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Draft Programme

Saturday, October 17, 2026

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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Welcome and Introductions and Mihi
Jeremy Simcock and Lyndall O’Loughlin
Session 1:
Moderator:
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Touch and the real function of the Hand
Tony Berger
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Treating hands without pain
Alison Taylor
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM My experience with Shecker DRUJ replacement
Tony Berger
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM New Zealand experience with Shecker prosthesis
Karen Smith
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Questions
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Concurrent Sessions
NZSSH Members talks
Paediatrics
Moderator: Rob Rowan
Hand Therapists Talks
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Weight bearing tolerance following conservatively managed distal radius fracture in people 50 years or older
Douglas Bryant
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM Peripheral nerve injury in kid’s fractures
David McCombe
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Does a counterforce brace reduce common extensor tendon loading during a wrist extension task? An in vivo study.
Nico Magni
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM Neurovascular Pathologies Associated with Supracondylar Fractures of The Humerus: A Review af Operative Findings
Shane Carr
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Brachial plexus birth palsy
David McCombe
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM HTNZ Invited Speaker
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
Questions ㅤ ㅤ
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
Session 3: Concurrent Session
NZSSH Members talks
CMCJ
Moderator: Emma Lacey
Hand Therapists session
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Thumb CMC joint arthroplasty - tips and trick
Eugene Ek
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alison Taylor
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Touch experience NZ
Albert Yoon
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Review of TOUCH CMCJ arthroplasty outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand
Darina Gilroy
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Non-operative Management of Acute Volar Plate Injuries of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint in Adults: A Systematic Review
Sarah Walsh
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM The 45 years experience of CMC arthroplasty in France, the evolution of its indications over time, surgical technique, the technical and clinical results of the latest developments, and outcomes in 2026
Ludovic Bincaz
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Tea Breaks, ACC, and Professional Identity: Reflections on My First Six Months Transitioning from American to New Zealand Hand Therapy Practice
Yaffa Meiners
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Questionsㅤ
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
Session 4: Combined
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Peripheral nerves
Alison Taylor
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM "You're the Touch Point": Creating Positive Māori Health Journeys from Hand Surgery to Hand Therapy
Becky Sheehy and Sandra Kettle
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM Sāmoan Health Worker Wellbeing
Josie Timmins
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM Valedictory Talk
Karen Smith
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand Dinner
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.
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Welcome and Introductions and Mihi
Jeremy Simcock and Lyndall O’Loughlin
Session 1:
Moderator:
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Touch and the real function of the Hand
Tony Berger
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Treating hands without pain
Alison Taylor
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM My experience with Shecker DRUJ replacement
Tony Berger
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM New Zealand experience with Shecker prosthesis
Karen Smith
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Questions
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Concurrent Sessions
NZSSH Members talks
Paediatrics
Moderator: Rob Rowan
Hand Therapists Talks
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Weight bearing tolerance following conservatively managed distal radius fracture in people 50 years or older
Douglas Bryant
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM Peripheral nerve injury in kid’s fractures
David McCombe
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Does a counterforce brace reduce common extensor tendon loading during a wrist extension task? An in vivo study.
Nico Magni
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM Neurovascular Pathologies Associated with Supracondylar Fractures of The Humerus: A Review af Operative Findings
Shane Carr
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Brachial plexus birth palsy
David McCombe
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM HTNZ Invited Speaker
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
Questions ㅤ ㅤ
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
Session 3: Concurrent Session
NZSSH Members talks
CMCJ
Moderator: Emma Lacey
Hand Therapists session
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Thumb CMC joint arthroplasty - tips and trick
Eugene Ek
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alison Taylor
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Touch experience NZ
Albert Yoon
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Review of TOUCH CMCJ arthroplasty outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand
Darina Gilroy
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Non-operative Management of Acute Volar Plate Injuries of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint in Adults: A Systematic Review
Sarah Walsh
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM The 45 years experience of CMC arthroplasty in France, the evolution of its indications over time, surgical technique, the technical and clinical results of the latest developments, and outcomes in 2026
Ludovic Bincaz
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Tea Breaks, ACC, and Professional Identity: Reflections on My First Six Months Transitioning from American to New Zealand Hand Therapy Practice
Yaffa Meiners
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Questionsㅤ
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
Session 4: Combined
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Peripheral nerves
Alison Taylor
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM "You're the Touch Point": Creating Positive Māori Health Journeys from Hand Surgery to Hand Therapy
Becky Sheehy and Sandra Kettle
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM Sāmoan Health Worker Wellbeing
Josie Timmins
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM Valedictory Talk
Karen Smith
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand Dinner

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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Welcome and Introductions and Mihi
Jeremy Simcock and Lyndall O’Loughlin
Session 1:
Moderator:
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Touch and the real function of the Hand
Tony Berger
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Treating hands without pain
Alison Taylor
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM My experience with Shecker DRUJ replacement
Tony Berger
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM New Zealand experience with Shecker prosthesis
Karen Smith
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Questions
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Concurrent Sessions
NZSSH Members talks
Paediatrics
Moderator: Rob Rowan
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM Peripheral nerve injury in kid’s fractures
David McCombe
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM Neurovascular Pathologies Associated with Supracondylar Fractures of The Humerus: A Review af Operative Findings
Shane Carr
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Brachial plexus birth palsy
David McCombe
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
Questions ㅤ ㅤ
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
Session 3: Concurrent Session
NZSSH Members talks
CMCJ
Moderator: Emma Lacey
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Thumb CMC joint arthroplasty - tips and trick
Eugene Ek
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Touch experience NZ
Albert Yoon
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Review of TOUCH CMCJ arthroplasty outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand
Darina Gilroy
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM The 45 years experience of CMC arthroplasty in France, the evolution of its indications over time, surgical technique, the technical and clinical results of the latest developments, and outcomes in 2026
Ludovic Bincaz
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Questionsㅤ
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
Session 4: Combined
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Peripheral nerves
Alison Taylor
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM "You're the Touch Point": Creating Positive Māori Health Journeys from Hand Surgery to Hand Therapy
Becky Sheehy and Sandra Kettle
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM Sāmoan Health Worker Wellbeing
Josie Timmins
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM Valedictory Talk
Karen Smith
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand Dinner

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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Welcome and Introductions and Mihi
Jeremy Simcock and Lyndall O’Loughlin
Session 1:
Moderator:
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Touch and the real function of the Hand
Tony Berger
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Treating hands without pain
Alison Taylor
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM My experience with Shecker DRUJ replacement
Tony Berger
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM New Zealand experience with Shecker prosthesis
Karen Smith
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Questions
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Concurrent Sessions
Hand Therapists Talks
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Weight bearing tolerance following conservatively managed distal radius fracture in people 50 years or older
Douglas Bryant
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Does a counterforce brace reduce common extensor tendon loading during a wrist extension task? An in vivo study.
Nico Magni
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM HTNZ Invited Speaker
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
Session 3: Concurrent Session
Hand Therapists session
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alison Taylor
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Non-operative Management of Acute Volar Plate Injuries of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint in Adults: A Systematic Review
Sarah Walsh
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Tea Breaks, ACC, and Professional Identity: Reflections on My First Six Months Transitioning from American to New Zealand Hand Therapy Practice
Yaffa Meiners
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
Session 4: Combined
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Peripheral nerves
Alison Taylor
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM "You're the Touch Point": Creating Positive Māori Health Journeys from Hand Surgery to Hand Therapy
Becky Sheehy and Sandra Kettle
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM Sāmoan Health Worker Wellbeing
Josie Timmins
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM Valedictory Talk
Karen Smith
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand Dinner

Sunday, October 18, 2026

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Session 5: Concurrent Sessions
NZSSH Members talks
Wrist Injuries
Moderator: Jenny Hicks
Hand Therapists talks.
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM Dorsal Rim Fractures of the Distal Radius: Morphology, Fragment-Specific Fixation, and a Management Algorithm
Karen Toh
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Alison Taylor - practical session
8:10 AM - 8:20 AM Distal radius fracture of the marginal
Simon McLean
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM Distal radioulnar joint instability/TFCC tears
Simon McLean
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Arthroscopic TFCC repair and reconstruction
Eugene Ek
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM ‎ Questions
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Sunday morning tea
Session 6: Scaphoid (combined)
Moderator: Simom Chinchanwala
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Management of Scaphoid Non-unions - Current state of the Art
Eugene Ek
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Proximal Pole of Scaphoid Reconstruction Using Autologous Costo-osteochondral Rib Graft
Chetal Patel
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Vascularized Cortico-periosteal Flap from the Medial Femoral Condyle for Recalcitrant Upper Extremity Non-unions
Eugene Ek
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM Arthroscopic scaphoid non-union management
Simon McLean
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Southampton splinting in unstable phalangeal fractures: A retrospective review
Kelsey Rao
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Accuracy and Reliability of AI finger Joint Angle Measurements Compared with Goniometry
Hugo Messer
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM WALANT Survey
Jenny Hicks
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sunday Lunch
Session 7: Nerve/Pain Management (combined)
Moderator: Jeremy Simcock
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Conference keynote speaker panel
Alison Taylor, Eugene Ek and David McCombe
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM Surgical Management of chronic pain
Ivan Ducic
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Healthcare recommendations from the lived experiences of people with upper limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in New Zealand: A mixed methods study
Grace Griffiths
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM From Fragmented Care to National Consensus: Co-designing CRPS Guidelines for Aotearoa New Zealand
Charlotte Hill
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Inter-rater reliability in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome between an orthopaedic hand surgeon and hand therapists using CTS-6
Raphael Matsis
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Sunday Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand AGM
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.
Session 5: Concurrent Sessions
NZSSH Members talks
Wrist Injuries
Moderator: Jenny Hicks
Hand Therapists talks.
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM Dorsal Rim Fractures of the Distal Radius: Morphology, Fragment-Specific Fixation, and a Management Algorithm
Karen Toh
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Alison Taylor - practical session
8:10 AM - 8:20 AM Distal radius fracture of the marginal
Simon McLean
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM Distal radioulnar joint instability/TFCC tears
Simon McLean
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Arthroscopic TFCC repair and reconstruction
Eugene Ek
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM ‎ Questions
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Sunday morning tea
Session 6: Scaphoid (combined)
Moderator: Simom Chinchanwala
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Management of Scaphoid Non-unions - Current state of the Art
Eugene Ek
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Proximal Pole of Scaphoid Reconstruction Using Autologous Costo-osteochondral Rib Graft
Chetal Patel
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Vascularized Cortico-periosteal Flap from the Medial Femoral Condyle for Recalcitrant Upper Extremity Non-unions
Eugene Ek
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM Arthroscopic scaphoid non-union management
Simon McLean
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Southampton splinting in unstable phalangeal fractures: A retrospective review
Kelsey Rao
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Accuracy and Reliability of AI finger Joint Angle Measurements Compared with Goniometry
Hugo Messer
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM WALANT Survey
Jenny Hicks
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sunday Lunch
Session 7: Nerve/Pain Management (combined)
Moderator: Jeremy Simcock
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Conference keynote speaker panel
Alison Taylor, Eugene Ek and David McCombe
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM Surgical Management of chronic pain
Ivan Ducic
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Healthcare recommendations from the lived experiences of people with upper limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in New Zealand: A mixed methods study
Grace Griffiths
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM From Fragmented Care to National Consensus: Co-designing CRPS Guidelines for Aotearoa New Zealand
Charlotte Hill
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Inter-rater reliability in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome between an orthopaedic hand surgeon and hand therapists using CTS-6
Raphael Matsis
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Sunday Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand AGM

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Session 5: Concurrent Sessions
NZSSH Members talks
Wrist Injuries
Moderator: Jenny Hicks
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM Dorsal Rim Fractures of the Distal Radius: Morphology, Fragment-Specific Fixation, and a Management Algorithm
Karen Toh
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
8:10 AM - 8:20 AM Distal radius fracture of the marginal
Simon McLean
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM Distal radioulnar joint instability/TFCC tears
Simon McLean
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Arthroscopic TFCC repair and reconstruction
Eugene Ek
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM ‎ Questions
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Sunday morning tea
Session 6: Scaphoid (combined)
Moderator: Simom Chinchanwala
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Management of Scaphoid Non-unions - Current state of the Art
Eugene Ek
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Proximal Pole of Scaphoid Reconstruction Using Autologous Costo-osteochondral Rib Graft
Chetal Patel
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Vascularized Cortico-periosteal Flap from the Medial Femoral Condyle for Recalcitrant Upper Extremity Non-unions
Eugene Ek
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM Arthroscopic scaphoid non-union management
Simon McLean
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Southampton splinting in unstable phalangeal fractures: A retrospective review
Kelsey Rao
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Accuracy and Reliability of AI finger Joint Angle Measurements Compared with Goniometry
Hugo Messer
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM WALANT Survey
Jenny Hicks
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sunday Lunch
Session 7: Nerve/Pain Management (combined)
Moderator: Jeremy Simcock
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Conference keynote speaker panel
Alison Taylor, Eugene Ek and David McCombe
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM Surgical Management of chronic pain
Ivan Ducic
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Healthcare recommendations from the lived experiences of people with upper limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in New Zealand: A mixed methods study
Grace Griffiths
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM From Fragmented Care to National Consensus: Co-designing CRPS Guidelines for Aotearoa New Zealand
Charlotte Hill
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Inter-rater reliability in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome between an orthopaedic hand surgeon and hand therapists using CTS-6
Raphael Matsis
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Sunday Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand AGM

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Session 5: Concurrent Sessions
Hand Therapists talks.
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Alison Taylor - practical session
8:10 AM - 8:20 AM
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM ‎ Questions
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Sunday morning tea
Session 6: Scaphoid (combined)
Moderator: Simom Chinchanwala
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Management of Scaphoid Non-unions - Current state of the Art
Eugene Ek
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Proximal Pole of Scaphoid Reconstruction Using Autologous Costo-osteochondral Rib Graft
Chetal Patel
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Vascularized Cortico-periosteal Flap from the Medial Femoral Condyle for Recalcitrant Upper Extremity Non-unions
Eugene Ek
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM Arthroscopic scaphoid non-union management
Simon McLean
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Southampton splinting in unstable phalangeal fractures: A retrospective review
Kelsey Rao
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Accuracy and Reliability of AI finger Joint Angle Measurements Compared with Goniometry
Hugo Messer
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM WALANT Survey
Jenny Hicks
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sunday Lunch
Session 7: Nerve/Pain Management (combined)
Moderator: Jeremy Simcock
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Conference keynote speaker panel
Alison Taylor, Eugene Ek and David McCombe
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM Surgical Management of chronic pain
Ivan Ducic
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Healthcare recommendations from the lived experiences of people with upper limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in New Zealand: A mixed methods study
Grace Griffiths
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM From Fragmented Care to National Consensus: Co-designing CRPS Guidelines for Aotearoa New Zealand
Charlotte Hill
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Inter-rater reliability in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome between an orthopaedic hand surgeon and hand therapists using CTS-6
Raphael Matsis
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Sunday Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand AGM

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