How Bone Connects Life’s Past, Present and Future?
When I think of bones, I think of Darwin’s “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful.” Everything about the bones inside us, from their arrangement to their microscopic structure, is a testament to the way evolution mixes blind chance with the winnowing edge of natural selection. By mixing and matching old parts, forced along only by what’s useful in any given moment, what’s old becomes something new.
But that’s hardly all. We carry the past in our bones. Our species is relatively young, still a long way away from the million-year average that most mammals tend to persist, but even though we prefer to believe in our novelty, our skeletons underscore the truth..
Our evolution continues, but we’re mostly able to pick out these differences because we’ve developed a talent for noticing patterns in our own species. From the broader view of the fossil record, there is nothing about you or me that is particularly unexpected or staggering. We’re variations on a theme, a new combination of features that makes us stand out but also, more important, joins us to a history longer than any of us have a hope of truly and fully comprehending.
It’s really the best chance we have at lasting beyond ourselves. The legacies that we try to build are either dimmed or destroyed by the passing of time. There is almost nothing that we can create that holds any permanence. But if summer after summer of scuffing my boots on arid rocks and feeling the back of my neck crisp as I scan the ground has taught me anything, it’s that bones are the one chance we have at lasting millions upon millions of years, the purest and most minimalistic records of who we were.
Still, the bigger point of any study of prehistory is to put the past in its place against the watermark of the present, perhaps even joining the two.
As much as I love the phrase “lost worlds,” the fact is that it has always been the same world, with today’s life inextricably entwined with that of the past. Processes that occur now did not just pop into existence for us to observe them; they’ve been going on as long as there has been life.
Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone
Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over 500 million years of evolutionary history. It gives our bodies their shapes and the ability to move. It grows and changes with us, an undeniable document of who we are and how we lived. Arguably, no other part of the human anatomy has such rich scientific and cultural significance, both brimming with life and a potent symbol of death.
VOS Office
While keeping in alignment with ever increasing expectations of VOS members from annual meeting of our regional organisation, the responsibility of fulfilling on those expectations this year is rested upon the shoulders of Presidential city chapter, Akola Orthopaedic Society(AOS).
Trends and concepts in Orthopaedic practice keep changing as per demands of society. As expectations and demands of patients are changing, we too need to change and upgrade. Upgradation is always based on our past experiences and should have modularity for future. ’Learning From the past and looking into the future’, as tagline of VOSCON 2019, will offer you the concepts on various orthopaedic topics in accordance with the theme. National and international masters in these fields will be squandering pearls of their knowledge and experience. VOS Office of 2019-20 & AOS are eager to welcome you all on 19th and 20th October 2019.
Your august presence for VOSCON 2019 is must for us.
Dr Mahendra Kale
President VOS 2019-20
Dr Nirbhay Karandikar
Hon. Secretary VOS 2019-20
Organiser’s Zeal
Dear Orthopods,
It gives us a great pleasure to invite you on behalf of Organisers for VOSCON 2019. Those who have past experience of organising an orthopedic event, will resonate with us on understanding the painstaking efforts in putting up the grand show in right manner. We are fully aware of the absolute needs of effecting such event tasteful enough on the parameters of academic, social and relaxing qualities.
Be assured, we are fully determined and working hard towards offering you all one another memorable event, years after what we delivered at MOACON 2014. Hope to see you at VOSCON 2019, actively participating in the exchange of scientific knowledge and harmony.
Best Wishes.
Dr Ranjeet Deshmukh
Org. Secretary
Dr Shailesh Deshmukh
Org. Chairman
Dr Ashutosh Dabre
Jt Org. Secretary
AOS Invite
Dear friends,
On behalf of Akola Orthopaedic Society (AOS), it is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 38th Annual Vidarbha Orthopaedic Society conference, VOSCON 2019. AOS is pleased to host the conference this year, where we will have the opportunity to learn from some of the eminent faculties in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Whether you are attending for the first time or are coming again to attend sessions and meet old friends, we are looking forward to seeing you and will make every effort to ensure you have a memorable experience, diligently carved and conferred through camaraderie at our relatively small family called AOS.
We look forward to hosting you at Akola, the Cotton city of Central India.
Dr Gopal Sikwal
President AOS 2019-20
Dr Tejas Waghela
Hon.Secretary AOS 2019-20
What brings limelight & worth to any academic gathering is the versatility of the ‘faculty’ talking… representing beliefs & practices of every generation… which shall unfold the vast horizon of orthopaedic knowledge to attending delegates… for them to enhance their understanding about core areas of day to day orthopaedics.
With this clear intention at the forefront, we have taken efforts to rope in the authoritative academic figures onboard from all over the country; rightly blended with our native VOS speakers, many who already have made their presence felt at National & International forums.
Cumulatively, our chosen faculties will help us offering scientific buffet for delegates which will be a right mix of pearls of ‘yesteryears’, established practices of ‘today’ & perspectives for ‘future’ orthopaedics.
Faculty onboard
Dr. Ajit Phadke – Yaotmal
Dr. Alaric Aroojis – Mumbai
Dr. Amit Varade – Nashik
Dr. Anil Karkhanis – Mumbai
Dr. Anup Kothari – Yaotmal
Dr. Ashok Gavaskar – Chennai
Dr. B Shivashankar – Solapur
Dr. Chetan Pradhan – Pune
Dr. Dipak Malokar – Akola
Dr. Praveen Bhardwaj – Coimbatore
Dr. Priyesh Dhoke – Nagpur
Dr. Rahul Tanga – Bijapur
Dr. Rajendra Chandak – Nagpur
Dr. Rajendra Nehete – Nashik
Dr. S K Srivastava – Mumbai
Dr. Samrat Taori – Nagpur
Dr. Sandeep Patwardhan – Pune
Dr. Sangeet Gawhale – Mumbai
Dr. Hemant Patankar – Mumbai
Dr. Indrajeet Deshmukh – Akola
Dr. Ketan Khurjekar – Pune
Dr. Mahendra Kale – Akola
Dr. Manoj Singrakhia – Nagpur
Dr. Milind Chaudhary – Akola
Dr. Mukesh Laddha – Nagpur
Dr. Nilesh Kamat – Pune
Dr. Nirbhay Karandikar – Nagpur
Dr. Pradip Nemade – Mumbai
Dr. Sanjay Shinde – Akola
Dr. Satish Sonar – Nagpur
Dr. Sanjay Sonawne – Akola
Dr. Satyajeet Jagtap – Nagpur
Dr. Sudhir Warrier – Mumbai
Dr. Tejas Waghela – Akola
Dr. Unmesh Mahajan – Nagpur
Dr. Vijayanand Lokhande – Pune
Dr. Viraj Shingade – Nagpur
Dr. Wasudeo Gadegone – Chandrapur
SILVOSCON Oration 2019
Silver Jubilee VOSCON oration remains the prestigious plenary session at every VOSCON, where one of the eminent faculty is invited to deliver a mass utility lecture. The obvious choice for us this year was, one of our very own, who had been one of the pioneer of Orthopaedic subSpeciality ‘Limb Lengthening & Deformity Corrections’ in India & contributor to its evolution as the broader utility in major Orthopaedic subspecialties like ‘trauma, paediatrics & Joint care’.
Presenting to you all, Dr Milind Chaudhary…at his oratory best… to take us all along, on the journey of ‘evolution’ of his speciality, he chose to live-in with day-in & out, generation ago.
Saturday 19 October 2019
| Time | Topics | Faculty |
| 08:00 am - 09:00 am | Registrations & Breakfast | |
| 09:00 am - 10:00 am | Session: Hip (Chairpersons: Dr Kailash Murarka, Dr Ganesh Pundkar, Dr Shyam Rathi) | |
| 09:00 am - 09:08 am | Debate: Role of TSP in the management of Intertrochanteric fracture | For: Dr. Anup Kothari |
| 09:08 am - 09:16 am | Against: Dr. Mahendra Kale | |
| 09:16 am - 09:24 am | Osteosynthesis for failed PFN | Dr. B Shivashankar |
| 09:24 am - 09:32 am | Management of neglected fracture of neck of femur | Dr. Wasudeo Gadegone |
| 09:32 am - 09:40 am | Reduction techniques for successful nailing of Subtrochanteric fracture | Dr. Ashok Gavaskar |
| 09:40 am - 09:48 am | Utility of integrated screw design nails in pertrochanteric fractures | Dr. Vijayanand Lokhande |
| 09:48 am - 10:00 am | Question- Answer session | All speakers |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Session: Distal Femur & Knee(Chairpersons: Dr Avinash Patil, Dr C N Kulkarni , Dr Pramod Raut) | |
| 10:00 am - 10:08 am | Modified lateral Swashbuckler approach- Technique Video | Dr. Rahul Tanga |
| 10:08 am - 10:16 am | Assessment and treatment of failed femur shaft fracture | Dr. Ashok Gavaskar |
| 10:16 am - 10:24 am | Treatment strategies for Malunited Hoffas fracture | Dr. Pradip Nemade |
| 10:24 am - 10:32 am | Floating Knee injuries: My experience | Dr. Rahul Tanga |
| 10:32 am - 10:40 am | Management after failed distal femur plate osteosynthesis | Dr. Sangeet Gawhale |
| 10:40 am - 10:48 am | Frosch Approach for Tibial plateau fracture | Dr. Indrajeet Deshmukh |
| 10:48 am - 11:00 am | Question- Answer session | All speaker |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Session:Spine(Chairpersons: Dr Hemant Joshi, Dr AshokLawange) | |
| 11:00 am - 11:08 am | Spine Care: Shifting gears | Dr. Sanjay Shinde |
| 11:08 am - 11:16 am | Do pearls of the past still hold essence? | Dr. S K Srivastava |
| 11:16 am - 11:24 am | What is selling hot today in spine surgery? | Dr. Manoj Singrakhia |
| 11:24 am - 11:32 am | What future holds..? | Dr. Ketan Khurjekar |
| 11:32 am - 11:40 am | How to enhance outcomes of Lumbar decompression surgeries? | Dr. S K Srivastava |
| 11:40 am - 11:48 am | Revisiting infected spinal fusions | Dr. Ketan Khurjekar |
| 11:48 am - 12:00 pm | Lets dissect it- Interactive case based discussion | Dr. Priyesh Dhoke (Moderator) |
| 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm | Silvosconoration(Chairpersons: Dr Mahendra Kale, Dr NirbhayKarandikar) Limb lengthening and deformity correction: Evolution of a speciality— Dr. Milind Chaudhary | |
| 01:00 pm - 01:30 pm | Lunch Posters Evaluation @h/o Judges: Dr S K Shrivastava, Dr Ashok Gavaskar, Dr Rajesh Gadhiya Trade Exhibition Inauguration @h/o: Dr M M Rathi, Dr Rahman Khan, Dr Abhay Patil | |
| 01:30 pm - 02:30 pm | Session: Foot and Ankle(Chairpersons: Dr Shailesh Deshmukh, Dr Ajay Duddalwar, Dr Rajendra Chaudhary) | |
| 01:30 pm - 01:38 pm | Talus fracture: When and how to fix? | Dr. Ashok Gavaskar |
| 01:38 pm - 01:46 pm | ORIF of Calcaneal Fractures: Ideal technique | Dr. Chetan Pradhan |
| 01:46 pm - 01:54 pm | Easy answers to Tibial plafond fractures | Dr. Anil Karkhanis |
| 01:54 pm - 02:02 pm | Treatment protocol for posterior ankle injury | Dr. Sangeet Gawhale |
| 02:02 pm - 02:10 pm | Ankle arthrodesis using IMSC nail: Old wine, new bottle | Dr. Ajit Phadke |
| 02:10 pm - 02:18 pm | AITFL Avulsion fracture fixation | Dr. Sanjay Sonawne |
| 02:18 pm - 02:30 pm | Question- Answer session | All speakers |
| 02:30 pm - 03:30 pm | Session: Mixed bag(Chairpersons: Dr Rahman Khan, Dr MakarandDhopavkar) | |
| 02:30 pm - 02:38 pm | Dealing with small marginal fragments of distal radius fractures | Dr. Ashok Gavaskar |
| 02:38 pm - 02:46 pm | Suprapatellar nailing for proximal tibia fractures | Dr. Wasudeo Gadegone |
| 02:46 pm - 02:54 pm | Heel pad avulsions and skin loss after TA repair | Dr. Rajendra Nehete |
| 02:54 pm - 03:02 pm | Management of infected hemiarthroplasty | Dr. Ajit Phadke |
| 03:02 pm - 03:30 pm | Interesting case based discussion: (Moderator: Dr. Nirbhay Karandikar) | Dr.A.Karkhanis, Dr.B Shivashankar, Dr.S. Gawhale, Dr.C. Pradhan, Dr.A. Gavaskar |
| 03:30 pm - 04:30 pm | Session:Freepapers(Chairpersons: Dr Abhay Patil, Dr VilasIngle) | |
| 04:30 pm - 05:15 pm | OrthopaedicQuizQ/M: Dr.Achin Murarka & Dr.IqrarRaja | |
| 05:15 pm - 05:30 pm | Well Done VOS’ites-Felicitation of accomplished VOS members @h/o: Dr Mahendra Kale, Dr Nirbhay Karandikar | |
| 05:30 pm - 06:00 pm | Session:BeyondOrthopaedics(Chairpersons: Dr TarunRathi, Dr AbhinavKohnar) | |
| 05:30 pm - 05:45 pm | My journey from fat to fit | Dr. Rahul Tanga |
| 05:45 pm - 06:00 pm | Race Across America: RAAM | Dr. Rajendra Nehete |
| 06:00 pm - 07:00 pm | Inauguration Chief Guest: Dr Ranjeet Patil(Maharashtra State Minister) MOC: Dr Tejas Waghela & Dr Mrs. Chitlange | |
| 07:00 pm onwards | Banquet MOE: Dr Satish Padghan, Dr Rajal Singi |
Sunday 20 October 2019
| Time | Topics | Faculty |
| 08:00 am - 09:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 09:00 am - 09:40 am | Session: Shoulder(Chairpersons: Dr Atul Mahashabde, Dr Sumedh Chaudhary, Dr Sushil Vairagade) | |
| 09.00 am - 09.08 am | Decoding scapula fractures | Dr. Pradip Nemade |
| 09.08 am - 09.16 am | Four part proximal humerus fractures: My algorithm | Dr. Ashok Gavaskar |
| 09.16 am - 09.24 am | Lateral end clavicle fractures: When and how to fix? | Dr. Chetan Pradhan |
| 09.24 am - 09.32 am | Mini-open rotator cuff repair : My technique | Dr. Pradip Nemade |
| 09.32 am - 09.40 am | Question and Answer session | All speakers |
| 09:40 am - 10:40 am | Session: Arthroscopy andSportsinjuries(Chairpersons: Dr Abhijeet Laul, Dr AmolKadu) | |
| 09.40 am - 09.48 am | ACL reconstruction: Simplified | Dr. Satyajeet Jagtap |
| 09.48 am - 09.56 am | Rotatory instability in ACL injuries: Why it shouldn't be missed? | Dr. Nilesh Kamat |
| 09.56 am - 10.04 am | ACL avulsion fracture: Is scopy mandatory? | Dr. Tejas Waghela |
| 10.04 am - 10.12 am | Osteochondral injuries of patella: My experience | Dr. Mukesh Laddha |
| 10.12 am - 10.20 am | Biceps augmentation: Novel technique for rotator cuff repair | Dr. Satish Sonar |
| 10.20 am - 10.28 am | Subscapularis tears: How to identify and manage? | Dr. Nilesh Kamat |
| 10.28 am - 10.40 am | Question and Answer session | All speakers |
| 10:40 am - 12:00 pm | Session: Wrist & Hand(Chairpersons: Dr Gajendra Raghuvanshi, Dr Sanjay Patil, Dr Govind Lahoti) | |
| 10.40 am - 10.48 am | Reading Wrist X-rays : The overarching principles | Dr. Sudhir Warrier |
| 10.48 am - 10.56 am | Scaphoid non-union : Simplifying the complex problem | Dr. Hemant Patankar |
| 10.56 am - 11.04 am | Commonly missed injuries of hand | Dr. Praveen Bhardwaj |
| 11.04 am - 11.12 am | Kienbock Disease : Solving the dilemma | Dr. Amit Varade |
| 11.12 am - 11.20 am | PIP joint fracture dislocations | Dr. Samrat Taori |
| 11.20 am - 11.28 am | Malunited lower end radius fractures: How to treat? | Dr. Sudhir Warrier |
| 11.28 am - 11.36 am | Distal radius plating: How to avoid complications? | Dr. Hemant Patankar |
| 11.36 am - 11.44 am | Conservative treatment of common hand injuries | Dr. Praveen Bhardwaj |
| 11.44 am - 12.00 pm | Question- Answer session | All speakers |
| 12:00 pm - 01:20 pm | Session : Paediatrics(Chairpersons: Dr Sanjay Sonawne, Dr Vijay Chopade, Dr Yogesh Salphale) | |
| 12.00 pm - 12.08 pm | Ten commandments of TENS nailing | Dr. Sandeep Patwardhan |
| 12.08 pm - 12.16 pm | Tips and tricks of Ponseti casting | Dr. Milind Chaudhary |
| 12.16 pm - 12.24 pm | Slipped Capital femoral epiphysis | Dr. Alaric Aroojis |
| 12.24 pm - 12.32 pm | Algorithm for late presenting supracondylar fracture of distal humerus | Dr. Viraj Shingade |
| 12.32 pm - 12.40 pm | Post Perthes hip : The second chance | Dr. Sandeep Patwardhan |
| 12.40 pm - 12.48 pm | Growth arrest shouldn't lead to thought arrest | Dr. Milind Chaudhary |
| 12.48 pm - 12.54 pm | Fracture of neck of femur in a child: A different dilemma | Dr. Alaric Aroojis |
| 12.54 pm - 01.02 pm | How do I deal with missed Monteggia injury | Dr. Viraj Shingade |
| 01.02 pm - 01.20 pm | Question- Answer session | All speakers |
| 01:20 pm - 02:00 pm | Lunch/ Certificates | |
| 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm | Session:GeneralOrthopaedics(Chairpersons: Dr Gopal Sikwal, Dr Sudhir Zilpewar, Dr NileshGattani) | |
| 02.00 pm - 02.08 pm | Extra cutaneous plate osteosynthesis: My experience | Dr. Rajendra Chandak |
| 02.08 pm - 02.16 pm | General principles in the management of open fractures: The Ortho- plastic approach | Dr. Dipak Malokar |
| 02.16 pm - 02.24 pm | Orthopaedic surgeon friendly flaps | Dr. Rajendra Nehete |
| 02.24 pm - 02.32 pm | Current concepts in OT asepsis | Dr. Unmesh Mahajan |
| 02:32 pm- 02.40 pm | Radiation exposure in OT: a hidden danger | Dr. Nirbhay Karandikar |
| 02.40 pm - 02.48 pm | Scales and measurements in Orthopaedics: A lost art? | Dr. Rajendra Chandak |
| 02.48 pm - 03.00 pm | Question- Answer session | All speakers |
| 03:00 pm - 04:00 pm | Session: Humerus&Elbow(Chairpersons: Dr Rohit Vyawahare, DrSharad Rathi, Dr NileshToshniwal) | |
| 03.00 pm - 03.08 pm | Radial nerve palsy in humerus shaft fractures: Is there a consensus? | Dr. Praveen Bhardwaj |
| 03.08 pm - 03.16 pm | Capitellum and trochlea fractures: Treatment protocol | Dr. Chetan Pradhan |
| 03.16 pm - 03.24 pm | T-Y distal humerus fracture fixation without olecranon osteotomy | Dr. Anil Karkhanis |
| 03.24 pm - 03.32 pm | Demystifying terrible triad injuries of elbow | Dr. Sangeet Gawhale |
| 03:00 pm - 04:00 pm | Session: Humerus&Elbow(Chairpersons: Dr Rohit Vyawahare, DrSharad Rathi, Dr NileshToshniwal) | |
| 03.00 pm - 03.08 pm | Radial nerve palsy in humerus shaft fractures: Is there a consensus? | Dr. Praveen Bhardwaj |
| 03.08 pm - 03.16 pm | Capitellum and trochlea fractures: Treatment protocol | Dr. Chetan Pradhan |
| 03.16 pm - 03.24 pm | T-Y distal humerus fracture fixation without olecranon osteotomy | Dr. Anil Karkhanis |
| 03.24 pm - 03.32 pm | Demystifying terrible triad injuries of elbow | Dr. Sangeet Gawhale |
| 03.32 pm - 03.40 pm | Radial head fixation: Is it feasible in all cases? | Dr. Rajendra Chandak |
| 03.40 pm - 03.48 pm | Tennis elbow surgery: How to get assured results? | Dr. Hemant Patankar |
| 03.48 pm - 04.00 pm | Question- Answer session | All speakers |
| 04:00 pm - 04:30 pm | GBM and Valedictory |
Registration fees:
(includes conference registration, Conference kit, Gift, 2 Breakfast, 2 Lunch & Banquet)
| Type | After 01/09/2019 | Spot | |
| VOS member | 3000/- | 3500/- | |
| Non VOS delegate | 3500/- | 4000/- | |
| Accompanying person | 2500/- | 3000/- | |
| PG Students | 2500/- | 3000/- | |
| Residential Package: (includes conference registration & 1N stay (C/I- 9am, C/O -12 PM) | |||
| Type | Single Occupancy | Sharing | |
| Double | Triple | ||
| VOS member | 7000/- | 5000/- | 4500/- |
| Non VOS delegate | 7500/- | 5500/- | 5000/- |
| Accompanying person | — | 4500/- | — |
Payments:
NEFT A/c name: Akola
Orthopaedic Society Akola
A/C no: 520101063004522
Bank: Corporation Bank, Akola branch
IFSC: CORP0001027
Cheque/ DD:
in f/o ‘Akola Orthopaedic Society’, payable at Akola
Online payment:
@ https://www.bookmycme.com/299-voscon-akola-2019/299
For PG students:
College ID & HOD Letter mandatory
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Conference Secretariat:
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