Preliminary Programme
08.30 – Registration and Welcome coffee amongst the exhibitors
08.50 – Opening of the course – David Zorman
09.00 – Session 1: Biomechanics
Moderators: Bernardo Innocenti & David Zorman
09.00 – As a surgeon, do I need biomechanical information to treat my patients ? – Pieter Reynders (Orthopaedic surgeon, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels) download
09.10 – Knee Kinematics: pre and post TKA – Bernardo Innocenti (Engineer, Professor of Biomechanics, Ecole Polytechnique, ULB Brussels)
09.20 – Orthopaedics 2.0: from alignment to kinematics and beyond. – Lennart Scheys (Engineer, the Institute for Orthopaedic Research and Training, KUL Leuven) download
09.30 – Elbow lateral stability after radial head arthroplasty – Fabian Moungondo (Orthopaedic surgeon, Hôpital Erasme ULB, Brussels)
09.40 – A dynamic evaluation and modelling platform for Adult Spinal Deformities – Pieter Severijns & Thomas Overbergh (Physiotherapist & Engineer, the Institute for Orthopaedic Research and Training, KUL Leuven)
09.50 – How have biomechanic insights contributed to knee surgery? – Emmanuel Thienpont (Orthopaedic surgeon, Hôpital St Luc UCL, Brussels)
10.00 – Discussion
10.10 – Session2: Biomaterials
Moderators: Olivier Cornu & Pieter Reynders
10.10 – Biofilms on implanted material: pathological role and therapeutic challenges – Françoise Van Bambeke (Pharmacist, Louvain Drug Research Institute, UCL Brussels) download
10.20 – Surface modification of biomaterials for orthopaedic applications – Christine Dupont (Bioengineer, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, UCL Louvain-la-Neuve) download
10.30 – Biomaterials for prosthesis, what are the key factors for success? – Claude Rieker (Engineer, Director of the European Scientific Affairs for Zimmer Biomet, Winterthur, Switzerland) download
10.40 – Allergy and Biomaterials – Thibaut Thüngen & Harold Jennart (Orthopaedic surgeons, CHU Tivoli, La Louvière)
10.50 – Discussion
11.00 – Coffee break amongst the exhibitors
11.30 – Session3: CAOS, 3D imaging, virtual reality
Moderators: Thierry Scheerlinck & Emmanuel Thienpont
11.30 – How to increase the precision of lag screw position in Gamma nails. Help of a dedicated software – Gilbert Taglang (Orthopaedic surgeon, CHRU de Stasbourg, France) download
11.40 – 3D imaging – Thierry Scheerlinck (Orthopaedic surgeon, UZ Brussel, Brussels) download
11.50 – Virtual reality – Emmanuel Thienpont (Orthopaedic surgeon, Hôpital St Luc UCL, Brussels)
12.00 – The use of pre-op 3D planning and PSI in shoulder arthroplasty: do we need it in all cases ? – Olivier Verborgt (Orthopaedic surgeon, AZ Monica, Antwerpen) download
12.10 – Computer assisted surgery in paediatric orthopaedics – Solange de Wouters & Pierre-Louis Docquier (Orthopaedic surgeons, Hôpital St Luc UCL, Brussels) download
12.20 – Accuracy in CAOS: how can it be defined, measured experimentally, and analyzed from a clinical perspective? – Olivier Cartiaux (Neuro Musculo Skeletal Lab. IREC, UCL Louvain) download
12.30 – In Silico Fracture Healing – Liesbet Geris (Engineer, Biomechanics Research Unit, University of Liège and KU Leuven) download
12.40 – Discussion
12.50 – Securing the future of ‘Acta Orthopaedica Belgica’ : a common challenge – Frank Plasschaert
12.50 – Walking lunch amongst the exhibitors
13.50 – Session 4: Bone and Joint Biology
Moderators: Frédéric Schuind & René Verdonk
13.50 – Chondrocite transplantation – Johan Vanlauwe (Orthopaedic surgeon, Tissue Bank Director UZ Brussel , Brussels) download
14.00 – Natural or synthetic bone substitutes – Olivier Cornu (Orthopaedic surgeon, Hôpital St Luc UCL, Brussels) download
14.10 – Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator bone graft harvesting for the treatment of segmental bone defects – Willem-Jan Metsemakers (Trauma surgeon, University Hospitals Leuven KUL) download
14.20 – Vascularized bone grafts: anatomy, physiology and clinical practice – Olivier Barbier & Xavier Libouton (Orthopaedic surgeons, Hôpital St Luc UCL, Brussels) download
14.30 – Mechanical aspects of flexor tendon suture – Frédéric Schuind (Orthopaedic surgeon, Hôpital Erasme ULB, Brussels) download
14.40 – Meniscal graft – René Verdonk (Orthopaedic surgeon, Hôpital Erasme ULB, Brussels) download
14.50 – Discussion
15.00 – Session 5: Biological Treatments
Moderators: Philippe Hernigou & Thomas Schubert
15.00 – PRP and hyaluronic acid in tendinopathy – Jean-François Kaux (Doctor in Physical Medicine and Sport Traumatology Department, University Hospital of Liège)
15.10 – PRP and non-union – Serge Vander Velde & Anaïs Legrand (Orthopaedic surgeons, Hôpital Civil Marie Curie, Charleroi) download
15.20 – PRP in Children – Robert Elbaum (Paediatric Orthopaedic surgeon, CHIREC Hospital Group, Brussels) download
15.30 – Injectables for Osteoarthritis – Peter Verdonk (Orthopaedic surgeon, Antwerp Orthopedic Center, Monica Hospitals, Antwerpen)
15.40 – Therapeutic potential of stem cells and biomaterials in orthopedic surgery – Michel Toungouz Nevessignsky (Doctor in clinical biology, Center for Tissue and Cell Therapy, UCL, Brussels) download
15.50 – Hip osteonecrosis treatment with stem cells – Philippe Hernigou (Orthopaedic surgeon, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France) download
16.00 – BMP – Thomas Schubert (Orthopaedic surgeon, Hôpital St Luc UCL, Brussels) download
16.10 – Discussion
16.20 – Coffee break amongst the exhibitors
16.40 – Session 6: ABAOT & BOTRA – Free papers – Best Communication Price
Moderators : Everard Munting & Guy Molenaers
5 Free papers, each 10 minutes
The best free paper will receive an educational prize of 1.000,00€
- Outpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty: the future? Solange de Wouters (UCL) download
- Long term clinical results for hallux varus correction by reversed abductor halluces transfer. Karolien Schwagten (UA) download
- Could we predict infection after intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fracture? Julie Manon (UCL) download
- Efficacy of a new biphasic scaffold for treatment of focal knee cartilage lesions in rabbits. Jacques Hernigou (ULB) download
- Minimally invasive corrective osteotomy of the proximal phalanx: A biomechanical study. Sten Deschuyffeleer (KUL) download