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Saturday, September 13, 2025

Saturday, 13 September
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM Welcome and Outline of the Day
Simon Young
Session 1: Arthroplasty - Hot Topics
Moderator: Simon Young
8:35 AM - 8:55 AM Accuracy and Precision in TKA – What Are We Actually Aiming For?
Michael Dunbar
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM Discussion
Moderator: Pierre Navarre
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM 3D modelling and gait assessment of distal femur morphology: The pathway to personalised knee replacement surgery
Lloyd Roffe
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM Creating time with Artificial Intelligence - referral, triage and automated appointment scheduling
Marc Hirner
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Learnings from The CAMELOT Trial - Alignment and Balance in TKA
Simon Young
9:30 AM - 9:35 AM ‎ Discussion‎
Moderator: Mike Rosenfeldt
9:35 AM - 9:45 AM Uncemented versus Cemented TKA - Five year results of the Knee-Fix RCT
Rupert Van Rooyen
9:45 AM - 9:55 AM Current Data on cemented versus uncemented TKA - have we solved this problem?
Tony Lamberton
9:55 AM - 10:05 AM Cemented versus Cementless Total Knee Replacement: A Matched Cohort Study of Revision Risk and Patient-Reported Outcomes at Minimum 10-Year Follow-Up
Gary Hooper
10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Panel Discussion - Cemented versus Uncemented
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM Te Whatu Ora Talk
Rachel Haggerty
10:25 AM - 10:30 AM Discussionㅤㅤ
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Arthroplasty/Trauma
Moderator: Richard Keddell
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Total Knee Arthroplasty in American Samoa 2024 to 2025
Robert Blotter
11:20 AM - 11:25 AM Stiffness After TKA: Predictors, Prevention, and Treatment in 2025
Amir Sandiford
11:25 AM - 11:35 AM PJI Diagnostics in 2025 – What Should Be Standard?
Mark Stringer
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM ㅤDiscussionㅤ
Case Session
Moderator: Peter Misur
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Periarticular Trauma and other Knee Challenges
Bruce Twaddle, Nick Lash, Julian Balance
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Session 3: Sports Medicine - the Problem Teenager
Moderator: Grant Kiddle
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Arthroscopy of the knee in the presence of degenerative changes: is it contra-indicated? A minimum 10 year study.
Gary Hooper
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM Hamstring ACLR outcomes
Bruce Twaddle
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM ㅤDiscussion
Sports Medicine - the Problem Teenager
Moderator: Matt Boyle
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM Meniscal Injuries - when and how to repair
Stu Walsh
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM ACLs and Growth Plates in teenagers - Grafts, Tunnels, and Lateral Procedures
Matt Boyle
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Management of Patellofemoral instability in Adolescents
Pierre Navarre
2:25 PM - 2:35 PM Osteochondritis Dissecans - My Algorithm
Julian Balance
2:35 PM - 2:45 PM The role of Synovectomy in Adolescents
Stu Walsh
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM Discussion + Cases
2:55 PM - 3:00 PM Day concludes
3:30 PM - 10:30 PM NZKSSS Function
Saturday, 13 September
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM Welcome and Outline of the Day
Simon Young
Session 1: Arthroplasty - Hot Topics
Moderator: Simon Young
8:35 AM - 8:55 AM Accuracy and Precision in TKA – What Are We Actually Aiming For?
Michael Dunbar
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM Discussion
Moderator: Pierre Navarre
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM 3D modelling and gait assessment of distal femur morphology: The pathway to personalised knee replacement surgery
Lloyd Roffe
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM Creating time with Artificial Intelligence - referral, triage and automated appointment scheduling
Marc Hirner
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Learnings from The CAMELOT Trial - Alignment and Balance in TKA
Simon Young
9:30 AM - 9:35 AM ‎ Discussion‎
Moderator: Mike Rosenfeldt
9:35 AM - 9:45 AM Uncemented versus Cemented TKA - Five year results of the Knee-Fix RCT
Rupert Van Rooyen
9:45 AM - 9:55 AM Current Data on cemented versus uncemented TKA - have we solved this problem?
Tony Lamberton
9:55 AM - 10:05 AM Cemented versus Cementless Total Knee Replacement: A Matched Cohort Study of Revision Risk and Patient-Reported Outcomes at Minimum 10-Year Follow-Up
Gary Hooper
10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Panel Discussion - Cemented versus Uncemented
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM Te Whatu Ora Talk
Rachel Haggerty
10:25 AM - 10:30 AM Discussionㅤㅤ
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Arthroplasty/Trauma
Moderator: Richard Keddell
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Total Knee Arthroplasty in American Samoa 2024 to 2025
Robert Blotter
11:20 AM - 11:25 AM Stiffness After TKA: Predictors, Prevention, and Treatment in 2025
Amir Sandiford
11:25 AM - 11:35 AM PJI Diagnostics in 2025 – What Should Be Standard?
Mark Stringer
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM ㅤDiscussionㅤ
Case Session
Moderator: Peter Misur
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Periarticular Trauma and other Knee Challenges
Bruce Twaddle, Nick Lash, Julian Balance
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Session 3: Sports Medicine - the Problem Teenager
Moderator: Grant Kiddle
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Arthroscopy of the knee in the presence of degenerative changes: is it contra-indicated? A minimum 10 year study.
Gary Hooper
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM Hamstring ACLR outcomes
Bruce Twaddle
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM ㅤDiscussion
Sports Medicine - the Problem Teenager
Moderator: Matt Boyle
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM Meniscal Injuries - when and how to repair
Stu Walsh
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM ACLs and Growth Plates in teenagers - Grafts, Tunnels, and Lateral Procedures
Matt Boyle
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Management of Patellofemoral instability in Adolescents
Pierre Navarre
2:25 PM - 2:35 PM Osteochondritis Dissecans - My Algorithm
Julian Balance
2:35 PM - 2:45 PM The role of Synovectomy in Adolescents
Stu Walsh
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM Discussion + Cases
2:55 PM - 3:00 PM Day concludes
3:30 PM - 10:30 PM NZKSSS Function

Saturday, 13 September
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM Welcome and Outline of the Day
Simon Young
Session 1: Arthroplasty - Hot Topics
Moderator: Simon Young
8:35 AM - 8:55 AM Accuracy and Precision in TKA – What Are We Actually Aiming For?
Michael Dunbar
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM Discussion
Moderator: Pierre Navarre
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM 3D modelling and gait assessment of distal femur morphology: The pathway to personalised knee replacement surgery
Lloyd Roffe
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM Creating time with Artificial Intelligence - referral, triage and automated appointment scheduling
Marc Hirner
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Learnings from The CAMELOT Trial - Alignment and Balance in TKA
Simon Young
9:30 AM - 9:35 AM ‎ Discussion‎
Moderator: Mike Rosenfeldt
9:35 AM - 9:45 AM Uncemented versus Cemented TKA - Five year results of the Knee-Fix RCT
Rupert Van Rooyen
9:45 AM - 9:55 AM Current Data on cemented versus uncemented TKA - have we solved this problem?
Tony Lamberton
9:55 AM - 10:05 AM Cemented versus Cementless Total Knee Replacement: A Matched Cohort Study of Revision Risk and Patient-Reported Outcomes at Minimum 10-Year Follow-Up
Gary Hooper
10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Panel Discussion - Cemented versus Uncemented
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM Te Whatu Ora Talk
Rachel Haggerty
10:25 AM - 10:30 AM Discussionㅤㅤ
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Arthroplasty/Trauma
Moderator: Richard Keddell
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Total Knee Arthroplasty in American Samoa 2024 to 2025
Robert Blotter
11:20 AM - 11:25 AM Stiffness After TKA: Predictors, Prevention, and Treatment in 2025
Amir Sandiford
11:25 AM - 11:35 AM PJI Diagnostics in 2025 – What Should Be Standard?
Mark Stringer
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM ㅤDiscussionㅤ
Case Session
Moderator: Peter Misur
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Periarticular Trauma and other Knee Challenges
Bruce Twaddle, Nick Lash, Julian Balance
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Session 3: Sports Medicine - the Problem Teenager
Moderator: Grant Kiddle
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Arthroscopy of the knee in the presence of degenerative changes: is it contra-indicated? A minimum 10 year study.
Gary Hooper
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM Hamstring ACLR outcomes
Bruce Twaddle
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM ㅤDiscussion
Sports Medicine - the Problem Teenager
Moderator: Matt Boyle
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM Meniscal Injuries - when and how to repair
Stu Walsh
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM ACLs and Growth Plates in teenagers - Grafts, Tunnels, and Lateral Procedures
Matt Boyle
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Management of Patellofemoral instability in Adolescents
Pierre Navarre
2:25 PM - 2:35 PM Osteochondritis Dissecans - My Algorithm
Julian Balance
2:35 PM - 2:45 PM The role of Synovectomy in Adolescents
Stu Walsh
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM Discussion + Cases
2:55 PM - 3:00 PM Day concludes
3:30 PM - 10:30 PM NZKSSS Function

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Sunday, 14 September
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast for all members available prior to AGM
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM
NZ Knee & Sports Surgery Society
Annual General Meeting
Arthroplasty - Where are we going from here
Moderator: Simon Young
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM Beyond Implants and Alignment – What’s Really Going to Change?
Mike Dunbar
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Discussionㅤ
Moderator: Andrew Stokes
9:05 AM - 9:15 AM Artifical intelligence in Clinical notes - How I use it
Lyndon Bradley
9:15 AM - 9:25 AM Posterior-Stabilised, CR, or Medial-Pivot? Constraint in Primary TKA in 2025
Matt Street
9:25 AM - 9:35 AM Can changing the theatre environment reduce periprosthetic infection?
Gary Hooper
9:35 AM - 9:45 AM Tumours Around the Knee: Red Flags for the Sports and Arthroplasty Surgeon
Shaneel Deo
9:45 AM - 9:50 AM Discussion‎.
Case Session
Moderator: Rod Maxwell
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM My Worst Case - And What I Learnt From it
Panel: Brendon Coleman, Richard Peterson, Dave Templeton, Mike Rosenfeldt
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday Morning Tea
Session 5: Sports Med
Moderator: Andrew Vincent
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sports Medicine - Revision ACL Session - Case Session
Panel - Ryan Johnstone, David Whitehead Satyen Jesani, Simon Young
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Close meeting with lunch
Sunday, 14 September
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast for all members available prior to AGM
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM
NZ Knee & Sports Surgery Society
Annual General Meeting
Arthroplasty - Where are we going from here
Moderator: Simon Young
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM Beyond Implants and Alignment – What’s Really Going to Change?
Mike Dunbar
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Discussionㅤ
Moderator: Andrew Stokes
9:05 AM - 9:15 AM Artifical intelligence in Clinical notes - How I use it
Lyndon Bradley
9:15 AM - 9:25 AM Posterior-Stabilised, CR, or Medial-Pivot? Constraint in Primary TKA in 2025
Matt Street
9:25 AM - 9:35 AM Can changing the theatre environment reduce periprosthetic infection?
Gary Hooper
9:35 AM - 9:45 AM Tumours Around the Knee: Red Flags for the Sports and Arthroplasty Surgeon
Shaneel Deo
9:45 AM - 9:50 AM Discussion‎.
Case Session
Moderator: Rod Maxwell
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM My Worst Case - And What I Learnt From it
Panel: Brendon Coleman, Richard Peterson, Dave Templeton, Mike Rosenfeldt
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday Morning Tea
Session 5: Sports Med
Moderator: Andrew Vincent
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sports Medicine - Revision ACL Session - Case Session
Panel - Ryan Johnstone, David Whitehead Satyen Jesani, Simon Young
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Close meeting with lunch

Sunday, 14 September
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast for all members available prior to AGM
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM
NZ Knee & Sports Surgery Society
Annual General Meeting
Arthroplasty - Where are we going from here
Moderator: Simon Young
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM Beyond Implants and Alignment – What’s Really Going to Change?
Mike Dunbar
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Discussionㅤ
Moderator: Andrew Stokes
9:05 AM - 9:15 AM Artifical intelligence in Clinical notes - How I use it
Lyndon Bradley
9:15 AM - 9:25 AM Posterior-Stabilised, CR, or Medial-Pivot? Constraint in Primary TKA in 2025
Matt Street
9:25 AM - 9:35 AM Can changing the theatre environment reduce periprosthetic infection?
Gary Hooper
9:35 AM - 9:45 AM Tumours Around the Knee: Red Flags for the Sports and Arthroplasty Surgeon
Shaneel Deo
9:45 AM - 9:50 AM Discussion‎.
Case Session
Moderator: Rod Maxwell
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM My Worst Case - And What I Learnt From it
Panel: Brendon Coleman, Richard Peterson, Dave Templeton, Mike Rosenfeldt
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday Morning Tea
Session 5: Sports Med
Moderator: Andrew Vincent
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sports Medicine - Revision ACL Session - Case Session
Panel - Ryan Johnstone, David Whitehead Satyen Jesani, Simon Young
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Close meeting with lunch

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