E F O R T
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS AND SYMPOSIA
III CONGRESS
OF THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
OF ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY
BARCELONA,April 24-27,1997
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Presidents' letter
Dear Colleagues,
EFORT EXECUTIVE BOARD 1996 - 1997
VICE-PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
TREASURER
CONGRESS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
VICE-PRESIDENTS
SECRETARY
TREASURERS
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
HONORARY CHAIRMEN
SECRETARIES
MEMBERS
CHAIRMAN OF THE POSTGRADVATE LECTURES
EORS
Programme
POST GRADUATE LECTURES
VENUE
3rd EFORT CONGRESS REGISTRATION FESS
As the President of EFORT and the President of the Organizing Committee, it is an honour for
me to inform you that the "3rd Congress of the European Federation of National Associations
of Orthopaodics and Traumatology". will be held in Barcelona from 24 to 27 April 1997. The
congress will be organized by the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology.
Following the work started with our previous congresses in Paris and Munich, and due to
the great amount of answers and participation requests we are receiving daily, we trust that
both the scientific standard and the attendance and participation of our European colleagues.
together with the remarkable collaboration of the industry in this line, will turn this 3rd EFORT
Congress into the ideal framework for a meeting of the most important specialists in
Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of Europe
Regarding the scientific programme, no end of interesting subjects are being distributed in
Round Tables, Postgraduate lectures, Guest Lectures, Free Communications, Symposiums,
posters, etc. We wish to encourage you to present your Communications, thus offering you the
opportunity of taring an active part in the Congress and listening to the participations of
different European colleagues. We wish to thank the collaboration of National Societies that,
from their various countries, make up the great variety of professional opinions and viewpoints
that will be expressed at the Congress.
The EORS Research Society Congress will be held on 22nd and 23rd and the EFORT will
inaugurate its 3rd Congress on 24th; 25th will be devoted to the Specialties Day and 26th and
27th once again to the EFORT Congress. We are enthusiastically preparing an attractive social
programme, in which concerts, art, dance, architecture, gastronomy and, in sum Spanish culture,
will help to make your stay in Barcelona a pleasant memory of hospitality and work shared.
We have reserved a selection of the best hotels in Barcelona and wish to encourage you
to send in your room reservations and registrations as soon as possible, in order to speed up
the paperwork involved.
In the next Congress Announcements, we will inform you of the technical aspects and
details, but meanwhile, rest assured that all the EFORT Executive Committee and the Organizing
Committee is at your service for any enquiries you may have
Looking fonvard to see you in Barcelona, 1997, we remain,
Yours Sincerely
Prof.Ervin W. Morscher ,Presindent of EFORT
Prof.Antonio Navaro,President of the 3rd EFORT Congress
EFORT 3rd Congress
Committees
PRESIDENT
E.W Morscher, Basel (CH)
O, Sneppen, Aarhus (DK)
E.F Lavelle, Dublin (IRL)
P.Gallinaro, Torino (I)
MEMBERS
PP. Casteleyn, Brussels (B)
wPuhl, Ulm (D)
PRESIDENT
A, Navarro Quills, Barcelona (E)
R. Esteve de Miguel, Barcelona (E)
J. Palacios Carvajal, Madrid (E)
E. Caceres Palou, Barcelona (E)
X. Mir Bullo, Barcelona (E)
M. Moragues Suau, Barcelona (E)
CHAIRMAN
G. Bentley, London (GB)
A Herrera Rodriguer, Zaragoza (E)
J Fenoliosa Gomez, Valencia (E)
C. Esteve de Miguel, Barcelona (E)
M. Llusa Perez, Barcelona (E)
J. Colville (IRL)
A. Deburge (F)
R. Graf(A)
J Karadimas (GR)
R. Liemaire (B)
F.Makai (SK)
P.Slatis (SF)
M. Pecna(CR)
B.M. Persson (S)
L Perugia (I)
AJ.M Sauter(NL)
K Stromsoe (N)
W.Winkelmann (D)
J. Kenwright, Oxford (GB)EFORT 3rd Congress
Congress Scientific Programme
The European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS) wll be holding its bth
Meet ng on 22 and 23 April 1997, within the 3rd EFORT Congress. The scientific
programme and registration form for the EORS will be pubished in the 3rd
Announcement of the Congress in October 1996.
SPECIALTY DAY
25 April 1997 will be devoted to Specialties. The scientific programme and
registration form will both be published in the 3rd Announcement of the
Congress, in October 1996.
The following specialties have announced their intention of participating in the Congress:
EAMST: European Association of Musculo-Skeletal Transplantation
ESS: European Spine Society
CSRS:Cervical Spine Research Society
EFFAS: European Fed, of Nat Foot & Ankle Societies
ES5ES: European Soc ety for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow
EBJIS: European Bone & Joint infection Society
FESSH: Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand
ERPSS: European Rheumatoid Arthritis Surgical Society
EHS: European Hip Society
ESSKA: European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy
EFOST: E Fed. of Orthopaedic Sports Traumatology
EP0S: European Pediatric Orthopaedic Society
ESFAS: European Society for Foot & Ankle Surgery
EMSOS: European Musculo-Ske etal Oncology Society
ESDS: European Spinal Deformities Society
The Scientific Programme will consist of Postgraduate Lectures, Symposia, Guest Lectures, FREE
papers, Poster Sessions and Video Demonstrations .
The following are the main topics:
HIP
Treatment of Avascular necrosis * Predicting failure in THR * Cemented versus uncementec
IHR Bioactive prostheses (HA. Bioglasses, growth hormone loaded cement) * Revision o
T.H.R for infection
SPINE
Management of cervical dire prolapse * indications and contemporary techniques for PID. *
Management of spinal infections . Management of secondary spinal tumors
SCOLIOSIS
Management of congenita scoliosis. * Spinal cord monitoring
KNEE
Optimal management of ACL ruptures. * Indications for posterior cruciate ligament repair *
Revision of T.K.R. for infection * Femoro-patellar instabilities
SHOULDER
Management of instability-open versus closed
ELBOW
Management of the stiff elbow * The current place of total elbow replacement
TUMOURS
Limb sparing surqery-allograft versus massive prostheses
ANKLE
The current place of ankle arthroscopy * Ligamentous injuries of the ankle joint
CHILDREN'S ORTHOPAEDICS
Leg equalisation. . Management of slipped upper femoral epiphysis
TRAUMA
Femoral neck fractures-fixation or prosthesis. * Management of pelvic fractures * Non-surgery
versus operative management of burst fractures of the spine. .0s Calcis fractures. * Intraarticular fractures* Fractures of the shoulder * Biodegradable implants for fractures . Tibial open Fractures. * Fractures of Malleoli and tibial plafond
GENERAL
Prophylaxis of thrombo-embolism in orthopaedics - Use of bone substitutes.
Management of juvenile R.A . Revision surgery for loosened arthroplasties.
Prof Martti Hamalainen,
Heinala (Finland)
Arthroplasty in Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Prof. Paolo Aglietti,
Florence (Italy)
The place of
Unicompartmental
Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Joint
Prof. Laurent Sedel,
Paris (France)
Tribology of Hip joint
Replacement
Mr Michael Stephens,
Dublin (Ireland)
Hind Foot Problems and the
Subtalar Joint
Prof Rini Verdonk,
Ghent (Belgium)
Alternative Treatments for
Meniscal injuries
Dr. med MS Segesser,
Muttenz (Switzerland)
Modern Trends in Sports
Injuries
Proi. J Harms,
Karlsbad-Langensteinbach
(Germany)
Classification and Treatment
of Thoraco-Lumbar Spinal
Injuries
Prof. D.Chopin,
Berck sur Mer (France)
Advances in Scoliosis
Dr M Garcia-Elias,
Barcelona (Spain)
The Treatment of Wrist
instability
Prof. Christian Gerber.
Zurich (Switrerland)
Rotator Cuff problems
Mr Stephen Cannon,
London (England)
The Use of Massive
prostheses for me Treatment
of Bone Tumours
Dr, 19, Fernandez
Valderrama,
Madrid (Spain)
Juvenile Scheuermann's
Disease
Proi. Panayotis Soucacos,
Greece
Modern Management of
Open Hand Injuries
Prof R Seringe,
Paris (France)
The Management of the
Congenitally Convex Foot
Praf Kalman Szepesi.
Debrecen (Hungary)
Modern trends,in the
Treatment of Congenital
Dislocation of the Hip
Prof Lothar Kinzl,
Ulm (Germany)
Surgical Treatment of Bone
Defects in Trauma
Mr Peter Worloct,
Oxford (England)
Organisation of
Trauma units
Prof. Karl-Goran Thorngren,
Lund(Sweden)
Epidemiology of Fractures
of the Proximal Femur
Prof Rudolf Szyszkowwitz,
Graz (Austr a)
Fractures of the Hind Foot
Prof. Stephan Perren,
Davos (Switzerland)
Biological internal Fixation
Prof RGiacometti Ceroni,
Milan (Italy)
Documentation and Methods
of Assessment of Results
of Arthroplasty
DrBeat Simmen,
Zurich (Switzerland)
operative Strategy
for the Treatment of
Rheumatoid Arthritis of the
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General Information
Barcelona Conference Centre,
Avda Maria Cristina. s/n, Barcelona 08004 ,Spain
The "Fira de Barcelona" grounds where the Conference Centre (Palacio de Congresos)
located, was built for the 1929 International Exhibition and was subsequent y declared of
Historical interest Located in Downtown Barcelona, it enjoys quick access to the historica
administrative and cultural centre of the city, and its many hotels
LANGUAGE
Ihe official Language is English Lectures and
lectures will be translated into Spanish .
In some rooms.
papers will therefore be in English. Only some lectures will be translated into Spanisch in som rooms.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
01.09.96 Deadline for abstract submission 15.10.96 3rd Announcement (pre-programme)
01.12.96 Deadline Early Registration fee
01.01.97 provisional Programme
14.04.97 DehnitiveProgramme Book of Abrtracts,
Book of Postgraduate Lectures (at the congress)
1 DEC 96 AN-MAR 97 ON-SITE CONSULTANTS 60,000 Pts 65,000 Pts 70,000 pts
RESIDENTS (with Certificate) 30,000 Ptz 35,000 Pts 40.000 pts.
STUDENTS (with Copy of student card) 15,000 Pts 18,000 pts 90,000 Pts
EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 15,000 Pts 18,000 Pts P0,000 Pts.
ACCOMPANYINC PERSONS 20.000 Pts. 15,000 Pts. 30,000 pts
INCLUDES
CONGRESS PARTICIPANTS.
Attending the scientific sesaons of the 3rd EFORT Congress, visit
commercial exhibition, official Congress documentation. Opening Ceremony.
attending the Spanish paty on 25 April, and the Closing Ceremony with «Cava» farewell on
27 Aprill.
ACCOMPANYING PERSONS.
Attending the Opening Ceremony, the Spanish party on
25 April visiting the aty (choose tour 1 or 2) and the Closing Ceremony with «Cava» farewell
on 27 April
EORS/SPECIALTY DAY
Ihe Registration Forms for the EORS and Specialty Day will be published in the 3rd
Announcement in October 1996.
ADVANCED REGISTRATION DEADLINE
The first deadline for Advanced Registration to the 3rd EFORT Congress is on: 1.12.96.
Only Registrations wth the corresponding payment in pts will be accepted. Registratior
Forms may be fared, prov ding they are accompan ed by a copy of the bank transfer made
in pts. to the account of the 3rd EFORT Congress The organization recommends reqistrat ions
to be made before the congress, to avoid possible delays The second registrat on deadline
ends in March 1997.
ON-SITE REGISTRATIONS
On-site registrations will be ava lable irom 9.00 h on 22 Apri 1997 n the Registration Hal
of the Conference Centre (Palacio de Congresos) and throughout the congress.
REFUND POLICY
Cancellation of Registrations to the EFORT Congress will be notifed in wrting to the
Congress Secretariat before 30 March 1997. A 50% fee wil be charged for registration
expenses No refund can be made for cancellations received alter this date and/or during
the congress
CONGRESS ORGANIZER
Prof A, Navarro,
Catedra Traumatologia y C.O.T
Hospital Univ Traumatologia, Vall d'Hebron
P.Vall d'Hebron, 119 Barcelona 08035 Spain
Phone/Fax : (34 3) 418 68 39
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
GRUPO GEYSECO, S.L.
Muntaner. 77 -08011 Barcelona
Spain
Fax (34 3) 453 24 94 -
Tel. (34 3) 453 9P 891451 08 86
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