15:00 – 17:35Combined Plenary session – Knee and Hip Surgery ( 1 Hall )
18:00 – 18:20Opening ceremony and Invited Guest presentationChairpersons – Ashok Rajgopal + Rami Sorial
15:00 – 15:10Short Welcome – Local convenorAshok RajgopalWelcome and Introduction
15:10 – 15:30Opening ceremonyAPAS President and organising committee
15:30 – 15:50Special Guest PresentationChit RanawatWhat it takes to be a good ortdopaedic surgeon
15:50 – 16:10Special Guest PresentationDavid BarrettAspects of tibiofemoral kinematics and the importance of stability in knee design
16:10 – 16:30Special Guest PresentationChris DoddInvivo kinematic assessment in TKAs
16:30 – 16:45Questions
16:35 – 16:45 Chit RanawatEffect of Fixed Lumbosacral Deformity on Functional Cup Orientation from Standing to Sitting
16:45 – 16:55 Vijay BoseJustifying  hard on hard bearings  in 2015?
16:55 – 17:05 Chit RanawatIncidence and Magnitude of Metal Ion Levels in Blood with large ceramic and metal femoral heads: A prospective study with five-year follow-up
17:05 – 17:15 Nicolas BudhiparamaNew Technology in TKA: Is The Latest Always The Greatest?
17:15 – 17:25 Bharat ModyHow to transition from Primary TKA to Revision TKA?
17:25 – 17:35Questions
17:35 – 17:50Afternoon tea
17:50 – 18:05 Aree TanavaleeEvaluation of immediate post-TKA outcomes: Should we use conventional or performance-based measurements?
18:05 – 18:20Rami SorialDefining the need for and establishing a Clinical Outcomes Registry
18:20 – 18:35Shahid NoorChallenges of establishing and running a National Joint Registry in a developing country
18:35 – 18:50David LiuInterpreting Australian National Joint Registry Data – Pearls and Pitfalls.
18:50 – 19:05 Rod MaxwellNZOA policy for managing Outliers for THR/TKR
19:05 – 19:20 Sanjiv MaryaRecent trends and advances in THA
19:20 – 19:30Questions
19:30Faculty Dinner
08:00 – 10:30Concurrent Hip and Knee Scientific Sessions ( 2 Halls )HIP – Chairpersons – Bose / MaxwellKnee – Chairpersons – Waller / Noor
08:00 – 08:15 P. Suryanayaran – Efficacy of primary bipolar Arthroplasty in comminuted IT fracturesH. Wakankar – Unusual indications of TKA and the lessons learnt.
08:15 – 08:30Short Welcome – Local convenorS. Coffey – THA Bearings: Matching the patientA. Mullaji – How to correct severe knee deformities without releasing collateral ligaments
08:30 – 08:40M. Chinoy – Choice of bearing surfaces in Hip ArthroplastyS. Noor – How to deal with severe varus deformity in Primary TKA.
08:40 – 08:50V. Bose – Early results of 3OO large head monobloc  CoC  THR ( deltamotion) done in Asian patients.A. Rajgopal – TKR in the stiff knee- long term outcomes
08:50 – 09:00Y. Gulati – 2 Pod Pinless Navigaton for Total Knee Arthroplasty
09:00 – 09:10Questions
09:10 – 09:20 M. Chinoy – Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty -Pakistan Experience (Minimum 5 year Followup)V. Sinnadurai – TKA and correcting valgus knee deformity
09:20 – 09:30 S. Marya – Introduction to navigation in THAA. Mullaji – Managing extra-articular deformity with TKA
09:30 – 09:40 M. Manzary – Why to use a Taper design femoral stemA. Rajgopal – Fate of the pcl in long standing CR knees.
09:40 – 09:50 V. Bose – Hip arthroplasty  in Teenagers.  A series of 33 cases.D. Barrett – Cement technique in total knee surgery and why it’s important
09:50 – 10:00 M. Chinoy – Ideal implant surface preparations for cementless femoral implantationC. Waller – Modern strategies for wear reduction in total knee replacement
10:00 – 10:10 M. Manzary – THA in Sickle Cell DiseaseD. Liu – Comparison of anthropometric dimensions of Asian and Caucasian knees and the degree of overhang
10:10 – 10:30Questions
10:30 – 10:50Morning tea
10:50 – 13:00Concurrent Hip and Knee Scientific Sessions ( 2 Halls )Hip Chairpersons – Sinnadurai / ManzaryKnee – Chairpersons – Liu / Dodd
10:50 – 11:00 R. Sorial – The Posterior Approach – is it still the gold standard?A. Tanavalee – Pain related to inflammation following TKA: Duration & management
11:00 – 11:10 C. Waller – The direct anterior approach – is it worth considering?D. Barrett – The importance of technique and balance in positioning the femoral component
11:10 – 11:20 S. Qurashi – SuperPATH hip replacement: The Australian ExperienceN. Budhiparama – Measured Resection vs Gap Balancing Technique for TKR
11:20 – 11:30 R. Khan – Management of the unstable hip replacement,working out the problemH. Wakankar – Post HTO TKA: Bridge is half burnt already!
11:30 – 11:40S. Coffey – Managing the unstable hip replacement, solving the problemS. Marya – The New Buzz in TKR
11:40 – 11:50Questions
11:50 – 12:00 V. Bose – Guidelines for the management of protrusioC. Dodd – Mobile v Fixed TKR
12:00 – 12:10M. Chinoy – Dealing with and restoring leg length discrepancy in THAD. Liu – Gap Balancing – does technique matter?
12:10 – 12:20 V. Bose – Fused hip ( osseous ankyloses) take down – VideoC. Waller – Ligament balancing in total knee replacement
12:20 – 12:30 R. Khan – Transtrochanteric osteotomy combined with minimal superior capsulotomy for Vancouver BR. Sharma – Current role and outcomes of navigation in TKA
12:30 – 12:40 R. Sorial – Revision THA-Extracting the acetabular componentH. Wakankar – Extra-articular deformities in TKA.
12:40 – 12:50 S. Coffey – Revision THA-Extracting the femoral componentC. Waller – Bilateral total knee replacement
12:50 – 13:00Questions
13:00 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 16:00Concurrent Hip and Knee Scientific Sessions ( 2 Halls )HIP – Chairpersons – Khan / SuryanayaranKnee – Chairpersons – Maxwell / Barrett
14:00 – 14:10 Dr Sharmila – Current trends in management of joint infectionsD. Barrett – Reasons for revision of the total knee and modes of failure.
14:10 – 14:20 D. Liu – The septic THA, an approach to diagnosis and treatmentR. Maxwell – CT Pulmonary Angiography and Pulmonary Embolism following 5809 primary joint arthroplasties
14:20 – 14:30 S. Tapasvi – The septic THA , an approach to treatmentThe Great Debate as judged by Rod and David – Cemented monoblock tibia vs Cementless modular tibia
14:30 – 14:40 A. Maimaitiyimming – Single-Stage Debridement Plus TKA For Late Active Tuberculosis Of Adults’ KneeCase For Cemented monoblock poly tibial tray – Bharat Mody
14:40 – 14:50 S. Rastogi – Cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fractures in elderly- early results of 42 casesCase For Cementless modular tibial tray – Mojieb Manzary
14:50 – 15:00Questions
15:00 – 15:10 V. Bose – Decoding high riding hips and subtroch shortening osteotomy.S. Noor – Assessment and management of instability after TKA.
15:10 – 15:20 R Sorial – Reconstructing the acetabulum in revision THAA. Rajgopal – Instability in TKR, diagnosis and management 
15:20 – 15:30 P. Suryanayaran – Type 3 acetabular defects – our resultsB. Mody – Revision of the unstable TKA
15:30 – 15:40 M. Manzary – Revision Femoral stem, the modular fluted taper designA. Tanavalee – Revision TKA: A 3-step technique
15:40 – 15:50 P. Suryanayaran – Outcomes with the mono bloc stems in revision surgery.A. Mullaji – Rationale for Revision TKA using Mobile bearing trays
15:50 – 16:00Questions
16:00 – 16:20Afternoon tea
16:20 – 18:00Concurrent Hip and Knee Scientific Sessions (2 Halls)Hip – Chairpersons – Pei / SorialKnee – Chairpersons – Mody / Budhiparama
16:20 – 16:30 How I do a THR – Panel Discussion

Moderator – Sorial
Panel-Chandy / Pachore / Bhosale / Tapasvi / Liu / Bose / Chinoy / Sury / Waller		D. Barrett – Aspects of patellofemoral kinematics and its importance in total knee design
16:30 – 16:40 B. Mody – The impact of patello-femoral joint decompression in achieving safe high flexion after TKA.
16:40 – 16:50 C. Dodd – Patella resurfacing v not
16:50 – 17:00 N. Budhiparama – Patella Resurfacing: What Is The World Saying?
17:00 – 17:10Questions
17:10 – 17:20 How I do a TKR – Panel Discussion

Moderator – Sanchetti
Panel – A.Mullaji /R.Sharma / Suryavanshi / Kiran / Y.Gulati		R. Khan – Should we or should we not resurface the patella in TKR? Results of Cochrane review
17:20 – 17:30 S. Coffey – Isolated Patellofemoral OA. Options and Outcomes
17:30 – 17:40 S Tapasvi – Managing the dislocating patella in a failed TKA
17:40 – 17:50 R. Khan – Computer navigation: valgus knees with lateral parapatellar approach
17:50 – 18:00Questions
19:00Conference Banquet
08:00 – 10:15Concurrent Hip and Knee Scientific Sessions ( 2 Halls )Hip – Chairpersons – Waller / Liu08:00 – 10:15Knee – Chairpersons – Coffey / Noor
08:00 – 08:15D. Liu – Blood management strategies in THA08:00 – 08:15C. Dodd – Indications for UKA
08:15 – 08:30C. Waller – Dual mobility hip replacement08:15 – 08:30R. Maxwell – Outcomes for medial UKA in patients younger than 55yrs
08:30 – 08:40V. Khanna – Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy In Revision Hip Arthroplasty – SAFE AND RELIABLE?08:30 – 08:45R. Sorial – Oxford UKA Video demonstration
08:40 – 08:50R. Thukral – Results of modified anterolateral trochanteric split approach in revision of aseptic failed cemented total hips08:45 – 09:00C. Dodd – UKA Oxford Technique: Pearls and Pitfalls
08:50 – 09:00A. Thakur – Inadequacy of Xrays in Depicting the Real Strength and Endurance Capacity of Bone in Patients Requiring Revision Arthroplasty Surgery with Cemented Femoral Stem Removal
09:00 – 09:10Questions
09:10 – 09:20J. Alfonso – Differences in the sex distribution for THR09:10 – 09:20T. Chandy – Indications and use of the UKA in the Asian community
09:20 – 09:30J. Chinnappa – Driving after minimally invasive Total Hip Arthroplasty09:20 – 09:30R. Maxwell – Simultaneous ACL reconstruction/UKA
09:30 – 09:40J. Alfonso – improved quality of life with THR09:30 – 09:40R. Sorial – UKA cementless results
09:40 – 09:50R. Thukral – Should the surgical option for displaced femoral neck fractures in morbid very elderly patients be dictated by the associated morbidity?09:40 – 09:50C. Dodd – Partials and Registry data
09:50 – 10:00K. Ganapathy – Activity restrictions after TJA – Are they essential?09:50 – 10:00R. Maxwell – Lateral Oxford UKA
10:00 – 10:15Questions
10:15 – 10:30Morning tea
10:30 – 12:40Concurrent Hip and Knee Scientific Sessions ( 2 Halls )Hip and Knee – Chairpersons – Wakankar / Chinoy10:30 – 12:40Knee – Chairpersons – Sanchetti / Maxwell
10:30 – 10:38H. Wakankar – Single stage bilateral TKA; The devil is in the details!10:30 – 10:40A. Rajgopal – Principles of revision TKR
10:38 – 10:46K.Kumar – Unplanned Early Readmissions after Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty in Asian Patients10:40 – 10:50S. Noor – Assessment and management of prosthetic joint infection.
10:46 – 10:54M. A. Aslam – Functional outcome of periprosthetic fracture of femur by Neer’s criteria10:50 – 11:00N. Budhiparama – Measured Resection vs Gap Balancing Technique for TKR
10:54 – 11:02S. Shah – 3D Printed PSJs for complex arthroplasty11:00 – 11:10V. Sinnadurai – Revision TKA – approaches and techniques for removal of implants
11:02 – 11:10K. Kumar – Does the Use of Navigation by an Experienced Surgeon improve the Outcomes of Primary TKA11:10 – 11:20P. Suryanayaran – Video & scope of Tibial tubercle osteotomy
11:10 – 11:18V. Tiwari – Midvastus Vs. Medial Parapatellar Approach in Tot al Knee Arthroplasty
11:20 – 11:30Questions
11:30 – 11:38A. Mahajan – The effect of tourniquet use on blood loss in total knee arthroplasty11:30 – 11:40A. Rajgopal – Mid term results of rotating hinges
11:38 – 11:46K. Kumar – Use of Anterolateral Portal Is Less Painful Than Superolateral Portal in Knee Intra-articular Injection11:40 – 11:50S. Tapasvi – The case for cementless stems in revision TKA
11:46 – 11:54R. Vishnoi – Effects of training level and approach used in Primary and Revision THA outcomes11:50 – 12:00S. Noor – How to assess and deal with bone loss in revision TKA.
11:54 – 12:02A. Sharma – Evaluation of Knee Kinematics in Single Radius versus Multi-Radii Total Knee Arthroplasty12:00 – 12:10B. Mody – Revision of massive bone defects in TKA
12:02 – 12:10A. Mahajan – Effects of Tourniquet use on muscle strength and knee function in total knee arthroplasty12:10 – 12:20S. Coffey – Managing extensor mechanism deficiencies in revision TKA
12:10 – 12:18CK. Liaw – Computerized ellipse method for measuring acetabular version after THR- a precision study using synthetic and real radiographs12:20 – 12:30
12:26 – 12:40Questions
12:00 – 14:00Concurrent Hip and Knee Scientific Sessions ( 2 Halls )Hip and Knee – Chairpersons – Sorial / Sinnadurai12:00 – 14:00Knee – Chairpersons – Coffey / Mody
12:40 – 12:48RH Rashid – Single stage total knee arthroplasty with long stem for proximal tibia stress fractures in arthritic kneesControversies in TKR – Knee Panel Discussion Session

Moderators – Coffey / Mody
Panel – Dodd/ Maxwell / Suryanayaran/ Noor/ Waller / Liu / Rajgopal / Tapasvi
12:48 – 12:56CK Liaw – A New Technique to Increase Reliability in Measuring the Axis of Bone
13:04 – 13.12V. Khanna – Should Joint Replacement Surgeries Be Performed Only In Multispecialty Hospitals?
13:12 – 13.20AS. Singh- Inadequacy of Xrays in Depicting the Real Strength and Endurance Capacity of Bone in Patients Requiring Revision Arthroplasty Surgery with Cemented Femoral Stem Removal
13:20 – 13.28R. Natesan – Correlation between Posterior Tibial Slope and Post-operative Knee Flexion and relationship between Tibial tray rotation and Functional Outcome in TKR patients – CT based Prospective Study
13:28 – 13.36CK. Liaw – How to evaluate three-dimensional angle error from plain radiographs
13:36 – 13.44V. Khanna – Do We Need Routine Pre-Discharge Radiographs After Simple Primary TKR?
13:44 – 13.52G. Dhaked – Comparison between PFC Sigma Rotating Platform and Buechell Pappas High-Flexion Total Knee Arthroplasties
13:52 – 14.00Questions
14:00Close of Meeting