Upcoming Orthopaedic Convention for Eastern Europe will be first of its kind

Issue: October 2016

As announced in the July issue of Orthopaedics Today Europe, EFORT and the Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology will hold the first Orthopaedic Convention for Eastern Europe on 3 to 5 November 2016 in Poznan, Poland at the Congress and Teaching Centre of Poznan University of Medical Sciences.

Click here to view a message from the organizing team in Poland. The video can also be viewed in Polish.

More information is available about the speakers, fees and online registration for this combined event. See the full program below for the topics that are scheduled to be addressed by top European experts selected by EFORT and by specialists from Eastern European countries.

Thursday 3 November

12.00–12.20 Welcome

12.00–12.05 Introduction | Marek Snyder and Leszek Romanowski
12.05–12.10 What is EFORT | Jan Verhaar and Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen
12.10–12.20 EFORT Educational Platform | Klaus-Peter Günther

12.30–14.00 THR

12.30–12.50 Primary THR: State of art and controversies | Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen
12.50–13.05 THR in dysplastic hip | Rashid Tikhilov
13.05–13.20 Revision THR: Acetabular and femoral defects | Alexander Beletsky
13.20–13.35 Management of hip instability | Klaus-Peter Günther
13.35–14.00 Discussion

15.00–16.30 TKR

15.00–15.20 Primary TKR: State of art and controversies | Jan Verhaar
15.20–15.40 Revision TKR | Anatoly Lazarev
15.40–16.00 THA and TKA Infection: Prevention and treatment strategies | Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen
16.00–16.30 Discussion

16.45–18.15 Musculoskeletal tumours

16.45–17.05 Diagnostic principles of musculoskeletal tumours | Stephen Cannon
17.05–17.25 Management of benign bone tumours | Marek Snyder
17.25–17.45 Malignant bone & soft tissue tumours | Stephen Cannon
17.45–18.15 Discussion

Friday 4 November

08.00–09.30 Trauma

08.00–08.15 Long bone fractures | Sergey Sergeev
08.15–08.30 Articular fractures | Vadim E. Dubrov
08.30–08.45 Soft tissue trauma | Thierry Bégué
08.45–09.00 Paediatric trauma | Manuel Cassiano-Neves
09.00–09.30 Discussion

09.45–10.45 Highlights from EFORT Geneva

09.45–10.05 THR and TKR | Klaus-Peter Günther
10.05–10.25 Trauma | Thierry Bégué
10.25–10.45 Paediatric Orthopaedics | Victor Anosov
10.45–11.00 Discussion

11.00–12.00 Product and technique innovations — What is at the horizon?

12.00–13.00 Workshops

13.30–15.00 Paediatric orthopaedics

13.30–13.50 Special lecture: Reinhard Graf: The impact of hip sonography on pediatric orthopaedics | Sabine Brunner
13.50–14.05 The painful hip | Manuel Cassiano-Neves
14.05–14.20 Foot | Marek Snyder
14.20–14.35 Bone lengthening | Anatoly Lazarev
14.35–15.00 Discussion

15.15–16.45 Spine

15.15–15.35 Degenerative disorders | Enric Caceres
15.35–15.55 Scoliosis | Önder Aydingöz
15.55–16.15 Fractures | Nurlan Batpenov
16.15–16.45 Discussion

17.00–18.30 Foot

17.00–17.20 Hallux valgus |Marino Delmi
17.20–17.40 Calcaneus fractures |Sergey Sergeev
17.40–18.00 Degenerative disorders of foot and ankle | Jarosaw Czubak
18.00–18.30 Discussion

Saturday 5 November

09.00–10.30 Shoulder, elbow and hand surgery

09.00–09.20 Degenerative disorders of the shoulder | Roger Emery
09.20–09.40 Shoulder and elbow fractures | Sergey Strafun
09.40–10.00 Distal radius and hand fractures | Vadim E. Dubrov
10.00–10.30 Discussion

10.45–12.15 Hand

10.45–11.05 Hand arthritis | Alexandru V. Georgescu
11.05–11.25 Nerve injury and compression | Leszek Romanowski
11.25–11.45 Tendon surgery | Alexandru V. Georgescu
11.45–12.15 Discussion

12.30–14.00 Sports injuries

12.30–12.50 Overuse and instability of the shoulder | Sergey Strafun
12.50–13.10 Overuse and instability of the knee | Philippe Neyret
13.10–13.30 Instability of the ankle | Jarosaw Czubak
13.30–14.00 Discussion