Speakers
Dr. Timmy CHAN
Hong Kong
Dr. Chan is an Anaesthetic Consultant and Pain Specialist at the Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Periopertaive Medicine, the Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. He is the Clinical Team Head of Pain Management Team.
He is the Fellow the Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP), The World Institute of Pain. He is the winner of the Hassenbusch Prize of FIPP. Dr. Chan is the Charmian of the Multidisciplinary Pain Management Committee in the Hospital Authority. He is the Charmain of the Board of Pain Medicine, The Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists.
He has wide-ranging interests, including cancer pain management, interventional pain management for non-cancer pain especially neuromodulation, and acute post-operative pain management after major joints arthroplasty.
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a cost-effective procedure, but 8% to 26.5% of patients have substantial postoperative pain . Periarticular corticosteroids (PAS) and intravenous corticosteroids (IVS) have been demonstrated to be effective in providing acute pain relief and better mobilization after TKA.
The next question is whether the intravenous or periarticular route of corticosteroid administration is better for pain relief or combination is even better. We will address some of the issues related to pain relief after TKA with intravenous and periarticular corticosteroids.
