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British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) update Wasim Khan, BORS Honorary Secretary
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he British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) is a multidisciplinary association founded over 50 years ago, in 1961, and devoted to pursuing research relevant to orthopaedic and musculoskeletal surgery. Unlike most of the 22 BOA affiliated Specialist Societies, it benefits from a more diverse membership including surgeons, scientists, engineers and vets as well as allied health care professionals. The research interests of its membership are varied and include: Biological Science, Biomechanics, Osteo-articular Pathology, Biotribology, Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Medical Imaging, and Patient Management. After a successful virtual meeting last year, the 2021 Annual Meeting was also held virtually on 13th – 14th September with over 100 attendees.
The Presidential Lecture was delivered by Professor Brigitte Scammell (Nottingham). An OATech session saw Professor Tom Andriacchi (Stanford) talk on ‘Bridging disciplines as a pathway to finding new solutions for osteoarthritis’. A session on One Health Initiative was moderated by Professor Debbie Mason (Cardiff) and Professor Chris Little (Sydney). Another session of the meeting focused on in-silico and invitro models and modelling. There were also free paper sessions on biomechanics and biology. The programme has become more clinically orientated in the last few years, reflected by an increasing number of surgeons attending. This year saw a joint session with the British Hip Society (BHS) as well as free paper sessions on the Hip and a keynote lecture by Professor
Vikas Khanduja (Cambridge) entitled ‘Navigating the Cam: Collaboration is the Key’. The poster session themes included implants and arthroplasty, trauma and soft tissue injuries, perioperative analgesia, and optimising surgical practice and surgical guidelines. The next International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS) Meeting is being held in Edinburgh from 7th – 10th September 2022, and we look forward to hopefully meeting more of you face-to-face then. n
British Limb Reconstruction Society (BLRS) update Om Lahoti, BLRS President, on behalf of the Executive Committee
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LRS conducted its annual scientific meeting BLRS 2021 as a virtual event, due to COVID-19 restrictions. We launched the event on 15th April 2021 and the content was accessible to the registered members until 6th July 2021. Virtual format allowed us to reach out to the orthopaedic limb reconstruction community all over the world and we received a brilliant response. We have put together an excellent programme including Major Incidents Masterclass, Topics in Focus included 3D printing, Knee and Foot and Ankle Deformities. The Keynote Lecture was on basic science of fracture healing. The Nurses and Allied Health Professionals section focussed on pre-operative preparation, care during COVID-19 and patients’ experience of treatment using a frame. Free paper sessions included a very popular ‘Best of the Best’ free paper webinar. Industry also supported the event by hosting webinars, and we appreciate it.
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At the BOA Annual Congress 2021, BLRS hosted two sessions. Our first session was on Osteomyelitis, in keeping with this year’s theme of ‘Tackling Infection’. The second session included a round-up of Recent Advances in Limb Reconstruction, and free paper presentations. Our Secretary, Simon Britten, presented planning and delivering BLRS’ diversity and inclusion survey in the education section of the BOA programme. This year BLRS has started a Modified Delphi process - BLRSRPS – British Limb Reconstruction Society Research Priorities Study - to achieve consensus on research priorities amongst limb reconstruction surgeons and health care practitioners. Response is encouraging and I urge those who haven’t contributed to respond to the email from the society or directly at http://bit.ly/blrsdelphistudy. BLRS continues to support educational activities. We have started awarding financial support to the courses that meet certain criteria, details of which are available on our website (https://blrs.org.uk). Courses receiving support will display our logo on their flyer. We encourage course organisers to apply. BLRS has been sponsoring one candidate for the Future Leaders Programme for several years and this year we have increased it to two and hope to continue. I am pleased to announce that the BLRS 2022 Annual Meeting will be in Brighton from 24th – 25th March 2022. n
