1st - 3rd of March 2006 at Edinburgh

1st March

Hip Osteotomy Course : Course Convenor - Johan Witt

2nd March

9:30am Emerging Hip Surgeons Forum : Chairmen - Paul Gaston, Dominic Meek - details

12.00pm Lunch and registration

12.45 Welcome & Introduction. President: Mr Charles Wynn Jones

1.00 “Image Guided and Minimally Invasive Surgery” Chairman – Mr Fares Haddad

• Clinical experience with the two-incision technique for minimally Invasive THR
Dana Mears Pittsburgh USA
• Planning and robotics, Justin Cobb, London
• Belfast MIS experience, David Beverland, Belfast.
• Navigation with particular reference to resurfacing, Thomas Hess Chefarzt der Abteilung für Orthopädie und Gelenkchirurgie Dreifaltigkeitshospital Lippstadt.

Free Papers

Revision Arthroplasty and Infection.
Chairman - Richard Power

2.30
Effect of Cherry Picking of Elective NHS Hospital’s Waiting List K K Sayana, C Wynn-Jones
University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
2.35
Early Discharge Schemes – Do They Really Work? Shah A, Alshryda S, Hegab A, Doyle J, Brewood T, Ilango B, McGivney R Fairfield General Hospital, Bury, UK

2.40 Discussion

2.47 Factors Influencing Length of Stay After Primary Total Hip Replacement: The Role of Anaesthesia and the Anaesthetist
V D Shetty, S L Vowler, R N Villar
Cambridge Hip and Knee Unit, Cambridge

2.52 The Transverse Acetabular Ligament: An Aid to Acetabular Component Orientation During Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
H A P Archbold, B Mockford, D Molloy, J McConway, L Ogonda, D Beverland
Outcomes Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast

2.57 Discussion

3.04 Comparison of Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover Following Revision Hip Arthroplasty With and Without Impaction Grafting
P B Young, P Bobak, E J Gray, T N Board, E B Austin, P R Kay
University of Manchester, Wrightington Hospital, National Blood Service (Manchester)

3.09 Pre Operative Serum Inflammatory Markers in the Diagnosis of Infection in Revision Hip Surgery
G J Shah, G C Singer
Heatherwood and Wrexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust

3.14 Discussion

3.21 Current Trends in Antibiotic Resistance in Elective Orthopaedics
B Ollivere, K Logan, N Ellahee, P Allen
The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex

3.26 The Changing Bacteriology of Prosthetic Hip Joint Infection
C Chadwick, H K Parsons, P Norman, R M Kerry
Orthopaedic Dept & Microbiology Dept, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield

3.31 Discussion

3.38 Does the Use of Cell Salvage and Tranexamic Acid Reduce the Need for Homologous Blood Transfusion in Revision Hip Surgery?
Phillips S J, Chavan R, Porter M L, Kay P, Hodgkinson J, Purbach B, Hoad Reddick A, Frayne J M
The Centre for Hip Surgery, Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, Lancashire

3.43 Results of In-Cement Revision of Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty
S M Blake, M J Hubble, J R Howell, A J Timperley, G A Gie
Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

3.48 Discussion

3.55 Oblong Cup Inserted Without Cement for Revision of Acetabulum Provided Satisfactory Medium-Term Results With Predictable Restoration of Centre Of Hip Rotation.
K M Venu, SR Samsani, D Nunn
Guy’s Hospital

4.00 Excellent Mid-Term Results Using a Press fit Porous-Coated Cobalt-Chromium Alloy Cup for Acetabular Revision.
R L Carter, R M D Meek, P Grigoris.
Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow

4.05 Discussion

4.12 Results of Revision Hip Arthroplasty Using S-Rom Prosthesis. Follow Up at 3 to 8 Years
M El-Deen, S Zahid, D Miller, A Nargol, R Logishetty.
Arthroplasty Research Unit, Broadgreen Hospital, Thomas Drive, Liverpool

4.17 Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Using a Cementless Modular Tapered Femoral Stem.
S A Jones, L Lougher, A John, M Maheson.
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

4.22 Discussion

4.30 AGM

5.45 Coach Transfer to Hotels

7.00 Meet at Carlton Hotel to walk behind Mr MacDonald, piper

7.30 BHS Annual Dinner at Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
(to include visit to the college museum)
Dress – Lounge suits

British Hip Society – Edinburgh
Friday 3rd March


8.00 Coach transfer from hotels to Chancellor Building

8.30 Free Papers – Primary Hip Replacement Results – Chairman David Allan

Review of the Early Results of Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty in a District General Hospital
SN Anjum, PG Sherry
Warrington General Hospital, Cheshire

8.35 Five to Eleven Year Follow-Up of Modern Hip Resurfacing in Patients Under the Age of 55 Years With Osteoarthritis.
J Daniel, C Pradhan, H Ziaee, DJW McMinn
The McMinn Centre, Birmingham

8.40 Femoral Neck Resorption After Metal on Metal Hip Resurfacing
SJ Spencer, R Carter, H Murray, RMD Meek, PG Grigoris*.
Department of Orthopaedics, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
*Department of Bioengineering, Bradford University, UK

8.45 Metal-On-Metal Resurfacing of the Hip: The Avon Experience.
TCB Pollard, RP Baker, A Dickie, SJ Eastaugh-Waring
Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Bristol

8.50 Birmingham Resurfacing Hip Arthroplasty: Minimum of Five Years Follow-Up Results from Independent Outcome Centre.
Khan, M; Kuiper, JH; Robinson, E; Macdonald, L; Bhoslae, A; Richardson, JB;
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital.

8.55 Discussion

9.10 Transplacental Transfer of Metal Ions in Patients With Metal-on-Metal Bearings
H Ziaee, J Daniel, C Pradhan, DJW McMinn
The McMinn Centre, Birmingham

9.15 Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Joint Replacement: (A Minimum of 5-Year Follow-up)
S Sharma, U Vassan, M S Bhamra
Rotherham General Hospital

9.20 Discussion

9.25 Collarless Polished Tapered Stem (CPT). Clinical and Radiological Follow-Up at a Minimum of 10 Years
P J Yates, B Burston, G C Bannister
Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Bristol, UK

9.30 Results of the C-Stem Total Hip Replacement System
D M Wright, D H Sochart
North Manchester General Hospital, Crumpsall

9.35 Hybrid Total Hip Replacement – A High Rate of Asymptomatic Osteolysis at
7-13 Year Follow Up
S A Hobson, A Karva, P W Howard
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary

9.40 “Mix and Match” of Femoral and Acetabular Components in Total Hip Replacements - no effect on Initial Clinical Benefit of Surgery
J G Andrew, D Beard, J Nolan, D Murray and the Exeter Primary Outcome Study Group
EPOS: Salford, Norwich, Oxford, Aberdeen, Sheffield, Tunbridge Wells, Brighton

9.45 Discussion

9.55 Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Obese Patient
M El-meligy, C Armstrong, D Miller

10.00 Influence of Obesity in Early Outcome of Hip Replacements
A D Patel, M Albrizio
Hichingbrooke Hospital

10.05 Discussion

10.10 Lecture – The Miracle of the Black Leg, Mr John Miller, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

10.20 Coffee/Tea

10.50 Free Papers – Trauma and Miscellaneous - Chairman Peter Howard
Presentation from parallel meeting
Follow Up after Joint Replacement Surgery - a Survey of Orthopaedic Surgeons and
Professionals Allied to Medicine
Clare Darrah
Norfolk & Norwich University Health Care Trust, Norwich

11.00 The Early Results of Open Surgery for Treatment of Hip Impingement Syndrome
S W Veitch, M R Norton
Orthopaedic Department, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro

11.05 Discussion

11.08 Validation of Local Anaesthetic Hip Arthrograms in the Management of Hip Plan
J V Clarke, C Campbell, H M Murray, R M D Meek
Dept of Orthopaedics & Radiology, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

11.13 Discussion

11.16 Troponin T as a Predictive Marker of Morbidity in Patients with Fractured Neck of Femur
S Dawson-Bowling, K Chettiar, H Cottam, R Worth, J Forder, I Fitzgerald-O’Connor, H Apthort
The Conquest Hospital, Hastings

11.21 Discussion

11.24 Epidemiology of Dislocation After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Scottish Arthroplasty Experience
R M D Meek1; D B Allan1; G McPhillips2; and C R Howie3
1Orthopaedic Department, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, 2Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 3, Orthopaedic Department, New Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

11.29 Discussion

11.32 A Randomised Controlled Comparison of Total Hip Arthroplasty and Hemiarthroplasty in Mobile Independent Patients with Displaced Intracapsular Femoral Neck Fracture
R P Baker, B Squires, M F Gargan, G C Bannister
North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol

11.39 Comparison Study of Cemented Versus Uncemented JRI Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty in Fracture Neck of Femur
V Ramasamy, S N Sambandam, M Venkatesan, B Ilango
Fairfield General Hospital, Bury

11.44 Discussion

11.47 Total Hip Replacement in Neglected Fractures of the Acetabulum
M Halawa, F Z Sadek
Derriford Hospital Plymouth, Cairo University Hospitals

11.52 Total Hip Replacement After Acetabular Fractures
J F Nolan, C Darrah
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital

11.57 Discussion

12.00 Presidential Guest Lecture – Dana Mears BM, BCh, PhD MRCP(UK), FRCS(C)
FACS Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA
“Total Hip Replacement Techniques in the Early & Late Management of Acetabular
Fractures”

1:00 pm Lunch


2.00 Free Papers – Basic Science and Miscellaneous – Chairman Paul Gaston

Changes in Endothelial Expression of ?-Dystroglycan and Specific Matrix Metalloproteinases in Osteoarthritis
a,b Wimsey S, b Lien CF, c Sharma S, c Brennan PA, d Roach HI, a Harper GD, b Górecki DC
a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
b Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth
c Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
d Bone and Joint Research Group, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton

2.05 Discussion

2.08 A Randomised, Double-Blinded Controlled Trial of the Effect of Alendronate on Osteoclastogenic Cytokine Expression in Patients Undergoing Revision Surgery for Aseptic Loosening of Cemented Primary Total Hip Prostheses.
G Holt, R M D Meek.
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.

2.13 Strain Induced Release of BMP-7 from Fresh Frozen Femoral Head Allograft
T N Board, P Hogg, P Rooney, P R Kay
Tissue Service R&D, National Blood Service, Liverpool; Wrightington Hospital, Wigan

2.18 Discussion

2.21 Acetabular Cement Pressurisation: An In-Vitro Study of Different Designs of Acetabular Cement Pressurisers
F Wadia, M H A Malik, J Leonard, M L Porter
Centre for Hip Surgery, Wrightington Hospital

2.26 Discussion

2.29 Does Peri-Operative Oral Ranitidine Reduce the Incidence of GI Bleeding When Aspirin Thromboprophylaxis is Used for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty? – An Observational Study
T T Madhusudhan, P C Munipalle, A Rangan, P J Gregg
Department of Orthopaedics, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough

2.34 Discussion

2.37 Effect of Increasing Head Diameter on the Range of Motion and Stability in Total Hip Arthroplasty
S C Budithi, R Ponnada, R Pollock, R K Logishetty, A V Fnargol
University Hospital of North Tees

2.42 Discussion

2.45 Femoral Bone Remodelling Following Total Hip Replacement – Does Design Matter?
M R Downing, K Knox, G P Ashcroft
Orthopaedic Research Unit, Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen

2.50 Discussion

2.53 Waiting for Hip or Knee Joint Replacement in the United Kingdom: The Effect on Pain, Physical Functioning and Quality of Life
G A McHugh, K A Luker, M Campbell, P R Kay, A J Silman
University of Manchester, Manchester; Wrightington ,Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust,
Wrightington Hospital, Appley Bridge

2.58 Discussion

3.01 Tea

3.20 Topic in Focus “Patient Consent”
Presiding:- Lord Johnstone, Lord of the Court of Appeal, Edinburgh
Defending and Prosecuting:- Mr M F Macnicol, Past President British
Orthopaedic Association and Mr Charles Wynn Jones, President British
Hip Society
Clerk to the Court:- Mr Colin Howie, Edinburgh

4.45 Mediation Mr John Carvell, Salisbury. Chairman BOA Medico-legal sub-committee

4.55 Award of prizes for Best Paper (McKee) and for Best Poster Mr Charles Wynn Jones

5.00 Close – Mr Colin Howie