Not another lecture. A national conversation about how we treat complex cases.

The Orthoplastics Collaboration Annual Conference is built around a simple idea: The best way to improve practice is to learn from each other.

Rather than a traditional programme of experts standing at a lectern and telling delegates how a particular problem should be managed, this meeting is centred on real cases, real treatment pathways and open discussion between the UK’s Major Trauma Centres.

Teams from major centres will be invited to share complex orthoplastic cases and, crucially, explain how their unit works – from the collaboration between orthopaedic and plastic surgery teams to the decisions, pathways and practical challenges that shape patient care.

Questions we want delegates to answer:

How would your unit approach this case?
Would another centre do it differently?
What can we learn from each other?

By bringing together experience from Major Trauma Centres across the country, the conference provides a rare opportunity to compare approaches, explore variation in practice and share ideas that can improve treatment pathways and patient outcomes.

This isn’t about teaching one way of doing things. It’s about bringing centres together to learn how everyone does it.

Through honest case discussion and collaboration, the ambition is to build a broader picture of orthoplastic practice across the UK – creating shared learning that could ultimately help inform national improvement initiatives such as GIRFT.

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Meeting Highlights

  • Open foot and segmental tibial fractures

  • Elderly ankle injuries and fractures with bone loss

  • Limb salvage, amputation, fixation and flap selection

  • Rehabilitation and patient outcomes

  • Difficult wounds, diabetic feet and reconstruction following compartment syndrome

  • Orthoplastic service delivery, including combined lists, MDTs, capacity pressures and outcome collection

Convenors

Enis Guryel

Enis is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic surgeon working at Brighton…

…and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust in the Major Trauma Centre since 2011.
His specialist interest is in the management of acute complex trauma in both the upper and lower limbs in adults and paediatrics. Enis’ sub-specialty interests are the management of bone infection, non-union, deformity correction and limb lengthening and works with plastic surgeons performing combined operating lists and MDT clinics.
He qualified from Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals Medical School in 1998 and gained his membership to the RCSEngland in 2004. He completed the St. George’s Hospital SWT Orthopaedic rotation and undertook the Complex Trauma and Limb Reconstruction Fellowship at St. Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey.
Enis enjoys teaching at local, regional and national courses and is Past-president of the Federation of Orthopaedic Trainees in Europe and is a reviewer for the Bone & Joint Journal. Enis is the honorary Treasurer for the Orthopaedic section of the RSM and a member of the BOA.

Edmund Fitzgerald O’Connor

Mr Edmund Fitzgerald O’Connor O’Connor is one of only a handful…

…of consultants in London employed at 2 university NHS teaching hospitals.

At King’s College Hospital, the leading major trauma centre in the country, Mr Fitzgerald O’Connor specialises in complex trauma reconstruction as part of the orthoplastic team. At Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital as part of the world-renowned plastic surgery department, he focuses on complex revisional reconstructive surgery for both upper and lower limb, breast cancer and a broad range of general plastics surgery cases.

Mr Fitzgerald O’Connor also holds a substantive Senior Clinical Lecturer position at Queen Mary’s University of London. He is the course lead for the Masters programme in Reconstructive Microsurgery as well as faculty for the M.Sc in Aesthetic Medicine.

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Thursday 19th November

13:00

Registration & Lunch

Session 1: Open Foot Fractures

13:30 – 14:45

Each orthoplastic centre will present their method of management which will generate a discussion about the management, experiences, tips and tricks as well as the difficulties we experience with open foot fractures. What is the threshold for amputation and how can we optimise the journey during limb salvage?

Session 2: Open Segmental Tibia Fractures
14:45 – 16:00

During this session each orthoplastic centre will present their method of management which will generate a discussion about whether internal versus external implants are used and whether a muscle or fascial flap makes a difference?

16:00

Coffee

Session 3: Open Elderly Ankle Fractures

16:30 – 17:45

With an increasing number of cases this session will discuss how each is approaching the management of these cases. How soon are these frail patients having their surgery, are they getting flaps and are they weightbearing?

Dragons Den With Sponsors & Drinks

17:45 – 18:30

19:30

Dinner

Friday 20th November

08:30

Tea & Coffee

Session 4: Wild West Session Management of Fractures Post Compartment Syndrome, Bimalleolar ankle wounds & Diabetic feet

09:00 -10:30

This session is for exploring those less- common problems and thoughts on how to manage the problems associated with those types of cases.

10:30

Platinum Sponsor Session

10:45

Coffee

Session 5: Pitch An Idea

11:15 -12:00

This is a forum for any of those “out of the box” ideas to pitch to the orthoplastic community. It can be anything from a tip & trick, research idea, innovative thought, patient positioning, etc. 

 

Session 6: Headline Papers in the last year and leaders update

12:00 – 12:30

An opportunity to discuss the most important recent papers that we should know about as well as an opportunity for GIRFT to update us.

12:30

Lunch

Session 7: How Does Your Unit Work?

13:30 -14:45

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An opportunity to explore how each orthoplastic unit works from our combined operating lists, overruns, clinics, MDTs, etc. What difficulties do we face and are there common problems that GIRFT can help with? Who goes first orthopaedics or plastics? Are we collecting data on outcomes?

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Dual or single consultant operating?

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Order of surgery

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Data collection and PROMS

Session 8: How does your unit manage open fractures with bone loss?

14:45 – 15:30

During this session each unit will discuss their method of managing bone loss and how that works with the initial flap and subsequent surgeries. What complications and problems are we experiencing? Are those second stages on an elective orthoplastic list?

15:30

Close

The meeting focuses on case discussions and experiences from different orthoplastic centre. To give you a flavour, cases will be shown here to demonstrate the type of discussion the event will achieve.

Double Tree Piccadilly, Manchester

The hotel is around the corner from Manchester Piccadilly train station and Piccadilly Gardens. The hotel features an on-site restaurant and bar, fitness centre, and flexible meeting and event spaces, making it suitable for conferences and social functions. Guests are welcomed with the brand’s signature warm chocolate chip cookie on arrival, and the hotel’s central location provides easy access to popular attractions, shopping areas, and entertainment venues in Manchester city centre.

One Piccadilly Place

1 Auburn St

Manchester

M1 3DG

 

Course Dinner

The course dinner will take place at a local Indian restaurant on Thursday 19th November.

Venue Highlights

The area around the DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester – Piccadilly is a bustling city centre hub, just steps from Piccadilly Gardens and Manchester Piccadilly station. Within easy walking distance are cultural spots like the Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Cathedral, trendy shopping in the Northern Quarter and Market Street, and green spaces such as Sackville Gardens and Mayfield Park. The neighbourhood also offers a variety of cafés, restaurants, and bars, making it a convenient and lively base for exploring Manchester’s history, culture, and nightlife.

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On site parking is £24 a day. There are EV charging facilities available.

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The nearest train stations are:

Piccadilly Manchester – 2-3 minute walk to the venue.

The nearest airport is:

Manchester Airport (MAN) – approximately 11 km (7 miles) southeast of Old Trafford, around 20–25 minutes by car depending on traffic.

 

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