We are very pleased to intimate that this years FASt Annual meeting will take place on Friday 22^nd September 2017 in The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The theme for our meeting this year is: “The Arthritic Foot”.

Final Programme: The Arthritic Foot & Ankle

8.30 Registration and coffee on arrival

9.10 Welcome to FASt: Colin Thomson – Chair FASt

9.15 – Session 1: Chair Mr Senthil Kumar

• Impact of smoking on RA Dr Helen Harris, Consultant Rheumatologist, NHS Fife
• The hot joint – when to refer to a rheumatologist Dr Neil Mackay, Consultant Rheumatologist, NHS Lothian
• What the rheumatologist does Dr Ruth Richmond, Consultant Rheumatologist, NHS Borders

10:00 – Complex cases (1): Chair Mr Hisham Shalaby – The rheumatoid forefoot

10:30 – Session 2: Chair Mr James Beastall

• Surgical management of the Rheumatoid forefoot Mr Peter Briggs, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Newcastle
• Gout (1) – diagnosis Dr Philip Riches, Consultant Rheumatologist, NHS Lothian

11.00 Coffee/trade exhibition

11.30 – Session 3: Chair Mr Graham Dall

• Sero negative arthritis/enthesopathy – when to refer to a rheumatologist Dr Neil MacKay, Consultant Rheumatologist, NHS Lothian
• Drug management of Rheumatoid disease Dr Ruth Richmond, Consultant Rheumatologist, NHS Borders
• Gout (2) – treatment Dr Philip Riches, Consultant Rheumatologist, NHS Lothian

12.15 – Complex cases (2): Chair Mr Hisham Shalaby – Rheumatoid hindfoot/Tib post pathology

12.45 Lunch/trade exhibition

13.45 – Session 4: Chair Mr Anish Amin

• 13.45 Ultrasonography: case studies Adelle Osborne/Laura McBride, Podiatrists, NHS Fife
• 14.00 Foot Orthoses for RA John Tougher, Podiatrists, NHS GGC
• 14.15 Surgical management of the Rheumatoid hindfoot Mr Peter Briggs, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Newcastle

14.30 – Complex cases (3): Chair Mr Hisham Shalaby/Prof Steffen Breusch Ankle/Lower limb

15.00 Coffee/trade exhibition

15.30 Free paper session: Chair Mr Robert Clayton

• Paper 1 – FIXATION STRATEGIES BASED ON ANATOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TALAR NECK FRACTURES
  JA Nicholson, S Kumar, RAE Clayton Victoria Hospital, Fife
• Paper 2 – EVALUATION OF PATIENT-LED POST-OPERATIVE WOUND SELF-CARE FOLLOWING FOOT SURGERY
  V. Gupta1, K. Dash2 , A. Richardson2, K. Shah2
  1The High School of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom,2Golden Jubilee Hospital,
  Trauma & Orthopaedics, Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Paper 3 – HE EPIDEMIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOME OF SPORT-RELATED ANKLE FRACTURES IN A STANDARD UK POPULATION
  G.A. Robertson, A.M. Wood, S.A. Aitken, C.M. Court-Brown
  Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
• Paper 4 – A SYSTEMATIC SIX WEEK REVIEW, PATIENT REPORTED, ORTHOPAEDIC ELECTIVE FOOT AND ANKLE POST SURGICAL INFECTION AUDIT JUNE – NOVEMBER 2016
  Will McMurrich
• Paper 5 – PERCUTANEOUS FIXATION OF INTRA-ARTICULAR CALCANEUS FRACTURES
  JA Nicholson, RAE Clayton Victoria Hospital, Fife, Scotland
• Paper 6 – RETURN TO SPORT FOLLOWING LISFRANC INJURIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
  GA Robertson, AK Kiong, N Maffulli, GF Keenan, AM Wood
  Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit

16.30 Presentation of research prize

End of meeting

17.00 AGM

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