HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 19th EFORT ANNUAL CONGRESS BARCELONA 2018
- Robotics & Computer-assisted surgery.
- 3D printing.
- Biomaterials.
- Advanced implant technologies.
- New tissue regeneration techniques.
- Patient specific treatment.
- Minimally invasive surgery.
- New diagnostic techniques.
- Virtual learning environment.
- Innovative rehabilitation programmes.
- Patient involvement in treatment & research.
- Telemedicine.
Hand & Wrist / Hand & Wrist Trauma
- Management fractures and ligament lesions of the wrist.
Shoulder & Elbow/ Shoulder & Elbow Trauma
- New surgical and tissue regeneration techniques for soft-tissue repair.
- Difficult cases with patient specific treatment using new technologies.
- Osteoarthritis in young patient. How to treat it?
Musculoskeletal Tumours
- Computer-assisted and advanced implant technologies.
- Minimally invasive techniques and 3D printing.
Foot & Ankle / Foot & Ankle Trauma
- Minimally invasive surgery.
- New diagnostic techniques.
- Patient-specific treatment.
Paediatrics / Paediatrics Trauma
- How do congress scientific knowledge influence the practice in paediatric orthopaedics?
- Implant technology advancement and research progress for guided growth procedures.
- Technological improvements trigger safer and more successful treatments in EOS.
- Do long-term results requirements promote or hinder innovations?
- Innovations in application of new biomaterials and patient-specific treatment.
General Topics
- Intraoperative Imaging – the future.
- Ethics in everyday orthopaedic practice.
- Minimal requirement in statistics for the orthopaedic surgeon
Basic Sciences & Biomechanics
- Immune reactions and joint replacement.
- Understanding and performing meta-analysis.
- Clinical research on cell therapy.
- Bioceramics to heal bone.
Pelvis, Hip & Femur
- Bearing surfaces in primary THA.
- Most important choice for outcome in primary THA.
Implants, Biomaterials & Registry Study
- Pre-operative factors as predictors for post-operative outcome in primary THA and TKA.
