Programme: Friday 29th June
Registration will start at 07.30am and the event will start at 08.15am
08.30 : Session 1 - Hip Arthroplasty : Surgical Techniques
Posterior approach : safe and sensible
Anterior approach : a real improvement?
Fixation : cement is all you need
Size matters for the femoral head
Mr Johan Witt
Dr Paul Beaule
Mr Graham Gie
Mr Robert Middleton
Session 1 debate challenger : Prof William Maloney
09.45 - 10.15 : Coffee break
10.15 : Session 2 - Hip Arthroplasty : The Devil is in the Detail
Femoral stem modularity: curse or comfort?
Hip resurfacing : what is the future?
Taper geometry
Mobile bearing articulation
Dr Seth Greenwald
Mr Jeremy Latham
Mr Andrew Manktelow
Dr Paul Beaule
Session 2 debate challenger : Mr Derek McMinn
11.45 : Session 3 - Bearings
Metal on metal works well in the long term
The future is ceramic
New poly is all you need
Match your bearings to your patient
Mr Derek McMinn
Prof William Walter
Prof William Maloney
Dr Thomas Schmalzried
Session 3 debate challenger : Dr Adolph Lombardi
13.00 - 14.00 : Lunch break
14.00 : Session 4 - Outcomes
Decision making in oprthopaedics
Benifits of registries
Limits of registries
Patient reported scores
Life after hip arthroplasty
Prof William Maloney
Dr Henrik Malchau
Mr Derek McMinn
Prof Fares Haddad
Tom Schmalzried
Session 4 debate challenger : Dr Paul Beaule
15.25 - 15.55 : Coffee break
15.55 : Session 5 - Politics
Choose your surgeon not your implant
Managing patient expectations
Who decides implant choice : surgeons or politicians
Insurers : we pay so we say
The media and hip resurfacing: is there a link?
Mr Martyn Porter
Mr Richard Field
Prof Tim Briggs
TBC
Mr Richard Villar
Session 5 debate challenger : Dr David Morgan
