Sunday, 17th July New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting

Mike Woodfield - Convenor

Registrars Presentations and Prizes sponsored by:

Simon Talbot, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Supported by:

• A twist on keloid pathogenesis - Sarah Meidinger

• Acellular dermal matrix assisted implant-based breast reconstruction vs. complete sub-muscular reconstruction: the first Australian series - Kimberley Hughes

• Complications rates related to Acellular Dermal Matrix used in breast reconstruction - Olivia Hill

• Pyoderma gangrenosum with pathergy; a potentially significant complication following breast reconstruction - Depak K Patel

• A 5 year review of free flap salvage attempts at Hutt Valley DHB - Rahul Jayakar

• A retrospective review of the free flap reconstruction in Middlemore Hospital - Kin Mun Lee

• A simple technique for estimation of TRAM flap volume for breast reconstruction - Omid Ahmadi
• Successful neoadjuvant therapy of BRAF and MEK inhibition for inoperable stage 3 metastatic melanoma - Ashwini Pondicherry
• Review of melanoma tumour standards at Hutt Valley DHB - Rahul Jayakar
• Post-operative wound infections rate following skin lesion excision at the Auckland Regional Plastic Surgery Unit - Bryce Jackson

Paul Smith, Hand and Plastic Surgeon, London, UK

Supported by: The William & Lois Manchester Trust

Scott McLaughlin

• A see-and-treat clinic to reduce skin cancer treatment time - Scott McLaughlin

Jessica Papali'i-Curtin 

• Management of burns in primary care in the lower South Island - Jessica Papali'i-Curtin

• Hand infections: To close or not to close - Febe Minogue

Rebecca McLean (TBC)

• A 5 year review of dog bite injuries in Canterbury - Rebecca McLean

• Reducing rupture following flexor tendon repair distal to the A1 pulley: a two centre, two country study - Hyok Jun Kwon

• Surprises in management of paediatric phalangeal fractures - Heather Greig
• Fixation of closed proximal phalangeal fractures - Orazio Di Bartolo
• An audit of outcomes for mid-face distraction at the Auckland Craniofacial Unit - Joseph Chen
• Ethnic prevalence of Community Acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) in upper extremity infections at the Auckland Hand Regional Hand Unit - Nandoun Abeysekera

• Art and anatomy: a brief history - Hannah G Collins

Registrars Prizes Sponsored by: