OTS/BOA Trauma Committee Joint Session

4.30pm – 6pm BST, 19 September 2024 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins

Room: Hall 1 - Main Auditorium

Specialist Society

Getting it to Heal…and What to Do if it Doesn’t 

Experts discuss the different strategies for increasing union rates in those fractures, and patients, that are often reluctant to unite. Includes a comprehensive look at the management of non-unions including tips and tricks for revising fixations and whether there is ever a role for bone grafting or orthobiologics. 

Chairs: Cheryl Baldwick & Jo Round 

Agenda:

16:30 - 16:50  The fragility fracture and how to fix it  Andrew Gray 

16:50 - 17:10  The Fragility Fracture service - How can it help in fragility fracture healing  Mark Baxter

17:10 - 17:35  The Diabetic patient - should we be treating them differently, the myths and facts  Raju Ahluwalia  

17:35 - 18:00  The non union patient - what to do next?  Alex Trompeter