OTE COVER STORY – When they were re-introduced on the market, metal-on-metal hip implants sparkled with the promise of lower volumetric wear rates, significantly less wear-induced osteolysis and improved implant stability. As a result, their popularity soared. Recent estimates list that up to 1 million of these devices have been used worldwide since 1996. As […]

The success of the EBOT Exam is spreading throughout Europe, and even to the rest of the world. Every year, more and more applicants are encouraged to take this prestigious qualification, which is helping ever greater numbers of EBOT fellows to progress in their careers. The EBOT Exam has evolved over the last few years […]

The last 2013 issue of EFORT’s online newsletter Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE), is now available online! In this issue you will find interesting articles on metal-on-metal implants, inferior calcaneal fracture repair, exercice approach for patients with patello femoral pain, industry news and all the EFORT latest news, courses reports and EFORT Fora. EFORT’s official newspaper, […]

THANK YOU TO ALL THE AUTHORS OF THE 4502 ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED FOR THE EFORT ANNUAL CONGRESS 2014! With 4502 abstracts competing for the next EFORT annual congress, to be held in London, UK, from 4 to 6 June 2014, EFORT has set a new record of submission of abstracts for its congress. We are now […]

The final deadline for the Abstract Submission for the 15th EFORT Congress closes on 1 November at 23:59 CET. Please note that there will be no extension to the deadline! You can choose the type of abstract you’d like to share from Free Papers, Posters, Clinical Cases and Videos. Take your chance and don’t miss […]

The course is an update in musculoskeletal pathology with particular emphasis on bone and soft tissue tumors. The aim of course is to improve knowledge and competence for these diseases. It will also host the 3rd Joint IOR/MSKCC/HSS meeting. In February 2014 the course will be held jointly with the staff from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and […]

by Óliver Marín-Peña, MD.  In recent years, the hip arthroscopy surgical technique has become more popular in the orthopaedic community. One might say it is “in fashion” now. That may be due to the fact that orthopaedic surgeons are naturally curious about new methods and a less invasive hip joint procedure is an attractive concept […]

Researchers at the University Hospital of Munich found that ab- sorbable collagen-based scaffolds seeded with autologous tenocytes can regenerate rotator cuff tendon tissue. This approach may lead to improved biomechanical outcomes in shoulders with rotator cuff tears, according to researchers who presented results at the EFORT Congress 2013 in Istanbul. “We saw a superior biomechanical […]

EFORT OTE Point/Counter Article. By Jens Ivar Brox, MD, consultant and researcher in the orthopaedic department, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. Surgeons are reluctant to perform lumbar disc arthroplasty. Lumbar total disc arthroplasty was expected to replace spinal fusion for the treatment of chronic low back pain in patients with disc degeneration. The number of […]