BOA Aberdeen September 2021

Two 90 minute afternoon sessions. Thursday 23^rd September

Session 1 – Current Management of Osteomyelitis

• Introduction (Hemant Sharma President Elect – 5 minutes)
• “Evolution not revolution in managing bone infection” (Martin McNally, Oxford – 35 minutes)
• Diagnostic Update (Amir Qureshi, Southampton – 20 minutes))
  • Nuclear Medicine Markers (Dr Zia Saad, Southampton)
  • Phage typing and antibiotic advice (Dr Kordo Saeed, Southampton)
• Fracture Related Infection Update (Nima Heidari, London – 30 minutes)
• Closing Remarks and Thanks (Om Lahoti President)

Session 2 – 360 Review and Free Paper Session

• What’s New in Limb Reconstruction? – (Bilal Jamal, Glasgow - 20 minutes)
• Free paper session (70 minutes – 10 papers accepted, 5 minute presentation with 2 minute discussion)

Abstract submission is currently open for free papers, closing deadline Friday 7 May.
Abstracts can be submitted via the BOA website here: https://www.boa.ac.uk/annual-congress/abstracts.html

A decision has been made to run the British Limb Reconstruction Society Annual Meeting of 2021 as a virtual event. Full details are available on our virtual conference website at: BLRS 2021 Virtual Conference.

The deadline for abstract submission was the 31st January 2021. Abstracts will be reviewed during the first week in February. Successful abstract authors will be informed after the first week in February.

At the end of the course the participants will understand the principles of deformity analysis and deformity correction and be able to apply their understanding to clinical practice.

Open Tibia Course Liverpool September 9th & 10th 2021: cadaveric course run at the Human Anatomy resource Centre at the University of Liverpool run by Orthopaedic and Plastic surgeons teaching the principles of Joined OrthoPlastic management and based on the BOA/BAPRAS and NICE guidelines.