PULS 2026 › Programme
Two days. Ten sessions.
Six-minute talks, two minutes of questions — built for decision-making
Registration, coffee, networking · 07:45 – 08:15
- 08:15 – 08:23Thumb hypoplasia: reconstruction optionsDr Takehiko Takagi
- 08:23 – 08:31Syndactyly solutions: the graft vs graftless debateDr Kannan K. Kumar vs Dr Hari Venkatramani
- 08:31 – 08:39Macrodactyly management: is debulking enough or is amputation necessary?To be announced
- 08:40 – 08:48Preventing reversal: long-term strategies for radial club handDr Ashwath Acharya
- 08:48 – 08:57Strategy for crooked fingers (Kirner, clino- and campto-)To be announced
- 08:57 – 09:15Panel discussion and questions
Impact Talk
Not just classification — decision-making that changes outcomesDr S. Raja Sabapathy
09:15 – 09:30
- 09:30 – 09:38Condylar conundrums: mastering the lateral condyle fractureDr Mandar Agashe
- 09:38 – 09:46The unstable elbow: a masterclass in Monteggia managementDr Sandeep Vaidya
- 09:48 – 09:56The rotational challenge: fixing forearm fracturesDr Jayant Sampat
- 09:56 – 10:04Precision in small bones: navigating paediatric hand fracturesDr Anil Bhat
- 10:04 – 10:12The critical hour: managing the pink pulseless handDr Kannan K. Kumar
- 10:12 – 10:30Questions and panel discussion
Impact Talk
The clock is ticking: precision in timing — brachial plexus birth palsyDr Mukund Thatte
10:30 – 10:45
Tea break · 10:45 – 11:00
- 11:00 – 11:08Brachial plexus birth palsy: nerve reconstructionDr Anil Bhatia
- 11:08 – 11:16Nerve reconstruction in BPBP: nerve transferDr Bharat Kadadi
- 11:16 – 11:24Beyond the shoulder: managing progressive elbow and forearm deformities in BPBPDr Maulin Shah
- 11:24 – 11:32The shoulder showdown: optimising results with humeral derotation / tendon transfersDr Parag Lad
- 11:32 – 11:40Delayed elbow reconstructionDr Sreekanth
- 11:40 – 12:00Questions, discussion, panel
- 12:00 – 12:08From foot to function: advanced toe-to-hand transfer techniquesDr Amresh Baliarsingh / Dr Hari Venkatramani
- 12:08 – 12:16Upper limb replantation: indications, techniques, and functional outcomesDr Chaitanya Doddekundi
- 12:16 – 12:24Micro-surgical solutions for complex soft tissue reconstructionTo be announced
- 12:24 – 12:32Paediatric hand and forearm crushDr Rajendra Nehete
- 12:32 – 12:40Topic to be announcedDr Latheesh Leo
- 12:40 – 13:00Questions and panel discussion
Lunch · 13:00 – 13:45
Impact Talk
Free functional muscle transfer for Volkmann's ischaemic contractureDr Binu P. Thomas
13:45 – 14:00
- 14:00 – 14:08Managing post-traumatic growth arrest (physeal bar) in the distal radiusDr Anirban Chatterjee
- 14:08 – 14:16The paediatric stiff elbow: prevention and management of post-traumatic contracturesDr Ram Chidambaram
- 14:16 – 14:24Compartment syndrome — paediatric age groupDr Binoy S
- 14:24 – 14:32What's new in plasters in childrenTo be announced
- 14:40 – 15:00Questions and panel discussion
- 15:00 – 15:08Revolutionising surgery: applications of 3D printing in paediatric orthopaedicsTo be announced
- 15:08 – 15:16Use of 3D models in planning forearm osteotomyDr Taral Nagda / Dr Jaideep
- 15:16 – 15:24Gait lab in the upper limbDr Chasanal
- 15:24 – 15:32Topic to be announcedDr Ravi Bharadwaj
- 15:32 – 15:40Topic to be announcedDr Madhusudhan N. C.
- 15:40 – 16:00Questions and panel discussion
Tea break · 16:00 – 16:15
- 16:15 – 16:22Free paper 1
- 16:22 – 16:29Free paper 2
- 16:29 – 16:36Free paper 3
- 16:36 – 16:43Free paper 4
- 16:43 – 16:50Free paper 5
- 16:50 – 16:57Free paper 6
- 08:30 – 08:38Navigating the stiff joint: comprehensive management of arthrogryposisDr Praveen Bhardwaj
- 08:38 – 08:46Multiple hereditary exostoses: deformity correction and preventionDr Mandar Agashe
- 08:46 – 08:54Bone cyst: injection, curettage, or observation?Dr Rudraprasad
- 08:54 – 09:02Paediatric trigger thumb: watchful neglect or early interventionTo be announced
- 09:02 – 09:10Writer's cramp and malingeringDr Bipin Ghanghurde
- 09:10 – 09:30Questions and panel discussion
- 09:30 – 09:38Delayed distal radius fractureDr Anirban Chatterjee
- 09:38 – 09:46Mastery of the metaphysis: tackling radial neck fracturesDr Maulin Shah
- 09:46 – 09:54When rotation stops: addressing forearm synostosis and malunionDr Vamshi Krishna
- 09:54 – 10:02The SC fracture challenge: avoiding pitfalls in supracondylar humerus managementDr Atul Bhaskar (tentative)
- 10:02 – 10:10Management of an athlete's wristDr Darshan Jain
- 10:10 – 10:30Questions and panel discussion
Tea break · 10:30 – 10:45
Impact Talk
Stopping the spread: osteomyelitis in the upper limb — aggressive managementDr Sandeep Vaidya
10:45 – 11:00
- 11:00 – 11:06SyndactylyDr Bipin Ghanghurde
- 11:06 – 11:12PollicisationTo be announced
- 11:12 – 11:18Steindler's flexorplastyDr Sreekanth
- 11:18 – 11:24Type III Gartland supracondylar fixationDr Venkatdass
- 11:24 – 11:30Z plastyDr S. Raja Sabapathy
- 11:30 – 11:36VIC releaseTo be announced
- 11:36 – 11:42Spasticity management — FCR to ECRL transferTo be announced
- 11:42 – 11:48Modified pectoralis transfer for OBPPDr Maulin Shah
- 12:00 – 12:08Restoring function: surgical and non-surgical approaches to spasticity in cerebral palsyDr Praveen Bhardwaj
- 12:08 – 12:16Neuromodulation for spasticity: strategic use of botulinum toxinDr Chasanal
- 12:24 – 12:32Precision nerve targeting: the science of hyperselective neurectomyDr Terrence Jerome
- 12:40 – 13:00Questions and panel discussion
- 13:00 – 13:40Free papers — selected from submitted abstracts
Lunch · from 13:40 onwards