Date :
29 mai 2008 au 01 juin 2008
Lieu : Nice - France
Informations : Congress venue ACROPOLIS
PALAIS DES CONGRES
1, Esplanade Kennedy, BP 4083
06302 Nice Cedex 4, France
http://www.nice-acropolis.com
GENERAL ORGANISATION
EFORT Central Office
Technoparkstasse 1
8005 Zürich, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (44) 448 4400
Fax: +41 (44) 448 4411
email: office@efort.org
http://www.efort.org
CONGRESS SECRETARIAT
O.I.C. s.r.l.
Viale Matteotti 7
50121 Florence
Italy
Contact: Ms Viviana Vitali
Phone: +39 (055) 50 351
Fax: +39 (055) 500 1912
email: congressinfo@efort.org
http://www.efort.org
Commentaires : Preliminary scientific programme
SOLUTIONS TO CURRENT HIP PROBLEMS
Impinging hip
Dysplasia and imprigment of the hip - management strategies
Arthroscopy
Advances in hip arthroscopy
Prosthetic technique primary
The difficult primary THR (Obesity, dysplasia, posttraumatic)
Mini stems and resurfacing: Where are we now ?
Minimally invasive surgery: Here to stay ?
Complications
Trabecular metal: A new soluton for bone loss ?
Instability: THA, double mobility, bi-articular
The infected THA: Diagnosis and strategy
Bearing surfaces
Ceramic/Mateal/New Polys/Big Heads
THE HIP
Patello-femoral disease
Imagery and management
Primary prosthesis: Technique
The difficult primary knee (obesity, scaring, gross malalignment)
Is navigation useful for ligament balancing ?
TKR Today: Floppy? Congruent? Ultra-congruent? Uni? Replace the patella?
Prosthetic revision tactics
TKA: Revising bone loss
Revisiting the painful TKA: Solutions?
The athlete's knee
Osteochondritites
Cartilage reconstruction
TRAUMA
Fragility fractures
New implants and bone substitutes
Perioprosthetic fractures
Today's concepts
Complicated fractures
The acutely infected osteosynthesis: Now what?
Implants on the move
Minimally invasive traumatology
Mass trauma
The orthopaedic surgeon in the disaster zone
SHOULDER
Rotator cuff
Arthroscopic treatment for rotator cuff tears
Irreparable cuff tears and muscle transfers (subscapularis and supero-posterior cuff)
Shoulder arthroplasty: Standard, inverted
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty: Luxury or necessity?
Elbow
Stiff and painful: New techniques
FOOT / ANKLE
Forefoot
Current concepts in hallux valgus and forefoot surgery
Hindfoot
Flat foot, cavus foot: Today's solutions
Total ankle arthroplasty
TAA: Where do we stand?
Trauma
Lisfranc's Pilon: What is new?
Arthroscopy surgery
Indications and limits
Complex Problems
Charcot foot: New surgical strategies
PAEDIATRICS
The child's hip
The problems of the developing hip
Trauma
Children's fractures: Tricks and hints, The neurologically impaired child
Novel approaches
Scoliosis
Prevention, conservative and surgical management
Tumours and infection
Unicameral bone cyst
Current state of osteomyelitis management
SPORTS
Ligaments, cartilage, prevention, rehabilitation
The evolving athlete
ACL, PCL and meniscal controversies
HAND AND WRIST
Rheumatoid hand
Rheumatoid hand surgery still a challenge? ERASS
BONE AND JOINT TUMOURS
Functional
Resection around the knee (EFORT and EULAR)
Metastasis
Reinforcing the fragile diaphysis
GENERAL TOPICS
Infection and inflammation
The red and swollen knee (EFORT and EULAR)
Disease burden and health care policy
Burden of musculoskeletal conditions in Europe - a neglected epidmic