EFORT Annual Congress

LONDON — At the 15th EFORT Congress – A Combined Program in Partnership with the BOA, Scott D. Boden, MD, discussed the increasing population of older patients and the effect this population’s heightened demand will have on orthopedic practices.

LONDON — A new lumbar interbody fusion system was shown to improve Oswestry Disability Index and VAS pain scores when compared with a more traditional treatment, according to a speaker here.

When compared with patients from 20 years ago, patients who more recently underwent total knee arthroplasty were older and weighed more, according to study results presented at the 15th EFORT Congress — a combined programme in partnership with the BOA. However, changes in surgical practice during the past 20 years have improved complications.

Patients with hip fracture were more likely to have postoperative infection than patients with degenerative hip disease, according a study presented at the 15th EFORT Congress — a combined program in partnership with the British Orthopaedic Association.

A symposium at the 15th EFORT Congress — a combined program in partnership with the British Orthopaedic Association — cited active discourse between academic surgeons and colleagues in the field as the best means to resolving orthopaedic-related crises and conflict situations.

Fractures in elderly patients, especially hip fractures, are one of the main challenges facing the European health system, according to research presented at the at the 15th EFORT Congress — a combined program in partnership with the British Orthopaedic Association.

To continue to provide expert and timely care, orthopaedic surgeons need to improve the evidence base and change the shape and size of the workforce, according to a presenter at the 15th EFORT Congress – a combined programme in partnership with the BOA.

The overall survivorship and patient satisfaction of total joint replacement is good despite implant failures and a changing patient population, according to a presenter at the 15th EFORT Congress – a combined programme in partnership with the BOA.

Surgeons must consider a patient’s knee pain and the risk of disease progression when choosing unicompartmental, bicompartmental or total knee arthroplasty as an appropriate treatment, according to presenters during a debate forum session.

A classic debate about cemented vs. uncemented total hip arthroplasty held at the 15th EFORT Congress – a combined programme in partnership with the BOA highlighted several points of contention that are often argued about concerning these two methods of total hip arthroplasty fixation, including long-term survivorship, issues of anatomic restoration and revision and implantation, as well as thigh pain.