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Top research submissions awarded at EFORT Congress
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During the 17th EFORT Annual Congress in Geneva, the EFORT Award Committee honored the top abstract submissions for the congress with a series of awards, including the Free Paper Awards, Jacques Duparc Awards, Allied Professions Award and Trauma Award.
Free Paper Awards
The Free Paper Awards recognize the three best-rated free paper submissions. The winning submissions receive a certificate during the congress and a prize of 3,000 for gold, 2,000 for silver and 1,000 for bronze. The winning papers for 2016 are:
GOLD
Till Lerch, Switzerland, and colleagues
Paper Title: Cumulative 30-Year Follow-Up After Bernese Periacetabular Osteotomy
SILVER
Ted Eneqvist, Sweden, and colleagues
Paper Title: Low Back Surgery Prior to Total Hip Replacement Is Associated With Worse Patient-Reported Outcomes
BRONZE
Raffaele Vitiello, Italy, and colleagues
Paper Title: Focus On Diabetic Foot Neuroarthropathy: Autoimmunity and Charcot Disease
Allied Professions Award
The Allied Professions Award is given to the best-rated allied profession paper. The winner receives a certificate and a 500 and a certificate during the congress. This year’s the winner is:
Paula Kelly-Pettersson, Sweden, and colleagues
Paper Title: Waiting Time to Surgery Is Correlated With an Increased Risk of Serious Adverse Events During Hospital Stay in Hip-Fracture Patients: A Single Cohort Study of 577 Hip Fractures
Trauma Award
The Trauma Award represents the best-scored abstract submitted on trauma, with the winner receiving a certificate and a grant of 1,000. The winner this year is:
Richard Holleyman, United Kingdom, and colleagues
Paper Title: Risk Factors for the Development of Deep Infection Following Hip Fracture Surgery: Analysis of 2,822 Consecutive Patients
Jacques Duparc Awards
The 10 best-rated poster abstracts submitted to the EFORT Congress receive the Jacques Duparc Award, which includes a grant of 1,000 and a certificate. The 2016 winners are:
Dimosthenis Andreou, Germany, and colleagues
Paper Title: Proximal Humerus Replacement with the Mutars System Following Resection of Primary or Secondary Bone Tumors – A Systematic Analysis of the Reasons for Prosthetic Failure
Deepak Shivarathre, United Kingdom, and colleagues
Paper Title: Long Term Results Following Large Diameter Metal-On-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty – Increasing Failure Rates After 6 Years
Christopher Jantzen, Denmark, and colleagues
Paper Title: Temporal Trends in Hip Fracture Incidence, Mortality and Co-Morbidity: A Study on The Danish Population From 1996-2012
Kyoung H. Koh, South Korea, and colleagues
Paper Title: How Many Scans Do Novices Need to Reach Competency in Ultrasound Imaging in Detecting Rotator Cuff Pathologies
Scott Evans, United Kingdom, and colleagues
Paper Title: Reconstruction of the Distal Tibia Following Resection of Aggressive Bone Lesions Using a Custom-Made Megaprostheses
Chul-Hyun Cho, South Korea, and colleagues
Paper Title: Proper Site of Steroid Injection for the Treatment of Idiopathic Frozen Shoulder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Philippe Hernigou, France, and Charles H. Flouzat Lachaniette, France
Paper Title: Hip Dislocation Prevention in Obese Patients: Dual Mobility Liner and Constrained Liners Versus Preoperative Bariatric Surgery
Alfonso Vaquero-Picado, Spain, and Eugenio Ferrer-Santacreu, Spain
Paper Title: Allografts in Children Aged Under 10 Years Old After Resection of Malignant Long Bone Tumors: Mid- to Long-Term Follow-Up
Young W. Lim, South Korea, and colleagues
Paper Title: Enhanced Biocompatibility of Co-Cr Alloy by Titanium Powder Coating Using 3-D Metal Printing
Lazaros Poultsides, United States, and colleagues
Paper Title: Peri-Operative Outcomes Following Same-Day Bilateral Total Hip Arthroplasty: Does Approach Matter?