Presentations By Dr Eddy Dona

Dr Dona has given numerous lectures to specialist surgeons at national and international conferences describing improved methods of dealing with hand injuries.

DR DONA’S INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

• American Orthopaedic Research Society meeting, Washington, February 2005 – “Cyclical Testing of Micro-Mitek suture anchors in FDP Tendon Fixation”
• American Orthopaedic Research Society meeting, San Francisco, March 2004 – “The biomechanical performance of different suture materials used in flexor tendon surgery”
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting, London, October 2003 – “Optimising performance of the cruciate four-strand tendon repair”
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting, London, October 2003 – “The biomechanical performance of different suture materials when subject to active mobilisation protocols”
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting, London, October 2003 – “V-Y plasty of flexor tendon pulleys’
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting, London, October 2003 – “Four-strand flexor tendon repairs: How important is technique?”
• International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 2003 – “Flexor tendon pulley V-Y expansion: An alternative to ‘venting’ or partial resection”
• International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 2003 – “Biomechanical properties of various four-strand flexor tendon repairs”
• International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 2003 – “Are bicortical screws necessary in metacarpal fracture plating?”
• International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 2003 – “The cruciate four-strand tendon repair: optimising performance”
• International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 2003 – “Pullout sutures vs micro-Mitek suture anchors in FDP tendon fixation”
• International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 2003 – “The biomechanical performance of different suture materials used in flexor tendon surgery”
• European Orthopaedic Research Society meeting, Helsinki, Finland, June 2003 – “Plating of metacarpal fractures: Are bicortical screws worth the trouble?”
• American Orthopaedic Research Society meeting, New Orleans, USA, February 2003 – “Guided tissue regeneration and the use of periosteal grafts in mandibular defects”
• American Orthopaedic Research Society meeting, New Orleans, USA, February 2003 – “Assessing repair site gap formation during biomechanical testing of tendon repairs – a new technique”
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1st November 2002 – “Cyclical testing of pull-through sutures and micro-Mitek suture anchors in FDP tendon fixation”
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1st November 2002 – “Biomechanical properties of two circumferential flexor tendon repair techniques”
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st October 2002 – “Biomechanical testing of tendon repairs – a new technique for assessing repair site gap formation during”
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st October 2002 – “Biomechanical properties of unicortical and bicortical screws in metacarpal fracture plating”
• New Zealand Orthopaedic Association meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 23rd October 2002 – “Plating of metacarpal fractures: unicortical or bicortical screws?”
• New Zealand Orthopaedic Association meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 23rd October 2002 – “Cyclical testing of the micro-Mitek suture anchor used for FDP tendon fixation”
• New Zealand Orthopaedic Association meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 23rd October 2002 – “Biomechanical properties of two new circumferential flexor tendon suture techniques”

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, October 2003 – “The cruciate four-strand tendon repair: making a good technique better”
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, October 2003 – “The biomechanical performance of different suture materials used in flexor tendon surgery”
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, October 2003 – “V-Y plasty of flexor tendon pulleys: a simple solution to an often difficult problem”
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, October 2003 – “Flexor tendon repair techniques: Does it need to be complicated?”
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, Brisbane, May 2003 – “Four-strand tendon repairs: finding a balance between simplicity and mechanical integrity”
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, Brisbane, May 2003 – “Four-strand tendon repairs: Properties of different suture materials when subject to active mobilisation protocols”
• 2003 Australasian Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Training Conference, Perth, March 2003 – “Four-strand flexor tendon repairs: Does technique matter?”
• 30th Anniversary TOW Research Meeting, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, November 2002 – “Plating of metacarpal fractures: are bicortical screws worth the trouble”
• 30th Anniversary TOW Research Meeting, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, November 2002 – “Biomechanical properties of two new circumferential flexor tendon suture techniques”
• Australian Orthopaedic Association meeting, Melbourne, 13th October 2002 – “Plating of metacarpal fractures: unicortical or bicortical screws?”
• Australian Orthopaedic Association meeting, Melbourne, 13th October 2002 – “Biomechanical properties of two new circumferential flexor tendon suture techniques”
• Australian Orthopaedic Association meeting, Melbourne, 13th October 2002 – “Assessing repair site gap formation during biomechanical testing of tendon repairs – a new technique”
• Australian Orthopaedic Association meeting, Melbourne, 13th October 2002 – “Cyclical testing of the micro-Mitek suture anchor used for FDP tendon fixation”
• The Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Research Prize in Surgery, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, 12th October, 2002 – “Plating of metacarpal fractures: are bicortical screws worth the trouble?”