Theme : Achieving Better Outcomes in Arthroplasty

An academic mix of plenary sessions, symposia, debates and expert panel discussion sessions will address the current concepts for achieving better outcomes for all our arthroplasty patients.


APAS Xiamen 2019 Provisional Program

Wednesday 28th August – Industry Master-class Workshop - Zimmer 2pm

Thursday 29th August APAS Scientific Program

Time Topic Speaker
APAS Opening Ceremony - Host Xia Chun
08:00 - 08:05 Welcome Speech Lin Jianhua
08:05 - 08:10 President Speech Cao Li
08:15 - 08:30 COA President Speech Wang Kunzheng
08:30 - 08:45 APAS Presidential Guest Lecture Yan Wang
08:45 - 09:00 APAS Foundation Lecture - Pathoanatomic basis for stem selection in revision THA Wui Chung
09:00 - 09:15 APAS Scientific Guest Presentation Andrew Ellis
Debate - Host Rami Sorial
09:15 - 09:45 Debate - TKA Merits of Mechanical vs Kinematic alignment - Bharat Mody vs Simon Coffey
Primary TKA - Getting it right! Chairpersons - Mow / Pei Fuxing
09:45 - 09:52 Data Release of Joint Surgery in China Weng Xisheng
09:52 - 09:59 TKA without a tourniquet Shen Bin
09:59 - 10:06 Managing extreme valgus deformity in TKA Parag Sancheti
10:06 - 10:13 Correction of severe fixed flexion deformity in TKA Rajeev Sharma
10:13 - 10:20 Comparing the outcome of circumferential patella denervation in unresurfaced simultaneous bilateral TKA Nicolas Budhiparama
10:20 - 10:27 Operating on the Third space: the importance of the PFJ in TKA David Barrett
10:27 - 10:34 Clinical validation of a patient expectation management tool in TKA David Liu
10:34 - 10:41 Rapid Recovery after Knee Arthroplasty Rajeev Sharma
10:41 - 10:48 Pressurized Electronic Sensor assists TKA & UKA - How to achieve a Forgotten Knee Chai Wei
10:48 - 10:55 Kinematic comparisons between mobile bearing and fix bearing CR TKA during function activities Li Huiwu
10:55 - 11:02 Role of tranexamic acid in joint replacement Vasan Sinadurai
11:02 - 11:15 Questions
11:15-11:30 Morning Tea
Primary TKA - Why do they go wrong? Chairpersons - Budhiparama/Zheng Jia
11:30 - 11:37 How to get correct femoral & tibial rotation in TKR Parag Sancheti
11:37 - 11:44 Why and How do Total Knee Replacements fail in 2019 Chris Mow
11:44 - 11:51 Cement technique and the importance of early failure in TKA David Barrett
11:51 - 11:58 Anterior knee pain and patellar tracking Wu Haishan
11:58 - 12:05 TKA in centrally sensitized patients Yong In
12:05 - 12:12 TKA with Extra-articular Deformity Ma Jianbing
12:12 - 12:19 TKA as a primary treatment for periarticlar fractures in the elderly Ayman Ebied
12:19 - 12:30 Questions
Primary Hip Arthroplasty - Enter and line it up Chairpersons - Hooper/Chen Xiaodong
12:30 - 12:38 The posterior approach -Still the approach for today Dan Berry
12:38 - 12:46 The direct anterior aproach - Will be the standard of care Shang Xifu
12:46 - 12:54 The super-path approach - The middle ground with every benefit Suleman Qurashi
12:54 - 13:02 Leg length discrepancy following THR and how to avoid it Muhamed Amin Chinoy
13:02 - 13:10 Acetabular component orientation and fixation: technical aids and safety margins Michael Neil
13:10 - 13:18 The significance of spine-pelvic tilt in total hip arthroplasty Zhang Hong
13:18 - 13:26 How to determine the cup anteversion in THA with Ankylosis spondylitis Zhang Guoqiang
13:26 - 13:34 Robot assisted total hip Arthroplasty Chen Jiying
13:34 - 13:45 Questions
13:45 - 14:45 Lunch
Avoiding Complications in Hip Arthroplasty Chairpersons - Coffey/ Xia Chun
14:45 - 14:53 Highly cross-linked polyethylene in total hip replacement - what are the factors affecting wear Chun Hoi Yan
14:53 - 15:01 Hip instability ChenXiaodong
15:01 - 15:09 Management of bone defects in THA Zhou Yonggang
15:09 - 15:17 Bearing Surfaces in THR. Current Recommendations Muhamed Amin Chinoy
15:17 - 15:25 THA for DDH sequele Seung Beom Han
15:25 - 15:33 Decoding high riding hips and subtroch shortening osteotomy. Vijay Bose
15:33 - 15:41 Total hip arthroplasty to high hip dislocation after childhood pyogenic infection Zhou Zongke
15:41 - 15:55 Questions
UKA Micro Symposium Chairpersons - Sugimoto/Yan Shigui
15:55 - 16:03 Patient selection for UKA Rami Sorial
16:03 - 16:11 UKA versus HTO; Indications, satisfaction and return to sports Yong In
16:11 - 16:19 Supine versus Hanging Leg position for Oxford UKR Sachin Tapasvi
16:19 - 16:27 Mid-term result of fixed-bearing versus mobile - bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty Kazutaka Sugimoto
16:27 - 16:35 UKR or TKR for isolated lateral compartment OA Gary Hooper
16:35 - 16:43 UKR tips and tricks and outcomes David Barrett
16:43 - 16:51 Treatment strategy of early infection after UKA Guo Wanshou
16:51 - 17:00 Questions
17:00 - 18:30 Knee Panel Discussion - Challenge the Experts Chairperson - Dan Berry
The Painful TKA: Making the Right Diagnosis: Case Based Panel Discussion
Panel of Experts - Patil / Mehta / Barrett / Rajgopal / Sugimoto / Tapasvi / Coffey / Yong / Mishra/Cao Li/Zhang Guoqiang/Chen Jiying

Friday 30th August

Time Topic Speaker
07:00 - 08:00 Free Paper Session - 8 Papers (5mins + 1min discussion) Chairpersons - Sun Shui / Liu Jun / Rami Sorial
07:00 - 07:06 Bilateral Simultaneous Total Hip Arthroplasty for patients with Spondyloarthritis Abel Livingston
07:06 - 07:12 Robotic Patellofemoral Arthroplasty: A Partial Knee Making A Complete Difference Thadi Mohan
07:12 - 07:18 Comparison of Anterior-Stabilized and Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Same Patients: A Prospective Randomized Study Keun Young Choi
07:18 - 07:24 Does intramedullary femoral canal plug reduce blood loss during total knee replacement? Yuthanna Khanasuk
07:24 - 07:30 Duloxetine Reduces Pain and Improves Quality of Recovery Following Total Knee Arthroplasty in Centrally Sensitized Patients Koh In Jun
08:00 - 09:00 Free Paper Session - 10 Papers (5mins + 1min discussion) Chairpersons - Sancheti / Barrett / Sorial
08:00 - 08:06 Antibiotic delivery systems in the management of Prosthetic Infection: Is hypercalcaemia really an issue? Nemandra Sandiford
08:06 - 08:12 The effect of preserved ACL and insert design on kinematics in TKA Mitsuhiro Nakamura
08:12 - 08:18 Proximal Fibular Osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis of knee joint - a prospective study of 72 patients Nikhil Jain
08:18 - 08:24 Assessment Of Micro Architecture Of Bone And Biomechanical Properties Of Proximal Femur For Hip Fracture Risk: A Pilot Study Rajendra Kumar Kanojia
08:24 - 08:30 Single versus Two Stage revision for Prosthetic Joint Infection – Minimum two year Results Nemandra Sandiford
08:30 - 08:36 An increase in the risk of excessive femoral anteversion for relatively younger age and types of femoral morphology in total hip arthroplasty with direct anterior approach Kenya Watanabe
08:36 - 08:42 Cemented THR in comminuted Intertrochanteric multi-fragmentary fracture femur and previously failed hip surgery is really a challenge M. Amjad Hossain
08:42 - 08:48 Total Hip Arthroplasty in Dysplastic Hips Abhijit Sahu
08:48 - 08:54 Early Aseptic Loosening of An Ultra-Short Non-Anatomic Proximal Loading Stem in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Sang Min Kim
08:54 - 09:00 Post Operative Sleep Disturbance In Total Knee Arthroplasty Sharan Shivaraj Patil
09:00 - 10:30 PJI Symposium - Dealing With Sepsis Chairpersons - Berry/Hu Yihe
09:00 - 09:08 Life time risk of revision surgery in THR Gary Hooper
09:08 - 09:16 Strategies to decrease infection in THA and TKA David Liu
09:16 - 09:24 DAIR - When/where and why Shubhranshu Mohanty
09:24 - 09:32 Contamination from OR environment: possible source of infection Michael Huo
09:32 - 09:40 Revision TKA for infection - merit of two-stage approach Fares Haddad
09:40 - 09:48 Single stage revision for PJI is now Gold standard Cao Li
09:48 - 10:06 Introduction of a new hip spacer technique Thorsten Gerhke
10:06 - 10:14 Diagnostic and treatment strategy for intractable PJI Huang Wei
10:14 - 10:30 Questions
10:30 - 10:45 Morning Tea
10:45 - 11:00 Special Oration - A history of Total Knee Arthroplasty - Introduced by Sachin Tapasvi Bharat Mody
11:00 - 12:00 Technology In Arthroplasty Chairpersons - Tanavalee/ Zhang Yiyuan
11:00 - 11:08 Early experience with Omni Robot assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty. Simon Coffey
11:08 - 11:16 Navigation guided soft tissue balancing in TKA Seung Beom Han
11:16 - 11:24 Robotic enhanced TKA - current uptake and role Fares Haddad
11:24 - 11:32 Do Accelerometer-Based Navigation have any Clinical Benefit compared to Conventional TKA ? Nicolas Budhiparama
11:32 - 11:40 Accuracy & Evaluation about the leg alignment of the Patient Specific Instruments in TKA Kazutaka Sugimoto
11:40 - 11:48 Role of Trabecular Metal in Total Knee Replacement Ashok Rajgopal
11:48 - 12:00 Questions
12:00 - 12:50 Revision Hip Surgery 1 Chairpersons - Haddad/Tian Xiaobin
12:00 - 12:08 Removal of well fixed implants in revision THR Ngai Nung Lo
12:08 - 12:16 THA in failed internal fixation: What to deal with Aree Tanavalee
12:16 - 12:24 Management of dislocation using the dual mobility device Michael Huo
12:24 - 12:32 Tantalum augments and allograft in revision THA Ayman Ebied
12:32 - 12:40 Technique of using TM augment - Video technique Vijay Bose
12:40 - 12:50 Questions
12:50 - 13:45 Revision Hip Surgery 2 Chairpersons - Neil/Xu Jianzhong
12:50 - 12:58 Elastic cage for revision cup Shi Zhanjun
12:58 - 13:06 Complex acetabular reconstruction Zhou Yixin
13:06 - 13:14 Options of reconstruction of femoral bone loss in revision THA Shahid Noor
13:14 - 13:22 Modular Vs Monoblock stems Shubhranshu Mohanty
13:22 - 13:30 Femoral Revision: Most Successful Strategies and Techniques in 2019 Dan Berry
13:30 - 13:38 Reclaim Cone Conical Revision, Early to medium term results Anil Gambhir
13:38 - 13:45 Questions
13:45 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Revision Knee Surgery 1 Chairpersons - Lui/Zhang Wenming
14:30 - 14:38 How to Determine Rotation of Tibial Component in TKA Yang Pei
14:38 - 14:46 Removal of well fixed implants in revision TKR Anil Gambhir
14:46 - 14:54 Joint line restoration and kinematics in revision TKR Ngai Nung Lo
14:54 - 15:02 Instability following TKA, a major cause of early revision and patient dissatisfaction. Shahid Noor
15:02 - 15:10 When do we use Cones in Revision TKR Thorsten Gehrke
15:10 - 15:18 Stem, Cone, and sleeve in revision TKA: When to choose Aree Tanavalee
15:18 - 15:30 Questions
15:30 - 16:30 Revision Knee Surgery 2 Chairpersons - Mehta/Xia Yayi
15:30 - 15:38 Bone defect management using 3D printed customized metal metaphsis in knee revision Tian Hua
15:38 - 15:46 Hinging on higher constraints in revision TKA Rami Sorial
15:46 - 15:54 How to choose cone or sleeve in revision TKA Chen Yunsu
15:54 - 16:02 Mid Flexion Instability Ashok Rajgopal
16:02 - 16:10 Treatment options for the stiff TKR Michael Neil
16:10 - 16:18 Megatumor prosthesis in revisions Rajeev Sharma
16:18 - 16:30 Questions
16:30 - 16:45 Plenary Lecture Chairpersons - Noor/Lv Songcen
16:30 - 16:45 Jonit Replacement Registries - Are they a con by those who can't operate or innovate? Fares Haddad
16:45 - 16:50 Questions
16:50 - 18:00 Hip Panel Discussion - Meeting the Experts Chairperson - Rami Sorial
Panel of Experts - Gambhir / Haddad / Huo / Neil / Sharma / Mohanty / Ellis / Wang / Berry / Budhiparama/Zhou Yixin/Zhou Yong'gang/Chun Hoi Yan
APAS Closing Ceremony
19:00 Gala Dinner for APAS/CAS - Includes Report From APAS Travelling Fellowship

Saturday 31st August - Sunday 1st September Chinese Arthroplasty Society Meeting

Saturday 31st August – Industry Master-class Workshop - Depuy 1pm