Free webinar: Recent updates on the management of clubfoot | 5 June 2023
Overview
What are the pitfalls in initial clubfoot management? What should you do about recurrence, and when? In this interactive webinar, we discuss current concepts behind both the surgical and nonsurgical management of clubfoot. Key features include recent consensus guidelines, research findings, and principles to keep in mind as we explore the modern team-based approach through case discussions and interactive polls. With an opportunity to put your questions to the speakers at the conclusion, this session will bring you up to date with the latest thinking.
Target Audience:
Orthopaedic surgeons (including trainees), physiotherapists, cast technicians, orthotists, podiatrists and specialist nurse practitioners.
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Programme
19:00 Introduction
19:05 ‘A Celebration of the Life of Prof. Ignacio Ponseti – Challenges in Ponseti management, a 20 year perspective’ by Ms Denise Watson-Tann
19:25 ‘Clubfoot treatment in 2023 – what’s the surgeon for?’ by Mr Gavin Spence
19:45 Q and A session
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Convenor:
Mr Gavin Spence
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Gavin Spence is a full time Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. His particular clinical interest is in external fixation and limb deformity correction. Prior to this he was a consultant for King’s College Hospital London (Dubai) and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, treating children with a variety of tertiary paediatric orthopaedic conditions including neuromuscular pathology. He trained in London and Cambridge, with fellowships in Great Ormond Street, Stanmore, and Adelaide.
Ms Denise Watson-Tann
Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in Paediatric Orthopaedics, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
Denise is an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in Paediatric Orthopaedics at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, with more than 30 years’ experience in treating clubfoot. She regularly trains healthcare professionals in Ponseti clubfoot management in the UK and abroad and has worked with Global Clubfoot Initiative and several NGOs. Denise is a Core Group member of the UKCCG and was on the Clubfoot Consensus Steering Group at BSCOS (British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery). She is passionate about providing excellent care for children with Clubfoot and its associated conditions and has a special interest in complex and relapsed feet.