The project called EFORT Fora, launched in 2002, aims at organising specific EFORT symposia during the annual congresses of our member National Societies.
The initial idea was to choose one topic for several events, e.g. Thromboprophylaxis, and let European experts from various countries discuss it to clarify different European criteria and arrive at new standards. The concept was very well accepted, but the problem was to find European speakers ready to deal with the same topic during numerous events. On the other hand, the national expectations from such symposia are distinct from country to country.
Consequently, EFORT changed the format of the project and decided to organize these European Fora on specific topics non-related between them but rather embedded in the topics highlighted in each national congress. Today, under the supervision of our Fora Chair, Prof. George Macheras from Athens – Greece, EFORT organizes around 10 European Fora each year.
We plan to provide updates on a variety of hot topics within orthopaedics and traumatology. National Societies are free to choose a topic and propose a two-to–four-hour session during their yearly congress. Half of the speakers come from the organising National Society and the other half should be appointed by EFORT from other European countries.
In recent years the EFORT Fora have enjoyed a very high scientific level and provided an excellent exchange between National Societies and EFORT. Accordingly, the interest in such Fora has grown significantly.
Upcoming EFORT Fora at national association congresses in 2023
EFORT Fora: Specific EFORT Symposia held during the annual congresses of the national societies.
27 April 2023 | EFORT Forum: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Background and Benefits
At the Orthopaedica Belgica Congress 2023 (Sorbcot and BVOT) | Brussels, Belgium
EFORT Fora Programme | PDF Document | 1 page | 160kb
20 May 2023 | EFORT Forum: Foot and Ankle Trauma
At the Bulgarian Orthopaedics and Trauma Association (BOTA) Annual Congress | Golden Sands (Varna), Bulgaria
28 September 2023 | EFORT Forum: Complications in Forefoot Surgery
At the Spanish Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SECOT) Annual Congress | Salamanca, Spain
05 October 2023 | EFORT Forum: Severe Injuries of the Elbow
At the Hellenic Association for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (HAOST) Annual Congress | Athens, Greece
20 October 2023 | EFORT Forum: A new paradigm in joint replacement
At the XXth SOROT Congress on Orthopedics and Traumatology | Sinaia, Romania
25 October 2023 | EFORT Forum (Combined Session): Periprosthetic Fractures
At the German Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (DGOU) Annual Congress DKOU2023 | Berlin, Germany
04 November 2023 | EFORT Forum: Common Fractures Around the Shoulder
At the Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (TOTBID) Annual Congress | Antalya, Turkey
EFORT Fora Programme | PDF Document | 1 page | 120kb
02 November 2023 | EFORT Forum: Building the Future in Paediatric Trauma / Tips and Tricks
At the Portuguese Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SPOT) Annual Congress | Vilamoura, Portugal
10 November 2023 | EFORT Forum: Future Perspectives of Uni and Total Knee Replacement
At the Italian Society of Orthpaedics and Traumatology (SIOT) Annual Congress | Rome, Italy
13 November 2023 | EFORT Forum: Evolution in Adulthood of Ligamentoplasties Performed in Children and Adolescents
At the French Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SOFCOT) Annual Congress | Paris, France
EFORT Fora: Specific EFORT symposia held during the annual congresses of the EFORT Member National Societies.
EFORT has organized the following European Fora in 2020. Please note that due to the current pandemic these took place virtually.
Launched in 2002, the project aims to organize specific EFORT symposia during the annual congresses of the EFORT National Member Societies.
EFORT Fora 2022
23 September 2022 | EFORT Forum: Shoulder arthroplasty
At the Polish Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (PTOiTR) Annual Congress | Warsaw, Poland
29 September 2022 | EFORT Forum: Patello-femoral osteoarthritis
At the Spanish Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SECOT) Annual Congress | Valencia, Spain
14 October 2022 | EFORT Forum: Distal Radius Fractures
At the Hellenic Association for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (HAOST) Annual Congress | Athens, Greece
26 October 2022 | EFORT Forum: Defect management in revision knee arthroplasty
At the German Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (DGOU) Congress | Berlin, Germany
26 October 2022 | EFORT Forum: Paediatric & Adolescent Knee Injuries
At the Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (TOTBID) Annual Congress | Antalya, Turkey
04 November 2022 | EFORT Forum: ACL injuries in Skeletally Immature Athletes
At the Portuguese Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SPOT) Annual Congress | Vilamoura, Portugal
10 November 2022 | EFORT Forum: Registries – Medical & Scientific Research Requirements for the Clinical Introduction of Orthopaedic Joint Replacement Devices
At the French Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SOFCOT) Annual Congress | Paris, France
11 November 2022 | EFORT Forum: The Hip: State of Art in Europe
At the Italian Society of Orthpaedics and Traumatology (SIOT) Annual Congress | Rome, Italy
EFORT Fora 2021
30 September 2021 | EFORT Forum: Optimizing TKA Results
At the Spanish Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (SECOT) Annual Congress | Sevilla, Spain
EFORT Fora Programme (PDF Document | 1 page | 120kb).
08 October 2021 | EFORT Hybrid Forum: Burning Issues in Total Knee Arthroplasty
At the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology (HAOST) Annual Congress | Athens, Greece
EFORT Fora Programme (PDF Document | 1 page | 120kb).
15 October 2021 | EFORT Hybrid Forum: Modern Techniques in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
At the Ukrainian Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons & Traumatologists (UAOST) Annual Congress | Kharkiv, Ukraine
EFORT Fora Programme (PDF Document | 1 page | 100kb).
20 October 2021 | EFORT Forum: Complex Periprosthetic Fracture in Hip and Knee Surgery
At the Romanian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SOROT) Virtual Congress | Romania
EFORT Fora Programme (PDF Document | 1 page | 115kb).
21 October 2021 | EFORT Forum: Acetabular and Pelvic Fractures
At the Portuguese Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SPOT) Virtual Congress | Portugal
EFORT Fora Programme (PDF Document | 1 page | 90kb).
29 October 2021 | EFORT Hybrid Forum: European Registries in O & T – Part 1: current status and perspectives & Part 2: What is the direct influence on my surgical practice in the future?
At the German Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (DKOU) Annual Congress | Berlin, Germany
EFORT Fora Programme (PDF Document | 2s page | 175kb).
10 November 2021 | EFORT Hybrid Forum: Management of Complex Knee Trauma
At the Turkish Society of Orthopaedic and Traumatology (TOTBID) Annual Congress | Antalya, Tukey
EFORT Fora Programme (PDF Document | 1 page | 120kb).
11 November 2021 | EFORT Hybrid Forum: Registries – MDR (Medical Devices Regulations)
At the French Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SOFCOT) Annual Congress | Paris, France
EFORT Fora Programme (PDF Document | 1 page | 100kb).
04 December 2021 | EFORT Hybrid Forum: Clavicle + Humerus
At the Belgian Orthopaedic Trauma Association (BOTA) Annual Congress | Brussels, Belgium
EFORT Fora Programme (PDF Document | 1 page | 95kb).
EFORT Fora 2020
30 September 2020 | EFORT Forum: Complex Proximal Tibial Fractures: ‘The times they are a Changing’
Spanish Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (SECOT) Virtual Congress 2020 | 18:30-20:00 CET | Scientific Programme
08 October 2020 | EFORT Forum: ‘Middle Age Knee OA Treatment-Arthroscopy UKA/HTO-Orthobiology’
Romanian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SOROT) Congress | Cluj, Romania
16 October 2020 | EFORT Forum: ‘Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: Current Treatment Options’
Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology (HAOST) Congress | Athens, Greece
08 November 2020 | EFORT Forum: ‘Geriatric Hip Fractures’
Turkish Society of Orthopaedic and Traumatology Congress (TOTBID) | Antalya, Turkey
EFORT Fora 2019
25 April 2019 – Bone Marrow Lesions
EFORT Fora at the Croatian Orthopaedic Society (CrOS) Congress in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Programme (PDF document, 390kb, 1 page)
31 May 2019 – Primary Knee Replacement
EFORT Fora at the Bulgarian Othopaedic and Trauma Association (BOTA) Congress in Varna, Bulgaria.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
21 June 2019 – Surgery of Musculoskeletal Tumours around the Upper Arm
EFORT Fora at the Hungarian Orthopaedic Society Congress (MOT/HOA) in Budapest, Hungary.
Programme (PDF document, 260kb, 1 page)
06 September 2019 – Trauma and Arthroplasty
EFORT Fora at the Kosovo Society of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeons (KSOTS) Congress in Prishtina, Kosovo.
Programme (PDF document, 350kb, 1 page)
25 September 2019 – What’s New in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
EFORT Fora at the 56th Spanish Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society Congress (SECOT) in Zaragoza, Spain.
Programme (PDF document, 175b, 1 page)
27 September 2019 – Fractures of Pelvis and Acetabulum
EFORT Fora at the Association Montenegro Orthopaedics and Traumatology (AMOT) Congress in Budva, Montenegro.
Programme (PDF document, 170kb, 1 page)
04 October 2019 – Ankle Instability
EFORT Fora at the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Congress 2019 (HAOST) in Athens, Greece.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
17 October 2019 – Septic Complication in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
EFORT Fora at the Romanian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SOROT) Congress in Bucharest, Romania.
Programme (PDF document, 195kb, 1 page)
23 October 2019 – Geriatric Hip Fractures
EFORT Fora at the Turkish Society of Orthopaedic and Traumatology (TOTBID) Congress in Antalya, Turkey.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
24 October 2019 – Challenges in the Treatment of Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures
EFORT Fora at the German Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (DKOU) Congress in Berlin, Germany.
Programme (PDF document, 175kb, 1 page)
24 October 2019 – Postdysplastic Osteoarthritis (acetabular reconstruction, femoral issues) in Postdysplastic Hip
EFORT Fora at the Slovak Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Society (SOTS) Congress in Vysoke, Tatry, Slovakia.
Programme (PDF document, 145kb, 1 page)
26 October 2019 – Ankle Sprain and Instability: The Doubts in Evidence, the Evidence of Doubts
EFORT Fora at the 39th National Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SPOT) in Setúbal, Portugal.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
02 November 2019 – Total Knee Replacement (Difficult Primary Knee Arthroplasty)
EFORT Fora at the Cyprus Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (CAOST) Congress in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
08 November 2019 – Hip and Knee Revision Surgery
EFORT Fora at the 104th National Congress of Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SIOT) in Rome, Italy
Programme (PDF document, 390kb, 1 page)
13 November 2019 – Complications and Revision in Knee Surgery
EFORT Fora at the French Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SOFCOT) Congress in Paris, France.
Programme (PDF document, 175kb, 1 page)
EFORT Fora 2018
27 April 2018 – Future Treatment in Most Common Paediatric Orthopaedic Diseases
EFORT Fora at the Macedonian Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Congress, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
28 April 2018 – Regenerative Medicine: Current Concepts and changing Trends in Orthopaedics and Traumatology
EFORT Fora at the Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Programme (PDF document, 175kb, 1 page)
19 May 2018 – Primary and Revision Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement
EFORT Fora at the 12th Bulgarian Orthopaedic Trauma Association Congress, Varna, Bulgaria.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
28 June 2018 – Periprosthetic Fractures Around the Hip and Knee
EFORT Fora at the Hungarian Orthopaedic Society Congress, Gyor, Hungary.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
28 September 2018 – Fractures of Pelvis and Acetabulum in the Elderly
EFORT Fora at the SECOT Congress 2018, Valladolid, Spain.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
28 September 2018 – Foot and Ankle Injuries and Disorders
EFORT Fora at the OTSABH Congress 2018, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Programme (PDF document, 185kb, 1 page)
12 October 2018 – Management of the Multiple Injured Patient – Latest Advances
EFORT Fora at the HAOST Congress 2018, Athens, Greece.
Programme (PDF document, 155kb, 1 page)
24 October 2018 – Single Stage Revision in the Infected Total Hip or Knee Replacement
EFORT Fora at the DOS Congress 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Programme (PDF document, 180kb, 1 page)
26 October 2018 – Sports Lesions of the Foot and Ankle
EFORT Fora at the SPOT Congress 2018, Viseu, Portugal.
Programme (PDF document, 155kb, 1 page)
09 November 2018 – Complications in Shoulder Instability
EFORT Fora at the SIOT Congress 2018, Bari, Italy.
Programme (PDF document, 185kb, 1 page)
15 November 2018 – Knee Osteoarthritis – ‘Conservative’ Surgery and Arthroplasty
EFORT Fora at the ETOS Congress 2018, Viljandi, Estonia.
Programme (PDF document, 185kb, 1 page)
EFORT FORA 2017
02 February 2017 – Safety and complications
EFORT Fora at the Netherlands Orthopaedic Association Congress 2017 in s-Hertogenbosch’, Netherlands
Programme (PDF document, 109kb, 1 page)
28 April 2017 – Revision ACL reconstruction
EFORT Fora at the South East European Forum on Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Dubrovnik, Croatia
Programme (PDF document, 116kb, 1 page)
27 September 2017 – Knee orteoarthritis in young adult: Surgical options
EFORT Fora at the 54th SECOT Congress 2017 in Barcelona, Spain
Programme (PDF document, 170kb, 1 page)
13 October 2017 – Femoropatellar Joint: From the Adolescence to the Arthritis
EFORT Fora at the HAOST Congress 2017
Programme (PDF document, 175kb, 1 page)
19 October 2017 – Diagnosis and management of infected total knee arthroplasty
EFORT Fora at the SOROT Congress 2017 in Timisoara, Romania
Programme (PDF document, 170kb, 1 page)
20 October 2017 – Challenges in paediatric trauma
EFORT Fora at the 102th SIOT Congress 2017 in Palermo, Italy
Programme (PDF document, 331kb, 1 page)
24 October 2017 – Fast track surgery opportunity or threats?
EFORT Fora at the DGOU Congress 2017 in Berlin, Germany
Programme (PDF document, 236kb, 1 page)
25 October 2017 – Trauma / Lower Extremity reconstruction
EFORT Fora at the TOTBID Congress 2017 in Antalya, Turkey
Programme (PDF document, 178kb, 1 page)
27 October 2017 – The Multiligament Injured Knee
EFORT Fora at the SPOT Congress 2017 in Coimbra, Portugal
Programme (PDF document, 176kb, 1 page)
28 October 2017 – Musculoskeletal Tumours
EFORT Fora at the Pancyprian Orthopaedics Conference in Nicosia, Cyprus
Programme (PDF document, 174kb, 1 page)
07 November 2017 – Short stems in primary THA : are they safe and effective
EFORT Fora at the SOFCOT Congress 2017 in Paris, France
Programme (PDF document, 176kb, 1 page)
EFORT FORA 2016
29 April 2016 – Registry & Quality in Arthroplasty
EFORT Fora at the Orthopaedica Belgica 2016 meeting in Knokke, Belgium.
Programme (PDF document, 99kb, 1 page)
13 May 2016 – Open fractures
EFORT Fora at the LSOT 2016 in Palanga, Lithuania.
Programme (PDF document, 105kb, 1 page)
13 May 2016 – Unhappy Hip Replacement
EFORT Fora at the BOTA 2016 meeting in Varna, Bulgaria.
Programme (PDF document, 108kb, 1 page)
23 September 2016 – Modern methods and prospects of bone and soft tissue tumour treatment
EFORT Fora at the XLI Scientific Congress of PTOiTR 2016 in Lublin, Poland.
Programme (PDF document, 100kb, 1 page)
24 September 2016 – Polytrauma
EFORT Fora at the 2016 Medfort Conference of COAST in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Programme (PDF document, 103kb, 1 page)
29 September 2016 – Open fractures: Update in 2016
EFORT Fora at the 53th Congress of SECOT 2016 in A Coruña, Spain.
Programme (PDF document, 105kb, 1 page)
14 October 2016 – Advances in the Treatment of the Spinal Injuries
EFORT Fora at the HAOST 2016 meeting in Athens, Greece.
Programme (PDF document, 90kb, 1 page)
14 October 2016 – Modern Trends in Hip Arthroplasty
EFORT Fora at the V Congress of Serbian Orthopaedic and Trauma Association – SOTA 2016, Belgrade, Serbia
Programme (PDF document, 104kb, 1 page)
26 October 2016 – Turkish Arthroplasty Registry
EFORT Fora at the 26th Turkish National Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Antalya, Turkey.
Programme (PDF document, 107kb, 1 page)
28 October 2016 – Advances in hip preserving surgery techniques
EFORT Fora at the 36th Congress of SPOT in Porto, Portugal.
Programme (PDF document, 100kb, 1 page)
28 October 2016 – Surviving polytrauma the first week? How to manage common problems and pitfalls
EFORT Fora at the 101th National Congress of SIOT in Turin, Italy.
Programme (PDF document, 104kb, 1 page)
EFORT FORA 2015
23 April 2015 – Joint Preserving Knee Reconstruction
EFORT Fora at the SEEFORT Congress in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Programme (PDF document, 96kb, 1 page)
24 September 2015 – Floating knee injuries: Treatment options and clinical results
EFORT Fora at the SECOT Congress, Valencia, Spain.
Programme (PDF document, 102kb, 1 page)
25 September 2015 – Complications of proximal femur fracture fixation: Surgical solutions
EFORT Fora at the 3rd congress of KSOTS “Pristina Hip Congress 2015”, Pristina, Kosovo.
Programme (PDF document, 97kb, 1 page)
9 October 2015 – Overuse Syndromes in Orthopaedics
EFORT Fora at the 71st Annual HAOST Orthopaedic Conference, Athens, Greece.
Programme (PDF document, 99kb, 1 page)
21 October 2015 – Burning Issues in Fracture management: Open fractures and limb reconstruction
EFORT Fora at the DKOU Congress, Berlin, Germany.
Programme (PDF document, 99kb, 1 page)
22 October 2015 – Osteo-articular and soft tissue sarcomas, diagnosis and treatment
EFORT Fora at the 16th SOROT Congress, Bucharest, Romania.
Programme (PDF document, 102kb, 1 page)
24 October 2015 – Revision total hip Arthroplasty
EFORT Fora at the Cyprus Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (CAOST) Congress, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Programme (PDF document, 102kb, 1 page)
27 October – Distal Radius Fractures ‘Current Concepts in Surgery
EFORT Fora at the Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Congress, Antalya, Turkey.
Programme (PDF document, 189kb, 1 page)
30 October 2015 – Advances in the management of thoracolumbar spinal fractures
EFORT Fora at the 35th Congress of SPOT, Porto, Portugal.
Programme (PDF document, 114kb, 1 page)
7 November 2015 – Distal femoral osteoporotic fractures: Joint replacement or ORIF?
EFORT Fora at the 100th SIOT Congress, Rome, Italy.
Programme (PDF document, 104kb, 1 page)
EFORT FORA 2014
25 April 2014 – Distal Radius Fractures “Current Concepts in Surgery”
EFORT Fora at the LTOD Congress in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Programme (PDF document, 285kb, 4 pages)
18 September 2014 – Arthroplasty registers
EFORT Fora at the PTOiTR Congress in Wrocław, Poland.
Programme (PDF document, 308kb, 4 pages)
03 October 2014 – Challenges in the treatment of young patients hip diseases
EFORT Fora at the SOTA Congress in Belgrade, Serbia.
Programme (PDF document, 312kb, 4 pages)
03 October 2014 – Young Arthritic Knee
EFORT Fora at the HAOST Congress in Athens, Greece.
Programme (PDF document, 311kb, 4 pages)
09 October 2014 – Controversies in Paediatric Orthopaedic Trauma
EFORT Fora at the SECOT Congress in Madrid, Spain
Programme (PDF document, 284kb, 4 pages)
17 October 2014 – Complications of proximal femoral fracture fixation
EFORT Fora at the BRSMTOS Congress in Minsk, Belarus.
Programme (PDF document, 270kb, 4 pages)
24 October 2014 – Foot and Ankle Arthroscopic Forum
EFORT Fora at the SPOT Congress in Algarve, Portugal.
Programme (PDF document, 308kb, 4 pages)
08 November 2014 – Soft tissue injuries of the shoulder
EFORT Fora at the CAOAST Congress in Limassol, Cyprus.
Programme (PDF document, 291kb, 4 pages)
13 November 2014 – The social and economic value of orthopaedic surgery
EFORT Fora at the SOFCOT Congress in Paris, France.
Programme (PDF document, 293kb, 4 pages)
22 November 2014 – Severe lower extremity fractures: Limb salvage or amputation?
EFORT Fora at the SIOT Congress in Rome, Italy.
Programme (PDF document, 325kb, 4 pages)
EFORT FORA 2013
28 June 2013 – Periprosthetic fractures associated with total hip and total knee replacement
EFORT Fora at the MOT/HOA Congress in Budapest, Hungary.
Programme (PDF document, 736kb, 4 pages)
13 September 2013 – Modern trends in arthroplasty
EFORT Fora at the ÖGO Congress in Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Programme (PDF document, 802kb, 4 pages)
2 October 2013 – Open fractures on the leg
EFORT Fora during the HAOST Congress in Athens, Greece.
Programme (PDF document, 781kb, 4 pages)
3 October 2013 – Modern treatment of malignant bone tumors
EFORT Fora during the SOROT Congress in Cluj Napoca, Romania.
Programme (PDF document, 705kb, 4 pages)
26 October 2013 – Polytrauma: What to do after damage control
EFORT Fora during the SIOT Congress in Genova, Italy.
Programme (PDF document, 793kb, 4 pages)
30 October 2013 – Current treatment concepts in locked plating
EFORT Fora during the TSOT/TOTBID Congress in Antalya, Turkey.
Programme (PDF document, 713kb, 4 pages)
31 October 2013 – Degenerative knee. The challenge with the young and active patient
EFORT Fora during the SPOT Congress in Albufeira, Portugal.
Programme (PDF document, 761kb, 4 pages)
12 November 2013 – Tibial pilon fractures: An update
EFORT Fora during the SOFCOT Congress in Paris, France.
Programme (PDF document, 754kb, 4 pages)
16 November 2013 – Management of Knee Sports-Related Injuries in Adolescent Athletes
EFORT Fora during the CAOST Congress in Paphos, Cyprus.
Programme (PDF document, 709kb, 4 pages)
29 November 2013 – Bone regeneration
EFORT Fora during the ETOS Congress in Tallinn, Estonia.
Programme (PDF document, 775kb, 4 pages)
