British Limb Reconstruction Society (BLRS) - The Evolving Role of Limb Reconstruction in Modern Orthopaedics

8.30am – 10am BST, 24 September 2026 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins

Room: Altara

Specialist Society

This session looks at the future of limb reconstruction and how this is changing.  From the role of limb reconstruction in the paediatric population, how can we transition of a paediatric patient to an adult patient.  To the use of AI and 3D techniques to improve planning.  To looking at how we are developing.

Chair: Jo Round & Chris Crome

Agenda:

08:30 - 09:10  Free Paper Presentations

• 08:35 - 08:42  Meraj Akhtar - A review of current concepts in the management of bone defects in trauma and orthopaedics (375)
• 08:42 - 08:49  Kathryn Duke - Early experience with bone transport nails for traumatic bone loss: A single-centre series (382)
• 08:49 - 08:56  Jake Sumpton - Long term (5 – 10 year) Outcome of Chronic Osteomyelitis Treated with Antibiotic Loaded CaSo4 (388)
• 08:56 - 09:03  Jean-Marc Guichet - Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction with Same-Day Discharge. Review of a longitudinal series of 209 patients (462)
• 09:03 - 09:10  Asanka Wijendra - Joint Preservation Using Ankle Distraction Arthroplasty: A Single-Centre Case Series (744)

09:10 - 09:20  Gagori Bandopadhyay

FLP Project Presentation

09:20 - 09:30  James Chowdhury

FLP Project Presentation

09:30 - 09:40  Sadia Afzal

FLP Project Presentation

09:40 - 09:50  Q&A FLP Project Presentations

09:50 - 10:00  Amir Qureshi

Presidential Words of Wisdom

Speakers

Jo Round

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital Southampton

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Chris Crome

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow

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Jo Round

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital Southampton

Jo Round is a Consultant at University Hospital Southampton, where she specialises in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction.  

Jo trained within the Wessex Deanery and completed a fellowship in Leeds and attended an Observership in Cape Town.  She has completed the BOA Future Leaders Programme and is on the faculty on the KSS Core Trainees Leadership Course.  

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Chris Crome

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow

Chris Crome is a Trauma & Orthopaedic Consultant based at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. His specialist interests consist of hip arthroplasty, revision hip arthroplasty, lower limb trauma and limb reconstruction, including limb lengthening, non-union, deformity correction and orthoplastics.

Chris graduated from St. George’s Hospital Medical School in 2011, before completing Foundation Training in Aberdeen, and Core Surgical Training in Sussex. He completed his higher Orthopaedic Training in the West of Scotland, before undertaking fellowships at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Glasgow, and the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield.

Chris is a member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Society, the British Limb Reconstruction Society and sits on the Surgical Education Board for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He currently coordinates the post CCT Fellowship Programme at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.