The interest amazed all of us and truly feel humbled and happy that there is tremendous interest in arthroscopy. had some comments as to knee sessions were better, as well as some lectures were too theoritical. Do wish to thank all the delegates , my friends, colleagues, LORC team and most of all the faculty and Sunder for all their contribution.
Some of the answers to following questions interest us.
Will the conference have a change in one's Surgical practise?
Did it untie some of the knots in our practise?.
Will the new implants, PRP, surgical technique improve the patient outcomes or some insurance clerk will kill it?
Any comments, Critical first.
sir,as young surgeons we would be happy to have limited delegates with one to one interaction or atleast 2 to 1 interaction with faculty..and learn a lot of tips and tricks or so called nuances.. a megaevent may not provide that..
ReplyDeleteThat should be a workshop like the CAPE I feel or in KOA. Your point taken. This is catering to different levels. Things like knot tying was done 6 years ago. Having a shoe lace or any threads and the techniques are avialble on line. http://www.carletonsportsmed.com/Knot_Tying/arthroscopic_knot_tying.htm
ReplyDeleteSir, A shoulder Arthroscopy workshop is the need of the hour..Looking forward for one organised by you.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all let me congratulate you and your team for a well organised event - ArthroKochi. It was a pity Peter Campbell couldn't make it due to unforseen events.
ReplyDeleteFor once was sitting as a delegate instead of running around organising (which I like) for an event conducted by my one of my alma mater. So from a delegates point of view, the fact that the event started off bang on the subject instead of the usual inaugural ceremonies was appreciated. On day1 the only glitch was the absence of coffee during the coffee break. Otherwise, that day's session was awesome. It taught us a lot of tips regarding ACL. Except for a couple of talks which resulted from Arthrex's promotion of their surgeons, the rest were really informative and to the point. In fact, in those talks, every word mentioned was an imp tip. Kudos to the surgeon from Kokilaben Ambani Hospital. He knew exactly what he was saying. Dr. Joshi, of course, is an icon. But the key message all need to take home is that, what appeared so simple in the live surgeries, actually reflects the fact that the simplicity came from tons of experience that they have. So fellow orthopods don't be a cowboy just by seeing what these surgeon did !
Day 2 - in fact was loaded with glitches, more like what happens when we do an arthroscopy, despite the fact that those surgeon are icons in there field. As Dr. Fergusson remarked, there should always be a first, but finally had enough of firsts ! But still we did learn on how to get about it. Just my view, was it probably due to the positioning of the patient ? Both the shoulder surgeons only operate in lateral position, while our OT boys are used to positioning in beach chair position. The surgeons themselves may be a bit rusty in positioning as most of their cases will be already be positioned and draped by he time they come in to operate ?!?
I had seen only the beach chair position and was quite impressed at the visualisation of the anteroinferior and posteroinferior areas in the lateral position. PRP was a good info, but would have loved to know how much it costs, frequency, etc. Whether the cost will justify the treatment benefits.
Regarding the number of registrants, it only reflects the confidence the delegates have in you. And that they will gain by attending such conferences instead of the usual self promotions by the Organisers of various conferences conducted in India. A 2 : 1 interaction is possible only for cadaveric workshops or events conducted at regular intervals like CAPE, etc.
Once again congrats on a well organised event - ArthroKochi 2010
Cheers.
rightly said subash, Arthrokochi was well organised with excellent faculty..Dinshaw was tooo good...
ReplyDeletei agree with rajesh..joshi and dinshaw were the highlights..PCL by dinshaw was real learning experience.. 2nd day wasnt as good as 1 st day...
ReplyDeletei felt some of the talks were bit too off the mark or bit too long...for eg, got the feeling that some body like Dr. Lenin would be much better off with live surgery than with talks..in short i felt if the foreign surgeons gave talks and video clips of their surgeries and Indian surgeons did live surgeries it would have been more beneficial..
having said that hats off to the whole arthrokochi team... was really well organized..and for me personally it was lots of fun being back in lakeshore once again!!
Hitesh, Good idea. Where do we get the Cadavers. Knot tying is easy. we need cadavers Fresh frozen to shorten the learning curve. I understand Smith and nephew and Depuy will be conducting these in the near future.
ReplyDeleteSir, was just going through the Pune Orthopaedic Society activities, they are organising a cadaveric workshop (Aug 2010) in a bit far away place from Pune,which is a medical college.2 days, with 50 delegates they travel together, do the workshop, they stay in a single hotel, party and then come back. Faculty for Spine,Sports and Arthroplasty. And nominal reg fees, of Rs 7000/- including stay and travel.Sounds interesting!Is the COS Sec listening..?
ReplyDeletesounds good.we need cadavers. Is the above course trying to do too many things,all at once.
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