BONE INFECTION TEACHING 4.7.18

Venue: The Deakin Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 0QQ

Rooms: 1st floor seminar room 3 for exhibitors (Bone support & Link Orthopaedics), seminar room 4 for lectures and the upstairs classrooms (x3) for breakouts.

Date: 4/7/2018

8:30-9:00 Registration & coffee


09:00 – 9:45 Basic science of orthopaedic infection (Dr Emma Nickerson)

Common organisms, Biofilm, MRSA

09:45 – 10:00 Hot seat 

5 minutes viva case related to the previous topic 

10:00 – 10:45 Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis (Dr P Hercock)

Osteomyelitis (adult and child): aetiology, organisms, classification, presentation, diagnosis and treatment
Septic arthritis (adult and child): aetiology, organisms, classification, presentation, diagnosis and treatment

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break 

11:00 -11:45 Infection prevention (Dr P Hercock)

Pre, intra and post operative infection prevention and current guidelines 

Antibiotic prophylaxis, Antibiotic and bone cement.

11:45 – 12:00 Hot seat 

5 minutes viva case related to the previous topic 

12:00 – 12:45 Diagnosis and Pathways for PJI (Mr Norrish)

Definition of PJI: early, late & delayed. 

MSIS criteria and other criteria/ pathways to aid diagnosis of PJI 

12:45-13:45: Lunch break 

13:45- 14:45 Diagnostics and current evidence (Mr Shakokani) 

Frozen section, leukocyte esterase (LE), Biomarkers: Synovasure , calprotectin , etc.

What’s next:  DNA sequencing 

14:45- 15:45 1 stage & DAIR – What’s the current evidence? (Professor Banaszkiewicz)

14:45: Current evidence in a nut shell 

15:00: Presentation of a case 

15:05: SPR discussion in groups (Each group is invited to formulate a documented plan and submit it to the speaker- prize)

15:25: Case solution and discussion 

15:45 – 16:45 2 stage –  What’s the current evidence? (Professor Banaszkiewicz)

15:45: Current evidence in a nut shell 

16:00: Presentation of a case 

16:05: SPR discussion in groups (Each group is invited to formulate a documented plan and submit it to the speaker- prize)

16:25 – 16:45: Case solution and discussion

16:45 – 17:00 Prize for the best plan and Feedback 

7:00 – 9:30 Orthopaedic management of Bone infection ‘current concepts ‘

Speakers:

Mr Alan Norrish, Addenbrookes “Welcome”

Mr Jamie Ferguson, Oxford, Bone infection unit “Management of Bone Infection”

Dr Paul Hercock, Bonesupport medical advisor “Local antibiotic use and biofilms”

Prof Banaszkiewicz, Queen Elizabeth Hospital “Publishing Books for the FRCS”

Mr Matija Krkovic, Addenbrookes “Case discussion”

Venue: 

Downing College. West lodge, Maitland room

Dinner will be served throughout the evening

Guests:

Regional consultants and invited Pre-exam registrars