POSICON 2014 MAIN PROGRAMME
| Time | Program | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 8.00 AM | Registration | |
| 9.00 – 10.00 AM | Symposium I | |
| Chairpersons: Dr.A.Devadoss, Dr.G.S.Kulkarni | ||
| 9.00 - 9.10 AM | Classification, and medical management of Osteogenesis Imperfecta | Dr. Fassier |
| 9.10 - 9.25 AM | Management of Osteogenesis Imperfecta - An Indian perspective | Dr. Benjamin Joseph |
| 9.25 – 9.45 AM | Telescoping rods and recent advances in Osteogenesis Imperfecta | Dr. Fassier |
| 10 mins | Discussion | |
| POSI Oration | ||
| Chairpersons: Dr.Benjamin Joseph, Dr.V.V.J.Somaraju | ||
| 10.00 – 10.45 AM | "Will your child live to be 100? Evolving technologies and risk/benefits of attempting musculoskeletal perfection" | Dr. Dennis Wenger |
| 10.45 – 11.00 AM | Tea | |
| 11 – 11.50 AM | Symposium II | |
| Chairpersons: Dr.Nalli Yuvaraj, Dr.A.Rajamani | ||
| 11.00 – 11.20 AM | Scoliosis Management in 2013 | Dr. Ashok Johari |
| 11.20 – 11.40 AM | Tuberculous kyphosis | Dr. S.Rajasekaran |
| 10 minutes | Discussion | |
| 11.50 -1.25 PM | Free Paper Session I: 13 (5+2 minutes each) | |
| Chairpersons: Dr.A.K.Pandey, Dr.P.V.Vijayaraghavan | ||
| Preserving the foot in type II tibial hemimelia - a two stage treatment protocol | Dr. Radhakrishnan | |
| Tuberculosis of calcaneum in children: A series of 11 cases | Dr. Abbas | |
| Differential distraction for relapsed and neglected clubfoot deformity in children treated using JESS & Ilizarov | Dr. Parthiban | |
| Correction of rigid foot deformity in children by midfoot osteotomy | Dr. Rajiv Negandhi | |
| Modified ponseti method in neglected clubfeet | Dr. Jatin Prakash | |
| Ultrasonographical evaluation of idiopathic clubfoot and its correction by ponseti method -A prospective study | Dr. Sumit Chawla | |
| Treatment of congenital pseudoarthrosis of tibia with internal fixation, bone grafting and human bone morphogenic protein -7 | Dr. Sakti Prasad Das | |
| How much derotation gives good function in congenital radioulnar synostosis? | Prof. Deen Muhammed Ismail | |
| Modified woodward's procedure in the management of neglected sprengel's shoulder | Dr.Venkatesan Sampathkumar | |
| Failure of tension band plating in hemiepiphysiodesis | Dr. Sudhirkumar Mahapatra | |
| Stainless steel 8 plates for growth modulation with hemiepiphysiodesis for angular deformities around the knee, is it an effective option? | Dr. Rajeev Nirawane | |
| Step cut translation osteotomy and Y - plate fixation. A novel method for correction of cubitus varus and valgus deformity - A series of 32 cases | Dr. Kumar Shashi Kant | |
| All grafts - a boon in treating pediatric benign tumors. | Dr. K.Venkatadass | |
| 1.25 PM – 2.00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2.00 PM – 2.30 PM | Debate (5 mins per speaker initially, followed by 2 mins each for rebuttal) | |
| Chairpersons: Dr.S.Ramesh Babu, Dr.John Mukhopadhaya | ||
| Unstable SCFE: Pinning in situ vs Reduction and pinning | Dr.Jayanth Sampath & Dr.Unni Narayanan | |
| Osteoid Osteoma: Surgical excision vs Radiofrequency ablation | Dr.Benevenia & Dr.Shah Alam Khan | |
| 2.30 PM – 3.30 PM | Interactive case discussion: Dr. Benjamin Joseph | |
| 3.35 PM - 3.50 PM | Tea | |
| 3.55 PM – 4.30 PM | “The Changing Role of the News Media in the Contemporary World” |
Guest Speaker : N.Ram (Chairman, Kasturi & Sons Ltd., & Publisher, The Hindu and Group Newspapers) |
| 4.30 PM- 5.40 PM | Best papers - 10 papers (5 min + 2 min) | |
| Chairpersons: Dr.Suhas Ranjan Bala, Dr.Thomas Palocaren | ||
| Comparison of qualitative and quantitative measures for evaluating the radiological outcome of Perthes’ disease at skeletal maturity | Dr. Varghese Thomas | |
| Evaluation of blood flow by power Doppler Ultrasonography of Normal hips in neonates | Dr. Ishani Shah | |
| Comparison of treatment results of non idiopathic clubfeet with idiopathic clubfeet by Ponseti method | Dr. Chasanal Rathod | |
| Effect of radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Spastic Muscles in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Preliminary Report | Dr. Noel Naleen Kumar | |
| An Assessment of Fibular Station following Partial Fibulectomy | Dr. Praveen S. Jose | |
| 8-plate for the correction of angular deformity about the knee: Does the SDA correlate with other radiographic determinants? | Dr. Ratna Johari | |
| Percutaneous centralisation of carpus over ulna in staged treatment of Heikel Type IV radial club hand. | Dr. Ashutosh Utturkar | |
| Percutaneous solution of Osteoid Osteoma in Children | Dr. Hitesh Chauhan | |
| Can quantification of tarsal bone dysplasia by ultrasonography predict severity of clubfoot in infants? | Dr. Nirmal Raj Gopinathan | |
| Neck-shaft angle remodeling in Perthes’ disease | Dr.Nikhil Challawar | |
| 5.50 PM – 6.20 PM | Inauguration | |
| 6.30 PM – 7.30 PM | General Body Meeting | |
| 8.00 PM onwards | Banquet | |
| Time | Program | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30AM - 9.45AM | DDH Symposium | |
| Chairpersons: Dr.Arun Goel, Dr.Mathew Varghese | ||
| 8.30AM – 8.45AM | Relevance of a screening program in DDH for our country | Dr. Vrisha Madhuri |
| 8.45AM – 9:00AM | Treatment of DDH (the Dislocated Hip) in the Walking Child | Dr. Dennis Wenger |
| 9.00AM – 9.15 AM | Management of AVN in DDH – When & What | Dr. Unni Narayanan |
| 9.15AM - 9.30 AM | Reasons for Occurrence and the Management of Failure of Hip Reduction Surgery in DDH | Dr. Dennis Wenger |
| 15 mins | Discussion | |
| 9.45 AM – 10.15 AM | Quiz | Dr. Dhiren Ganjwala and Dr. Hitesh Shah |
| 10.15 AM-10.30 AM | Tea | |
| 10.30 AM – 12.00 PM | Free Paper Session II: 12 (5 min + 2 min) | |
| Chairpersons: Dr.M.C.Tomichan, Dr.Narayana Reddy | ||
| Coxa magna follow up in perthe's disease - useful for decision-making? | Dr. A.L.Meiss | |
| Association of obturator internus abscess with septic arthritis hip - a game changer? | Dr. Maulin M.Shah | |
| A study of short-term prospective analysis in the management of septic arthritis and septic sequale in various age groups. | Dr.Pasupathy | |
| MRI based classification of metaphyseal changes in Legg - Calve - Perthes disease and its correlation with prognosis. | Dr.Vivek Tiwari | |
| Paediatric femoral neck fractures revisited. Does crossing the physis really avoid coxa vara? | Dr. Sanjay K.Chilbule | |
| Surgical treatment of benign cystic lesions of proximal femur - A prospective review | Dr. Thomas Palocaren | |
| Reconstructive surgery for post septic sequelae of hip in children | Dr. Harish Palvai | |
| Coxa vara in septic hips - pathomechanism and optimal management principles | Dr. Aravind Hampannavar | |
| Early dislocation after primary treatment of DDH - protective influence of the ossific nucleus | Dr. Atul Bhaskar | |
| One stage, multi strategic surgical method in neglected by dysplastic dislocated hip in walking children of age less than 5 years - An analysis of 26 patients. | Dr.N.Ananthkrishnan | |
| Results of unipolar release in 10 patients of congenital muscular torticollis | Dr. Gowerdhan Ingale | |
| Magnitude of coronal correction for moderate and severe scoliosis through a posterior only approach | Dr.Dhawal Bakhda | |
| 12.00 PM – 12.30 PM | Debate | |
| Chairpersons: Dr.Cheriyan Kovoor, Dr.Deen Mohammed Ismail | ||
| Perthes : Stage 2, Herring C in a 7 year old child- to operate or not | Dr. William Mackenzie & Dr. Ramani Narasimhan | |
| Blount's disease : Guided growth vs osteotomy | Dr. Sanjeev Sabharwal & Dr. Premal Naik | |
| 12.30 PM – 1.15 PM | Interactive Case discussion: Dr. Benjamin Joseph | |
| 1.15 PM – 1.30 PM | Valedictory | |
| 1.30 PM | Lunch | |