2010 Agenda

The Lectures and Workshops

Sept 20, 21 & 22 at the Orthopedic Learning Center - Rosemont, Illinois

Agenda is subject to change.
All participants are encouraged to bring their own surgical loopes.
Scrubs are going to be provided for the cadaveric lab day.
All participants must scan during the day lectures to receive the CME credit for the day.

This year topic: Complex Trauma and Post-Traumatic Reconstruction

» September 18-19 : Pre-Course NON-CME
» September 20 : Day One
» September 21 : Day Two
» September 22 : Day Three


Saturday & Sunday, September 18-19, 2010

PRE-COURSE Sponsored by Orthofix
Lower Extremity Applications of Circular Fixators
Please contact Rita Jones 1-800-527-0404 for registration and course information
NON-CME

Monday, September 20, 2010


Total hours for attending lectures: 3.5
Total hours for lectures and workshops: 9.5

8:00-8:30am Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00am Course Co-Chairmen Welcome and Faculty Introductions

LECTURES (15 MIN. WITH A 15 MIN. Q & A TO FOLLOW)

  1. 9:00 – 9:30am: Principles of Lower Extremity Trauma
  2. 10:00 – 10:30am Indication Post-Traumatic Fusions
  3. 10:00 – 10:30am: Geriatric & Osteopenic Fractures

    4. Break 10:30 - 10:45AM

  4. 10:45 – 11:15am: Management of Growth Plate Injuries in the Pediatric Trauma
  5. 11:15 – 11:45am: Recognition and Surgical Approach of Compartment Syndrome
  6. 11:45 – 12:15pm: Open Trauma and Wound Coverage Protocols
  7. 12:15 – 12:45pm: Midfoot & Metatarsal & Digital Fractures

    8. Lunch 12:45 - 1:45PM

  8. 1:45 – 2:15 pm: Calcaneal Fractures: Posterior Facet Involvement & Highly Comminuted
  9. 2:15 – 2:30pm: Tibial: Segmental and Midshaft Fractures
  10. 2:30 – 2:45pm: Distal Tibia Fractures: Pilon-Extra-articular & Intra-articular
  11. 3:00 – 3:15pm: Fibular Fractures-Proximal/Distal to Tibio-Talar Articulation

    12. Break 3:15 - 3:30PM

  12. 3:30 – 3:45pm:Talar Fractures: Body/Neck with or without Subtalar Joint Involvement
  13. 3:45 – 4:00pm: Participant Case Study Presentations
  14. 4:00 – 4:15pm: Fracture Management: Case Presentations
    15. External Fixation Workshops:
  15. 4:15 – 5:30: Pilon & Calcaneal Saw Bone Workshop
    16. FACULTY DINNER
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Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010


Total hours for attending lectures: 7.0

8:00-8:30am: Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00am: Format Description: Cadaveric Dissection Lower Extremity Soft Tissue Flaps

LECTURES (15 MIN. WITH A 15 MIN. Q & A TO FOLLOW)

  1. 9:00 – 9:30am: Flexor Digitorium Muscle & Gastrocnemius Muscle Flap
  2. 9:30 – 10:00am: Complex Postraumatic Fusions with Interpositional Allograft
  3. 10:00 – 10:30am Tibio-Talar – Calcaneal Arthrodesis – Lateral Plate System

    4. Break 10:30 - 10:45am

  4. 10:45 – 11:15am: Tibio-Talar Arthrodesis – Anterior Plate System
  5. 11:15 – 11:45am: Lower Leg & Foot Fasciotomies
  6. 11:45 – 12:15 pm: Talectomy and Tibio Calcaneal Artrodesis with Circular Fixator

    7. Lunc h: 12:15-1:15pm

  7. 1:15 – 1:45pm: Talo-Navicular – Cuneiform Arthrodesis – Locking Plate System
  8. 1:45 – 2:15pm: Bicorrectional Midfoot Osteotomy – Locking Plate System
  9. 2:15 – 2:45pm: Naviculo-Cuneiform Arthrodesis – Compression Stable

    10. Break: 2:45-3:00pm

  10. 3:00 – 3:30pm: Tarso-Metatarsal Arthrodesis – Locking Plate System
  11. 3:30 – 4:00pm: Calcaneal Fracture – Locking Plate System
  12. 4:00 – 5:30pm: Surgeons free selection of any procedure in which they want faculty staff to demonstrate:
    a. Mini-fixators for Calcaneal Fractures
    b. Tibial Nail for Ankle Fusions
    c. Monolateral Fixator for Vistal Tibia Factures
    d. Tendon Allograft for Tendon Repairs/Transfers
    13. CHAIRMAN’S RECEPTION AND DINNER
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Total hours for attending lectures: 1.25
Total hours for lectures and workshops: 7.25

Continental Breakfast 8:00 - 8:30 am
LECTURES (15 MIN. WITH A 15 MIN. Q & A TO FOLLOW)

Morning Lectures: Orthobiologic Track – all lectures conducted by sponsor PhDs or surgeons with experience with products on the orthobiologic track.

  1. 8:30 – 9:00am: Demineralize Bone Matrix – Integra
  2. 9:00 – 9:30am: Polymers with DMB – Osteotech
  3. 9:30 – 10:00am: Ceramics (Synthetic Material) – Apatech
  4. 10:00 – 10:30am: Recombinant Bone Morphogenic Proteins – Medtronic

    5. Break: 10:30-10:45am

  5. 10:45 – 11:15am: Cryo-Preserved Allograft – RTI
  6. 11:15 – 11:45am: PRP Devices and Stem Cell-Cascade – Depuy & Arteriocyte
  7. 11:45 – 12:15pm: Stem Cell Technology – Orthofix & Allosource

    8. Lunch: 12:15-1:15pm

  8. 1:15 – 1:45pm: Allograft Sponges – Bacterin
  9. 1:45 – 2:15pm: Complications of External Fixation
  10. 2:15 – 2:45pm: Management of Complications of External Fixation
  11. 2:45 – 3:15pm: Complications of Bone Healing and Regeneration
  12. 3:15 – 3:45pm: Neurological Complications – Treatment & Prevention
  13. 3:45 – 4:15pm: Vascular Complications – Open Trauma Scenario
  14. 4:15 – 4:45pm: Infectious Complications – Diabetic & Resistant Bacterial Infections
  15. 4:45 – 5:15pm: Soft Tissue Complications – Deep Wounds & Degloving Injuries
    16. COURSE ADJOURN
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Each Participant that completes the Workshops will receive a module and video demonstration of the Pilon and Calcaneal fractures, Case reports and Step by Step Application. All participants that fill out the survey could obtain the CME Certificate on site. Participants that do not receive on site CME Certificate will need to complete an online survey to receive their certificate via email 4 weeks after meeting.

The agendas for our previous symposiums are listed here:
2009 Agenda
2008 Agenda
2007 Agenda