IOM'25 PRELIMINARY AGENDA


DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that all details, including but not limited to event times, sessions, panels, and presentations, are subject to change. Any updates or changes will be promptly communicated through the IOM Website.

IOM'25 PRELIMINARY AGENDA


DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that all details, including but not limited to event times, sessions, panels, and presentations, are subject to change. Any updates or changes will be promptly communicated through the IOM Website.

FRIDAY 1st AUGUST 2025

9:30 AM: REGISTRATIONS

10:00 AM: WELCOME

  • Alan Getgood (Chairman), A/Prof. David Parker (Convener) & Dr. Brett Fritsch (Convener)

10:10 AM: SESSION 1 - OSTEOTOMIES FOR OA

  • Deformity Analysis: How should I plan my osteotomy in 2025?

  • JLCA: What's all the fuss?

  • Debate: The computer says double level vs. the single level pragmatist

SESSION 1: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR OA

HOT TOPICS

  • Perioperative management

  • Nav VS PSI

  • Intra-operative technique: use of hinge wires and hinge screws, management of MCL, gap fillers

11:00 AM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • MOWHTO with PSI

  • MCWDFO

  • LOWDFO

____________________________________________________________________________________________________

11:30AM: SESSION 2 - LIGAMENTOUS INSTABILITY OF THE KNEE - The Role of Osteotomies Part 1

  • Separating bony alignment - contributions to instability from ligament laxity

  • When to perform coronal plane correction with ligamentous laxity and how much to correct?

  • Debate: 1 stage HTO + PLC vs. HTO 1st stage

SESSION 2: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR STABILITY PART 1

HOT TOPICS

  • One or two stage surgery?

  • Opening vs closing wedge osteotomy?

  • Which PLC technique?

12:30 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • LCWHTO

12:40 PM: LUNCH BREAK

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1:30 PM: SESSION 3 - LIGAMENTOUS INSTABILITY OF THE KNEE - The Role of Osteotomies Part 2

  • Tibial Slope - the key to AP stability

  • The Hinge Axis: the key to biplanar correction

  • Debate: Supratubercle vs Infratubercle ACWPTO

  • Debate: Early ACW vs 2nd revision +

SESSION 3: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR STABILITY PART 2

HOT TOPICS

  • Slope correction in primary vs. revision only?

  • Do you need LET as well?

  • ACL graft options and surgical technique

  • How to control hyperextension and coronal plane laxity

2:30 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • Supratubercle ACWHTO

  • Infratubercle ACWHTO

  • ACWHTO with TTO

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3:00 PM: SESSION 4 - KNEE JOINT PRESERVATION

  • Joint Preservation Algorithm

  • When is alignment pathological?

  • Debate: Medial Root repair alone vs. Medial Root plus HTO vs. HTO only

SESSION 4: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: JOINT PRESERVATION

HOT TOPICS

  • Meniscus repair, centralisation, MAT

  • Articular cartilage repair options

  • How many procedures can be done simultaneously?

  • Paediatric guided growth

3:50 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • Medial meniscus posterior root repair + MOWHTO

4:00 PM: TEA BREAK

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4:30 PM: SESSION 5 - OSTEOTOMIES FOR THE PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT

  • Where does osteotomy fit in my PFJ algorithm?

  • How do I measure axial torsion?

  • When should I correct torsion?

  • Debate: Bony corrections rule vs MPFL is enough

SESSION 5: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR PFJ

HOT TOPICS

  • Paediatric scenarios: soft tissue distraction, axial correction in skeletally immature

  • Ideal imaging protocols

  • When to perform PF arthroplasty?

5:20 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • Tibial Tubercle Anteromedialisation

  • Tibial Tubercle Distalisation

  • Distal Femoral Derotation Osteotomy

  • Proximal Tibial Derotation Osteotomy

6:00 PM: END OF DAY 1

7:30 PM: CONFERENCE DINNER

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SATURDAY 2nd AUGUST 2025

8:00 AM: SESSION 6: BIOLOGICS & HEALING

  • Perioperative methods to improve healing

  • Do biologics have a role, and which ones?

  • Rehabilitation after osteotomy: How aggressive can you be?

  • Outcomes after osteotomy: What can you tell your patients?

SESSION 6: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: BIOLOGICS & HEALING

HOT TOPICS

  • Is there an ideal gap filler?

  • Does choice of implant influence rehab strategy

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8:45 AM: SESSION 7 - WHEN AND HOW TO CHOOSE KNEE ARTHOPLASTY?

  • Osteotomy vs. UKA vs. TKA: Is it a simple decision?

  • Challenges with conversion of osteotomy to arthroplasty

SESSION 7: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: MY COMPLICATION & WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM IT

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9:30 AM: SESSION 8: WHEN AND HOW TO CHOOSE KNEE ARTHOPLASTY?

  • Case Discussion 1

  • Case Discussion 2

  • Case Discussion 3

  • Case Discussion 4

11:00 AM: TEA BREAK

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11:30 AM: SESSION 9 - DELEGATE CASES AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION.

  • Introduction of Panel and Case

  • Interactive Round Table Discussion

FIRESIDE CHAT: THE FUTURE OF OSTEOTOMY

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1:00 PM: LUNCH & END OF DAY 2

FRIDAY 1st AUGUST 2025

9:30 AM: REGISTRATIONS

10:00 AM: WELCOME

  • Alan Getgood (Chairman), A/Prof. David Parker (Convener) & Dr. Brett Fritsch (Convener)

10:10 AM: SESSION 1 - OSTEOTOMIES FOR OA

  • Deformity Analysis: How should I plan my osteotomy in 2025?

  • JLCA: What's all the fuss?

  • Debate: The computer says double level vs. the single level pragmatist

SESSION 1: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR OA

HOT TOPICS

  • Perioperative management

  • Nav VS PSI

  • Intra-operative echnque: use of hinge wires and hinge screws, management of MCL, gap fillers

11:00 AM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • MOWHTO with PSI

  • MCWDFO

  • LOWDFO

________________________

11:30AM: SESSION 2 - LIGAMENTOUS INSTABILITY OF THE KNEE - The Role of Osteotomies Part 1

  • Separating bony alignment - contributions to instability from ligament laxity

  • When to perform coronal plane correction with ligamentous laxity and how much to correct?

  • Debate: 1 stage HTO + PLC vs. HTO 1st stage

SESSION 2: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR STABILITY PART 1

HOT TOPICS

  • One or two stage surgery?

  • Opening vs closing wedge osteotomy?

  • Which PLC technique?

12:30 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • LCWHTO

12:40 PM: LUNCH BREAK

___________________________

1:30 PM: SESSION 3 - LIGAMENTOUS INSTABILITY OF THE KNEE - The Role of Osteotomies Part 2

  • Tibial Slope - the key to AP stability

  • The Hinge Axis: the key to biplanar correction

  • Debate: Supratubercle vs Infratubercle ACWPTO

  • Debate: Early ACW vs 2nd revsion +

SESSION 3: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR STABILITY PART 2

HOT TOPICS

  • Slope correction in primary vs. revision only?

  • Do you need LET as well?

  • ACL graft options and surgical technique

  • How to control hyperextension and coronal plane laxity

2:30 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • Supratubercle ACWHTO

  • Infratubercle ACWHTO

  • ACWHTO with TTO

___________________________

3:00 PM: SESSION 4 - KNEE JOINT PRESERVATION

  • Joint Preservation Algorithm

  • When is alignment pathological?

  • Debate: Medial Root repair alone vs. Medial Root plus HTO vs. HTO only

SESSION 4: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: JOINT PRESERVATION

HOT TOPICS

  • Meniscus repair, centralisation, MAT

  • Articular cartilage repair options

  • How many procedures can be done simultaneously?

  • Paediatric guided growth

3:50 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • Medial mensicus posterior root repair + MOWHTO

4:00 PM: TEA BREAK

___________________________

4:30 PM: SESSION 5 - OSTEOTOMIES FOR THE PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT

  • Where does osteotomy fit in my PFJ algorithm?

  • How do I measure axial torsion?

  • When should I correct torsion?

  • Debate: Bony corrections rule vs MPFL is enough

SESSION 5: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR PFJ

HOT TOPICS

  • Paediatric scenarios: soft tissue distasation, axial correction in skeletally immature

  • Ideal imaging protocols

  • When to perform PF arthroplasty?

5:20 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • Tibial Tubercle Anteromedialisation

  • Tibial Tubercle Distalisation

  • Distal Femoral Derotation Osteotomy

  • Proximal Tibial Derotation Osteotomy

6:00 PM: END OF DAY 1

7:30 PM: CONFERENCE DINNER

___________________________

SATURDAY 2nd AUGUST 2025

8:00 AM: SESSION 6: BIOLOGICS & HEALING

  • Perioperative methods to improve healing

  • Do biologics have a role, and which ones?

  • Rehabilitation after osteotomy: How aggressive can you be?

  • Outcomes after osteotomy: What can you tell your patients?

SESSION 6: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: BIOLOGICS & HEALING

HOT TOPICS

  • Is there an ideal gap filler?

  • Does coice of impant influence rehab strategy

___________________________

8:45 AM: SESSION 7 - WHEN AND HOW TO CHOOSE KNEE ARTHOPLASTY?

  • Osteotomy vs. UKA vs. TKA: Is it a simple decision?

  • Challenages with conversion of osteotomy to arthroplasty_

SESSION 7: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: MY COMPLICATION & WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM IT

___________________________

9:30 AM: SESSION 8: WHEN AND HOW TO CHOOSE KNEE ARTHOPLASTY?

  • Case Discussion 1

  • Case Discussion 2

  • Case Discussion 3

  • Case Discussion 4

11:00 AM: TEA BREAK

___________________________

9:30 AM: SESSION 9 - DELEGATE CASES AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION.

  • Introduction of Panel and Case

  • Interactive Round Table Discussion

FIRESIDE CHAT: THE FUTURE OF OSTEOTOMY

___________________________

1:30 PM: LUNCH & END OF DAY 2

FRIDAY 1st AUGUST 2025

9:30 AM: REGISTRATIONS

10:00 AM: WELCOME

  • Alan Getgood (Chairman), A/Prof. David Parker (Convener) & Dr. Brett Fritsch (Convener)

10:10 AM: SESSION 1 - OSTEOTOMIES FOR OA

  • Deformity Analysis: How should I plan my osteotomy in 2025?

  • JLCA: What's all the fuss?

  • Debate: The computer says double level vs. the single level pragmatist

SESSION 1: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR OA

HOT TOPICS

  • Perioperative management

  • Nav VS PSI

  • Intra-operative echnque: use of hinge wires and hinge screws, management of MCL, gap fillers

11:00 AM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • MOWHTO with PSI

  • MCWDFO

  • LOWDFO

__________________________________________________________________

11:30AM: SESSION 2 - LIGAMENTOUS INSTABILITY OF THE KNEE - The Role of Osteotomies Part 1

  • Separating bony alignment - contributions to instability from ligament laxity

  • When to perform coronal plane correction with ligamentous laxity and how much to correct?

  • Debate: 1 stage HTO + PLC vs. HTO 1st stage

SESSION 2: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR STABILITY PART 1

HOT TOPICS

  • One or two stage surgery?

  • Opening vs closing wedge osteotomy?

  • Which PLC technique?

12:30 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • LCWHTO

12:40 PM: LUNCH BREAK

_________________________________________________________________________

1:30 PM: SESSION 3 - LIGAMENTOUS INSTABILITY OF THE KNEE - The Role of Osteotomies Part 2

  • Tibial Slope - the key to AP stability

  • The Hinge Axis: the key to biplanar correction

  • Debate: Supratubercle vs Infratubercle ACWPTO

  • Debate: Early ACW vs 2nd revsion +

SESSION 3: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR STABILITY PART 2

HOT TOPICS

  • Slope correction in primary vs. revision only?

  • Do you need LET as well?

  • ACL graft options and surgical technique

  • How to control hyperextension and coronal plane laxity

2:30 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • Supratubercle ACWHTO

  • Infratubercle ACWHTO

  • ACWHTO with TTO

_________________________________________________________________________

3:00 PM: SESSION 4 - KNEE JOINT PRESERVATION

  • Joint Preservation Algorithm

  • When is alignment pathological?

  • Debate: Medial Root repair alone vs. Medial Root plus HTO vs. HTO only

SESSION 4: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: JOINT PRESERVATION

HOT TOPICS

  • Meniscus repair, centralisation, MAT

  • Articular cartilage repair options

  • How many procedures can be done simultaneously?

  • Paediatric guided growth

3:50 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • Medial mensicus posterior root repair + MOWHTO

4:00 PM: TEA BREAK

_________________________________________________________________________

4:30 PM: SESSION 5 - OSTEOTOMIES FOR THE PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT

  • Where does osteotomy fit in my PFJ algorithm?

  • How do I measure axial torsion?

  • When should I correct torsion?

  • Debate: Bony corrections rule vs MPFL is enough

SESSION 5: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: OSTEOTOMIES FOR PFJ

HOT TOPICS

  • Paediatric scenarios: soft tissue distasation, axial correction in skeletally immature

  • Ideal imaging protocols

  • When to perform PF arthroplasty?

5:20 PM: TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASSES

  • Tibial Tubercle Anteromedialisation

  • Tibial Tubercle Distalisation

  • Distal Femoral Derotation Osteotomy

  • Proximal Tibial Derotation Osteotomy

6:00 PM: END OF DAY 1

7:30 PM: CONFERENCE DINNER

_________________________________________________________________________

SATURDAY 2nd AUGUST 2025

8:00 AM: SESSION 6: BIOLOGICS & HEALING

  • Perioperative methods to improve healing

  • Do biologics have a role, and which ones?

  • Rehabilitation after osteotomy: How aggressive can you be?

  • Outcomes after osteotomy: What can you tell your patients?

SESSION 6: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: BIOLOGICS & HEALING

HOT TOPICS

  • Is there an ideal gap filler?

  • Does coice of impant influence rehab strategy

_________________________________________________________________________

8:45 AM: SESSION 7 - WHEN AND HOW TO CHOOSE KNEE ARTHOPLASTY?

  • Osteotomy vs. UKA vs. TKA: Is it a simple decision?

  • Challenages with conversion of osteotomy to arthroplasty_

SESSION 7: Q & A

PANEL DISCUSSION: MY COMPLICATION & WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM IT

_________________________________________________________________________

9:30 AM: SESSION 8: WHEN AND HOW TO CHOOSE KNEE ARTHOPLASTY?

  • Case Discussion 1

  • Case Discussion 2

  • Case Discussion 3

  • Case Discussion 4

11:00 AM: TEA BREAK

_________________________________________________________________________

9:30 AM: SESSION 9 - DELEGATE CASES AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION.

  • Introduction of Panel and Case

  • Interactive Round Table Discussion

FIRESIDE CHAT: THE FUTURE OF OSTEOTOMY

_________________________________________________________________________

1:30 PM: LUNCH & END OF DAY 2

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