Saturday, 16th July New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting

Delegate Registration will be available in the Exhibition Area on Level 1

Mike Woodfield, Convenor

Simon Talbot, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Supported by

Jon Mathy, Middlemore Hospital

Eldon Mah, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

Glenn Bartlett, NZ Institute of Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery

Barista Coffee sponsored by: 

David Crabb, Northland Plastic Surgery

John Kenealy, Auckland Regional Plastic and Hand Surgery Department, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland

Patrick Lyall, Dunedin Public Hospital, Dunedin

Simon Talbot, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Supported by:

Lunch with exhibitors

Posters will be displayed in the main conference room and can be viewed on Saturday and Sunday at refreshment breaks.  

•   An unusual case of a partial FDP (Flexor Digitorum Profundus) avulsion at the tendon-bone insertion   - Jessie Xin Xu
• True spare parts surgery - Use of a pedicled osteo-cutaneous fillet flap for hand reconstruction following oncological resection - Oliver Jensen
• Recurrent carpal tunnel sydrome: treatment options - Vincent Choi
• The use of intraoperative cone beam computed tomography in the surgical management of facial fractures: the new standard of care? - Vincent Choi
• Bony mallet fractures: When to splint and when to operate. A prospective cohort study. - Clara Miller
• Peer-reviewed journal articles by NZ plastic surgeons 2011-15 - Tess Brian
• Transversely-orientated deep inferior epigastric vessels as a useful choice of recipient vessels for free-flap reconstruction of flank defects – A case report - Rachel Lee
• Necrotising fasciitis of the upper limb - a ten year experience - Depak K Patel
• Value added by nerve conduction studies in diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome at Hutt Hospital - Rachna Ram
• Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Reconstruction for Infective Mediastininitis and Ascending Aortic Graft Patch-Case Report and Review of the Literature - Justin Yousef
• Compliance with essential elements of histopathological reporting of primary cutaneous melanoma at CMDHB - Vinka Nurdjaja
• Is the “horn” sign a reliable test for presence of Extensor Indicis Proprius (EIP)? - Wei Lun Wong
• Perforator flaps for sacral pressure sores - Soumya Hariswamy
• Nasal MRSA screening as a predictor of MRSA soft tissue infection in the upper extremity - Joseph Chen
• Regional lymph node dissection for stage 3 metastatic melanoma - a clinical audit - Ashwini Pondicherry
• Melanoma in Canterbury; Two year follow up of stage 3 and 4 Melanoma. Where are our patients going? - James Eason
• Risk factors for recurrence of scalp squamous cell carcinoma. - Hyok Jun Kwon
• Neurological pressure ulcers: Our experience with perforator flaps - Daniel NK Yang
• Veraflo as a novel alternative to VAC Therapy alone for treatment of chronically infected wounds - Debanjan Ghosh
• Pitfalls in radiological assesment of vascular malformations: Case reports - Rachna Ram
• Antibiotic use in common plastic surgery infections - Emily Giblin

Paul Smith, Hand and Plastic Surgeon, London, UK

Supported by:  The William and Lois Manchester Trust

Paul Smith, Hand and Plastic Surgeon, London, UK

Supported by:  The William & Lois Manchester Trust

Hugh Bartholomeusz, Immediate Past President, ASPS

Craig MacKinnon, Wellington Plastic Surgery Institute

Philip Truskett, President, RACS

The Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons - open to NZAPS members only.

Includes presentation from Richard Barnett, Chairman, Australasian Foundation for Plastic Surgery

A pre-dinner drink will be served from 5.45 pm - 6.15 pm at the bar in the Lobby (Level 4) - delegates must be wearing their lanyards

Buses will depart outside the Hilton Main Foyer at 6.30 pm sharp

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This event is currently sold out, delegates may add their name to the waiting list via online registration.