The 4-th international conference “Congenital Foot Deformities in Children and Adolescents”.
May 29-30, 2010
Congress-center Park Inn Pulkovskaya, Saint Petersburg, Russia
ORGANIZERS:
Scientific-Research Paediatric Orthopedic Institute n.a. G.I. Turner
Saint Petersburg Scientific-Practical Center of Medical-Social Examination, Prosthetics, and Rehabilitation of Disabled n. a. G.A. Albrecht
Yaroslavl State Medical Academy
Inter-specialty union of orthopedic trauma surgeons and rehabilitation doctors (MOTOR)
NGO “People & Health”
Program topics of the conference:
· Possibilities of I. Ponseti’s method in the treatment of clubfoot in children
· Treatment of congenital and acquired foot deformities in adolescents
· Foot deformity systemic dysplasias
· Posttraumatic foot deformities in children
· Neurogenic foot deformities in children and adolescents
· Mobile pes valgus in children
· Tarsal coalitions (evaluation and treatment)
· Rotation dysfunction of a lower extremity in children
The advanced workshop in Ponseti technique will be run at the conference aimed at raising the skill of specialists
ABSTRACTS
Requirements
Structure: Abstract outline: title in CAPITAL LETTERS; last name and initials of the author(s) – no more than 5; entity, location, e-mail; text (original and English).
Size: No more than 2000 symbols.
Abstract structure: Aim; materials and methods; results and discussion; conclusion
Format: Abstracts are accepted as MS Word documents. Tables, formulas or images are not accepted.
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to refuse a publication not related to the Congress topics.
Abstracts submission deadline: February 28, 2010. Abstracts should be sent by e-mail.
Please indicate your contact info to send you the program and submit your preference as to the form of your participation (a speaker, a listener).
INFO FOR SPEAKERS
Since the conference hall is equipped with multimedia projectors, the use of your own laptops is not advisable. To avoid technical mess-ups, please submit your presentations to technical staff an hour before the conference. Microsoft Office Power Point 2003 and later version with standard prints is a necessary presentation format.
Inquiry Telephones:
+7 4852 7477 74 Nina Zinyakova
REGISTRATION
Registration fee Price
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Guests stay at Park Inn Pulkovskaya**** (Pl. Pobedy, 1).
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FACULTY
/ Director of Scientific-Research Paediatric Orthopedic Institute n. a. G.I. Turner, Professor, Honored Doctor of RF, Saint Petersburg
Co-Chairman: Igor V. Shvedovchenko / General Director of Saint Petersburg Scientific-Practical Center of Medical-Social Examination, Prosthetics, and Rehabilitation of Disabled n. a. G.A. Albrecht, Professor, Saint Petersburg
Co-Chairman: Valery F. Blandinsky / Head of the chair of paediatric surgery, Yaroslavl State Medical Academy, Professor, Yaroslavl
Members
Vladimir M. Kenis / Scientific Chief of department of foot surgery, Scientific-Research Paediatric Orthopedic Institute n. a. G.I. Turner, MD, Saint Petersburg
Alexandr V. Minkin / Head of paediatric orthopedic department at Saint Petersburg Scientific-Practical Center of Medical-Social Examination, Prosthetics, and Rehabilitation of Disabled n. a. G.A. Albrecht, MD, Saint Petersburg
Maxim A. Vavilov / Orthopedic surgeon at Yaroslavl childish clinical hospital, MD, Yaroslavl
Stepan M. Platonov / Orthopedic surgeon at Regional Hospital n. a. N.V. Solovyov, MD, Yaroslavl
Yury A. Filimendikov / Associate Head doctor of Regional Hospital n. a. N.V. Solovyov, MD, Yaroslavl
INVITED SPEAKERS:
Manuel Cassiano Neves / Chairman of Events and Education Committee of European Federation of national associations of trauma surgeons and orthopedic doctors (EFORT), MD, PhD, Director of Children’s Orthopaedic Department, Hospital Dona Estefania / Lisbon, Portugal
Mathew Dobs / A founder of a method of step-wise plastering of «vertical talus» in children, MD, PhD / Philadelphia, USA
Mikhael Fishkin / Orthopedic surgeon, MD / Tel Aviv,
Israel
Andrey Popchenko / Orthopedic surgeon / Odessa, Ukraine