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9th Annual Meeting
22nd September 2017 @ 8:30 am - 8:30 pm
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We are very pleased to intimate that this years FASt Annual meeting will take place on Friday 22nd 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