RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Podium Presentations

1.    Subacromial Plica as a Cause of Impingement Syndrome of the ShoulderL Funk, O Levy, T Even, SA Copeland - BESS, Norfolk & Norwich, 12-13 June 2002

2.    Copeland Technique for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair of the ShoulderS Shariff, L Funk, SA Copeland - BESS, Norfolk & Norwich, 12-13 June 2002

3.    Complex Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty - The Reading Experience – L Funk, O Levy, SA Copeland - Complex and Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty Course, Oswestry, UK - 29 September 2001

4.    Validation of a physiological mechanical model of the tibiaL Funk - British Orthopaedic Research Society, Leicester - 18 April 2000.

5.    Mechanical validation of a Modified Tension Band Wiring technique for Olecranon FracturesL Funk, J Robertson, JG Bradley - European Association of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, Pisa, Italy -  20 April 2000. - http://www-cdu.dc.med.unipi.it/eates4/Abstracts/Trauma%20Ort-Anae/045.htm

6.    Mechanisms of failure of tibial intramedullary nailsL Funk - European Association of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, Pisa, Italy -  20 April 2000. - http://www-cdu.dc.med.unipi.it/eates4/Abstracts/Trauma%20Ort-Anae/046.htm

7.    Femoral side cementless stems in revision hip surgeryL Funk, JG Bradley - The 9th International Course on Osteoarticular Reconstructive Surgery 2000, Madrid, Spain, 6-8 April 2000.

8.    Physiological mechanical testing of tibial intramedullary nailsL Funk - North West Orthopaedic Association, 20 November 1999. (Prize Paper)

9.    Comparison of the efficacy and safety of the AV-impulse system with that of Clexane in the prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis in total knee arthroplastyL Funk, JG Bradley, - British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress, Glascow, 15-17 September 1999.

10. The use of Furlong calcium hydroxyapatite ceramic coated total hip replacement system in revision hip surgeryL Funk, JG Bradley - Joint Meeting of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons & Physicians of Edinburgh and the College of Medicine of South Africa, Cape Town, 21-24 February 1999.

11. Phalangeal bone Ultrasonometry in Postmenopausal Proximal Femur Fractures vs OsteoarthritisL Funk, K Mylankal, JG Bradley - Joint Meeting of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons & Physicians of Edinburgh and the College of Medicine of South Africa, Cape Town, 21-24 February 1999.

12. Comparison of the efficacy and safety of the AV-impulse system with that of Clexane in the prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis in total knee arthroplastyL Funk, JG Bradley - Joint Meeting of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons & Physicians of Edinburgh and the College of Medicine of South Africa, Cape Town, 21-24 February 1999.

13. A modified tension band wiring technique for Olecranon FracturesL Funk, JG Bradley - Joint Meeting of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons & Physicians of Edinburgh and the College of Medicine of South Africa, Cape Town, 21-24 February 1999.

14. Physiological mechanical testing of tibial intramedullary nailsL Funk - Joint Meeting of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons & Physicians of Edinburgh and the College of Medicine of South Africa, Cape Town, 21-24 February 1999.

15. Physiological Mechanical Testing of Tibial Intramedullary NailsL Funk - John Fitton Prize, Leeds, 7 December 1998. (Prize Paper)

16. Phalangeal Ultrasonometry: An Introduction & Early ResultsL Funk, JG Bradley - Holdsworth Club, Scarborough, 7 November 1998.

17. Olecranon Wiring: A New TechniqueL Funk, J Robertson, JG Bradley - Holdsworth Club, Scarborough, 7 November 1998.

18. Physiological Mechanical Testing of Tibial Intramedullary NailsL Funk - Holdsworth Club, Scarborough, 7 November 1998.

19. A Better Anaesthetic Technique  for the Reduction of Distal Radius Fractures. – L Funk -  presentation for the Markland Tillotson Bolton Research Prize, 7 May 1996. (Prize Paper).

20. Haematoma Blocks, with and without sedation vs. General Anaesthesia for the reduction of Distal Radius FracturesL Funk - North West Orthopaedic Club, 11 November 1995.

21. Is the Anatomy of the Hepatic Ducts associated with the site of Hepatic Abscess formation? - L. Funk,  M.C. Holbrook, S. Desai. Presented  at the North of England Gastroenterology Society meeting in November 1993.

22. Adenosine Triphosphates & Cell Differentiation. - L. Funk & K. D. Hammond. Presented at the 27th Annual Congress of the South African Association of Pathologists in 1987.

23. Multiple Forms of Protein Kinases in Human Normal & Leukaemic Lymphocytes. - L. Funk & K. D. Hammond. Presented at the  9th Annual Congress of the South African Biochemical Society in 1988.

Poster Presentations

1.    Subacromial Plica as a Cause of Impingement Syndrome of the ShoulderL Funk, O Levy, T Even, SA Copeland – SECEC, Budapest, Hungary, 18-21 September 2002

2.    Copeland Technique for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair of the ShoulderS Shariff, L Funk, SA Copeland - SECEC, Budapest, Hungary, 18-21 September 2002

3.    Surface replacement arthroplasty of the shoulder for AVNE Koury, L Funk, O Levy, SA Copeland - SECEC, Budapest, Hungary, 18-21 September 2002

4.    Palm-tree technique for the fixation of proximal humeral fracturesE Koury, L Funk, O Levy - SECEC, Budapest, Hungary, 18-21 September 2002