AFOR Experts' Knee Symposium
New and old thinking in primary total knee arthroplasty / Lucerne
Dear Colleagues,
Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most challenging topics in Orthopaedic Surgery. During the last 50 years it seems to have reached a standard as a treatment procedure for severe knee arthritis, performed more than 3.000.000 times worldwide. With high success rates it suggests restoration of patient activity, life quality and dramatic improvement for an aging population.
However, surgeon experts dealing with TKA patients in their daily practice may have a more sophisticated picture of success in treating knee arthritis. On the one hand, there seems to be an enormous impact of patient individual response to treatment with healing issues, pain sensation, functional results and expectations. On the other hand, similar treated patients show dramatic differences in recovery under different post-operative rehabilitation concepts. This leaves the surgeon expert with the feeling of a reduced impact of his implant and surgical choices on the overall outcome.
Modern Total Knee Arthroplasty should envision the absolute success in knee arthroplasty. Thus, surgeons should be aware of the impact of patient individuality aspects, as much as impact of modern kinematic implant concepts, as much as surgical skills and post-operative treatment.
Based on the highly successful Lucerne Knee Course 2010 the AFOR invites all professionals in the broad field of Total Knee Arthroplasty to Lucerne from May 31st to June 1st 2012. We will discuss new and old thinking in this classic Orthopaedic field with a highly recognised international faculty. We will listen to lessons learned from the past and watch the projects designed for the future.
Lucerne in late spring is a wonderful place for a short getaway and reflection of our current understanding of Total Knee Arthroplasty. We hope to see you in Lucerne!
Prof. Dr. H. Windhagen
Prof. Dr. Dr. G. O. Hofmann
Prof. Dr. W. Mittelmeier
AFOR president
| Organizer | AFOR Stiftung Association for Orthopaedic Research |
| Management | Professor Dr. med. Henning Windhagen, Hannover Professor Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Gunther O. Hofmann, Halle/ Jena Professor Dr. med. Wolfram Mittelmeier, Rostock |
| Location | Astoria Hotel Phone: +41 41 / 22688-68 |
| Arrival | The Welcome Desk will be open from 10.30 a.m. to 01.00 p.m. on the 31st May in the congress hotel. There you may register and receive your congress documents. |
| Fee | Participation fee: 440,00 EUR |
Thursday, 31. 05. 2012
10:30 am – 01:00 pm
Registration
12:00 – 01:00 pm
Lunch
01:00 – 01:05 pm
Welcome address / H. Windhagen
01:05 – 01:15 pm
Association For Orthopaedic Research:
History and Mission / W. Mittelmeier
SESSION 1: The pre-operative Patient: Should we know more
than just "knee arthritis"?
01:30 – 01:50 pm
What´s left for Arthroscopy in the arthritic knee? / H. Laprell
01:50 – 02:10 pm
Will Cartilage repair ever be a solution for the arthritic knee? / M. Bohnsack
02:10 – 02:30 pm
Cytokine regulation and therapeutic strategies / M. Sauerschnig
02:30 – 02:50 pm
Co-morbidity with hip, ankle and backpain / F. Gossé
02:50 – 03:10 pm
Rheumatoid patients: Indication and medication? / R. Skripitz
03:10 – 03:30 pm
Materials: Is there a future for ceramic components in knee arthroplasty? / W. Mittelmeier
03:30 – 04:00 pm
Coffee break
SESSION 2: The knee: Old and new thinking in knee kinematics and design
04:00 – 04:20 pm Modern Thinking in knee kinematics / S. Ostermeier
04:20 – 04:40 pm Is restoring neutral alignment an obligation in TKA? / V. Duthon
04:40 – 05:00 pm Classic vs. modern kinematic reality / F. Catani
05:00 – 05:20 pm Learning curve in soft-tissue balancing / B. Christen
05:20 – 05:40 pm Patellofemoral mechanics and implications for knee design / S. Ostermeier
05:40 – 06:00 pm HTO: How do we understand and reconstruct the anatomy of the knee / H. U. Stäubli
Friday, 01. 06. 2012
SESSION 3: Implant and Surgery: Do we really need further developments?
08:00 – 08:20 am
Uni-Partial-Trochlea: alternatives to total surface replacement?
A. Imhoff
08:20 – 08:40 am
Inlay constraint designs for a-p-stabilisation (PS, TS, high conformity)
R. Windhager
08:40 – 09:00 am
Mini-Implants: Correct indication and results
C. Becher
09:00 – 09:20 am
MIS versus conventional: Discussion over?
I. Marintschev
09:20 – 09:40 am
Evidence base for using navigation tools
T. Calließ
09:40 – 10:00 am
Kinematic alignment and shape matching technology
A. D. Toms
10:00 – 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 01:00 pm
WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
Workshop 1 | 10:30 – 11:30 am
Patient individual knee arthroplasty
H. Windhagen, C. Stukenborg-Colsman
Workshop 2 | 10:30 – 11:30 am
Revision strategies in knee arthroplasty
R. Windhager, T. Kanig
Workshop 3 | 10:30 – 11:30 am
Problems of skin defects after trauma and endoprosthesis revision
G. O. Hofmann, V. Bühren
Workshop 4 | 12:00 – 01:00 pm
Experience the function and biomechanic effectivity of knee unloader braces
T. Tischer, R. Skripitz
Workshop 5 | 12:00 – 01:00 pm
Unicondylar knee replacement and gap balancing strategies
F. Catani, M. Tinius
Seminar 1 | 12:00 – 01:00 pm
Septic surgery
W. Mittelmeier, S. Kirschner
01:00 – 02:00 pm
Light lunch
SESSION 4: The Surgery: Is there more than implants?
02:00 – 02:15 pm
Rotation and consequences of malalignment
S. Kirschner
02:15 – 02:30 pm
Gap balancing or measured resection?
V. Jansson
02:30 – 02:45 pm
Surgical treatment of knee fibrosis
D. Kohn
02:45 – 03:00 pm
Post-traumatic soft tissue difficulties
G. O. Hofmann
03:00 – 03:15 pm
Periprosthetic fractures: the surgical techniques of choice
V. Bu?hren
03:15 – 03:30 pm
Addressing sources of instability
H. Windhagen
03:30 – 03:45 pm
Discussion
03:45 – 04:15 pm
Coffee Break
SESSION 5: The post-operative Patient: Surgery is not enough!
04:15 – 04:35 pm
Can we respond to rising patient expectations?
E. Guerado
04:35 – 04:55 pm
Comparing different EU rehabilitation programmes
C. Stukenborg-Colsman
04:55 – 05:15 pm
Chronic knee pain after TKA: Diagnostic and treatment?
N. Stuhlmann
05:15 – 05:35 pm
Implant infection as source for postoperative knee pain
H. Gollwitzer
05:35 – 05:55 pm
Basics of conservative treatment post-op
H. J. Gerlach
05:55 – 06:15 pm
Unloading of knee compartiments – Myth versus Reality
T. Tischer
06:15 – 06:30 pm
Future of Association For Orthopaedic Research
W. Mittelmeier
06:30 – 06:45 pm
Good Bye
G. O. Hofmann
07:30 pm
Course Dinner
LIST OF SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Augat
Murnau, Germany
Dr. med. Christoph Becher
Hannover, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Bohnsack
Bremen, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Volker Bühren
Murnau, Germany
Dr. med. Tilman Calließ
Hannover, Germany
Professor Fabio Catani
Bologna, Italy
Dr. med. Bernhard Christen
Bern, Switzerland
PD Dr. med Claudio Dora
Zurich, Switzerland
M.D. Victoria Duthon
Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. med. Hans Jürgen Gerlach
Heuchelheim, Germany
PD Dr. med. Hans Gollwitzer
München, Germany
PD Dr. med. Frank Gossé
Hannover, Germany
Professor Enrique Guerado
Malaga, Spain
Prof. Dr. med. Gunther O. Hofmann
Halle, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Imhoff
Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Volkmar Jansson
Munich, Germany
Dr. med. Thomas Kanig
Berchtesgaden, Germany
PD Dr. med. Stephan Kirschner
Dresden, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Kohn
Homburg/Saar, Germany
Dr. med. Heinz Laprell
Kiel, Germany
Dr. med. Ivan Marintschev
Jena, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Ingo Marzi
Frankfurt, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Wolfram Mittelmeier
Rostock, Germany
PD Dr. med Sven Ostermeier
Hannover, Germany
Dr. med. Martin Sauerschnig
Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Schnettler
Gießen, Germany
PD Dr. med. Ralf Skripitz
Rostock, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Hans Ulrich Stäubli
Bern, Switzerland
Norbert Stuhlmann
Damp, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Christina Stukenborg-Colsman
Hannover, Germany
Dr. med. Marco Tinius
Stollberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Tischer
Rostock, Germany
M.D. Andrew D. Toms
Exeter, UK
Prof. Dr. med. Vilmos Vécsei
Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. med. Henning Windhagen
Hannover, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Windhager
Vienna, Austria