The percentage of patients with a sedentary lifestyle decreased from 61% to 45% at 5 years after total hip arthroplasty. Total hip arthroplasty was associated with increased physical activity in patients and that activity persisted at 5 years and 10 years postoperatively, according to Swiss researchers. “Primary total hip arthroplasty substantially and durably improves physical […]

In less than 60 days, the 2nd EPOS-EFORT BAT Instructional Course will occur in Vienna, Austria from 9 to 11 October 2013. As an integrated part of “EPOS BAT Educational Programme”, the course aims at General Orthopaedic Surgeons, particularly young ones, who want to improve their knowledge in Children’s Orthopaedics. The goal is to facilitate […]

Did you miss a session at the 14th EFORT Annual Congress in Istanbul in earlier June 2013? Check EFORT’s E-Science website and access to more than 700 sessions from Istanbul and over 800 from the EFORT Congress 2012 in Berlin ! More information: http://efort.conference2web.com/content/all

by Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen, MD. The recent literature and demographic studies show that orthopaedic surgeons worldwide can expect to see a steady increase in the number of patients who are obese. It is well documented that obesity, which is defined as the state of being severely overweight or having a body mass index of 30 or […]

To ensure the best abstract handling for our 15th EFORT Congress, held in collaboration with the British Orthopaedic Society (BOA) next 4 – 6 June 2014, we are proud to launch a new platform for online abstract submission. Connect to the system without geographical and time bounds! EFORT grants now freedom and flexibility to abstract […]

To avoid complications, Zsolt szabó, MD, PhD, of Miskolc, Hungary, urged surgeons to be familiar with injectable collagenase clostridium histolyticum before using it in patients with Dupuytren’s contracture. Injectable collagenase clostridium histolyticum has revolutionized treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture. In many cases, for the first time clinicians can treat these finger contractures without surgery using a […]

Extract from June 2013’s EFORT OTE newsletter. Surgeons who increased their use of large 36-mm and 40-mm diameter femoral heads in the last 10 years after highly crosslinked polyethylene was introduced reported that this change in practice helped them attain lower primary total hip arthroplasty dislocation rates. Kevin I. Perry, MD, presented an update on […]

By Dr Bernd Grimm, Secretary General of EORS The 8th triennial global meeting of Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies, CORS 2013, is coming to Europe and will launch the new I-CORS union. In the early 1990s,  when Europe  was inspired  by historic changes surrounding the fall of the Iron Curtain, a number of visionary scientists identified […]