2016 GFAS Program:

  • 7:30 Registration / Breakfast
  • 8:00 Welcome / Introductions

Panel #1: First Ray Pathology

Topic: Hallux Valgus
  • 8:15 Scarf-Akin 1st Metatarsal and Phalangeal Osteotomy
  • 8:25 Crescentic 1st Metatarsal Base Osteotomy
  • 8:35 Opening 1st Metatarsal Base Wedge Osteotomy
  • 8:45 Modified Lapidus 1st Metatarsal-Cuneiform Arthrodesis
  • 8:55 Soft-Tissue Ligament and Tendon Balancing Techniques
  • 9:05 Percutaneous Bunion Correction Surgery
Topic:  Hallux Rigidus
  • 9:15 1st Metatarsal Decompression Osteotomies
  • 9:25 Soft-Tissue Interpositional Arthroplasty
  • 9:35 Opening 1st Metatarsal-Phalangeal Joint Arthrodesis
Q&A:  Panel #1
  • 9:45 Panel Discussion with Audience Participation     
  • 10:15 Break

Panel #2: Forefoot Reconstruction

Topic:  Cross-Over and Dislocated Lesser Toe Deformities         
  • 10:30 Weil Central Metatarsal Osteotomy
  • 10:40 OCRA Central Metatarsal Osteotomy
  • 10:50 Plantar Plate Repair:  Dorsal Approach & Metatarsal Osteotomy
  • 11:00 Plantar Plate Repair:  Plantar Approach
  • 11:10 Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Arthrodesis
  • 11:20 MIS Approaches:  Soft Tissue, Phalanx and Metatarsal
  • 11:30 Percutaneous Surgery for Correction of Foot Deformities
  • 11:40 Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
  • 12:15 Lunch
Topic:  Trauma
  • 13:20 Open Metatarsal Fractures
  • 13:30 Jones 5th Metatarsal Fractures
  • 13:40 Lisfranc Fracture-Dislocations
  • 13:50 Midfoot Trauma – Column Injuries of the Foot
  • 14:00 Classification of Midfoot Injuries
Q&A:  Panel #2
  • 14:10 Panel Discussion with Audience Participation

Panel #3:  Hindfoot Reconstruction

Topic:  Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
  • 14:30 Soft Tissue Tendon and Ligament Reconstruction Techniques
  • 14:40 Periarticular Osteotomies
  • 14:50 Subtalar Joint Arthroerisis
  • 15:00 Medial Column Arthrodesis
  • 15:10 Medial Approach Subtalar and Talonavicular Joint Arthrodesis
Q&A:  Panel #3
  • 15:20 Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
  • 15:45 Break

Hands-On Workshops

  • 16:00 Arcad Nitinol Compression Clips or Lync Hammertoe Correction
  • 16:30 Lync Hammertoe Correction or Arcad Nitinol Compression Clips

Panel #4:   Roundtable Panel Debates

Topic:  1st Metatarsal-Phalangeal Joint Prosthetic Implant Arthroplasty
  • 17:00 Phalanx
  • 17:10 Head
  • 17:20 Both
Topic:  1st Metatarsal-Phalangeal Joint Chielectomy
  • 17:30 Arthroscopic
  • 17:40 MIS
  • 17:50 Open
  • 18:00 Reception 
  • 19:00 Adjourn
  • 8:30 Registration/Breakfast

Panel #5: The Diabetic Foot

Topic:  Charcot Midfoot and Ankle Reconstruction
  • 9:00 Timing of Surgical Intervention
  • 9:10 Internal Fixation Strategies
  • 9:20 External Ring Fixation:  Static Frame
  • 9:30 Amputations
  • 9:40 Special Lecture:  Deformity Corrections
Q&A:  Panel #5
  • 10:00 Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
  • 10:30 Break

Hands-On Workshops

  • 10:45 Nexis Screws or Airlock Plating
  • 11:15 Airlock Plating or Nexis Screws
  • 11:45 Lunch and Checkout (Luggage Storage Area Will Be Provided)

Panel #6:  Wound Healing Strategies

Topic:  Biologics                                                                                                        
  • 13:00 Autogenous Tissue Options:  BMA, PRP
  • 13:10 Update on Bone Grafting Options
  • 13:20 Collagen Options
  • 13:30 Amniotic Tissues
Q&A:  Panel #6
  • 13:40 Panel Discussion with Audience Participation

Panel #7:  Roundtable Panel Debates

Topic:  Calcaneal Fractures
  • 14:00 Percutaneous ± External Fixation
  • 14:10 Sinus Tarsi
  • 14:20 Extensile Lateral
Topic:  Achilles Tendon Rupture
  • 14:30 Non-Operative
  • 14:40 Percutaneous/Mini-Open
  • 14:50 Open Approach

Topic:  End-Stage Ankle Arthritis

  • 15:00 Replacement
  • 15:10 Arthrodesis
  • 15:20 Who’s Right in 2016 Based on an Updated Literature Review
  • 15:30 Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
  • 15:45 Meeting Adjourns