PROGRAMME
Thursday 23 April
Plenary Room
Parallel Room 1
Parallel Room 2
08:00 – Registration, welcome coffee and visit of the exhibitors
08:30 – IC Hip
Infection prevention in Hip surgery, Ethical and Economical aspects
Moderators: Olivier Cornu & Jacques Hernigou
- 08:32 – Infection after hip replacement in tumour surgery. What should be the prophylaxis? – Robin Evrard
- 08:44 – Antibioprophylaxis in THA – Maya Hites
- 08:58 – Allergy to antibiotics in bone cement: a rare cause of early implant loosening? – Siebe Clarebout
- 09:05 – AB loaded cement in primary THA? – William Kurth
- 09:20 – Factors influencing local and serum Gentamycin concentrations in hybrid hip arthroplasty. Comparing line-to-line and undersized stems – Tjeerd Jager
- 09:30 – Antiseptic and local antibiotics in infection prevention in THA – Randy Buzisa Mbuku
- 09:45 – Discussion
08:30 – IC Trauma
Complications in common fractures: how to avoid them
Moderators: François Carlier & Wim Vandesande
- 08:30 – Proximal humerus – Guy Putzeys
- 08:40 – Subtrochanteric fracture – Fergus Bonnevie
- 08:50 – Distal Femur – Wim Vandesande
- 09:10 – Ankle Fracture – Jan Van Meirhaeghe
- 09:20 – Discussion
09:30 – Free papers Trauma
Moderators: François Carlier & Wim Vandesande
- 09:30 – Intraoperative Medial Femoral Condyle Fracture During Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report – Pierre-Henri Gemmerich
- 09.37 – Profunda Femoris Artery Pseudoaneurysm After Proximal Nailing: A Case Report – Seyyid Maatou
- 09.44 – biphosphonate femoral fracture – Maximilian Gläser
- 09.51 – Discussion
08:30 – IC Spine
Complications in Spine Surgery: Complication or Mistake?
A Case-Based Discussion
Moderators: Johan Van Lerbeirghe
Panel: Thibaut Dewilde, Geert Mahieu, Frank Plasschaert
- 08:30 – Introduction of the Session & General Information – Geert Mahieu
- 08:40 – Vertebra fracture after stand-alone lateral fusion for adjacent level disease.
Case presentation – Hanae Channa
Discussion & Panel presentation – David van Schaik - 08:55 – Spinal fusions in the geriatric population: What about infections?
Case presentation – Manuel Martens
Discussion & Panel presentation – Davy Hoste - 09:10 – Complications after C2 fracture treatment with Halo-traction
Case presentation – Cornille Minnaert
Discussion & Panel presentation – Konstantijn van der Donckt - 09:25 – Complications after Deformity correction.
Case presentation – Loïc Van Oost
Discussion & Panel presentation – Lieven Moke - 09:40 – Instability after complex cervical fusion
Case presentation – Lucien Van den Broeck
Discussion & Panel presentation – Xavier Banse - 09:55 – Round-up & question
10:00 – Coffee break and visit of the exhibitors
10:30 – Keynote lecture
Moderator: Guy Putzeys
Innovation in traumatology: a curse or blessing? – Reto Babst
11:00 – Hip Session
Bearing surfaces, is the spectre of wear in THA solved now?
Moderators: Stijn Ghijselings & Maxence Vandekerckhove
- 11.00 – Complications of metal components in hip arthroplasty – Marc Jayankura
- 11.15 – The under 36 club favors polyethylene – Michael Morlock
- 11.30 – Ceramic-on-ceramic in 2026: Evidence vs. Misconceptions – Alessandro Porporati
- 11.45 – To conclude: What about dual mobility, and the registries? – Wierd Zijlstra
11:00 – BOTA Session
Segmental bone defects in trauma
Moderators: François Carlier & Wim Vandesande
- 11:00 – Introduction – François Carlier
- 11:12 – Autograft and Masquelet technique – Nicolas Poinot
- 11:24 – Allograft and their use – Dan Putineanu
- 11:32 – Current concept in bone transport – Willem-Jan Metsemakers
- 11:40 – Discussion
11:00 – BAPO Session
Complications in children’s orthopaedics
Moderators: Michel Bellemans & Frank Plasschaert
- 11:00 – Complications of limb lengthening in PFFD (proximal focal femoral deficiency) – Armand Laumen
- 11:10 – Complications associated with radial neck fracture in children – Bram De Lepeleere
- 11:20 – Complication after MPFL reconstruction – Aurélie Andrzejewski
- 11:30 – Complications associated with massive bone allografts in children – Lucien Van den Broeck & Pierre-Louis Docquier
- 11:40 – Complications associated with misreduction of supracondylar fracture of humerus in children – Isabelle Schrouff
- 11:50 – Discussion
12:00 – Belgian Defence
Moderators: Dan Putineanu & Jan Van Meirhaeghe
Triage or how to prioritise in case of mass casualties, ethical and economical considerations – Samuel Kriekemans
12:00 – Prosthetic infection treatment: when to do what? Ethical and economic aspects
Moderators: Olivier Cornu & Jeroen Neyt
- Indications of Antibiotic suppression – Maya Hites
- DAIR (Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention) – Wouter Sioen
- One-stage revision – Stijn Ghijselings
- Two-stage revision – Hazem Wafa
12:30 – BVOT General Assembly
12:30 – Lunch and visit of the exhibitors
14:00 – Keynote lecture
Moderator: Thierry Scheerlinck
We have come a long way since Charnley – how can registries and explant analysis help us get even better? – Michael Morlock
14:00 – Verpleegkundig congres
Zwelling/Loge Syndroom, Wondzorg en VAC Theorie
14:30 – Oh My God Lower limb
Moderators: Joris De Vos, Wouter Sioen & Johan Vanlauwe
- 14:30 – Oh my God Hip – Wouter Sioen
- 14:50 – Oh my God Knee – Johan Vanlauwe
- 15:10 – Oh my God Foot & Ankle – Joris De Vos
15:30 – Belgian Defence
Moderators: François Carlier & Maike Reul
Damage control with limited resources: How to save lives and avoid complications – Ruben Jacobs
14:30 – BFAS Session
Complications: How to prevent, diagnose and treat them
Moderators: Stefan Clockaerts & Ionut Caracudovici
- 14:30 – Complications and litigations: means of prevention in hindfoot surgery – Kris Buedts
- 14:45 – Adverse events and pitfalls in percutaneous foot surgery – Geoffroy Vandeputte
- 15:00 – Why is my achilles tendons patient unhappy? – Melanie Vandenberghe
- 15:15 – The Ankle Sprain that doesn’t get better: Where to look, how to manage – Pedro Diniz
- 15:30 – Malreduction of the anterior malleolus fracture – Toon Roskams
- 15:45 – Discussion
14:00 – Verpleegkundig congres
Zwelling/Loge Syndroom, Wondzorg en VAC Theorie
Moderator: Bert Vanmierlo
- 14:00 – Verwelkoming – Bert Vanmierlo
- 14:05 – Infecties in het bovenste lidmaat: Pitfalls and Pearls – Bert Vanmierlo
- 14:30 – Complexe postoperatieve wondzorg: van lekkage tot necrose en weefselherstel – Elise Dehaes & Sabine Raes
- 15:30 – Wie krijgt welke gips en wanneer en Gipstechnieken – Filip Deceur
16:00 – Coffee break and visit of the exhibitors
16:30 – Radioprotection Session
Reducing exposure in orthopaedics
Moderators: Tatiana Charles & Thierry Scheerlinck
- 16:30 – Reducing radiation during 4D CT – Benyameen Keelson
- 16:50 – 3D fluoroscopy in the OR. How dangerous is it – Gert Van Gompel
- 17:10 – Should the orthopaedic surgeon wear protective eyeglasses? – Nico Buls
16:30 – BOTRA/ABAOT Session
Fatigue, a source of underperformance and complications
Moderators: Frank Plasschaert & Gilles Van Eetvelde
- 16:30 – The effect of fatigue on (surgical) performance – Maarten Ulrix
- 16:45 – Overwork in 2026, is it still an issue after the law limiting overtime for trainees? – Vansh Kapila
- 17:00 – Solving the overwork problem for trainees and fully trained surgeons – Jonas Brouwers
- 17:15 – Discussion
16:30 – The oncology corner (BeSG)
Orthopedic surgery for metastatic bone disease
Moderators: Thomas Schubert & Gwen Sys
- 16:30 – When should it be done? Workflow – Desirée Dorleijn & Gwen Sys
- 16:42 – How should it be done? Technical aspects – William Kurth & Annelies Van Beeck
- 16:54 – Complications: Real-life data – Bilal Kapanci
- 17:06 – Revision Surgery: Is it worth it? – Friedl Sinnaeve & Hazem Wafa
- 17:18 – Discussion
16:30 – Praticum in drie break-out rooms en 5 stations
Zaal 1 (Saturnus)
- Station 1: 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy – Sabine Raes
- Station 2: 3M™ V.A.C.® Peel & Place – Inge Cassaert
Zaal 2 (Pluto)
- Station 1: 3M™ Veraflo™ Therapy met Smart Instill™ – Elise Dehaes
- Station 2: 3M™ Prevena™ Therapy – Cedric Van Loo
Zaal 3 (Jupiter)
- Station 1: Softcast – Filip Deceur
- Station 2: Softcast – Evi Clerbout
17:30 – Keynote lecture
Moderator: Johan Vanlauwe
The lawyer’s corner: dos and don’ts in case of complication – Christophe Lemmens
18:00 – Cocktail amongst the exhibitors
19:30 – Congress Dinner at the Atomium or Walking Dinner at de Montil
Friday 24 April
Plenary Room
Parallel Room 1
Parallel Room 2
08:30 – Registration, welcome coffee and visit of the exhibitors
09:00 – Keynote lecture
Moderator: Frank Plasschaert
The future of Orthopaedics in Belgium “The vision of RIZIV/INAMI” – Pedro Facon
09:30 – IC Knee
Complications in Knee Surgery: How to prevent, diagnose and treat them
Sports Lesions and Traumatology
Moderators: Hilde Vandenneucker & Stefaan Van Onsem
- 09:30 – Complications in ACL reconstruction
- 09:30 – Prevention & diagnosis – Kristof Smeets
- 09:42 – Treatment – Peter Verdonk
- 09:54 – Case discussion
- 10:00 – Complications in high tibial osteotomy
- 10:00 – Prevention & diagnosis – Lucas Beckers
- 10:12 – Treatment – Willem-Jan Vleugels
- 10:24 – Case discussion
- 10:30 – Complications in proximal tibial fractures
- 10:30 – Diagnosis and Classification – Pieter-Jan Vandekerckhove
- 10:42 – Prevention of complications – Frank Verheyden
- 10:54 – Case discussion
09:30 – IC Hand
Carpal Scaphoid fractures
Moderators: Xavier Libouton & Frederik Verstreken
- 09:30 – Reminder of the diagnostic update – Filip Stockmans
- 09:45 – Treatment and its complications – Matthias Vanhees
- 10:00 – Pseudarthrosis of scaphoid fractures – Sofie Goeminne
- 10:15 – Discussion
10:30 – Free Papers
Moderators: Sofie Goeminne & Bernard Lefebvre
- 10:30 – Update on the metacarpal fracture treatment – Kira Vande Voorde
- 10:40 – The missed distal radio-ulnar joint dislocation – Hachem Chaitani
09:30 – IC Shoulder & Elbow
Complications in Shoulder Arthroplasty: Prevention, diagnosis and treatment
Moderators: Philippe Schiepers & Olivier Verborgt
- 09:30 – Incidence of complications in shoulder arthroplasty: what have we learnt from registries? – Anne Karelse
- 09:42 – Current Evidence and Techniques on Infection Prevention – Olivier Dhollander
- 09:54 – Acromial Stress Fractures after Reverse: Influencing Factors and How to Prevent? – Olivier Verborgt
- 10:06 – Revision from Anatomic to Reverse: Indications and Technique – Hans Van Der Bracht
- 10:18 – Revision from Reverse to Reverse: the Last Resort – Filip Verhaegen
10:30 – Free papers Shoulder & Elbow
Moderators: Pieter Caekebeke en Olivier Verborgt
- 10:30 – Correlation between acromion spurs and rotator cuff lesions, results of a litterature study” – Simon Moustie, Kris De Mulder, Toon Van Raebroeckx
- 10:35 – From click to clinic: Patient journey apps as a core component of shoulder surgery follow-up? – Jordi Cools, Alexander Vervaecke, Maxim Vanderstappen, Filip Verhaegen, Olivier Verborgt
- 10:40 – Is sparing caring? Early results from the Brugge prospective proximal humerus fracture cohort – Guillaume Planckaert, Joris Beckers, Tom Van Isacker, Pieter Pierreux, Eva de Vries, Alexander Van Tongel, Bart Berghs
- 10:45 – The Effectiveness of Patient-Specific Correction of Humeral Head Subluxation – Jef De Mulder, Nazanin Daneshvarhasjin, Lennart Scheys, Philippe Debeer, Filip Verhaegen
- 10:50 – Long term follow-up of semi-constrained total elbow arthroplasty: a single centre retrospective analysis – Jonas Brouwers, Ward Eerens, Maarten Van Uffel, Ilse Degreef
- 10:55 – Arthroscopic bicortical anchorage (ABBA) versus corkscrew anchors: a biomechanical evaluation for proximal biceps tenodesis – Antoine Van Ravestyn, Gert-Jan Opsomer, Filip Robijns, Ludwig Anné, Olivier Verborgt, Alexander Van Tongel
11:00 – Coffee break and visit of the exhibitors
11:30 – Knee Session
Complications in Knee Surgery: How to prevent, diagnose and treat them
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Moderators: Bart Stuyts & Jan Victor
- 11:30 – The painfull TKA
- The painfull TKA – Geert Van Damme
- 11:40 – Arthrofibrose
- 11:40 – Prevention & diagnosis – Hilde Vandenneucker
- 11:50 – Treatment – Nele Arnout
- 12:00 – Discussion
- 12:05 – PJI
- 12.05 – Prevention & diagnosis – Jeroen Neyt
- 12.15 – Treatment – Emmanuel Thienpont
- 12.25 – Discussion
11:30 – Hand Session Update
Moderators: Fabian Moungondo & Jeroen Vanhaecke
- 11:30 – The vicious Wrist consolidations – Frederik Verstreken
- 11:45 – Lesions of the flexor tendons in zone II – Olivier Barbier & Xavier Libouton
- 12:00 – Complications of distal radius trauma surgery – Nadine Hollevoet
- 12:15 – Discussion
11:30 – Shoulder & Elbow Session
Complications in Shoulder and Elbow Trauma: a case-based discussion
Moderators: Mathias Colman & Antoon Van Raebroeckx
- 11:30 – Infected nonunion of the clavicle – Philip Tack
- 11:38 – surgical treatment of a non-union following humeral shaft nailing – Fanny Pierret
- 11:46 – Chronic shoulder dislocation in a drugs addict – Sara De Boey
- 11:54 – Medial nerve entrapment after closed reduction of a supracondyllar fracture in a 3 years old patient – Charlotte Draelants
- 12:02 – Mal-union of the proximal humerus after IM nailing – Gert-Jan Opsomer
- 12:10 – Avascular necrosis of the humeral head in a 14 year old patient – Anastassia Sakalova
- 12:18 – Discussion
12:30 – Debate
Moderators: Pieter-Jan Vandekerckhove & Peter Verdonk
Robotic surgery and navigation: a solution to avoid complications in TKA? – Fares Haddad vs. Jan Victor
13:00 – Lunch and visit of the exhibitors
14:00 – Industry Symposium
14:30 – Keynote lecture
Moderator: Olivier Barbier
Current challenges and publication bias of the orthopaedic literature – Fares Haddad
15:00 – Oh My God Upper Limb
Thing we cannot mis or should avoid
Moderators: Joris Beckers & Pieter Caekebeke
- 15:00 – Hand – Laurens Van Melkebeke
- 15:15 – Elbow – Pieter Caekebeke
- 15:30 – Shoulder – Joris Beckers
- 15:45 – Discussions
15:00 – ABAOT/BOTRA session
How AI could avoid complications in the near future
Moderators: Isabelle Heidner & Stijn Muermans
- 15:00 – Development of an Artificial Intelligence Model for Personalised 3D Total Hip Arthroplasty Planning from 2D Imaging – Soufiane Diaby
- 15:12 – Quality of Information Provided to Orthopedic Patients by Free Large Language Models – Liam Sabot
- 15:24 – AI do’s and don’ts. – Mathias Syx
- 15:48 – Discussion
15:00 – CRPS revisited: Challenging dogma
Moderators: Michiel Cromheecke & Jan Noyez
- 15:00 – The point of view of the Physical therapist – Arne Hautekiet
- 15:15 – The point of view of the pain physician – Wout Van Oosterwyck
- 15:30 – The point of view of the surgeon – Michiel Cromheecke
- 15:45 – Case-based discussion and questions
16:00 – Keynote lecture
Moderator: Thierry Scheerlinck
How to handle the media when everything goes wrong – Edgard Eeckman
16:30 – Closing Ceremony
- Best free paper Award Orthopaedica Belgica 2026
- Best Belgian Young Author Acta Orthopaedica Belgica 2026
- Closing words
16:50 – Closing Drink
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