I. Upper Limb Module

  1. Comprehensive shoulder examination – Conventional testing, Newer tests, Specificity and sensitivity, Audio and video demonstration
  2. Shoulder exposures – Demonstration of approaches with advantages and limitations, How to select an approach
  3. Shoulder arthroplasty - Hemi /Total / Reverse prosthesis – Indications for each, Advantages and disadvantages, limitations and liabilities, Survivorship analysis and long term results of various prosthesis, Techniques
  4. Impingement syndromes – Presentations, Diagnostic modalities, Injection techniques, Surgical treatments, Long term results
  5. Radial head fractures – Classifications, Decision making factors, Conservative treatments, Surgical indications, surgical options, results of surgical techniques
  6. Acromio-clavicular arthritis
  7. Wrist Instability, VISI, DISI
  8. Scaphoid and Lunate – fractures, avascular necrosis and nonunions, wrist fusions
  9. Flexor tendon injuries – Zones of the hand, Current concepts and techniques of repair and rehabilitation, results following different rehabilitation protocols
  10. Dupuytrens disease – Etiology, Pathogenesis, Anatomy, Surgical options, Rehabilitation protocols and results
  11. Hand examination techniques – Conventional tests, Newer tests, Equipment, Scoring systems
 
II. Paediatric Orthopaedics
  1. SCFE- Current concepts, Evaluation, Management, Results
  2. Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), Osteotomies for DDH
  3. Ponseti’s technique of clubfoot management – In primary clubfoot, In neglected clubfoor, technique, results vis-à-vis other techniques
  4. Congenital vertical talus
  5. Tarsal Coalition
  6. Principles of managing bone malignancies in children
  7. Congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia
  8. Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in immunocompromised children
  9. Perthes disease – state of the art
  10. current concepts in Paediatric Tauma.

III. Trauma
  1. Clavicular Fractures and managing diaphyseal and lateral end fractures
  2. Proximal Humeral fractures – Classification, Recent advances, 3/4 part fracture treatment controversies, Results
  3. Intra-articular distal Humeral fractures – Classification, Fix or replace, approaches, complications and pitfalls, results
  4. Fractures of the femur – Proximal / diaphysis /distal, Management options for different types, Different types of nails and advantages, LISS plates, MIPPO, Locking plates
  5. Tibial plateau fractures – Classification, principles of management, surgical criteria, reduction techniques, Minimally invasive techniques, Ilizarov applications, Results
  6. Pilon Fractures – Classifications, Principles of management, Recent advances in management, Minimally invasive techniques
  7. Pelvic and acetabular fractures – Classification, Radiology, Current Management, Minimally Invasive techniques, Approaches to fixing pelvic fractures, Complications and precautions
  8. Calcaneal and midfoot injuries – Lisfrancs dislocations, Calcaneal fractures, Radiology, Management techniques
  9. Periprosthetic fractures of the lower extremity – Classifications, Principles of treatment, Revise or fix? Bone grafting options, newer fixation techniques, principles for revision
  10. Complex Regional Pain syndromes – Controversies and current management, Drugs and other therapies, Rehabilitation, Results

IV. Hip
  1. Hip resurfacing arthroplasty – Indications, Criteria, Techniques, Precautions and pitfalls, complications, salvage
  2. Avascular necrosis of the hip joint – Etiology, Pathology, Classification systems and criteria for treatment, minimally invasive techniques, osteotomies, joint replacements, results
  3. Hip arthroscopy – Indications, techniques, complications, advantages
  4. MIS – Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery – Indications, techniques, Limitations, Complications, on-incision and two-incision approaches
  5. Peri-prosthetic fractures of the femur – Aetiopathgenesis, classification systems, Management options, principles of treatment, results
  6. Total Hip Replacement – State of the Art
  7. Nonunions of Transcervical fractures of the femur
  8. Hip dislocations
  9. Managing the infected prosthesis
  10. Thromboembolism in hip and knee surgery – Current concepts, newer drugs and mechanical devices, recommended dosages, results

V. Knee
  1. Managing severe arthritis in the younger adult – Principles of treatment, options, failure rates, results, salvage procedures, arthrodesis
  2. Total Knee Replacement – State of the art
  3. Minimally invasive knee replacement – Approaches, Indications, Limitations, Techniques, advantages and complications, results, survivorship analysis
  4. Navigation in knee arthroplasty – What is navigation? Advantages over conventional techniques, how is navigation used, results, future of navigation surgery
  5. Tissue balancing in knee arthroplasty
  6. Knee instability
  7. ACL reconstruction – State of the art
  8. Meniscal repair techniques
  9. Infected total knee prosthesis – Diagnosis, conservative treatment, revision, one or two stage, salvage, arthrodesis, results
  10. Autogenous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) –Indications, technique and applications, limitations and complications

 
VI. Spine
  1. Minimally Invasive spinal surgery - Regeneration of the disk, Interspinous spacers, Clinical outcomes of cervical Arthroplasty
  2. Inter-vertebral Disk replacement – Indications, Instrumentation, Applications in disc excision, spinal canal stenosis and fusions.
  3. Posterior Lumbar Inter-body fusion (PLIF) / Anterior Lumbar Inter-body Fusion (ALIF)\
  4. Non-surgical pain management - Pharmacology and medications for neuropathic pain syndromes, Exercise for low back pain, uses of spinal and peripheral neurostimulation and intrathecal pumps
  5. Spinal stabilization techniques
  6. Spinal instability – Column concept, interpretation of radiographs and MRI, scoring systems
  7. Experimental Spinal Cord repair and rehabilitation
  8. Cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy – Surgical approaches, laminoplasty
  9. Advances in spinal trauma – approaches, instrumentation, drug therapies Evaluation and treatment of spinal tumours - Malignant primary tumors of the cervical spine, Surgical strategies for spinal metastases

VII. Tumours & Infections
  1. Osteogenic sarcoma
  2. Ewings tumour
  3. Chondrosarcomas
  4. Multiple myelomas
  5. Giant cell tumours and variants
  6. Principles of limb salvage
  7. Managing multiple metastasis
  8. Aneurysmal bone cysts
  9. Hyperparathyroidism
  10. Current treatment recommendations for skeletal tuberculosis

VIII. Orthopaedic Engineering
  1. Materials in orthopaedics – metals, plastics, composites, strengths and failures
  2. Statistics in orthopaedics - Sample size and power calculations, CRF design, survivorship analysis, Clinical trials, randomisation, bioequivalence studies, medical and biomedical analysis
  3. Intellectual property rights (IPR) – copyrights, patents, how to market your invention
  4. Orthoses and prostheses
  5. Audit and research
  6. Bone graft substitutes
  7. Tissue engineering - Stem cell therapy applications, autologous chondrocyte implantation(ACI)
  8. Allografts and xenografts in orthopaedic surgery
  9. Lasers in Orthopaedics
  10. Clinical governance, how to handle complaints, reporting a colleague, breaking bad news, informed consent

IX. Advanced Shoulder and Hand Surgery
  1. Shoulder Arthroscopy
  2. Elbow Arthroplasty
  3. Rotator Cuff Repairs
  4. Shoulder Rehabilitation
  5. Hand Injuries
  6. Rheumatoid Hand
  7. Paralytic Hand
  8. Hand and Bursal Infections
  9. Nailbed and Vascular Injuries

X. Foot & Ankle
  1. Ankle Arthritis
  2. Ankle Instability
  3. Achilles Tendon Rupture
  4. Ankle Arthroplasty
  5. Diabetic/Neuropathic Foot
  6. Rheumatoid Hand
  7. Foot pressure studies and gait analysis
  8. Bio-Absorbable Implants
  9. Forefoot Osteotomies
  10. Amputations











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