Programme

Language: English

A full comprehensive day tailored for orthopaedic surgeons, delving into critical topics such as bone cements and cementation, as well as diagnoses and management of the infections in orthopaedic surgery.


AGENDA

8.30  Registration

9.00  Welcome and Introduction: From Tecres to Demetra
Luca Carreri, Verona - Italy

9.15  PMMA history, a scientific excursus from implant fixation to drug delivery
Giovanni Calonego, Verona – Italy

9.35  Cemented vs Cementless arthroplasty
Fabio D’Angelo, Varese - Italy

9.55  Antibiotic-loaded bone cement (ALBC), rationale of use and current trends across Europe and the rest of the world
Giovanni Calonego, Verona – Italy

10.15  Epidemiology of infection in orthopaedics: present and future
Roberto Rostagno, Vercelli - Italy

10.35  Current diagnostic tools for PJI
Igor Lazic – Munich - Germany

10.55  Discussion

11.10  Coffee break

11.40  The importance of pathogen identification
Roberto Rostagno, Vercelli - Italy

12.00  Debridement: “one small step for a surgeon, one giant leap for PJI”
Domenico Aloj, Vercelli - Italy

12.15  PJI treatment options: treatment algorithm
Domenico Aloj, Vercelli - Italy

12.35  Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR)
Laura Ravera, Vercelli - Italy

12.50  One-stage revision
Mustafa Citak – Hamburg - Germany

13.10  One-stage vs two-stage
Igor Lazic – Munich - Germany

13.25  Discussion

13.40  Lunch

14.45  Static or articulated spacer, when and why
Fabio D’Angelo, Varese - Italy

15.05  Salvage procedure in PJI (resection arthroplasty and amputation)
Rosalba Tortia, Vercelli - Italy

15.20  Two-stage revision with preformed spacers: review of published literature
Giovanni Calonego, Verona – Italy

15.40  Cal-Cemex, a novel injectable bone substitute for trauma surgery
Andrea Pizzoli, Mantova - Italy

16.00  Discussion

16.15  WORKSHOP

17.00  End of the meeting

Info & Registration

To take this course, please mail to academy@tecres.it