Date & Day: |
8th October 2014 (Wednesday) |
Venue: |
Wet Labs, The Academia, Singapore General Hospital |
Workshop Convenor: |
Dr Pang Hee Nee Associate Consultant Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Singapore General Hospital |
Participants: |
limited to 30 participants |
Workshop Fees: |
Early Registration (till 13 Sep 2014) - S$1,500 (inclusive of entrance to main meeting) Late Registration (from 14 Sep 2014) - S$1,600 (inclusive of entrance to main meeting) |
Workshop Chairman: |
Steve J MacDonald Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Western University Chief of Orthopaedics and Chief of Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre University Campus in London, Ontario, Canada |
Local Faculty: |
Yeo Seng Jin, Senior Consultant, Singapore General Hospital Darren Tay, Consultant, Singapore General Hospital Pang Hee Nee, Associate Consultant, Singapore General Hospital |
Scope: |
Use of the ATTUNE knee system in primary total knee arthroplasty and the use of metaphyseal sleeves in revision knee arthroplasty |
Aims: |
The 1 day workshop aims to provide tips in in the use of ATTUNE knee system for primary TKR. Metaphyseal sleeves are very useful in addressing severe bone loss in revision TKR. Participants will also experience hands-on in the implantation of these sleeves following their morning primary arthroplasty workshop. |
Programme
ATTUNE Workshop
| 0900 - 0930 | Design Rationale | Pang Hee Nee |
| 0930 - 1000 | Patient Satisfaction, Research and Design Rationale | Steve MacDonald |
| 1000 - 1030 | Tea Break | |
| 1030 - 1230 | cadaveric workshop | All Faculty |
Use of Metaphyseal Sleeves
| 12:30 - 1330 | Lunch | |
| 1330 - 1400 | Surgical technique/tips and tricks in revision TKA | Steve MacDonald |
| 1400 - 1600 | cadaveric workshop |