| 07h30 - 08h00 | REGISTRATION | | |
| 09h00 - 10h00 | Carousel Session | | |
| 10h00 - 10h30 | TEA | | |
| SESSION 33 | | |
| Free Papers - General | | |
| Chairpersons: O Koch, A Rachuene | | |
| 10h30 - 10h40 | P64: Medium term outcomes for surgical versus non-operative treatment for Bennett's fractures of the thumb metacarpal. A matched cohort study | Dr J Battle, Dr J Francis | V Patel, J Hardman, R Anakwe |
| 10h40 - 10h50 | P65: Safe use of electrocautery in wrist arthroscopy surgery | Dr A Smit | |
| 10h50 - 11h00 | P67: Deep infection rate resulting in reoperation for sepsis following minor hand surgery with Wide-Awake Local Anaesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) and field sterility in an outpatient setting. GT9 | Dr L Skosana | O Koch, T Le Roux |
| 11h00 - 11h10 | P68: A retrospective review of the bacteriology of hand sepsis at a tertiary hospital in Gauteng. GT1 | Dr A Adams | H Sithebe |
| 11h10 - 11h20 | P69: The direct costs of hip fracture care in South Africa: a public healthcare system perspective | Dr F Paruk | N Mafrakureva, B Cassim, M Lukhele, C Gregson , S Noble |
| 11h20 - 11h30 | P70: Establishing a Consensus on Research Priorities in Orthopaedic Trauma Within South Africa | Dr L Render | SM Graham, S Maqungo, N Ferreira , LC Marais, M Held Surgery, M Laubscher |
| 11h30 - 11h40 | P71: Risk Acceptability Assessment for Complications of Five Orthopaedic Procedures: A questionnaire-based Study | Dr W Mukiibi | A Aden, N Iqbal |
| 11h40 - 11h50 | P72: Evaluation of the self-drilling, self tapping Schanz pin thread patterns on the near cortex when inserted on bone without pre-drilling | Dr EN Mkhize | C Blake |
| 11h50 - 12h00 | P73: Quantitative ultrasound and MRI imaging of the buttocks and thighs in a seated position | DR N Mogale | J Scott , D Schantz, V Ilyasov, TR Bush, A van Schoor, JM Slade |
| 12h00 - 12h10 | P74: Quality assessment of laboratory cadaveric and biomechanical studies. The development and validation of a new basic science quality score. | Dr M Molepo | E Hohmann, N Paschos, N Keough, D Erbulut, A Oberholster, V Glatt, B Gueorguiev, K Tetsworth) |
| 12h10 - 12h30 | Questions and Discussion | | |
| 12h30 - 13h30 | LUNCH | | |
| SESSION 34 | | |
| Free Papers - Trauma, General, Infection | | |
| Chairpersons: S Matshidza, J du Toit | | |
| 13h30 - 13h40 | P75: The treatment, management, demographics and economic costs of orthopaedic injuries sustained in motorcycle accidents in delivery drivers in South Africa | Dr J Ward | S Klopper, F Louw, M Schmieschek |
| 13h40 - 13h50 | P76: An observational study into the incidence of e-hailing motorcycle drivers who experience Orthopaedic related trauma with regards to Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital | Dr ST Govender | G Connellan, N Ngcoya |
| 13h50 - 14h00 | P77: Epidemiology and Pattern of Orthopaedic injuries caused by Delivery Motorbike Accidents (DMBA) at South African Tertiary Hospital | Dr D Nzimande | F Sukati |
| 14h00- 14h10 | P78: Prevalence of osteoporosis in HIV-infected patients initiating anti-retroviral drugs living in Johannesburg | Dr M Khumalo | |
| 14h10 - 14h20 | P79: The impact of HIV infection on wound healing and fracture union in patients with closed ankle fractures treated with a plate osteosynthesis at a tertiary level hospital | Dr T Rachoene | A Rachuene, K Sonke, T Mpho |
| 14h20 - 14h30 | Discussion | | |
| 14h30 - 14h40 | P80: Number of distal radial fractures in the elderly will increase by more than half by 2040: prediction modelling using national data. | Dr K Bell | L Yapp, T White, S Molyneux, N Clement, A Duckworth |
| 14h40 - 14h50 | P82: Necrotizing soft tissue infections: A retrospective case series at a district hospital in South Africa | Dr LB Benjamin | |
| 14h50 - 15h00 | P83: The QuickDASH and PRWE scores are not optimal patient-reported outcome measures following a fracture of the distal radius due to the ceiling effect: potential implications for future research | Dr K Bell | W Oliver, T White, S Molyneux, N Clement, A Duckworth |
| 15h30 - 16h00 | TEA | | |
