AMERICAN ASSOCIATION for HAND SURGERY January 11-14, 2012 AMERICAN SOCIETY for PERIPHERAL NERVE January 13-15, 2012 AMERICAN SOCIETY for RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY January 14-17, 2012 AAHS / ASPN / ASRM 2012 SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS Program Book Jointly sponsored by with American Society American Association American Society American Society for of Plastic Surgeons for Hand Surgery for Peripheral Nerve Reconstructive Microsurgery Schedule at a Glance Legend AAHS ASPN ASRM Combined Day AAHS/ASPN/ASRM WEDNESDAY, 01/11 THURSDAY, 01/12 FRIDAY, 01/13 AAHS Program AAHS Program AAHS & ASPN Programs 7:00 am 7:30 am Instructional Courses Instructional Courses Instructional Courses 8:00 am Presidential Welcome Hand Surgery Endowment President Report 8:30 am Debate 1 Debate 1 Welcome & Panel Debate 2 Debate 2 9:00 am Management of the Mangled Hand Panel – Management of Digital Concurrent Panels A & B Nerve Gap-What Really Works? ASPN Scientific 9:30 am Open Forum Council Panel Paper Concurrent Scientific Session Meeting 10:00 am Treating Hand Trauma in an Session A2 Paper Sessions A & B Austere Environment Coffee Break/Exhibitors 10:30 am Schedule at a Glance Coffee Break Coffee Break with Exhibitors Concurrent Scientific Paper 11:00 am Sessions A3 & B3 Panel Brazilian Hand Society Session Prevention and Management of Hand 11:30 am Joint Concurrent AAHS/ASPN Panel Stiffness After Trauma Presidential Address 12:00 pm Steven McCabe, MD Invited Guest Lecture Invited Guest Lecture James Chang, MD Danyo Lecture 12:30 pm Mandayam A. Srinivasan, PhD Terry R. Light, MD Scientific Paper Lunch Symposium 1:00 pm Lunch Annual Business Session 1 & Lunch Supported by Meeting with Exhibits 1:30 pm Auxillium AAHS Members Only Invited Lecture Hands-On Development Workshops 2:00 pm Uros Ahcan, MD, PhD Surgeons Workshop: Principles and 2:30 pm Application of Internal Fixation in the Instructional Courses 3:00 pm Hand Industry Hands-On Skills Labs Comprehensive 3:30 pm Therapist Workshop: Advanced Splinting Hand Review Scientific Paper Techniques in the Hand and Wrist Course 4:00 pm Session 2 4:30 pm Panel II 5:00 pm 5:30 pm Mentors Reception: Wine with the Wizards 6:00 pm 6:30 pm 7:00 pm 7:30 pm Welcome Reception 8:00 pm 8:30 pm AAHS Annual Meeting Dinner Dance 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm SATURDAY, 01/14 SUNDAY, 01/15 MONDAY, 01/16 TUESDAY, 01/17 Combined Day AAHS / ASPN & ASRM ASPN / ASRM Programs Programs ASRM Program ASRM Program 7:00 am Instructional Courses 7:30 am Instructional ASRM Past Concurrent Presidents Breakout 8:00 am Courses Scientific Panels Breakout ASRM Council Breakfast Panels Paper Meeting 8:30 am Presidents’ Welcome and Sessions Scientific III Panel: CTA vs. Robotics Paper 9:00 am Panel: Young Microsurgeon’s Panel: Complex Session 5 Breakout Group Reconstruction–How to 9:30 am President’s Invited Panels Be Mission Critical to Your Break with Exhibitors Lecture Tessa Gordon, MD Break with Exhibitors Institution Break with Exhibitors 10:00 am Joint Presidential Keynote Buncke Lecture 10:30 am Lecture Concurrent Scientific Wayne Morrison, MD Steven Levitt ASPN/ASRM Panel Paper Session 11:00 am Scientific Paper Joint Outstanding Papers President’s Presidential Lecture 11:30 am Session 6 Invited Lecture Susan Mackinnon, 12:00 pm MD Exhibitor Luncheon Concurrent Paper Session ASPN Business ASPN Council Meeting & lunch ASRM Poster 12:30 pm Meeting Panel: If I Knew Then What I (Members Only) & Exhibits Know Now: Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm Luncheon Learned the Hard Way Over a Panel: Innovative Surgery Long and Distinguished Career vs. Experimentation: Where is the Line? 1:30 pm Scientific Paper Concurrent Scientific Session 3 Paper Sessions 2:00 pm Masters Concurrent Scientific Series in Paper Session 2:30 pm Break w/ Exhibitors Micro- surgery 3:00 pm Schedule at a Glance ASRT Update Godina Lecture Scientific Paper Session Samir Mardini, MD Session 4 3:30 pm 4:00 pm Invited Lecture ASRM Business Tessa Hadlock, MD Meeting 4:30 pm New Member/ 5:00 pm Special Session: YMG Reception Scientific Posters Best Case/Best Save 5:30 pm 6:00 pm Godina Alumni Reception 6:30 pm ASPN/ASRM Welcome Reception 7:00 pm 7:30 pm 8:00 pm VEGAS-STYLE 8:30 pm Evening Event 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm Messages from the Program Chairs American Association American Society American Society for for Hand Surgery for Peripheral Nerve Reconstructive Microsurgery he AAHS 2012 Annual s they say, “What iva ASRM and Meeting theme is happens in Vegas Viva Las Vegas! T“Learning from Friends” Astays in Vegas!” Well VThe Program -- Life-long learning is we know this won’t be true Committee once again is an integral part of hand of the 19th Annual meeting poised to offer attendees surgery and hand therapy of the American Society for the best platform to discuss practice. This meeting has Peripheral Nerve! Please join the newest technologies, been geared to provide a stimulating educational us this year at the beautiful Red Rock Resort in Las relevant translational findings and hopefully experience in a relaxed and engaging format with Vegas, Nevada. We have a fantastic meeting planned a clear glimpse into the future of where a lively social program. and aspire to inspire you with an awesome program microsurgical and complex reconstructive surgery of teaching, learning, sharing and networking that is headed. Red Rock, Las Vegas is the perfect Along with the traditional free papers, you will not hesitate to bring back to your friends getaway for this meeting. Situated close to the Association members will now have a unique and colleagues at home. Vegas strip yet tucked away near the Red Rock opportunity to share their new ideas at the Mountains for those who desire a more serene “Members Forum”, a session for 2 minute The ASPN scientific sessions will span three outdoor escape. ASRM 2012 promises to provide presentations on member innovations. Delegates days, and the program is highly integrated with the tried and true classics such as “Best Case/ can choose from among 24 complementary AAHS and ASRM, including a joint AAHS-ASPN panel Best Save” and “Disasters of the Masters” as well Instructional Courses (including 2 courses on Friday, combined programming on Saturday as newer hits such as the Young Microsurgeons certified for MOC by the ABPS) with faculty and a joint ASPN-ASRM panel on Sunday. We have Group (YMG) panel. The world-class golf courses, comprised of internationally renowned hand built upon the excellent integration of last years’ fine dining, entertainment, hiking and an surgeons and therapists focusing on both meetings, and hopefully made it even better! international airport round out the reasons why common clinical issues and challenging problems. ASRM 2012 will provide something for everyone. Presentations will be case-based explaining In addition to a variety of instructional Once again relevant panels will offer thoughtful principles of safe practice supported by outcome- courses, panels and scientific paper sessions, ASPN insights into controversial topics and real-time based evidence. The program also includes panel will once again feature an interactive poster session audience response systems will be employed discussions comparing traditional and newer with cocktails-you WON’T WANT TO MISS IT!!! Invited to illustrate how and what our colleagues are treatment options for Dupuytren’s disease, speakers include Professor Uros Ahcan, MD, PhD thinking. Finally, a focus on the economics of nerve gaps and wrist arthritis. “Hot-button” from Ljubljana Slovenia, Tessa Hadlock, MD from reconstructive surgery promises to provide value management controversies will be discussed in Boston and Tessa Gordon, PhD from Toronto. The for all attendees. “What Happens in Vegas Stays in a series of lively debates between experts. Along AAHS-ASPN-ASRM keynote speaker is Steve Levitt, Vegas”, so the saying goes, but odds are what will with the Presidential address given by Dr. Steve the acclaimed author whose best-selling book happen at Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, January McCabe, featured speakers will include Dr Terry Freakonomics has armed millions of readers with 14–17, 2012 will be an ASRM meeting worth Light, Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery enough riddles and stories for a thousand cocktail talking about long after. at Loyola University, Chicago, and Dr. Mandayam parties. A. Srinivasan, Senior Research Scientist from Welcome to Red Rock! the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The I would like to sincerely thank ASPN President, Association especially extends a warm welcome Ivica Ducic, and Randy Bindra and David Song, David H. Song, MD, MBA, FACS to our guest members from the Brazilian Hand program directors for AAHS and ASRM respectively, Society and look forward to 3 days of learning and as well as the other leadership of all three 2012 ASRM Program Chair fellowship across the continent. organizations for their assistance and support in making this an outstanding meeting! Randip R. Bindra, MD, FRCS 2012 AAHS Program Chair Gedge Rosson, MD 2012 ASPN Program Chair In collaboration with The Brazilian Society for Surgery of the Hand Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia da Mão IV IV TABLE OF CONTENTS Schedule at a Glance ii (INSERT TAB LABELED AAHS/ASPN/ASRM) Messages from the Program Chairs iv AAHS/ASPN/ASRM CME 49 Resort Map vi AAHS/ASPN/ASRM Presenters’ Disclosures 50 (INSERT TAB LABELED GENERAL) AAHS/ASPN/ASRM Saturday Day-at-a-Glance 51 General Information 7 AAHS/ASPN/ASRM Presidents’ Invited Lecturer: Steven Levitt 53 2012 Exhibitor Listing 8 (INSERT TAB LABELED ASPN) Educational