Date November 12th-15th, 2004
Venue International House, Osaka
8-2-6 Uehommachi Tennoji-ku Osaka, 543-0001 JAPAN
Tel:81-6-6772-5931
Date Early Morning Morning Afternoon Evening
Friday
November 12th
Business Meeting
Registration

Opening Ceremony
Welcome Party
Saturday
November 13th
Morning Seminar Instructional Lectures
Symposia
Panel Discussions
Free Papers
Luncheon Seminars
Workshop

1st APFSHT
Presidential Lecture
Invited Lectures
Symposia
Panel Discussions
Free Papers

1st APFSHT

Japan Night
Sunday
November 14th
Morning Seminar Instructional Lectures
Symposia
Free Papers
Luncheon Seminars
Workshop
Invited Lectures
Symposia
Panel Discussions
Free Papers
Workshop

1st Japanese - Italian
Hand Club
Presidential Banquet
Monday
November 15th
Morning Seminar Symposia
Panel Discussions
Free Papers
Luncheon Seminar
Symposia
Panel Discussions
Free Papers

Closing Ceremony
Adjourns

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Main Topic Remarkable Achievement in the 20th Century and What's New in the Next
 
Presidential Lecture
 
Yoshikazu IKUTA, MD
 
Invited Lectures
 

Correction of Scapholunate Disassociation by a Slip of F.C.R.
Giorgio A. BRUNELLI, MD ITALY

Virtual Interactive Musculoskeletal System-Tools for the Renaissance of Studying Functional Anatomy & Biomechanics of the Hand
Edmund Y. S. CHAO, PhD USA

Management of the Patient with Dupuytren's Disease.
Types of Treatment
W. Bruce CONOLLY, MD AUSTRALIA

Progress in Clinical and Basic Study for Brachial Plexus Root Avulsions
Yu-dong GU, MD CHINA

Lacerated Flezor Tendon Repair and Management of
Adhesion Formation
Seiichi ISHII, MD JAPAN

Operative Treatment of Malunited Distal Radius Fracures
Eung Shick KANG, MD KOREA

My Original Flap in the Hand
Tadao KOJIMA, MD JAPAN

Instructional

Lectures

1. Rheumatoid Hand
Flexor Tenosynovitis and Extensor Rupture
Douglass John WHEEN, AUSTRALIA

Reconstruction of the Rheumatoid Thumb and Fingers
Daniel HERREN, SWITZERLAND

Reconstruction of the Rheumatoid Wrist
Hajime ISHIKAWA, JAPAN

2. Treatment of the 1st CMJ Osteoarthritis
Conservative Treatment and Arthrodesis
Hitoshi HIRATA, JAPAN

Ligament Reconstruction and Tendon Interpositional Arthroplasty
for Osteoarthritis of First Carpometacarpal Joint
Yih LIU, TAIWAN R.O.C.

Metacarpal Osteotomy
Toshiro FUTAMI, JAPAN

3. Peripheral Nerve Repair
Conventional Nerve Repair - Current Practice
Wing-Yuk IP, Hong Kong, CHINA

Nerve Regeneration Across the Human Peripheral Nerve Gap by
in situ Tissue Enginerring
Yuji INADA, JAPAN

Current New Concepts For Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Mitsuo OCHI, JAPAN

4. Tumors in the Upper Limb
Soft Tissue Tumor in the Upper Extremity
Ho-Jung KANG, KOREA

Bone Tumors in the Upper Extremity Limb
Takuro WADA, JAPAN

Surgical Reconstruction of the Upper Limb function after
Tumor Ablation
Arthi KRUAVIT, THAILAND

5. TFCC Injury
Arthroscopic Treatment
Peter SCOUGALL, AUSTRALIA

TFCC Reattachment
Toshiyasu NAKAMURA, JAPAN

Ulna Shortening
Takaya MIZUSEKI, JAPAN

6. Reconstruction of the Paralytic Hand
Reconstruction of Forearm and Hand Function in Late Obstetric
Brachial Plexus Palsy
David Chwei-Chin CHUANG, TAIWAN

Reconstruction of the Peripheral Nerve Palsies
Hidehiko SAITO, JAPAN

Symposia
1. Sports Injury
Moderator
Katsuya NOBUHARA, JAPAN
Juichi TANAKA, JAPAN
Speaker
Jun HASHIMOTO, JAPAN
Eiji ITOI, JAPAN
Akihito TSUJINO, JAPAN
Duke Whan CHUNG, KOREA
Amit GUPTA, USA
2. Free and Island Flap
Moderator
Isao KOSHIMA, JAPAN
Raja S. SABAPATHY, INDIA
Speaker
Raja S. SABAPATHY, INDIA
Myong Chul PARK, KOREA
Hung-chi CHEN, TAIWAN
Sang-Hyun WOO, KOREA
Kiyoshi ONISHI, JAPAN
Woo-Kyung KIM, KOREA
Soo Bong HAHN, KOREA
3. Fracture of the Distal Radius
Moderator
Takaya MIZUSEKI, JAPAN
Shew Ping CHOW, Hong Kong, CHINA
Speaker
Frankie LEUNG, Hong Kong, CHINA

Beng-Kuen CHAN, SINGAPORE
Alvin Chao-Yu CHEN, TAIWAN
Takashi SASAKI, JAPAN
Hikaru TASHIMA, JAPAN
Shinichiro TAKAYAMA, JAPAN
4. Scaphoid Fracture
Moderator
Hiroshi YAJIMA, JAPAN
Poong-Taek KIM, KOREA
Speaker
Poong-Taek KIM, KOREA
Juichi TANAKA, JAPAN
Yuen-Fai LEUNG, Hong Kong, CHINA
Chairoj UERPAIROJKIT, THAILAND
Jaiyoung RYU, USA
Hiroshi YAJIMA, JAPAN
5. Endoscopic Surgery
Moderator
Hiroyuki HASHIZUME, JAPAN
Pak-cheong HO, Hong Kong, CHINA
Speaker
Ichiro OKUTSU, JAPAN
Pak-cheong HO, Hong Kong, CHINA
Hiroyuki HASHIZUME, JAPAN
Ather MIRZA, USA
In Ho JEON, KOREA
6. Congenital Differences
Moderator
Hidehiko KAWABATA, JAPAN
Michael TONKIN, AUSTRALIA
Speaker
Leung-kim HUNG, Hong Kong, CHINA
Lam Chuan TEOH, SINGAPORE
Fuminori KANAYA, JAPAN
Emiko HORII, JAPAN
Hidehiko KAWABATA, JAPAN
Michael TONKIN, AUSTRALIA
Panel
Discussions
1.
Brachial Plexus Injury
2.
Infection
3.
Hand Transplantation
4.
Toe Transfer
5.
Hand Surgery in Asian Pacific Area
6.
Voluntary Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation Projects in the Asia-Pacific Region
 
Free Papers
 
  Oral & Poster
     
 Morning Seminar
&
 Luncheon Seminar
  Several Morning Seminars and Luncheon Seminars (to be announced)
     
 
Work Shop
 
  1. Shoulder Arthroscopy
2. Finger Joint Prosthesis
3. External Fixator (Non-bridge Wrist)
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