Topics
Traumatic or degenerative cartilage lesions are common. If untreated they do not heal and can lead to the development of osteoarthritis.
New method for the enhancement of cartilage repair have been advocated over the past 3-5 years. Some of them are still in experimental stage, others have immediately entered clinical trials.
Currently numerous basic science projects are on the verge of entering clinical applications.
The time has to come to gather scientists and clinicians, interested in the field of cartilage repair, to critically address the questions: Where do we stand in cartilage repair, which methods promise to be succesful, how many years of observation are required to ensure that a method is safe and efficious ?

The Scientific Programme
An international Faculty has been assembled to give state of the art accounts of controversial autologous chondral and osteochondral techniques for cartilage repair. Knee, hip, hindfoot pathologies and basic science questions will be adressed.

Symposium Description
Invited lectures by distinguished international faculty
(Archer(GB),Barry(USA), Bobic(GB), Brittberg (S), Draenert (D), Hefti (CH), Gautier (CH), Gerber (CH), Grodzinsky (USA), Hangody (Hu), Matsusue (Japan), Marshak (USA), Nehrere (A), Peterson (S), Ratcliffe(USA), Stone (USA), Vacanti(USA)).
Free papers (clinical and basic science; abstract deadline June 30th).
Live surgery.
Practical demonstration.
For detail Informations Abstract and registration form (Register early!)

Write/call, fax or email

2nd Fribourg International Symposium
Pierre Mainil-Varlet
Dept of Orthopaedic surgery
Hospital Cantonal de Fribourg
1708 Fribourg
Switzerland
tel 41 26 426 71 11
fax 41 26 426 72 25
email:101642.1710@compuserve.com

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