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Upcoming EFORT Congress in Geneva: First announcement
Welcome from EFORT and Swiss orthopaedics
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On behalf of the Executive Committee and the local organizing swiss orthopaedics group, we invite you to attend the 17th EFORT Congress in Geneva on 1–3 June 2016. We are delighted to announce that for the third time in the history of EFORT, this will be a combined meeting with a national society – in this instance Swiss Orthopaedics.
The EFORT Scientific Committee, chaired by Professor Thierry Bégué, with ongoing support from the specialist societies, has created an exceptional program covering varied topics from basic research to areas within daily practice of orthopaedics and trauma. The main theme of the Congress in Geneva will be “Maintaining Activity Through Life.”
Highlights of the Congress will include clinical judgment in the aged spine, influence of age on reconstruction in bone tumors, early care achieves lifetime mobility, degenerative foot and ankle, as well as pitfalls in rotator cuff surgery, to mentioned a few. As in previous years, there will be the Michael Freeman and Erwin Morscher honorary lectures, delivered by highly distinguished orthopaedic surgeons. Swiss orthopaedics’ plenary lecture – the Maurice Edmond Müller session – will also be included in the program and will be open to all participants.
The format of the meeting is again designed to encourage interaction among participants, with both symposia and instructional lectures being delivered by distinguished speakers from all over Europe. Among the other sessions are the interactive expert exchanges, complex case discussions and debate fora, as well as several evidence-based medicine sessions. The scientific program would, however, be incomplete without your participation and we hope you will attend the upcoming congress. We also encourage you to submit abstracts, the presentation of which forms a major part of the meeting.
We all look forward to meeting you at the 17th EFORT Congress in the city of Geneva – a cosmopolitan city of humane dimensions in the heart of Europe.
Main theme: Maintaining Activity Through Life
Our patients live longer, orthopaedic surgeons help them live better!
Fact: Our populations are ageing, a byproduct of our modern and affluent societies. Bones develop fragility, muscles become sarcopenic and joints wear out. Joint pain, falls and fragility-related fractures have become the modern plague. Orthogeriatrics has become a buzz word and units that address this are showing up throughout Europe. EFORT’s goal is to keep our patients active, mobile and pain-free. All studies agree that keeping elderly patients mobile and active is economically, socially, medically and ethically the sound approach.
Come to Geneva and learn about the latest practices and techniques for the care of the ageing musculoskeletal system. Complex problems, such as polytrauma in the elderly, biomechanical evaluation of the aged patient, clinical algorithms for spinal fragility fractures and complications with surgical interventions will be discussed in-depth. Leading experts in the field will describe in detail the latest evidence-based techniques in prosthetics, fracture repair and rehabilitation.
To discover how you can make a more significant difference in curbing the increasing burden of musculoskeletal injuries and diseases associated with ageing epidemic, come to Geneva.
Abstract submission opens 15 September 2015
After logging on to the EFORT portal, be sure to follow the on-screen instructions precisely as they lead you through the submission process. Please be aware that some information is mandatory. EFORT does not accept resubmissions. Only abstracts submitted electronically can be accepted.
Abstracts must correspond to original, previously unpublished work. EFORT reserves the right to reject your abstract if it was previously presented.
There is no restriction on the number of abstracts you may submit, although double submissions will not be accepted. Only one type of presentation should be considered for each abstract.
Only three oral presentations and three posters will be accepted per registered participant.
Authors can modify the author information, category and core data of their abstract(s) directly on the submission system only until the deadline given. Consider your submission category carefully. EFORT reserves the right to change the category of your abstract.
Key dates
Abstract submission & registration open: 15 September 2015
Abstract submission closes: 30 October 2015 at 15:59 CET
Early registration deadline begins: 29 February 2016
On-site rates apply until: 03 May 2016
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