Conference Programme
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Day 1 programme: Friday 20th June 2025

Registration 8.30am onwards

0900-0910

Welcome & plan of the session

Prof Rohit Rambani, Conference chair

 Sunil Garg, President, BIOS

Moderator for the session:  Kartik Iyengar/ Sachin Kumar

 

0910-0925

(15-min)

Portfolio pathway-

Pitfalls to avoid | 10 top tips| experience| steps

Krishna Kumar

 

0925-0945

(20 min)

Assessors view

Portfolio pathway application

 

Ms Amanda Johnson,

Joint committee on surgical training (JCST)

0945-1000

(15 min)

Portfolio pathway for specialist register: speciality specific guidance (SSG) Tr & Orth

 Nitish Gogi

 

1000-1015

Q & A session on above topics

 Krishna Kumar/ Ms Johnson/ Nitish Gogi & Rajesh Kakwani

1015- 1035

(20 min)

BIOS CESR mentorship programme: overview/ set-up and current progress on the project

1.      Syed Neshat Anjum

2.     Bios CESR Mentee

1035- 1045

Tea / coffee break – Exhibition area

 

1045-1145

(one-hour)

CESR |pp interactive workshop

Rotating x 4 tables

Applying for successful PP

 

Moderator

 Vasantha Ramsingh

 

 

 

1.     CV |Qualifications | skills | teaching evidence

2.     Assessments + Logbook

3.     Research audit publication

4.     Non- clinical evidence- communication complaints

1.     Rajesh Kakwani +  Nitish Gogi

 

2.     Krishna Kumar

3.     Md Arafa + Kartick Iyengar

4.      Syed Neshat Anjum+ mentor

 

1145: 1155

(10 min)

 

Transition from CESR |progression to consultant post

Vasantha Ramsingh

 

1155: 1200

 

Feedback |Thanks |Closure

Prof. Rohit Rambani, conference chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator for the session:  Mayank Kumar/ Rohit Singhal

 

1200-1245

(45-min)

Podium presentations

 

1200-1207

BIOS fellowship report:  Sports Surgery: An international Perspective

Dev Thakker

1207-1214

Impact of frailty and comorbidities on outcomes in Vancouver B periprosthetic fractures: a retrospective cohort study

Suresh Kondi

 

1214-1221

Peroneus longus graft for ACL reconstruction is it better than traditional grafts?

Harsh Parekh

1221-1228

Lateral extra-articular tenodesis in the skeletally immature: is there a safe zone? A novel 3d MRI study

Pradyumna Raval

1228-1235

Clinical & radiological outcome of medial proximal tibial vertical (reduction) osteotomy in primary total knee arthroplasty for severe varus deformity of the knee

Yash Mehta

1235-1242

Prospective study of surgical site infections in neck of femur fractures in Morriston hospital; a 5 year analysis from 2019-2024

Kumar Kaushik Dash

1242-1330                Lunch                                                        Exhibition Area

1330-1340

(10 min)

Welcome address by organising team

Prof Rohit Rambani

1340-1350

Welcome address by BIOS President

Sunil Garg

1350-1410

(20 min)

Guest lecture BOA President elect -Stronger together

Prof Amar Rangan

President elect BOA

 

Prof Amar Rangan to be introduced by Sunil Garg

 

1410-1430

(20 min)

Driving elective recovery in the NHS from the outpatients to admitted improving productivity

Prof Tim Briggs

 

Prof Tim Briggs to be Introduced by Prof Rohit Rambani

 

1430-1450

(20 min)

It’s Good to Talk- Revision networks are the future of complex surgery?

Benjamin Bloch

 

Benjamin Bloch to be introduced by Vikram Desai

 

1450-1510

(20 min)

Management of neck of femur in a busy district general hospital

 Martyn Parker

 

1510-1530

 

Tea / coffee break – Exhibition area

 

 

1530-1545

Robotics – here to stay or passing fad

Aakash Sharma

 

Aakash Sharma to be introduced by Prof Kuntal Patel

 

1545-1600

Disease modifying or Symptom modifying: What should be our goal of treatment

Prof Leela Biant

 

Prof Leela Biant to be introduced by Sanjeev Anand

 

1600-1615

Postero lateral corner injury- The dark corner of the knee

Rajeev Raman

 

Rajeev Raman to be Introduced by Nitish Gogi

 

1615-1630

Tips and Tricks for difficult meniscal surgery

Sanjeev Anand

 

Sanjeev Anand to be introduced by Prof Bijay Singh

 

1630-1645

 

Alignment strategies in total knee replacement: what does the evidence says

Prof Vijay Kumar

 

Prof Vijay Kumar to be introduced by Prof Rohit Rambani

 

1645-1700

Growth arrest after paediatric trauma- my approach

Gavin Spence

 

Gavin Spence to be Introduced by Sunil Bajaj

 

1700-1730

2 min- 2 slide presentation

 

Moderator for the session:  Bijay Singh/ Ramnadh Pulavarti

 

 

Treatment of osteochondral lesions of talus with autologous matrix induced chondrogenesis (AMIC) procedure medium term outcomes.

Vishal Upadhyay

 

Correlation of eGFR with severity, progression, and outcomes in midfoot charcot neuroarthropathy

Bhargava Balineni

 

 

 

 

Tibial suspensory fixation demonstrated similar functional outcomes and stability with lesser tunnel widening and better graft incorporation compared to interference screw in hamstring autograft ACL reconstruction a systematic review.

Nayeem Hali

 

Are patients with metabolic syndrome at a higher risk of dupuytrens disease and poor outcomes?

Ahmed Bakr

 

Challenges faced in total hip arthroplasty in cancer survivor patients

Naufal Ahmed

 

 Medial pivot designs result in improved patient reported outcome measures and range of motion when compared to cruciate retaining total knee replacements: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Darren Puttock

 

Impact of Joint School on the rehabilitation pathway of primary total hip and knee Arthroplasties.

Saurabh Sarkar

1730-1900

AGM

BIOS members only

2000 onwards

Day 1 Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2 programme: Saturday 21st June 2025

Moderator for the session:  Amit Tolat/ Dipak Raj

 

0900-0945

Podium presentations

5 minutes each with 2 minutes of Q&A

0900-0907

Mortality in elderly patients with spinal infections an evaluation of outcome

Hariprasath Kanesan

0907-0914

Early and mid-term outcomes of salvage total hip arthroplasty for failed hip fractures

Sunandan Datta

0914-0921

Radiological and functional outcomes of proximal humerus fracture fixation: a comparison of cases with and without strut allograft augmentation

Abdul Muhammed

0921-0928

Prospective clinical evaluation of two commercially available coated tibial nails: a comparative non-randomized study

Rajesh Pawar

0928-0935

The classification, pathoanatomy and radiological outcomes of medial wall blowout fractures of the ankle

Craig Wyatt

0935-0950

Superpath Approach to the hip, The Why and How?

Prasad Antapur

 

Prasad Antapur to be introduced by Prakash Chandran

 

0950-1010

Medicolegal update

Medicolegal to clinical

Nikhil Shah

 

Nikhil Shah to be introduced by Harish Kurup

 

1010-1115

Foot and ankle revalidation

 

Moderator for the session:  Ashok Marudanayagam/ Tiru Madhu

 

1010-1025

Fibula is easy, right?

Prof Lyndon Mason

1025-1040

Missed Lisfranc Injuries

Prof Jeet Mangwani

1040-1050

(10 minute)

How do I as an orthopaedic surgeon be of help in diabetic foot

 

 Nijil Vasukutty

1050-1115

(25 min)

 

Debate between ankle fusion vs total ankle replacement

Jim Carmicheal

Martin Raglan

1115-1130

 

Demystifying emergency spinal conditions

Sashin Ahuja

 

Sashin Ahuja to be introduced by Shahnawaz Haleem

 

1130-1150           tea / coffee break                                      Exhibition Area

 

 

 

Moderator for the session:  Prabhakar Motkur/ Sunil Garg

 

1150-1245 Upper limb revalidation

1150-1205

Management of walking trauma in a busy trauma unit

Prof Rajesh Nanda

 

 

 

 

1205-1230

Shoulder and elbow fractures- managing challenging conundrums

R Pandey

Amol Tambe

1230-1245

Controversies in the management of Scaphoid fractures

Prof Raj Murali

 

 

 

1245-1330

Lunch                                                       

Exhibition area

 

 

 

1330-1345

Key Note: Tips and Tricks to manage complex proximal tibial fractures

Anup Aggarwal

IOA President

 

Anoop Aggarwal to be introduced by Sunil Garg

 

1345-1400

Artificial intelligence: where are we now and what does the future hold?

Vipin Asopa

 

Vipin Asopa to be introduced by Sanjeev Anand

 

1400-1415

Bending the Rules: Realigning the knee

Raghbir Khakha

 

Raghbir Khakha to be introduced by Amit Chandratreya

 

1415-1445

Key Note: Righteous Mind: Medical ethics in a time of conflict

Simon Robinson

 

Prof Simon Robinson to be introduced by Sanjeev Anand

 

1445-1500

The smart hip: lessons learnt in innovation

 

Vikas Khanduja

SICOT President

 

Prof Vikas Khanduja to be introduced by Rohit Rambani

 

1500-1515

Human factors in orthopaedics- being an orthopaedic allrounder – myth or reality

Mez Acharya

 

Mez Acharya to be introduced by Jeet Mangwani

 

 

 

 

1515-1555

Podium presentation

5 minutes presentation 2 minute discussion

Moderator for the session: Govind Singhania/ Rajesh Nanda

 

1522-1529

Accessing the posterior malleolus: the posterolateral or medial posteromedial approach?

Craig Wyatt

1529-1536

Comparing function after medial pivot vs posterior stabilised total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Anubhav Malhotra

1536-1543

Fast-tracked feet: the feasibility of same-day hindfoot surgery

Somen Agrawal

1543-1550

Hintermann 2 fixed bearing ankle replacements – a UK experience

Darren Puttock

 

Why are primary total knee arthroplasties failing- a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sunandan Datta

1550-1615            Tea / coffee break                                      Exhibition area

 

Moderator for the session: Suresh Thomas/ Arvind Desai

 

1615-1700

1615-1700

2 min 2 slide presentation

 

 

Local antibiotic carrier in diabetic foot limb salvage surgery

Girish Gopinath

 

Comparative analysis of medial knee pivot vs post stabilised knee implants in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA)-a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sunandan Datta

 

Do we need to template our hemiarthroplasties as we do for thr? A registrars point of view

Naufal Ahmed

 

Prevention of malrotation torque on unstable inter-trochanteric fracture fixation – a comparative clinical and radiological study on right and left hip fractures

Sanjay Sonanis

 

Morphometric analysis of the ankle joint in population of the west coast of India with 3d computerised tomography.

Saiprasad Baliga

 

Custom triflange acetabular components (CTAC) in management of revision hip arthroplasty : a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sunandan Datta

 

Fifth metatarsal fracture pattern mapping and associated outcomes – an observational cohort study

Craig Wyatt

 

Is elevated hba1c associated with increased post-operative complications in midfoot charcot reconstruction: myth or reality?

Andrew Isaac Chris

1700-1715

 

Fellows report and prize distribution

 Indian Orthopaedic Association & Rajasthan Orthopaedic Association fellows

 

1715-1730

Closing remarks

Prof Rohit Rambani

1900 onwards

Day 2 Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poster presentations – posters will be displayed on boards provided at the venue. Posters should be of a1 size presented in portrait format.

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Title

Presenter

1

Analysis of solid waste generated while performing hand surgery using walant technique in the clinic setting: a DGH experience

Anubhav Malhotra

2

Equity gaps in uk orthopaedic training:

Caroline Selvakumar

3

Review of current practice on the management of supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children at the South Tyneside and Sunderland foundation trust

Mehak Kakwani

4

A retrospective analysis of the management of open fractures in a major trauma centre

Chirag Rao

5

Should we stop using polished tapered stems in hip fractures?

Varun Tandra

6

Do we really need more than one plate to fix bicondylar tibial plateau fractures?

Mayank Kumar

7

Review of dislocations following hip hemiarthroplasty

Arun John Paul

8

Functional outcome following the augmentation of plate fixation with an adjustable loop endo-button using a single bone tunnel for Neer type 2 acute distal end clavicle fractures

Saiprasad Baliga

9

Flowtron compression footwear study

Meraj Akhtar

10

A systematic review on external fixation and its efficacy in managing complex fractures for lower limb fractures

Neha Biju

11

A comparison of outcomes of short and long intramedullary nail in intertrochanteric fractures

Krishna Eswaravaka

12

 electric scooter related orthopaedic injuries.

Suraj Sankar

13

Radiological determination of the ‘acetabular cup version’ on frontal projection of the pelvis and acetabulum in total hip replacements

Sanjay Sonanis

14

Psychological and functional assessment of achilles tendon ruptures and their return to sports

Apoorva Aji

15

Improving the intraoperative use of pneumatic arterial tourniquets.

Matthew Farrugia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS – BOMSA Session Saturday  21-06-25 PM

 

Faculty: N.Vasukutty, B, Singh, P.Gupta  S.Hansjee, S.Joseph

 

1430-1440  Life as an Orthopaedic. Surgeon. Why choose orthopaedics? – S Joseph

 

1440-1450 Preparing for an on-call shift and trauma meeting – S Hansjee

 

1450 -1500 The training pathway from medical school to orthopaedic consultant – N Vasukutty

 

1500-1510 How to build your career portfolio towards a surgical career – P Gupta

 

1510-1520   Non-Technical skills for surgeon – B Singh.

 

 

1545 – 1700  Hands on workshop stations – All Faculty

 

  • Suturing.

 

  • Dynamic hip screw.

 

  • Wrist Fracture plating

 

  • Application of ext fixator