- · Editorial
- · OSTEC Road show
- · SICOT-APROC 2015
- · Upcoming Books; Book Release
- · SICOT OWC 2015 Guangzhou
- · Android Application for Postgraduate Entrance Exam
- · Research Survey
- · SICOT OWC Rome 2016
- · SICOT India Orthopaedic Review Course
- · SICOT Ortho-Excellence Program(SICOTOEP)
- · SICOT India Foundation International Fellowship
- · SICOT session at IOACON, Kochi
- · SICOT-APROC 2017
- · Upcoming Events
Newsletter Edited by Dr Hitesh Gopalan, Join the
conversation using #SICOTIndia on www.twitter.com/drhiteshg
Without any doubts, Indian surgeons have become more
active in education, research and therefore in delivering better patient care.
It is the demand of the times. With rising dissatisfaction amongst the patient
community with their medical care givers, doctors have awoken to the call of
better patient care. Medicolegal tangles and ‘doctor beating’is on the rise and
the medical community has been forced to take note of the dissatisfaction
expressed by patients and the media, though in small numbers
.
Educational activities and training programs are
happening at the regional, state and national levels as never before. Why
should a surgeon then affiliate with SICOT? SICOT is the prime body in
Orthopaedics. An international association is truly representative of the
different levels of Orthopaedics being practiced in different countries and
hence a lot of exchange of knowledge and transfer of technology and techniques
can take place. International exposure leads to international collaborations
and invitations, no doubt to individual surgeons but the country gets represented
and India acquires a voice.
For the young surgeons, SICOT has opportunities
galore. A huge number of scholarships and fellowships, educational programs and
activities, the Education Day, the Dip SICOT examination, journals like
International Orthopaedics and SICOT-J the open access journal from SICOT.
Besides all this, the SICOT Newsletter is very informative and contains
knowledge of value for day to day practice. SIGNEL is SICOT’s e-learning
program and SICOT India has also been conducting many programmes. SIGNEL houses
e-learning in various forms including lectures, videos, articles, books etc. So
a lot is happening!
Isn’t it time Indian surgeons also look beyond their
regions, their state and national associations to international shores - to conquer
the lacunae in their knowledge and skills by learning from their peers and
authorities in the international arena. Awaken, arise – and rest not!
Ashok Johari
President, SICOT India
OSTEC
Roadshow
Professors
James Waddell from Toronto, Peter Biberthaler from Munich, and Pierre Hoffmeyer
from Geneva were invited by Prof Ashok Johari to participate in a Trauma
Roadshow. The programme started at 10 am each morning in five cities across
India (Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, and Delhi) during 14- 19th
July 2015. There was a mix of Didactic Lectures and Case Studies that were
discussed. The Indian Faculty included Prof Lalit Maini(Delhi), Dr RH Govardhan
(Chennai), Dr NS Laud(Mumbai), DrArindam Banerjee(Kolkata), Dr John Mukhopadhyay(Patna), Dr DD
Tanna(Mumbai) and a host of regional faculty. Close to 800
Orthopaedic Surgeons across the vast length and breadth of India benefitted by
the interaction and the program was very well received. It upheld the banner of
SICOT as a truly international society globalising orthopaedics and
traumatology
SICOT
- APROC 2015:
SICOT India hosted
the Asia Pacific Regional Orthopaedic Course (APROC - 2015) on the 29th and
30th August in Mumbai. We had international faculty and also from the Asia
Pacific region and the course was primarily organised for surgeons from the
Asia Pacific region. I am happy to say that SICOT HQ supported this venture and
also sponsored the travel for one international faculty. The theme for APROC
was 'Complications in Orthopaedic Surgery'.
APROC had its own website at www.aproc2015.in.
Foreign faculty included Hitendra Doshi(Singapore), Ram Kewal Shah (Nepal),
Kandiah Raveendran(Malaysia), Dr Rob Wallace from Adelaide, Australia. Dr
Vaibhav Bagaria and his Co-Consultants at the Sir HN Reliance foundation
Hospital at South Mumbai took the leading role in organising this meeting. The course that covered all aspects of
orthopaedics had 10 sessions with focus on major sub-specialities – Spine,
Paediatrics, Trauma, Joint Replacement, Oncology and Sports medicine and
Rehabilitation. An innovative Key note session along with a 'Wings to Dream'
session ensured that the course was comprehensive even going beyond
orthopaedics and touching upon the important issues of technological
innovations, value of cultivating team culture, Academic affiliations,
Research, Evidence Based Orthopaedics, Ethics and patient doctor communication.
The course had been granted an accreditation with 4 CME points by Maharashtra
Medical council.
UPCOMING
BOOKS, BOOK RELEASES
Dr. Ashok Johari along with co-editors,
Prof. Keith Luk and Prof. James Waddell have compiled the 2nd volume of Current
Progress in Orthopaedics(CPO-2). This book is endorsed by SICOT and has 23
chapters written by world authorities touching on many aspects of orthopaedic
progress around the world.
In 2015, a book edited by Dr. Hitesh
Gopalan entitled 'Evidence Based Orthopaedic Principles' has been released at
the Asia Pacific Regional Orthopaedic Course at Sir HN Reliance Foundation
Hospital, Mumbai. Dr GustadDaver, Medical Director of HN Reliance Hospital and
former Dean, Sir JJ Group of Hospitals along with Prof Ashok Johari released
the book. This is a monumental text covering many areas in orthopaedics
primarily aimed at young surgeons and is available on Amazon, http://amzn.to/1JpCfViand http://amzn.to/1mI4eMl.
Dr. Ashok Johari edited the entire
Paediatric Orthopaedic section of a book published by Springer titled '
Passport for the Orthopedic Boards and the FRCS Examination' and edited by
Cyril Mauffrey& David Hak. Current Progress in Orthopaedics 1 is available
on http://amzn.to/1SbgmRS
SICOT
OWC 2015
The
SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress of 2015 was held in the city of Guangzhou,
China from September 15- 19. The OWC began with the Educational Day organised
by Dr Vikas Khanduja on the 15th of September. The theme for this
year was Spine and Hand. The Congress also witnessed the inauguration of the
SICOT Research Academy under Prof Rajasekaran as its Chairman. The Academy aims
to transform SICOT into a Knowledge Creator rather than a Knowledge provider.
The DipSICOT Exam was held on the 16th of September and had students
appearing from various parts of the Globe, though Indian students were a clear
majority. The Baiyun International Convention Centre was the venue for the SICOT
2015 Orthopaedic World Congress from September 16- 19, at Guangzhou, China.
Being an International hub, Guangzhou (Canton) was the perfect place for an
International Meeting of this magnitude. Every aspect of Orthopaedics was covered
during the span of 4 days with series of Guest and Plenary Lectures, Symposia
and Free Paper sessions
Android
Application for Postgraduate Entrance Exam
An
Android application has been developed for Postgraduate Medical Entrance
Examination which will cover Orthopaedic Questions that appeared in the last 15
years of important National Entrance Examinations. The Application can be downloaded from, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartexamagent
We are undertaking a Venous ThromboEmbolism
survey to know the preferences of surgeons “practicing in India”. One of the
objectives of the survey is to find out whether we follow the standard
recommendations as in the West, and how different our practices are. The notion
that VTE is rare in this part of the world, continues to exist.This is the link
for the Survey: http://bit.ly/1RVa8Ie
SICOT 2016
OWC Rome
This year
the Congress will be held in the beautiful city of Rome. The Venue is the RomeMariott
Park Hotel, Rome and the Dates are 8- 10, September 2016
SICOT
Educational Day 2016
Paediatric
Orthopaedics, Foot and Ankle have been chosen as the Theme for the Educational
Day in 2016 at Rome. The educational Day will be held on the 7th of
September, 2016 at Rome Mariott Park Hotel, Rome, Italy.
SICOT India
Orthopaedic Review Course- October 2016
This course is being
organised by Dr. VaibhavBagaria and his group who successfully conducted the
2015 APROC. The course is a review course covering different subspecialties in
Orthopaedics like Arthroplasty, Spine surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics and
Sports Medicine and is a 2 day program to be held on the 8th and 9th
October this year. The theme is ‘Simplifying Complexities’. It will be held at
the HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai.
SICOT Ortho
Excellence Program (OEP):
7825 orthopaedic surgeons from across the world have
registered on the site www.sicotoep.com.
They can participate in the live webinar as also have access to all webinars
which are archived on this site. 30 webinars have taken place between 2012 to
now and 3 more will take place by early next year. This is rich educational
material from world leaders covering a very wide cross section of orthopaedics
and trauma and freely available to all SICOT members. During the webinar,
participants can discuss their queries with the speaker and also answer MCQ’s
related to the topic. Participants in India receive a booklet of slides of the
webinar program with the MCQ’s answered. Booklet and CD’s of the webinar are
distributed to 8000 surgeons in India. This is truly knowledge brought to the
door steps.The webinars are archived on the OEP website. This year the archive
was accessed over a thousand times.
In 2015 -2016, 6 webinars were planned of which 3 have
already been presented. The last webinar is slated for February 2017. The first
25 surgeons who answer the MCQ’s with high marks will get free membership to
SICOT courtesy Abbott. Surgeons will be
able to see the webinar on their mobiles after scanning a QR code. Abbott
Healthcare is the sponsor for this program held under the auspices of SICOT.
The first three surgeons scoring the highest marks will be given free
registrations to the next SICOT WC courtesy SICOT.
The following webinars have been
completed:-
2012
- 2013
SPEAKER
|
TOPIC
|
Prof. Ashok N. Johari
|
Orthopaedic Trauma in Children
|
Prof. James Waddell
|
Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures
|
Prof.VilmosVecsei
|
Trochanteric Fractures
|
Prof. Pierre Hoffmeyer
|
Fractures of the Femoral Shaft – proximal and distal
|
Prof. Peter Biberthaler
|
Fractures around the Knee
|
Prof. Khaled Emara
|
Fractures of the Tibia
|
Prof.GershonVolpin
|
Polytrauma patients with multiple lower extremity
injuries – early vs late fixations
|
2013
- 2014
SPEAKER
|
TOPIC
|
Dr. Matthew P. Abdel
|
Restoration of the metaphysis, reconstruction of the
extensor mechanism, and overview of deep periprosthetic infections
|
Dr. David J. Hak
|
Pelvic Ring Fractures
|
Dr. Evalina Burger
|
Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis – New Surgical Options,
Etiology and Management
|
Dr. Matthew Costa
|
Periprosthetic Fractures of the Distal Femur
|
Dr. Cyril Mauffrey
|
The Management of Acetabular Fractures
|
Dr. Michael J. Gardner
|
Proximal Humerus Fractures
|
Dr. G.J. Della Rocca
|
Pilon Fractures
|
Dr. David Hak
|
Post Traumatic Long Bone Infection
|
Dr. Bruce Ziran
|
Humeral Shaft Fractures
|
Dr. Ashok N. Johari
|
Newer Advances in Paediatric Orthopaedics and Trauma
|
2014
– 2015
SPEAKER
|
TOPIC
|
Prof. Peter Biberthaler
|
Complex Elbow Injuries
|
Prof. Hans-Christoph Pape
|
Management of Major Fractures in Rural Environment
and Delayed and Safe Definitive Surgery
|
Prof. Pierre J. Hoffmeyer
|
Life Threatening Shoulder Injuries
|
Prof.GershonVolpin
|
Surgical Priorities in Polytraumatized Patients (DCO
vs ETC)
|
Dr. John Mukhopadhaya
|
Complex Knee Injuries
|
Dr. D.D. Tanna
|
Ankle Injuries
|
Prof. James Waddell
|
Non-operative Management of Fractures
|
Dr. Cyril Mauffrey
|
Pelvi-acetabular Trauma
|
Prof.SuthornBavonratanavech / Dr.
VajaraPhiphobmongkol
|
Minimally Invasive Osteosynthesis
|
Dr. Ashok N. Johari
|
Emergencies in Paediatric Orthopaedics and Trauma
|
SICOT ORTHOEXCELLENCE PROGRAM OF WEBINARS FOR 2016 - 2017
“TECHNIQUES
IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMA”
Date
|
Speaker
|
Topic
|
15th
April, Friday 4 p.m. IST
|
Dr.
Cyril Mauffrey, Denver, USA
Dr.Ramesh
Sen, Chandigarh, India
|
Pelvic
Fractures – A case based discussion
|
10th
June, Friday 4 p.m. IST
|
Dr.
William Min
The
Hughston Clinic
Georgia,
USA
Dr.
D.D. Tanna, Mumbai, India
|
Tips
and tricks for treating metadiaphyseal and difficult diaphyseal fractures
with IMN
|
12th
August, Friday 4 p.m. IST
|
Prof.
Hans-Christoph Pape
Professor and Chairman
Department of Orthopaedic Trauma
University of Aachen Medical Center
Aachen,
Germany
Dr.
Vijay Shetty
Mumbai,
India
|
Prox.
Femur Fractures in the elderly
|
7th
October, Friday 4 p.m. IST
|
Dr.
Khaled Emara
Cairo,
Egypt
Dr.
MangalParihar
Mumbai,
India
|
The
Combined use of external and internal fixation in bone reconstruction.
(Surgical
techniques and tips)
|
9th
December, Friday 4 p.m. IST
|
Dr.
Peter Biberthaler, Munich, Germany
Dr.
John Mukhopadhaya
Patna,
India
|
Proximal Humerus fractures: from arthroscopic supported fracture
repair until reversed fracture prosthesis
|
10th
February, Friday 4 p.m. IST
|
Dr.
Ashok Johari Mumbai, India
Prof.
N.K. MaguRohtak, India
|
Pseudarthroses
of the femoral neck
|
SICOT India Foundation:
The SICOT India Foundation announces the SICOT India
Foundation International Fellowship with SICOT collaboration to
encourage orthopaedic surgeons to visit eminent Indian surgeons for brief
exposure and interaction. It will finance one international fellow every year
to visit India for one month to spend time with one or two surgeons in the
specialty of his choice. The position is purely an observer position. A stipend
of Rs.1,50000 or its equivalent in Euros (currently approximately 2000 euros)
will be given to the selected surgeon to meet with travel and living expenses.
All arrangements for travel and stay will be the responsibility of the selected
surgeon. No age limit is prescribed for the fellowship. The fellowship is not
open to resident Indian surgeons or those well exposed to Indian orthopaedic
surgery. Selection will be based on CV and certificate of good standing or
recommendation letter and is open to SICOT members in good standing only.
SICOT India session at IOACON:
A SICOT India session will be held during the IOACON in Kochi on
Friday the 16th Dec 2016 in Hall 2 at 10 am. An exciting program has
been set out by Dr. Anil Jain. Please make it a point to participate. Dr.
Rajasekaran who will then be SICOT President will speak on SICOT International
– How to make ties stronger? Dr. Anil Jain will speak on the important subject
of Orthopaedic
education reform in India - how to initiate and role of SICOT India. Others who
will lecture include Dr. VaibhavBagaria and Dr. Hitesh Gopalan on Cracking the
Dip SICOT and Career advancement via SICOT.
The SICOT session was last held at the IOACON at Jaipur on the 13th of
December 2015. SICOT India functionaries, Vijay Shetty, Rahul Katta,
VaibhavBagaria and Ashok Das delivered lectures which were well received by the
audience.
SICOT - APROC 2017
Upcoming Events:
SICOT Orthopaedic World
Congress 2016
·
Venue: Rome Mariott
Park Hotel, Rome, Italy
·
Dates: September 8-
10, 2016
·
Web: www.sicot.org
BOA Annual Congress
2016(British Orthopaedic Association)
· Venue:
Belfast, United Kingdom
· Dates:
13-16 September 2016
· E-mail: events@boa.ac.uk
· Website: congress.boa.ac.uk
Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting 2016
· Venue:
Gaylord National Harbour, Fort Washington, USA
· Dates:
October 5- 8, 2016
· Web: http://ota.org/education/2016-ota-annual-meeting/
Chennai Trauma Course
· Venue:
Hotel Crown Plaza, Chennai
· Dates:
October 21, 22 2016
· Web: www.chennaitraumacourse.com
Western India Regional
Orthopaedic Conference 2016
·
Venue: Renaissance
Convention Centre, Mumbai, India
·
Dates: Dec 2-4, 2016
·
Web: www.
wiroc2016.com
IOACON Research Workshop
· Venue:
December 12, 2016
· Venue:
IMA House, Kochi, Kerala
IOACON 2016 Kochi
· Venue:
Le Meridien, Kochi, Kerala, India
· Dates:
December 12-17, 2016
Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association Trauma and Infection
Meeting
· Venue:
Le MeridienPuthrajaya, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Combined Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Spine Society(APSS),
Asia-Pacific Paediatric Orthopaedic Society(APPOS) and International Federation
of Paediatric Orthopaedic Society(IFPOS)
· Venue:
Grand Hyatt, Panaji, Goa
· Dates:
September21-23, 2017
· Web: www.apss-appos2017.org
