Untitled - Malaysian Orthopaedic Association

9 th Asia Pacific Spine Society Congress 

9 th APOA Paediatric Section Congress 

5 th APOA Infection Section Scientific Meeting 

Messages 

It gives me great pleasure to welcome everyone to the Combined Asia Pacific Spine Society Congress and the 

APOA Paediatric Congress, which is being held in Kuching, Malaysia. The focus this year is on the management 

of difficult cases, complications and infections. We have partnered with the Infection Section of the APOA and 

POSNA to bring you a world class faculty and programme. Both general orthopaedic surgeons and specialists 

in spine and paediatric orthopaedic surgery will benefit from the numerous lectures, courses, symposia and 

debates. We encourage you to bring your difficult and interesting cases for discussion during the relevant 

sessions and we encourage active participation from the audience to provide an all-round learning experience. 

early online. 

We will be offering the APSS Operative Spine Surgery Course again this year and we plan to do live surgery on a 

number of local patients with difficult spinal pathologies. We will invite experts in the field to teach and assist our 

local faculty. Spaces for the APPS Operative Spine Surgery Course are limited so I encourage everyone to register 

No conference is complete without some free time to meet new colleagues and reconnect with old friends. The Organising Committee has 

worked hard to build in some interesting activities for participants and their families. Kuching, being on the remote island of Borneo, offers 

some exciting local sights, sounds and experiences not to be found anywhere else in the world. I therefore strongly recommend browsing 

our website to plan your trip and make bookings through our secretariat. 

It will be a great honour to have you all in Kuching and we look forward to welcoming you. 

Dato’ Dr K S Sivananthan 

Organising Chairman (SPINE) 

It is my great pleasure to invite all those who are interested in managing musculoskeletal conditions of children 

to attend the combined Congress in Kuching, the “Cat City”. Kuching is the state capital of Sarawak, from 

where the “White Rajahs” ruled the territory for more than 100 years (1841 to 1946). Sarawak is located at the 

Northern shore of the Borneo Island, which is the third largest island in the world. It is fast becoming a popular 

tourist destination with a wide variety of attractions from eco-tourism to high-class golf courses. 

For the Congress, we managed to invite many world experts in paediatric orthopaedic surgery to share their 

knowledge and clinical experience during the Congress. A group of senior members from Pediatric Orthopaedic 

Surgeons of North America (POSNA) will also be joining the team to provide high quality training programmes to 

specialists and health personnel from this region. 

I hope that you can also help us to disseminate the message to all those interested in both the clinical and research aspects of Paediatric 

Orthopaedic Surgery. The Organising Committee is working hard to ensure that all those who set foot on Sarawak will not only improve their 

clinical knowledge, but also have the chance to have experience the unpredictable yet enchanting tropical rain forest (one of the oldest in 

the world) as well as the unique variety of flora and fauna. 

See you in KUCHING. 

Regards, 

Dr Saw Aik 

Organising Chairman (PAEDIATRICS) 

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invited faculty 

AUSTRALIA 

Ian Torode 

CANADA 

Baxter Willis 

CHINA 

Jun-Lin Yang 

FRANCE 

Jean-Luc Clément 

Richard Emery 

GERMANY 

Andreas Kurth 

HONG KONG 

Kenneth Cheung 

Keith D K Luk 

Bobby Kin-Wah Ng 

Yat-Wa Wong 

INDIA 

Arvind Jayaswal 

Ashok Johari 

Benjamin Joseph 

Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran 

INDONESIA 

Ucok Paruhum Siregar 

Dohar Tobing 

ITALY 

Alessandro Luzzati 

JAPAN 

Kuniyoshi Abumi 

Makoto Kamegaya 

Shoichi Kokubun 

Tateru Shiraishi 

Yoshinori Fujimoto 

Katsuji Shimizu 

KOREA 

In-Ho Choi 

Jae-Yoon Chung 

Ki-Tack Kim 

PAKISTAN 

Javed Iqbal Anjum 

Mohammad Tariq Sohail 

PHILIPPINES 

Jose Manuel Ignacio 

Julyn Aguilar 

SINGAPORE 

James Hui 

Eng-Hin Lee 

Gabriel Liu 

Seang-Beng Tan 

Hee-Kit Wong 

Wai-Mun Yue 

SWITZERLAND 

Fintan Moriarty 

TAIWAN 

Ing-Ho Chen 

Mark Chii-Jeng Lin 

THAILAND 

Charoen Chotigavanich 

USA 

Sigurd Berven 

Dan Capen 

Matthew B Dobbs 

Brent Felix 

John (Jack) M Flynn 

Jeffre Henn 

Scott A Hoffinger 

Ken N Kuo 

Bingyun Li 

Bruce McCormack 

Dennis McGowan 

James W Roach 

Perry L Schoenecker 

Alex Vaccaro 

VIETNAM 

Vo Van Thanh 

Chris Chan 

Fazir Mohamad 

Mun-Keong Kwan 

Heng-Hing Lim 

MALAYSIA 

Mohd Zaki 

Saw Aik 

Lim-Beng Saw 

K S Sivananthan 

Sureshan Sivananthan 

Chor-Ngee Tan 

Tunku Kamarul Zaman bin Zainol Abidin 

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Supported by 

Ministry of Health 

Malaysia 

Universiti Malaysia 

Sarawak 

APSS Operative Spine Surgery 

Course 2013 

27 th & 28 th August 2013 (Tuesday & Wednesday) 

Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak 

The Operative Spine Surgery Course, organised by the Asia Pacific Spine Society, is a very popular course attended by the spine 

surgeons from the region. The fact that the course gets overbooked many weeks before the deadline speaks well of its popularity. This 

is mainly because of the excellent faculty members and in-depth coverage of all the relevant topics for a practicing Spine Surgeon. 

There will be live surgical demonstrations of difficult cases and discussions, and input by leading faculty from around the world. In 

Kuching, the course will not be an exception and showcase spine surgeons from the Asia Pacific region with invited faculty from North 

America and Europe. 

The Organising Committee will highlight the advanced level of the course focusing on cases like osteotomy for spinal deformity, nonfusion 

techniques for early onset scoliosis and surgical navigations and a number of surgeries will be performed live in the two days. 

This will also be the first time that we are holding a concurrent spine ORP course. 

The APSS welcomes you to Kuching, the land of the hornbill, to experience this unique learning opportunity and the great nature. 

FACULTY 

Kuniyoshi Abumi (Japan) 

Sigurd Berven (USA) 

Jae-Yoon Chung (Korea) 

Arvind Jayaswal (India) 

Ki-Tack Kim (Korea) 

FORMAT 

Keith D K Luk (Hong Kong) 

Katsuji Shimizu (Japan) 

K S Sivananthan (Malaysia) 

Sureshan Sivananthan (Malaysia) 

Chor-Ngee Tan (Malaysia) 

Ian Torode (Australia) 

Hee-Kit Wong (Singapore) 

Chung-Chek Wong (Malaysia) 

27 th August 2013 

0800 – 0900 Pre-Operative Planning and Discussions 

0900 – 1600 Live Telecast of Surgeries to The Conference Room 

Lectures on Surgical Techniques And Management of Complications 

Saw Bone Workshops / Skills Laboratory 

1600 – 1700 Post-Operative Review And Discussions 

28 th August 2013 

0800 – 0900 Pre-Operative Planning and Discussions 

0900 – 1600 Live Telecast of Surgeries to The Conference Room 

Lectures on Surgical Techniques and Management of Complications 

Saw Bone Workshops / Skills Laboratory 

1600 – 1700 Post-Operative Review / X-Ray Reviews 

LECTURE TOPICS 

1) VEPTR - Indication and Results 

2) Growing Rods – So Many Types, How to 

Choose The Appropriate One 

3) Thorascopic Scoliosis Surgery – What Is 

In The Future 

4) Posterior 3D Correction of Thoracic 

Scoliosis 

5) Spine Metastasis - Any Difference 

Between Piece Meals and En Bloc 

Resection 

6) Avoiding Post Op Wound Infection In 

Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery 

7) Posterior Pedicle Screw Fixation of The 

Cervical Spine - Avoiding Potential 

Complications and How I Deal with Them 

8) Posterior Subtraction Osteotomy for 

Spinal Deformity - How I Do My Pre-Op 

Planning 

9) Posterior Subtraction Osteotomy - How 

Do I Manage Post-Op Infection 

10) Latest Update on Spine Navigation with 

Intra Operative CT Images. 

CASES 

1) Early Onset Scoliosis for VEPTR and 

Growing Rod Technique 

2) Adolescent Idiopathic Thoracic Scoliosis 

for Thoracoscopic Anterior Correction 

And Fusion 

3) Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis for 

Posterior 3D Correction And Fusion 

4) Ankylosing Spondylitis with Severe 

Kyphotic Deformity for Posterior 

Corrective Osteotomy 

5) Direct Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion 

(XLIF) for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis 

6) Spine Metastasis for Posterior 

Circumferential Decompression and 

Stabilization 

7) Posterior Cervical Instrumentation and 

Fusion 

8) Iliac Screw Fixation Technique 

9) Spine Navigation with Intraoperative 3D 

Fluoroscopic System 

10) Anterior Decompression for Cervical 

OPLL 

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Concurrent Spine 

ORP programme 

• General Knowledge for Spine 

Surgery 

• Surgical Approach for Spine 

Surgery 

• Universal Instruments for Spine 

Surgery 

• Common Spine Instruments 

and Implants 

• Infection Control and Preventive 

Precautions in Operating 

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POSNA Pre-congress sessionS 

28 th August 2013 (Wednesday) 

0800 – 1000 Paediatric Fracture Review Course 

Chairperson: John (Jack) M Flynn 

1000 – 1030 Tea 

• Remodeling Potential of Pediatric Injuries 

James W Roach 

• Evaluation and Treatment of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures 


• Management of Compartment Syndrome 


• Discussion 

• Treatment of Both Bone Forearm Fractures 


• Management of Femur Fractures 

Baxter Willis 

• Treatment of Pediatric Ankle Fractures 


• Discussion 

1030 – 1230 Paediatric Fracture Review Course (Interactive Session) 

Chairperson: John (Jack) M Flynn 

Panel: Scott A Hoffinger, James W Roach, John (Jack) M Flynn, Baxter Willis, Perry L Schoenecker 

1230 – 1320 Lunch 

1320 – 1500 Hands-on Workshop on Ganz Pelvic Osteotomy 

Chairperson: Perry L Schoenecker 

Assistants: Baxter Willis, James W Roach 

Ponseti Serial Casting Workshop 

Chairperson: Matthew B Dobbs 

Assistants: Ken N Kuo, Scott A Hoffinger 

1500 – 1520 Tea 

1520 – 1700 Ponseti Serial Casting Workshop 

Chairperson: Matthew B Dobbs 

Assistants: Ken N Kuo, Scott A Hoffinger 

Hands-on Workshop on Ganz Pelvic Osteotomy 

Chairperson: Perry L Schoenecker 

Assistants: Baxter Willis, James W Roach 

1930 – 2200 Faculty Dinner (By Invitation only) 

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daily programme 

29 th August 2013 (Thursday) 

Spine 

Colosseum 1 Colosseum 2 

PaediatricS 

0700 – 0815 Spine Meet-the-Expert Breakfast 1 

Discussion of Interesting and Complex Spine 

Cases 

0700 – 0830 Paediatrics Meet-the-Expert 

Breakfast 1 (Case Discussion) 

Panel: Makoto Kamegaya, Ucok Paruhum Siregar, 

Javed Iqbal Anjum, Mark Chii-Jeng Lin, 

Perry L Shoenecker, James W Roach, 

Scott A Hoffinger, Ken N Kuo 

0825 – 0830 Welcome Address by Dato’ Dr K S Sivananthan & Professor Saw Aik 

0830 – 0900 SPINE Plenary 1 

What’s New in the Work Up and Management of Surgical Site Infections Alex Vaccaro 

0900 – 0905 Opening Remarks by Jae-Yoon Chung, Chairman of APSS 

0900 – 1030 SPINE SYMPOSIUM 1 

New Technology in Spine Surgery 

Moderators: Wang Yan / Ki-Tack Kim 

0900 – 0910 MIS Option for Cervical Radiculopathy 

Bruce McCormack 

0910 – 0920 Spinal Fusion For Lumbar Degenerative Disease 

Using Rigid Spinous Fixation 

Jeffre Henn 

0920 – 0930 Percutaneous Transpedicular Intervertebral Vacuum 

PMMA Injection Versus Non-surgical Treatment for 

Low Back Pain Associated with Lumbar Degenerative 

Scoliosis in the Elderly 

Yoshinori Fujimoto 

0930 – 0945 Biologics: Analysis Amongst The Controversy 

Wai-Mun Yue 

0945 – 1000 Selectively Expanding Cage – Reinventing The Wheel 

or Useful Adjunct 

Sigurd Berven 

1000 – 1015 Role of PET CT Scan in the Management of Spine 

Tumours 


1015 – 1030 Q & A 

1030 – 1050 Coffee / Visit to Exhibition 

0900 – 0920 Welcoming Speech 

by Makoto Kamegaya (The Chairman of APOA 

Paediatric Section) 

Speech by John (Jack) M Flynn (The President of 

POSNA) 

0930 – 1030 PaedIATRICs Symposium 1 

Upper Limb Trauma 

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Spine 


PaediatricS 


Orthopaedic Cross Fire 1: Current 

Controversies in Spine Surgery 

Moderators: Alex Vaccaro / Kee-Yong Ha / 

Shing-Sheng Wu 

1050 – 1110 Surgical Management of Cervical Myelopathy: 

Anterior vs Posterior 

Anterior Approach for Cervical Myelopathy 


Opposes 


1110 – 1130 Breast Carcinoma with Multiple Metastases 

Cord Compression 

1. Surgery 


2. Conservative Management of Breast 

Carcinoma with Multiple Metastases and Cord 

Compression 

Jose Manuel Ignacio 

(Cost benefit assessment) 

1130 – 1150 AIS Surgery: Hump Correction 

Correction by Decoupling 

Keith D K Luk 

Correction by Differential Rod Contouring 

Hee-Kit Wong 

Correction by Derotation Connector 


1150 – 1200 Discussion 


Bread and Butter – The Degenerative Lumbar 

Spine 

Moderators: Sigurd Berven / Bambang Tiksnadi 

1200 – 1210 When NOT to Operate What Do You Tell The Patient, 

Family And Friends 

Alex Vaccaro 

1210 – 1220 Performing A Successful Fusion – Tips and Key Points 

Dan Capen 

1220 – 1230 What Works and for Whom – A Succint Management 

Algorithm 

Alex Vaccaro 

1230 – 1240 Techniques for Decompression – Indirect vs Direct 

Brent Felix 

1240 – 1250 Revision Lumbar Spine Surgery - Strategies and 

Techniques 

Seang-Beng Tan 

1250 – 1300 Q & A 

1310 – 1400 LUNCH SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM 


Lower Limb Trauma 


Problems of The Foot 

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Spine 


PaediatricS 


Deformity 

Moderators: Ian Torode / Kenneth Cheung / 

Nguyen Dac Nghia 

1400 – 1410 Anterior Surgery for Idiopathic Scoliosis: Is It Still 

Relevant 

Hee-Kit Wong 

1410 – 1420 How to Prevent Sagittal Alignment Complications in 

Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery 

Gabriel Liu 

1420 – 1430 Effect of Hypokyphosis Correction on Sagittal Pelvic 

Parameters, Lumbar and Cervical Lordosis 


1430 – 1440 Magnetic Growth Rods in Early Onset Scoliosis 


1440 – 1450 Severe Rigid Scoliosis: What Do I Do 


1450 – 1500 Proximal Junctional Kyphosis – Strategies for 

Prevention And Treatment 

Sigurd Berven 

1500 – 1510 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy – Techniques And 

Tips 

Sigurd Berven 

1510 – 1520 Awake Correction of Deformity in Ankylosing 

Spondylitis: Report on a Novel Two-Stage Smith- 

Peterson Osteotomy 

Ing-Ho Chen 

1520 – 1530 Sagittal Balance of the Spine: What is the Clinical 

Relevance 

Richard Emery 

1530 – 1540 Q & A 

1400 – 1430 PaedIATRICs Plenary 1 

TBC 

1430 – 1530 Instructional Lectures 1 

Problematic Upper Limb Fractures 

1. Malunion of Supracondylar Fracture of Humerus 


2. Complications of Lateral Condyle Fracture of 

Humerus 

James Hui 

3. Neglected Monteggia Fracture Dislocation 

Baxter Willis 

4. Residual Deformity of Wrist Fractures 

Mark Chii-Jeng Lin 

1540 – 1600 Tea 1550 – 1610 Tea 

1600 – 1730 Free Papers (APSS) APSS Council Meeting 1610 – 1730 Instructional Lectures 1 (cont’d) 

Problematic Lower Limb Fractures 

1. Management of Coxa Vara with Special Reference 

to Septic Hips 

Ashok Johari 

2. The Types, Treatment, and Possible Complications 

of Pediatric Distal Femoral Fractures 

James W Roach 

3. Deformity Following Ankle Fractures 

James Hui 

4. Limb Length Discrepancy Following Femoral Shaft 

Fractures In Children 


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30 th August 2013 (Friday) 

Colosseum 1 Colosseum 2 Petra 1 

Spine PaediatricS INFECTION 

0700 – 0830 Spine Meet-the- 

Expert Breakfast 2 

Discussion of Interesting 

and Complex Cases of 

Infection in Spine and 

Paediatric Orthopaedic 

Surgery 

(Grant from Stryker) 


New Technologies in Spine, 

What & When to Embrace 



Orthopaedic Cross Fire 2: 

Case Based Controversies 

in Spine Surgery 

Moderators: Antonio Sison / 

Orso Osti / Bambang Tiksnadi 

0900 – 0930 70-year old with Lumbar 

Stenosis and Moderate 

Degenerative Scoliosis 

• MIS TLIF Wai-Mun Yue 

• Open TLIF Mohd Zaki 

• XLIF Chor-Ngee Tan 

0930 – 1000 25-year old, fall from height – 

sustained T12 Burst Fracture 

with Retropulsion 

• MIS – Percutaneous Screw 

Stabilisation 

Lim-Beng Saw 

• Compression Fracture with 

Retropulsion Open Surgery 

and Fusion (Posterior) 

Charoen Chotigavanich 

• Combined Mini-open 

Anterior Approach for 

Decompression- Interbody 

Fusion- Fixation and 

Posterior Pedicle Screws 

Fixation with Ultrashort 

Construct for Unstable 

Burst Fractures 

Vo Van Thanh 

0700 – 0800 Paediatrics 

Meet-the-Expert 

Breakfast 2 

(Case Discussion) 

Panel: James Hui, Julyn Aguilar, 

John (Jack) M Flynn, 

Matthew B Dobbs, Baxter Willis 


Outcome Evaluation in 

Legg-Calvé-Perthes’ Disease 

Benjamin Joseph 


Education and Policy on 

Achieving Early Detection 

of DDH 

Ken N Kuo 

0900 – 1030 Instructional 

Lectures 2 

DDH 

1. Embryology of the Hip and 

Pathoanatomy of DDH 

James W Roach 

2. Management Before One 

Year Old 

Baxter Willis 

3. Management in Walking 

Age 

Ken N Kuo 

4. Hip Spica Application 

Saw Aik 

5. Management of Acetabular 

Dysplasia in Japan 

Makoto Kamegaya 

6. Bernese Periacetabular 

Osteotomy (PAO) in 

Patients with Dysplasia of 

the Hip ≤21 Years of Age 


Moderators: 

H K T Raza / John Fairclough 

0900 – 0915 Diagnosis and Treatment of 

New and Unusual Pathogens 


0915 – 0930 PRP as A New Approach to 

Prevent Spinal Infections: 

Preparation and In Vitro 

Antimicrobial Properties of 

PRP 

Bingyun Li 

0930 – 0945 Immune Modulation and 

Coating Technology in the 

Prevention and Treatment of 

Spinal Infections 

Bingyun Li 

0945 – 1000 Antimicrobial Peptides and 

Controlled Release Polymers 

for Infection Prophylaxis 


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1000 – 1030 67-year old doctor with 

Symptomatic L4/5 

Posterolateral Herniated Disc 

• Conservative 


• Optimal Treatment PELD 

Heng-Hing Lim 

• Optimal Treatment is Open 

Discectomy 

Mohammad Tariq Sohail 

1030 – 1100 Coffee / Visit to Exhibition 


Infection 

Moderators: Fintan Moriaty / 

Po-Quang Chen / 

Wichan Yingsukmomgkol 

1100 – 1110 Anterior vs Posterior 

Procedure for Surgical 

Treatment of Thoraco-Lumbar 

Tuberculosis 


1110 – 1120 Management Algorithm for 

Infected Spinal Implant 

Dohar Tobing 

1120 – 1130 State-of-the-Art in Diagnosis 

Chris Chan 

1130 – 1140 Bone and Soft Tissue 

Reconstruction Strategies 


1140 – 1150 Basic Science of Infection 


1150 – 1200 Q & A 

1200 – 1300 APOA Pfizer Best Paper 

Presentations (Infection) / 

Free Papers (APSS) 

1300 - 1400 LUNCH SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM 

Friday Prayers 

1050 – 1200 Instructional 

Lectures 2 (cont’d) 

Other Paediatric Problems 

1. Congenital Vertical Talus 


2. Slipped Capital Femoral 

Epiphysis SCFE - An 

Update of the Current 

Trends and Treatment 

Methods 

Bobby Kin-Wah Ng 

3. Late Sequelae of Septic 

Arthritis of the Hip. 

A Common Source 

of Femoroacetabular 

Impingement (FAI) and 

Dysplastic Hip 

In-Ho Choi 

1200 – 1300 Electronic Poster Oral/ 

Presentation 

1000 – 1015 PEEK vs Titanium: Evidence 

of Infection Risk in Preclinical 

Studies 


1015 – 1030 TEA 

1030 – 1045 Development of A Passive 

Immunization Strategy for 

S Aureus 


1045 – 1100 State-of-the-Art in Current 

Diagnostic Methods for 

Musculoskeletal Infections 

Tunku Kamarul Zaman bin 

Zainol Abidin 

1100 – 1115 Overview of Operative 

Room Rituals: Facts vs 

Fiction 


1115 – 1145 Q & A 

1200 – 1300 APOA Prize Session 

1400 – 1700 APOA Paediatric Section 

Council Meeting 

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1400 - 1520 SPINE SYMPOSIUM 7 

Spine Trauma 

Moderators: Katsuji Shimizu / 

Tiong-Sam Lim 

(Educational Grant Provided by Eli Lilly) 

1400 – 1415 Does Timing of Surgery Matter 

in Complete Cord Injury 

Dennis McGowan 

1415 – 1430 State-of-the-Art for VCFs – 

Where Are We Now 


1430 – 1440 Role of Anterior Surgery in 

Thoracolumbar Injury 


1440 – 1450 Management of Traumatic 

Lumbar Spondylolisthesis 

Fazir Mohamad 

1450 – 1500 Thoracolumbar Burst Trauma, 

When Not to Operate 


1500 – 1510 Multilevel Minimally Invasive 

Spinal Fusion Technique 

without K-Wire 

Jeffre Henn 

1510 – 1520 Discussion 


Besides Spine Surgery 

1520 – 1600 1. Research Symposium 

Moderators: Ruey-Mo Lin / 

Munehito Yoshida 

1520 – 1530 Study Design – Tips on Carrying 

Out A Clinical Study 


1530 – 1540 Registries vs Randomized 

Controlled Trials 

Sigurd Berven 

1540 – 1550 Tips on Writing An Award 

Winning Manuscript 


1550 – 1600 Choice of Journal and the 

Review Process 


1600 – 1620 Tea 

1620 – 1640 2. Involvement in Organisations 

Moderator: 

Mohamad Abdul Razak / 

Sekhar Y Bhojraj 

1620 – 1630 Involvement in Spine Societies 


1630 – 1640 Charity Scoliosis Surgery in my 

Hospital 

Jun-Lin Yang 

1640 – 1740 3. APOA 2013 Travelling 

Fellowship – Experiences of 

the Travelling Fellows 

Moderator: Arvind Jayaswal 

1930 – 2230 Congress Gala Dinner 

1430 – 1530 PaedIATRICs 

Symposium 4 

Deformities Around The 

Knee 

1530 – 1600 Tea 

1600 – 1730 PaedIATRICs 

Symposium 5 

Problems of The Hip 

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1400 – 1600 Infection Abstracts





31 st August 2013 (Saturday) 

Spine 


PaediatricS 


Consent in Spine Surgery: An Asia-Pacific 

Perspective 



Ortho and Neuro Spine: Competition or 

Cooperation 

Keith D K Luk 


Tumour 

Moderators: Mung-Sang Moon / Surin Siritanapipat 

0900 - 0915 Spinal Pathologies - How to Treat Them Minimal 

Invasively 

Andreas Kurth 

0915 - 0930 New Surgical Strategy for Cervical Spinal Cord 

Tumor, Total Recapping of Poterior Arches with Their 

Attached Muscles 

Tateru Shiraishi 

0930 - 0945 Complications of En Bloc Resection of Spinal Metastasis 


0945 - 1015 TEA 

1015 - 1030 Decompression Surgery for Spinal Metastasis – What 

is the Chance of Neurological Recovery 

Yat-Wa Wong 

1030 - 1045 Primary Spine Tumor Surgery: From Roy-Camille to 5 

levels in one stage 


1045 – 1100 MIST in Spinal Metastasis 


1100 – 1115 En Block Spondylectomy: Surgical Techniques, 

Tricks, Results and Failures 



Progress in Management of Malignant Tumours 

of The Lower Limb in Children 

Ian Torode 


Skeletal Dysplasias – An Update for Orthopaedic 

Surgeons 

Eng-Hin Lee 

0900 – 0930 APOA Paediatrics Orthopaedic 

Travelling Fellow Presentations 


Congenital Limb Abnormalities 

1030 – 1100 Tea 


Neuromuscular Disorders 

1200 – 1330 Lunch 1200 – 1300 PaedIATRICs Symposium 8 

Bone and Joint Infection and Others 

1115 – 1800 APOA Council Meeting 

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2013 Musculoskeletal 

Infection Best Paper Award 

2013 APOA-Pfizer Best Scientific Paper Award for Orthopaedic Infection 

An Award of US$10,000 is available for the Best Musculoskeletal Infection Papers 

• This is open to all surgeons and scientists with an interest in musculoskeletal infection. 

• Applicants must submit in a format of a paper ready for publication. 

• The paper can be either clinical or basic science that is relevant to the infection of the musculoskeletal system. 

• Papers must be received by the closing date to be considered for the award. 

• It is a requirement that at least one of the authors present the work as a presentation at the APOA 2013 conference. 

• The winners of the prize will be announced at the APOA 2013 conference. 

• Judges will be blinded and selected from International Experts in the field. 

• The number of prizes per year will be one to a maximum of three and if the quality of the papers is not good enough in any 

year, no prize will be awarded. 

Sponsorship 

The award is fully funded by Pfizer. 

Panel of Judges 

A panel of judges will be selected by the Education Committee of the APOA. The panel of Judges decision will be final. Judges 

will be blinded. 

Closing Date 

15 th June 2013 

We require ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION of your abstract via our online submission system. 

Any graphic or table must fit within the margins and format outlined below. 

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS 

No limit is imposed on the number of abstracts submitted by individuals. 

Abstracts are to be submitted in English only. 

Abstracts must be accompanied by payment of registration fees. If the abstract is subsequently not accept for presentation, and 

the author wishes to cancel his participation, the registration fee will be refunded to the author. 

Scheduling details and guidelines for the final preparation of accepted presentations will be included with the notification of 

acceptance. 

The final selection will be the responsibility of the Scientific Committee. 

All online submissions must include: 

• Financial Disclosure is required for EACH author. 

• You must have the last name and email address for every co-author on the abstract. 

• If all disclosures are not submitted, the abstract will not be considered for review. 

CONTENT 

References 

Length 

Format 

QUESTIONS 

: An English language abstract must be in the terminology familiar to specialists. The text should be succinct and 

substantive. The abstract must include: (a) Purpose / Aim: (b) Methods: (c) Results: (d) Conclusion: (e) Significance: 

: omit any reference to authorship and/or institution within the body of the abstract. 

: No longer than 400 words. 

: Abstracts should be submitted using the Abstract Template provided. The template is a Microsoft Word 

document. Please make sure to save your file as *.doc format, we will be unable to accept the *.docx format. 

Please make sure the file does not exceed 1mb in filesize. More details in instructions below. 

: For your convenience, the conference secretariat will be glad to assist you with any questions that might arise 

regarding your online submission. Email: secretariat@apoa2013.org 

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congress information 

Registration Fees 

Main Congress (29 th to 31 st August 2013) 

Category 

On or Before 

30 th June 2013 

From 1 st July 2013 

to 15 th August 2013 

On Site 

APOA Member USD 350 USD 400 USD 550 

Non-APOA Member USD 400 USD 450 USD 600 

Allied Health Professional USD 250 USD 300 USD 350 

APSS Operative Spine Surgery Course (27 th to 28 th August 2013)* 

Category 

On or Before 

30 th June 2013 



On Site 

APOA Member USD 200 USD 250 USD 300 

Non-APOA Member USD 300 USD 350 USD 400 

Allied Health Professional USD 100 USD 125 USD 150 

*Delegates would have to register separately for the APSS Operative Spine Surgery Course 

Posna Pre-Congress Session (28 th August 2013)** 

Particulars 

On or Before 

30 th June 2013 



On Site 

Ponseti Serial Casting Workshop USD 50 USD 70 USD 90 

Paediatrics Fracture Review Course USD 80 USD 100 USD 120 

Hands-on Workshop On Ganz Pelvic Osteotomy USD 100 USD 120 USD 140 

**Delegates would have to register separately for these sessions 

For online registration and payment, please log on to www.apoa2013.org 

Delegate’s Entitlements 

• Opening Ceremony 

• Congress Gala Dinner 

• Conference Bag & Materials 

• Admission to the Scientific Sessions 

• Admission to the Trade Exhibition 

• Lunches 

• Coffee / Tea 

Payment 

1. For online payment, please log on to this link: http://www.apoa2013.org/registration3.asp 

2. Cheques are to be issued in favour of “Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association”. 

3. Payments can also be made via telegraphic transfer to: 

Account Name : Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association 

Name of Bank : CIMB Bank Berhad 

Address of Bank : Plaza Damansara, Menara Southern Bank, 83 Medan Setia 1, Plaza Damansara, Kuala Lumpur 

Account Number : 1471 0000202-05-3 

Swift Code : CIBBMYKL 

Please return the bank remittance note along with the Registration Form either by fax or email. Document image by email is 

also acceptable. 

Cancellation and Refund Policy 

The Secretariat must be notified in writing of all cancellations. Refund will be made after the conference: 

Cancellation on or before 15 th July 2013 : 50% refund 

Cancellation after 15 th July 2013 : No refund 

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congress information 

Registration 

• Online registration can be done at www.apoa2013.org 

• Registration with accompanying payment are to be sent to the Congress Secretariat. Please use the Registration Form given 

in this announcement. 

Trade Exhibition 

A Trade Exhibition will be held at the Congress venue itself. Interested companies are requested to contact the Secretariat. 

Certificate of Participation 

A certificate of participation will be issued to all delegates. 

Liability 

The Organising Committee will not be liable for personal accidents, loss or damage to private properties of the delegates during 

the Convention. Participants should make their arrangments with respect to personal insurance. 

Submission of Abstracts 

The Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts for consideration as oral or poster presentations. 

Disclaimer: Whilst every attempt will be made to ensure that all aspects of the Conference as mentioned in this publication 

will take place as scheduled, the Organising Committee reserves the right to make changes should the need arise. 

abstract Submission guidelines 

APOA members, residents, and other orthopaedic professionals are invited to submit abstracts for the APOA 2013 Meeting. This 

is your opportunity to share your knowledge and present your research—via a podium presentation, poster, scientific exhibit, or 

electronic media program. 

We require ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION of your abstract via our online submission system. 

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS 

• No limit is imposed on the number of abstracts submitted by individuals. 

• Abstracts are to be submitted in English only. 

• Abstracts must be accompanied by payment of registration fees. If the abstract is subsequently not accept for presentation, 

and the author wishes to cancel his participation, the registration fee will be refunded to the author. Registration fees are 

fully refundable before the cut off date of 30 th June 2013. 

• Scheduling details and guidelines for the final preparation of accepted presentations will be included with the notification 

of acceptance. 

• The final selection will be the responsibility of the Scientific Committee. 

All online submissions must include: 

• Financial Disclosure is required for EACH author. 

• You must have the last name and email address for every co-author on the abstract. 

• If all disclosures are not submitted, the abstract will not be considered for review. 

CONTENT : An English language abstract must be in the terminology familiar to specialists. The text should be succinct 

and substantive. The abstract must include: (a) Purpose / Aim: (b) Methods: (c) Results: (d) Conclusion: (e) 

Significance: 

References : omit any reference to authorship and/or institution within the body of the abstract. 

Length : No longer than 400 words. 

Format : Abstracts should be submitted using the Abstract Template provided. The template is a Microsoft Word 

document. Please make sure to save your file as *.doc format, we will be unable to accept the *.docx format. 

Please make sure the file does not exceed 1mb in filesize. More details in instructions below. 

QUESTIONS : For your convenience, the conference secretariat will be glad to assist you with any questions that might arise 

regarding your online submission. Email: secretariat@apoa2013.org 

Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 15 th June 2013 

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OPTIONAL tours 

Cat City Holidays Sdn Bhd 

Suite 59.1, 1 st Floor, Kueh Hock Kui Commercial Centre, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, 93150 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia 

Tel: 6082 - 414200 Fax: 6082 - 414210 Email: mok@catcityholidays.com; meichin@catcityholidays.com 

Msn: catcityholidays-mice@hotmail.com Website: www.catcityholidays.com 

(1) SARAWAK RIVER CRUISE Pick up time : 1630hrs 

A Cruise on this main waterway is a fun way to see the different faces of Kuching. On one bank is the hustle and bustle 

of a modern city while on the other lies the more relaxed kampungs (Malay Villages). 

SEAT-IN-COACH 

PRIVATE TOUR 

Tour Rate RM 85 per adult RM 55 per child RM 105 per adult RM 65 per child 

(2) KUCHING CITY TOUR Pick up time : 0830hrs / 1330hrs 

Join us on a tour of this unique city with her Old World charm. Sights include the Tua Pek Kong Chinese Temple, the 

Square and Round Towers, the Judicial Courts and the high columned General Post Office – a legacy of the Colonial era. 

* Stops include the Sarawak museum, the Cat Museum (closed Monday & Public holidays). Drive through the Waterfront 

offers a panoramic view of the majestic Istana (official residence of Sarawak Governor) and the Fort Margherita, the 

China town with a photo stop at the city mascot before returning to your hotel. 

Includes : Guided tour , entrance fee and 1 bottle of drinking water. 

SEAT-IN-COACH 

PRIVATE TOUR 


(3) SARAWAK CULTURAL VILLAGE Pick up time : 0830hrs / 1330hrs 

Nestled in the foothills of the legendary Mount Santubong lies the Sarawak Cultural Village. This interactive ‘living 

museum’ is an attraction not to be missed. The Village showcases the lifestyles of Sarawak’s even major races – Iban, 

Chinese, Malay, Bidayuh, Melanau, Orang Ulu and Penan. Visit each ‘house’ and experience their colourful traditions and 

lifestyles. There is a music and dance performance at the air-conditioned theatrette twice daily at 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

Includes : Guided tour , entrance fee and 1 bottle of drinking water. 

SEAT-IN-COACH 

PRIVATE TOUR 


(4) SEMENGGOH ORANG UTAN REHABILITATION SANCTUARY Pick up time : 0800hrs / 1400hrs 

Just 30 minutes from the city, Semenggoh features an orchid nursery, a botanical research center and several gardens. 

The greatest attraction, however, is the wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary. This facility is not a zoo but it is usually home to 

some Orang Utans, Hornbills, a Honey Bear or two, Sea Eagles, Storks, numerous Gibbons and sometimes even several 

species of wild cats endemic to the island. A favourite with visitors are the Orang Utans, some of which are taught 

survival skills and released back to their natural environments. Feeding times are at 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. where even 

released Orang Utans sometimes return for a free meal. 

Includes : Guided tour, entrance fee and 1 bottle of drinking water. 

SEAT-IN-COACH 

PRIVATE TOUR 


(5) ANNAH RAIS BIDAYUH LONGHOUSE Pick up time : 0830hrs 

Bidayuh, the second largest ethnic group in Sarawak, is formerly known as the ‘Land Dayak’ and was once also known 

as the ‘Engineer of Bamboo’. When making a visit to the Bidayuh longhouse, you will be able to see the splendid 

architecture of their longhouse, which were build mostly by bamboo. Annah Rais is one of the most famous Bidayuh 

longhouse in Sarawak, which located about 100 km east from Kuching City and quite close to the Indonesian border. The 

excursion will take about one and a half-hour on the road. During your visit, you will also be able to view the villagers 

with their own daily routine like rice pounding and winnowing, basket and mat weaving, bamboo carving, etc. You will 

be brought into the most unique and important structure, the ‘Baruk’ or the head house, which situated in the middle of 

the longhouse. Enemy once used this as a fort to protect the whole village from being attack. Inside the ‘Baruk’, you will 

be able to view the real human skulls hanging around the fire place in the middle and the also their sacred war drum. 

Includes : Guided tour, entrance fee, and 1 bottle of drinking water. 

SEAT-IN-COACH 

PRIVATE TOUR 


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