Program overview

Chairs
Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Hügle,
Osteoarthritis Research Center Basel, Schmerzklinik Basel
Prof. Dr. Dr. Victor Valderrabano

Chairs
Dr. Philippe Otten,
Clinique Générale, Fribourg
Prof. Dr. Julien Bogousslavsky
Clinique Valmont, Glion

Chairs & Speakers
Dr. Andreas von Roll,
Praxis für Orthopädie und Sportmedizin, Solothurn
Monica Bourquin,
Privatklinik Obach, Solothurn

08:30-09:00 
Types of osteoarthritis – when and how to treat?
Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Hügle

09:00-09:30
What causes pain in an arthritic joints and what option do I have as an Orthopaedic surgeon?
Prof. Dr. Dr. Victor Valderrabano

09:30-10:00
Osteoarthritis and Neuroinflammation – new treatments through Biologica
PD Dr. Matthias Seidel,
Osteoarthritis Research Center Basel, Schmerzklinik Basel

10:00-10:30
Discussion

08:30-08:50
History of Spine Surgery
Dr. Andreas Panoussopoulos, Privatklinik Bethanien, Zürich

08:50-09:10
The last 10 years, is there anything new?
Prof. Dr. Constantin Schizas, Hirslanden Clinique Cecil, Lausanne

09:10-09:30
Spine Tango, utility and results from real life surgery
Dr. Emin Aghayev,
MEM Center, Bern

09:30-09:50
Back pain, is it really a surgical condition?
Dr. Bijan Cheikh-Sarraf,
Schmerzklinik Basel

09:50-10:10
After surgery what can we do?
Paulo Da Cunha Ribeiro

10:10-10:30
Discussion

08:30-10:30

Workshop 1
Suture Workshop
– Ethicon

Workshop 2
Total Hip Arthroplasty
– Sawbone
– Mathys

Coffee break / Networking at the Industry Exhibition

Honour Lecture
Necessary and unnecessary surgeries and quality management in Orthopaedics

Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Jost
President Swiss Orthopaedics,
Kantonsspital St. Gallen

11:30-11:45
Indications of Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Dr. Martin Wiewiorski,
Kantonsspital Winterthur

11:45-12:00
Two versus Three Component Total Ankle Arthroplasty
PD Dr. Norman Espinosa

12:00-12:15
HINTEGRA Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Prof. Dr. Beat Hintermann, Kantonsspital Baselland

12:15-12:30
ZIMMER Total Ankle Arthroplasty
PD Dr. Fabian Krause,
Inselspital Bern

12:30-12:45
VANTAGE Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Prof. Dr. Dr. Victor Valderrabano

12:45-13:00
Discussion 

11:30-11:45
Are there still indications for sur-gical hip dislocation and update on arthroscopy of the hip joint
Dr. Fabian Kalberer,
Kantonsspital Winterthur

11:45-12:00
Surgical technique and 30-year results of the periacetabular osteotomy
Prof. Dr. Klaus Siebenrock,
Dr. Simon D. Steppacher
Inselspital Bern

12:00-12:15
What ist the safe margin for offset, center of rotation and leg length to achieve good clinical results in total hip arthroplasty
PD Dr. Näder Helmy,
Bürgerspital Solothurn

12:15-12:30
Why custom total hip replacement?
Dr. Michael Wettstein

12:30-12:45
Importants topics in revision surgery
Dr. Otmar Hersche,
Endoclinic Zürich

12:45-13:00
Discussion

14:00-14:20 
Update on cartilage reconstruction
Dr. Bernhard Waibl 
Klinik Engeried, Bern

14:20-14:40 
Femoro-patellar instability: what’s new?
Prof. Dr Jacques Ménétrey, 
Hirslanden Clinique La Colline, Genève

14:40-15:00
Save the Meniscus
Prof. Dr. Daniel Fritschy,
Clinique La Tour, Meyrin

15:00-15:20
How to manage repetitive ACL Tears 
Dr. Matteo Denti, 
Clinica Ars Medica, Gravesano-Lugano

15:20-15:40
Painful partial & total knee arthroplasty
PD Dr. Fabian von Knoch

15:40-16:00
Extensor mechanism repair in total knee arthroplasty
Dr. Urs Munzinger 

14:00-14:20
The bald shoulder solutions?
Prof. Dr Pierre Hoffmeyer,
HUG Genève

14:20-14:40
Reversed total shoulder arthroplasties for proximal fractures in the elderly
Prof. Dr Pierre Mansat,
Université de Toulouse, F

14:40-15:00
The rational of total elbow arthroplasty. Results by indications
Prof. Dr Pierre Mansat

15:00-15:20
Arthroscopy: today the gold-standard in wrist joint surgery
Dr. Ivan Tami,
Clinica Ars Medica, Gravesano-Lugano

15:20-15:40
Surgical management of basal arthritis of the thumb
Dr Roland Lille,
Clinique Charcot, Lyon, F

15:40-16:00
Discussion

14:00-14:05
Begrüssung
Sofie DeMuynck

14:05-14:30
Cognitiv-visual Therapy within chronic Paindiagnosis, 
Matthias Tomczak, PT M.Sc. Therapiewissenschaften,
BEKA hospitec; Wetzlar, D

14:30-14:45 Achillotendinopathy: possible causes and therapy,
Sofie DeMuynck

14:45-15:00
Cryotherapie within the orthopedic readaptation 
Paulo Da Cunha Ribeiro,
Clinique Valmont, Glion

15:00-16:00 Workshops:
- Fascia therapy within postoperative Therapy
Patrizia König,
Clinique Valmont, Glion

- Mirrortherapy and Mental Training
MatthiasTomczak

Managing the Future of Musculoskeletal Medicine

Lecture: Future challenges in Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Medicine
Prof. Dr Pierre Hoffmeyer 

Lounge Discussion: 
Prof. Dr Pierre Hoffmeyer 
Roman Iselin, DePuy Synthes 
Blaise Zambaz 
Prof. Dr. Dr. Victor Valderrabano
Medical Chairs of the day