By EFORT Head Office | The fifth 2014 issue of EFORT’s online newspaper Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE), is now available online! OTE Chief Medical Editor Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen, MD, discusses how orthopaedic procedures are improved when surgeons focus on the patient’s safety and use a surgical checklist. The cover story shows how orthopaedic surgeons use a […]
15th EFORT Congress News: A few words from Mr. Stephen R. Cannon, Chair Local Organising Committee, London 2014
May 9, 2014 By
By EFORT Head Office | What can you expect from the upcoming 15th EFORT Congress — a combined programme in partnership with the BOA? Find out now by watching the video of Mr. Cannon! More information: www.efort.org/london2014
EFORT Orthopaedics Today Europe: Volume 17 – Issue no. 04 | April 2014
April 16, 2014 By
By EFORT Head Office | The fourth 2014 issue of EFORT’s online newspaper Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE), is now available online! The April 2014 issue of OTE highlights ACL reconstruction, along with the latest news of EFORT and its 2014 Congress in London, the EFORT 14th Instructional Lectures collection, articles on musculoskeletal education, rsearch, TJR […]
Media alert: 15th EFORT Congress features patient safety in orthopaedics and traumatology (4 – 6 June 2014, London)
April 9, 2014 By
The 15th EFORT Congress will take place at the Excel Conference Centre in London from 4 to 6 June 2014. It is the most important scientific event for orthopaedists and trauma surgeons on the European level. The Congress is organised by the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) as a combined […]
EFORT Annual Congress 2014 entitled with 18 CME points!
April 2, 2014 By
EFORT Head Office, Rolle, Switzerland | 2 April 2014 | We are happy to announce that the 15th EFORT Congress in London has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME). A total of 18 CME points will be awarded for the 3 congress days. The Comprehensive Review Course (CRC) has […]
Public Consultation on the safety of Metal-on-Metal joint replacements with a particular focus on hip implants
March 21, 2014 By
The media, followed by national medical authorities, have raised concerns about problems related to the use of large-head, metal-on-metal, stemmed total hip arthroplasties. At the onset one implant manufacturer with one implant (The ASR hip) was singled out. The reason was the recall action initiated by this manufacturer and the announced multibillion dollar provision in […]
EFORT Orthopaedics Today Europe: Volume 17 – Issue no. 03 | March 2014
March 14, 2014 By
March 14, 2014 By EFORT Head Office (Edit) | The third 2014 issue of EFORT’s online newsletter Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE), is now available online! The March 2014 issue of OTE highlights elbow stiffness, along with the latest news of EFORT and its 2014 Congress in London, the CRC 2014 programme, articles on rehabilitation, bilateral […]
European musculoskeletal health and mobility in Horizon 2020
March 7, 2014 By
By L. Lidgren, E. Gomez-Barrena, G. N. Duda, W. Puhl, A. Carr. | We have entered the second decade of the new millennium and societies in industrialised countries are facing tremendous challenges from demographic, environmentaland lifestyle factors. The European ‘age quake’ has not reached its highest magnitude. This will have an impact on musculoskeletal health […]
Dislocation after THA remains a dreaded complication for patients and surgeons
March 6, 2014 By
COVER STORY OF FEBRUARY 2014 EFORT OTE – Total hip arthroplasty is one of the safest and most effective orthopaedic surgeries, but despite continued improvements in surgical technique and implant design, complications persist. Dislocation after total hip arthroplasty is a sometimes devastating complication that can seriously affect a patient’s quality of life and today it […]
