New Implants for Old Problems:
SOP Locking Plate System and
Pancarpal Arthrodesis Using the Castless PCA Plate
December 4, 2010
Glen Carbon, Illinois
This course will provide registrants with an opportunity to
familiarize themselves with two new implants: the String-of-
Pearls (SOP) locking plate and the castless PanCarpal Arthrodesis
(PCA) plate.
This course will include lectures and biomechanical data to help participants understand the rationale and properties of the SOP, a locking plate using traditional screws. Case presentations will illustrate the clinical applications of this plate prior to a laboratory on sawbones.
The afternoon will focus on the PCA plate, a new implant
allowing arthrodesis of the radio-carpal joint without the
disadvantages of post-operative external coaptation. Lectures will
be followed by a laboratory on sawbones.
Registrants for this course should have a basic understanding of plating techniques. As a result of this course, participants are expected to understand the rationale and principles of application of the SOP and PCA plates, their clinical indications, and advantages over current techniques. Participants should also feel comfortable applying these implants on clinical patients.
| 8:00-8:30 a.m. | Course Check-In Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Locking Plates: Rational Behind the SOP Dominique J. Griffon |
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| 9:00-9:30 a.m. | Biomechanical Properties of SOP Malcolm G. Ness |
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| 9:30-10:00 a.m. | Applications of SOP and Clinical Experience Dominique J. Griffon |
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| 10:00-10:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | SOP-TPLO: Design and Application Malcolm G. Ness |
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| 10:30 a.m.-Noon | Hands-On Laboratory Dry lab exercise using sawbones |
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| Noon-1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:00-1:30 p.m. | Traditional Pancarpal Arthrodesis: Principles and Complications Dominique J. Griffon |
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| 1:30-2:00 p.m. | Castless PCA Plate: Design Rationale and Method of Application Malcolm G. Ness |
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| 2:00-4:00 p.m. | Hands-On Laboratory Wet lab exercise with the application of a castless PCA plate |
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| 4:00-4:30 p.m. | Q&A Session | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
