BLRS 2026 Free Paper Presentations
Day 1 – Thursday 19th March
- 09:15 – Ali Arbas – Metatarsal Lengthening with Mini-Rail External Fixator: Our Institutional Experience
- 09:21 – Mashael Munwanis – Multicenter Pin Site Infection Study
- 09:27 – Jean-Marc Guichet – Anticoagulants or Not with Femoral Intra-Medullary Lengthening Nails (FIMLN)? Set-up of Guidelines based on a 34-year prospective study on 804 femoral lengthening
- 09:33 – Katie Hutchinson – Beyond the Flap: Orthoplastic Management of Delayed Sternal Osteomyelitis and Non-union
- 09:39 – Patrick Hickland – Circular Frame Management of Distal Tibial Fractures; 15 Years of Practice in a Tertiary Referral Unit
- 09:45 – Questions
- 09:55 – Rebecca Tunbridge – Do we know the impact of limb reconstruction surgery on children with a limb difference? – An analysis of Patient Reported Outcome Measure data collected from Sheffield Children’s Hospital between 2022-2024
- 10:01 – David Podeszwa – Lessons from the Learning Curve: Hip Reconstruction for Congenital Femoral Deficiency
- 10:07 – Luke Marsh – Mid-term outcomes of high-energy paediatric open tibial fractures treated with definitive external fixation at a tertiary paediatric orthoplastic centre
- 10:13 – Jillian Black – Mental Health in Limb Reconstruction: An Occupational Therapy Perspective
- 10:19 – Shawn Gilbert – Comparing Limb Lengthening for Congenital versus Acquired Limb Deformity Utilizing a large International Database
- 10:25 – Questions
Day 2 – Friday 20th March
- 09:00 – Thomas Irish – Comparison of interfragmentary motion between smart TSF and TL Hex hexapods; A Mechanical study
- 09:06 – Kate Atkinson – Surgical technique and preliminary outcomes of all internal bone transport in tibia post-traumatic critical bone defects
- 09:12 – Hamza Akhtar – Outcomes of circular frame external fixation for tibia fracture in the elderly: Comparison with an injury-matched younger cohort
- 09:18 – Harpreet Chhina – The International Limb Differences Registry: A Global Collaboration to Advance Limb Reconstruction Outcomes
- 09:24 – Questions
- 09:34 – Katie Hutchinson – Custom 3D Implants Versus Traditional Bone Defect Management: Is the Upfront Cost Justified?
- 09:40 – Asanka Wijendra – Integrating Citizens Advice into Limb Reconstruction Care: Five Year Evaluation of Service Activity and Clinical Impact
- 09:46 – Asanka Wijendra – Prevalence of Psychological Morbidity in a Limb Reconstruction Service and the Impact of an Embedded Psychiatrist-led Liaison Clinic
- 09:52 – Chirag Manwani – Evaluating Correction Accuracy in Deformity Correction for Knee Pain: Fixator-Assisted Internal fixation Compared with Circular Frame Correction
- 09:58 – Questions
