Program at a Glance - Click the table below to enlarge.
Keynote Lecture
March 27, 2011 7:30 - 8:00
Ryogo Nakamura (Nagoya Hand Center Chunicni Hospital, Japan)
“Kienböck's Disease - Current Perspectives”
Special Lecture
March 28, 2011 7:30 - 8:00
W.P. Andrew Lee (Johns Hopkins Univesity School of Medicine, USA)
“Hand/forearm transplantation using a novel cell-based immunomodulatory protocol – experience with five patients”
William C. Pederson
(The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA)
“The Future of Microsurgery in the United States”
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion 1 (PD1) Scaphoid Fractures and Nonunion
March 27, 2011 10:30 - 11:30
Edward Diao (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
“Acute Scaphoid Fracture Treatment: What's new and exciting”
Kazuo Ikeda (Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan)
“The Strategy for Treatment of Scaphoid Fracture”
Yasunori Kobata
(Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan)
“Vascularized Distal Radius Bone Graft for the Treatment of Scaphoid Nonunion”
Alexander Shin (Mayo Clinic, USA)
“Free Vascularized Bone Grafting for Difficult Scaphoid Nonunions”
Panel Discussion 2 (PD2) Advances in nerve reconstruction
March 28, 2011 8:05 - 9:00
Yasunori Hattori
(Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ogori Daiichi General Hospital, Japan)
“Double free muscle technique for upper extremity reconstruction following complete paralysis of the brachial plexus”
Alexander Shin (Mayo Clinic, USA)
“Does Contralateral C7 Really Work in Brachial Plexus Reconstruction”
Ryosuke Kakinoki
(Department of orthopedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan)
“Is the CC7 a good motor or sensory source?”
Peter Murray (Mayo Clinic, USA)
“Distal Nerve Transfers: Indications and Rationale”
Panel Discussion 3 (PD3) Management of upper extremity cartilage defects
March 28, 2011 11:00 - 12:00
William H. Seitz, Jr. (Orthopaedic Surgery, Lutheran Hospital, USA)
“Total elbow and partial elbow anthroplasy in the young adult”
Kazuki Sato
(Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan)
“Costal Osteochondral Grafting for Cartilage Defects in Upper Extremity”
David Ring (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)
“Non-arthroplasty Options for Younger Patients with Elbow Arthrosis”
Hiroyuki Fujioka
(Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan)
“Electrospun synthetic polymer scaffold for cartilage repair without cultured cells”
Panel Discussion 4 (PD4) Open versus arthroscopic treatment of small joint disorders
March 29, 2011 7:30 - 8:30
Edward Diao (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
“Arthroplasty (open and arhtroscopic) of the base of the first CMC joint of the thumb”
Hitoshi Kihara (Kihara Orthopedic Clinic, Japan)
“Arthroscopic Surgery for the First Carpometacarpal (CMC) Joint Arthritis”
Kevin Chung (University of Michigan, USA)
“Open synovectomy of the MCP-PIP in rheumatoid arthritis”
Isato Sekiya
(Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences,
Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan)
“Arthroscopic Synovectomy of the Metacarpophalangeal and Proximal Interphalangeal Joints in the Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis”
Mini Lecture
Mini Lecture 1
March 27, 2011 10:05 - 10:20
Peter Amadio (Mayo Clinic, USA)
“Tissue engineering for tendon surgery”
Mini Lecture 2
March 28, 2011 10:40 - 10:55
L Scott Levin
(Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, USA)
“The Microsurgery Reconstructive Ladder-Historical Perspective”
Mini Lecture 3
March 29, 2011 10:35 - 10:50
Ranjan Gupta
(Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, University of California at Irvine, USA)