AO Cource

Advanced Principles of Fracture Management
13-15 March 2014, Athens, Greece

Program

Day 1 -Thursday, 13 March 2014

Module 1: Review of Principles
08.00 - 08.15 / Welcome and introduction to the course / M. Tyllianakis
08.15 - 08.30 / Tissue vitality and effect of injury / Z. Szabo
08.30- 08.45 / Clinical indications for locked plating / P. de Boer
08.45 - 09.00 / Fracture reduction / P. de Boer
09.00 – 10.15 / Discussion 1
Reduction techniques - concepts and application
10.15 – 10.45 / Coffee break
Module 2: Upper extremity
10.45 – 11.00 / Fractures of the Clavicle: when and how to operate-indications and methods of fixation / A. Panagopoulos
11.00 – 11.15 / Proximal Humeral Fractures: to fix, to replace or treat nonoperatively? / E. Fandridis
11.15 – 11.30 / Complex humeral shaft fractures / S. Varitimidis
11.30 – 11.40 / Distal humerus - intraarticular fractures and complications / M. Tyllianakis
11.40 - 11.55 / Distal radial fractures / Z. Szabo
12.00 – 13.20 / Practical 1
Fixation of a proximal humeral fracture (using the PHILOS plate) / A. Panagopoulos
13.20 – 14.45 / Lunch break
14.45 – 16.00 / Discussion 2
Upper extremity fractures – decision making and methods of stabilization
16.00 – 17.30 / Practical 2
Fixation of a type 13-C1 fracture in the distal humerus using a locking compression plate ( LCP) / E. Fandridis

DAY 2 – Friday, 14 March 2014

Module 3: Proximal femoral fractures
08.00 – 08.15 / Femoral neck fractures – different patients; different problems / S. Darmanis
08.15 – 08.30 / Intertrochanteric fractures – treatment options and outcomes / S. Pnevmatikos
08.30 – 08.45 / Current treatment options of subtrochanteric fractures / D. Bourlos
08.45 – 10.15 / Discussion 3
Fractures of the femur - 90
10.15 – 10.45 / Coffee break
Module 4: Injuries in the lower limb
10.45-11.00 / Distal femoral fractures – treatment options and outcomes / O. Paxinos
11.00 – 11.15 / Complex tibial plateau fractures / N. Papaioannou
11.15 – 11.30 / (proximal, distal and segmental) tibial shaft fractures / A. Panagopoulos
11.30 – 11.45 / Early and definitive treatment of pilon fractures / E. Stamatis
11.45 – 13.15 / Practical 3
Fixation of an Intraarticular fracture type 33-C2.1 fracture using an LCP distal femoral plate or the LISS system / O. Paxinos
13.15 -14.30 / Lunch break
14.30 – 15.45 / Discussion 4
Fractures of the tibia, ankle and foot
15.45 – 17.05 / Practical 4
Management of a type 41-C3 bicondylartibial plateau fracture using an LCP / S. Darmanis

DAY 3 – Saturday, 15 March 2014

08.00 – 08.15 / Complex maleolar fractures / O. Paxinos
08.15 – 08.30 / Talar neck fractures and complications / D. Bourlos
08.30 – 08.45 / Calcaneal fractures – predicting and avoiding problems / E. Stamatis
08.50 – 10.20 / Practical 5
Management of a type 43-C3.2 pilon tibial fracture using an LCP distal tibial plate / E. Stamatis
10.20- 10.45 / Coffee break
Module 5: Polytrauma, pelvis and acetabulum
10.45 – 11.00 / Evaluation and emergency management of Pelvic ring injuries / S. Darmanis
11.00 – 11.15 / State-of-the-art in the management of multiple injured patients / S. Pnevmatikos
11.15 – 12.10 / Discussion 5
Decision making in difficult fracture problems and polytrauma patients
Module 6: Special situations nd problems
12.10 – 12.25 / Mangled extremity / S. Varitimidis
12.25 – 12.40 / Periprosthetic fractures / M. Tyllianakis
12.40 – 12.55 / Pinciples of osteoporotic fracture care / Z. Szabo
12.55 – 13.10 / Violations of principles / P. de Boer
13.10 – 13.15 / Closing remarks / M. Tyllianakis