The EFORT scientific awards are selected among the many high-quality abstracts submitted to the congress. Among the traditional Free Paper and Jacques Duparc (poster) Awards, EFORT last year introduced the EFORT/Medtronic Award for Excellence in Bone Repair Research and this year for the first time, the EFORT Michael Freeman Award. The latter was created in memory of Professor Michael Freeman, one of the founding fathers of EFORT and EFORT President 1994 to 1995, to honor his lifetime contribution to both the European and the International Orthopaedic Community after he passed away in September 2017.
Following are the award winners of the 19th EFORT Annual Congress Barcelona 2018:
The 40 best-rated free papers, 20 each in orthopaedics and trauma, were given the option of competing for the EFORT Free Paper Award. Among all submitted presentations, the EFORT Award Committee has chosen the winners in each of the two categories. Winners also receive a financial reward (gold: EUR 1,500; silver: EUR 1,000; bronze: EUR 500).
The 19th EFORT Annual Congress Barcelona 2018 winners are as follows:
EFORT FREE PAPERS AWARDS – ORTHOPAEDICS
GOLD Orthopaedics
Abstract: Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy in The Degenerative Knee: Why Do We Still Do It? | EFORT eScience Audio Presentation
Author(s): Victor van de Graaf, Nienke Willigenburg, Julia Noorduyn, Rudolf Poolman | OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SILVER Orthopaedics
Abstract: Do Trabecular Metal Acetabular Components Reduce the Risk of Re-Revision Following Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty? A Propensity Score Matched Study from The National Joint Registry for England And Wales | EFORT eScience Audio Presentation
Author(s): Hemant Pandit, Gulraj Matharu, Andrew Judge, David Murray | University of Oxford, United Kingdom
BRONZE Orthopaedics
Abstract: Outcome of Revision Surgery for Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: Do Surgical Strategies Matter | EFORT eScience Audio Presentation
Author(s): Tesfaye H. Leta, Stein Håkon L. Lygre Pål Høvding, Geir Hallan, Jan-Erik Gjertsen, Håvard Dale, Ove Furnes | Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Norway
EFORT FREE PAPERS AWARDS – TRAUMA
GOLD Trauma
Abstract: Introduction of A Restrictive Blood Transfusion Threshold for Hip Fracture Patients – A Consecutive Cohort Study Based on Complete Follow-up in National Databases | EFORT eScience Audio Presentation
Author(s): Bjarke Viberg (1), Per Hviid Gundtoft (2), Jesper Schønnemann (2), Lasse Pedersen (3), Lis Roehl Andersen (1), Kjell Titlestad (4), Carsten Fladmose Madsen (4), Jens Lauritsen (4), Søren Overgaard (4) | Denmark
1. Kolding Hospital – part of Hospital Lillebaelt, Kolding, Denmark
2. Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark
3. Hospital of South West Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark
4. Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
SILVER Trauma
Abstract: The Use of Augmented Reality Technology in The Treatment of Severe Intraarticular Fractures of Distal Tibia | EFORT eScience Audio Presentation
Author(s): Alexandre Sitnik (1), Gromov Roman (2), Arlou Pavel (2), Alexander Beletsky (1) | Belarus
1. Belarus Republic Scientific and Practical Center for Traumatology and Orthopedic
Surgery, Minsk, Belarus
2. ARiadna, Minsk, Belarus
BRONZE Trauma
Abstract: Comparison of The Clinical Effectiveness of Bone Morphogenic Protein (BMP)-2 and -7 in the Adjunct Treatment of Lower Limb Non-Unions: A Matched Pair Analysis | EFORT eScience Audio Presentation
Author(s): Patrick Haubruck, Wasilios Vlachopoulos, Saskia Hagelskamp, Matthias Miska, Julian Ober, Christian Fischer, Gerhard Schmidmaier, Michael Tanner | Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Heidelberg, Germany
The 10 best-rated poster abstracts submitted to the EFORT Congress receive the Jacques Duparc Award, which includes a grant of EUR 500 and a certificate to acknowledge the work.
The 19th EFORT Annual Congress Barcelona 2018 winners are as follows:
- TNIIIA2 As a Candidate for Preventing Articular Cartilage Degeneration
Author(s): Tetsuya Hattori (1), Masahiro Hasegawa (1), Hironori Unno (1), Shine Tone (1), Yohei Naito (1), Takahiro Iino (1), Fumio Fukai (2), Toshimichi Yoshida (3), Akihiro Sudo (1) | Japan
1. Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu City, Japan
2. Department Of Molecular Patho-Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tsu City, Japan
3. Departments of Pathology & Matrix Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu City, Japan.
- Rates of Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Are Declining in England – Results from a Review of 2 Million Hospital Episodes
Author(s): Simon Abram, Andrew Judge, David Beard, Andrew Price | University of Oxford, United Kingdom - Significant Factors in the Development of Tight Cast Syndrome After Closed Reduction and Casting of Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures
Author(s): Ali Turgut, Serkan Erkus, Anil Koca, Levent Payziner, Ali Osman Cicek, Önder Kalenderer | Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey - Catastrophic Wear-Through of Ceramic-on-Polyethylene Bearings: Retrieval Analysis of Ten Implants, Characterization of Wear Debris and Reactions of Periprosthetic Tissues
Author(s): Lukasz Lapaj (1), Justyna Rozwalka (2), Dominika Kazmierczak (1), Agnieszka Ziólkowska (1), Tomasz Wisniewski (2), Jacek Kruczynski (1) | Poland
1. Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
2. Metal Forming Institute, Poznan, Poland - Biomarkers of Muscle Damage Increased in Anterolateral Versus Direct Lateral Approach to the Hip, but No Correlation to Clinical Outcome. Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial in Patients with a Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture
Author(s): Terje Osmund Ugland (1), Svein Svenningsen (2), Are Pripp (3), Glenn Haugeberg (4), Lars Nordsletten (5) | Norway
1. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
2. SSHF Arendal, Arendal, Norway
3. Oslo Centre of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
4. Martina Hansens Hospital, Oslo, Norway
5. Department of Orthopaedics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway - Alternations of Single Leg Landing Following Partial Medial and Lateral Meniscectomy. A Kinetic and Kinematic Analysis
Author(s): Efthymios Iliopoulos (1), Themistoklis Tsatalas (2), Michael Iosifidis (3), Stefanos Kalotyhos (4), Dimitrios Metaxiotis (5), Dimitrios Tsaopoulos (6), Giannis Giakas (4), Anastasios Mpeletsiotis (5) | Greece
1. Papageorgiou General Hospital, OrthoBiology Surgery Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
2. Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece
3. OrthoBiology Surgery Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
4. Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece
5. Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
6. Centre for Research and Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece - Anatomy of The Lateral Plantar Ligaments of The Transverse Metatarsal Arch – Is There a Lateral Lisfranc Ligament?
Author(s): Lara Jayatilaka (1), Eric Swanton (2), Lauren Fisher (3), Andrew Fisher (3), Andrew Molloy (2), Lyndon Mason (2)
1. Trauma and Orthopaedic Department, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool,
United Kingdom
2. Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
3. Liverpool University, Liverpool, United Kingdom - In ACL Partial Injury Can the Sparing of Intact Bundle Get Benefits to a Population of Sports Patients? Retrospective Analysis of Two Surgical Techniques Compared
Author(s): Matteo Baldassarri, Roberto Buda, Deianira Luciani, Luca Perazzo | Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy - The Proteomic Comparison of Medial and Lateral Soft Tissue of Clubfoot
Author(s): Martin Ostadal (1), Eckhardt Adam (2), Chomiak Jiri (3), Pavel Dungl (3) | Czech Republic
1. University Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic
2. Czech academy of sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
3. University Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic - Correlation Between Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) and Bone Quality
Author(s): Veronica Zarra (2), Nicola Piolanti (1), Agnese Nesti (2), , Lorenzo Andreani (3), Vanna Fierabracci (4), Maria Franzini (4), Daniele Panetta (5), Stefano Marchetti (1) | Italy
1. Orthopaedics and Traumatology 1 Department AOUP, Pisa, Italy
2. University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
3. Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2 Department AOUP, Pisa, Italy
4. Dipartimento di Ricerca Traslazionale e delle Nuove Tecnologie in Medicina e
Chirurgia – University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
5. Istituto Fisiologia Clinica – National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
With the Michael Freeman Award, EFORT recognizes an outstanding scientific contribution made to the EFORT Congress. This year’s award is related to knee biomechanics, kindly supported by Medacta International SA. The award comes with a financial reward of EUR 3,000.
The 19th EFORT Annual Congress Barcelona 2018 winner is:
- Abstract: Stiffness of Monoplanar and Biplanar Lateral Open Wedge Supracondylar Femur Osteotomies. A Comparative, Biomechanical Study | EFORT eScience Audio Presentation
Author(s): Martin Pietsch (1), Markus Hochegger (1), Martin Winkler (2), Peter Augat (2) | Austria & Germany
1. LKH Stolzalpe, Stolzalpe, Austria
2. Institut für Biomechanik, Murnau, Germany
From the best-rated poster abstracts submitted in bone research, EFORT identified one winner of the joint EFORT/Medtronic Award. The winner or rather respective research institute will be awarded with a grant of EUR 5,000.
The 19th EFORT Annual Congress Barcelona 2018 winner is:
- Abstract: Cold Delivered to Bone Causes Bone Growth | EFORT eScience Audio Presentation
Author(s): Edward Harvey, Daniel Castano, Jose Ramirez-Garcia Luna, Justin Drager, Geraldine Merle | McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
