The Great Debate at EFORT: 5/6 June 2014
In 2014 The Great Debate joined forces with the 15th EFORT Congress which ran between 4 and 6 of June 2014 at London ExCEL. Embedded within the biggest orthopaedic conference in Europe, we ran two sessions within the main programme in our usual style: topical, conversational and interactive with many debates.
We had an exceptional series of speakers and panel members with some of the best orthopaedic minds in Europe, reinforced with talent from the USA and Australia.
The knee sessions covered a variety of topics:
- Knees aren’t as good as hips.
- Patient matched vs conventional instrumentation.
- Uni vs bi-compartmental.
- The shape of the future – custom made devices or robots?
During the hip session questions were posed to the invited panel about a number of thought provoking issues such as:
- To resurface or not to resurface?
- How long should stems be?
- The best head size and approaches.
Thursday 5 June 2014
Knee Arthroplasty
Location: London Room
Programme (provisional - still being refined)
Design - will a total knee ever match a total hip replacement?
Professor Jan Victor
Surgical technique and clinical outcome in knee arthroplasty
Professor Fares Haddad
Implant design dictates functional outcome
Debate: Surgeon v's device - what matters most?
Instrumentation - is the future patient matched?
Dr Nanne Kort
Patient matched instruments are ready for prime time
Dr Emmanuel Thienpont
Conventional instruments are more reliable
Debate: How best to provide efficiency and accuracy
Compartmental arthroplasty
Professor Peter Aldinger
The case for uni-knees
Professor David Barrett
The case for bi-compartmentals
Debate: Why the fuss, just do a total
The shape of the future
Dr Stefan Kreuzer
Robot assisted arthroplasty
Dr Tom Minas
Patient specific implants
Debate: Is it affordable?
Friday 6 June 2014
Hip Arthroplasty
Location: Munich Room
Programme (provisional - still being refined)
Where is resurfacing in 2014?
Mr Derek McMinn
Resurfacing is the long term option
Mr Dermot Collopy
Let down by the material, again
Debate: Does resurfacing have a role?
What is the optimum stem length?
Dr Stefan Kreuzer
Shorter is better
Mr Johan WItt
Match stem length to the patient and their problem
Debate: How short is too short?
Trends in head size
Mr Richard Field
Bigger isn't always better
A/Professor William L Walter
I use the biggest head size possible
Debate: Dislocation vs friction
Approaching the hip
Professor Thierry Judet
Anterior for all comers
Professor David Beverland
Posterior: the safe option
Debate: Is this tribal?
Contact
Kathy Lewis
kathy.lewis@imperial.ac.uk
