How to differentiate / Current trends on management Q&A (3 min)	View
HALL A (POSNA HALL)	16:28 - 16:43	CHONDROBLASTOMA: Dr. Thomas Palocaren Management of benign aggressive lesions Q&A (3 min)	View
HALL A (POSNA HALL)	16:43 - 16:58	“TOUCH ME NOT” LESIONS: Dr. Jaideep Dhamele Q&A (3 min)	View
HALL A (POSNA HALL)	16:58 - 17:15	CASE BASED DISCUSSION / Q&A : Dr. Mihir Thacker, Dr. Darko Anticevic

Team POSICON 2019 thanks Dr. Ashok Shyam / Orthotv for Video editing and uploading.