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EFORT Monthly e-Newsletter
February 2007


Presidential Message

Prof. Wolfhart Puhl Ladies and Gentlemen, dear colleagues,

It is a great pleasure for me to announce this first EFORT “e-newsletter” on behalf of the Portal Content Steering Group. The members of this group will provide you with regularly updated news from the EFORT web-portal, National as well as Specialty Society activities and scientific meeting highlights. To enhance our knowledge of European Orthopaedic development and different approaches, “Society of the Month” presentations will be enclosed as often as possible. More detailed and continuously actualized information can be found in the new portal under www.efort.org.

Personally I am convinced, that this new service will help to support Orthopaedic Surgeons in our Member Societies. You are kindly asked, however, to forward further suggestions to our new Portal manager Nuno Ferreira at nuno.ferreira@efort.org

With kindest regards,

Prof. Wolfhart Puhl
President of EFORT


A maxi EFORT involvement in MINI-INVASIVE PROCEDURES

Prof. Frantz Langlais

8th EFORT Congress, Florence, Italy
Mini-invasive procedures concern at present not only well established techniques such as arthroscopic knee and shoulder soft tissue treatments, but also major procedures such as prostheses, implantations and trauma surgery.

Thus, the EFORT Scientific Committee decided to dedicate a large part of the Florence Scientific Programme to these procedures. Within a global number of 100 Symposia, Cross-Fires and Instructional Course Lectures, which represent the hard scientific core of the congress, 25 Symposia are related to mini-invasive procedures including arthroscopy. Moreover, among the 900 free papers to be presented in Florence, 250 free papers are focussed on these topics.

Therefore, we look forward to your participation in this EFORT Florence Congress, the most extensive in Europe thus far, oriented to the most recent and potentially most valuable techniques.

Please click here for detailed information

Prof. Frantz Langlais
Vice President of EFORT
Responsible for Symposia and Cross-Fires

Prof. George Bentley
Chairman, Scientific Committee

Society of the month

SOFCOT Société Francaise de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique

The French Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatologique (SO.F.C.O.T.) was founded in 1918 for the promotion and the development of knowledge in its field. The purpose of this surgical speciality is to relieve and improve the functional state of the patients following a traumatism or an affection of the musculo-skeletal system at all the ages of their life. The SO.F.C.O.T gathers more than 3000 specialized surgeons and its strong representativeness makes a privileged interlocutor of the profession.
Read more.
   SOFCOT Board

   SOFCOT Web Site

Orthopaedic Events

8th EFORT Congress, Florence, Italy 8TH EFORT Congress

Early registration deadline postponed to February 15th.

All participants have the chance to register at a lower rate.

Please visit the congress website for further details:
http://www.efort2007.org


Online registration:
Click here to open the online registration form
February/March Events

Refixation update 2007 - 1st/3rd March 2007 (Muenster, Germany)

Minimalinvasive Chirurgie am Hüftgelenk - 2st/3rd March 2007 (Rosenheim, Germany)

IX Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía de Hombro y Codo - 8th/9th March 2007 (Gijón, Spain)

I Hip Arthroscopy Course - II Annual Meeting of Hip Surgery in Young Adult - 9th March 2007 (Madrid, Spain)

Bernese Hip Symposium - 15th/17th March 2007 (Bern, Switzerland)

Short News and Announcements

Preliminary Scientific Programme

The Preliminary Scientific Programme is now online.
Please find full details on the EFORT portal http://www.efort.org

EBOT Exam


The European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology will run the next Fellowship Exam on the 6th and 7th of October 2007 in Vienna.
Please find further details on the EFORT portal or apply directly to ebotexam@mail.telepac.pt

EFORT 2007 Seeking Junior Scientific Reporter Team


The EFORT Scientific IT Content Steering Group seeks four young European orthopaedic physicians to closely cooperate as reporters on the next EFORT Congress.
The job includes summarize selected symposium presentations and authors interviewing. Materials will be edited on a daily basis and displayed online afterwards.
Candidates shall master English and being familiar with basic web technologies.
Congress fees will be granted and travel and location reimbursed up to €500.

If you're interested in applying for this activity, please send an application letter and short CV to Dr. Elke Viehweger Elke.Viehweger@efort.org, not later then March 15th 2007.

EFORT Travelling Fellowship

Portugal. 27 May – 3 June 2007

Dear Fellow! The EFORT Spring Travelling Fellowship 2007 will be hosted by the Portuguese Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SPOT).
See the Preliminary Programme

Coming Up on March e-Newsletter

Society of the Month

The Swedish Orthopaedic Association will be the highlighted Society of next month.
   Science and Research

Two distinguished orthopaedic surgeons comment on the latest TKR techniques. Don't miss the preview of Symposium 45 on May 13 during the 8th EFORT congress, Florence, Italy.
   EFORT Congress Innovation

Special Symposia and Specialty Societies Sessions are an important part of this year's scientific programme.
Stay tuned to the EFORT portal.

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