Final Scientific Programme _revised - sicot

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Room 603/604
08:00-10:30 AO Foundation Jubilee Symposium – New Concepts in Osteoporotic Fractures
OPENING AND AO CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD
Chris VAN DER WERKEN (Netherlands)
WHAT’S NEW IN AO EDUCATION
Piet DE BOER (Switzerland)
Session 1: Osteoporosis: The Silent Epidemic
Moderators: Piet DE BOER (Switzerland) & Chris VAN DER WERKEN (Netherlands)
OSTEOPOROSIS - A GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Chris VAN DER WERKEN (Netherlands)
BIOMECHANICS OF OSTEOPOROTIC BONE
Norbert SUHM (Switzerland)
OUTCOME AFTER OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES
(speaker to be confirmed)
TREATING THE WHOLE PATIENT
Frankie LEUNG (Hong Kong)
DRUGS AND FRACTURE HEALING OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES
Frankie LEUNG (Hong Kong)
19013 AO CLINICAL PRIORITY PROGRAM: FRACTURE FIXATION IN OSTEOPOROTIC BONE
James KELLAM (United States)
AO TEACHING: HOW TO IMPLEMENT NEW FINDING IN TEACHING OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURE
MANAGEMENT
Piet DE BOER (Switzerland)
Discussion
10:30-11:00 Break / Poster Discussion
11:00-12:15 AO Foundation Jubilee Symposium – New Concepts in Osteoporotic Fractures
Session 2: Fixation of Osteoporotic Fractures
Moderators: Norbert HAAS (Germany) & Norbert SUHM (Switzerland)
19065 DEVELOPMENT OF NEW IMPLANTS FOR OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES
Norbert HAAS (Germany)
MECHANICAL MEASUREMENT OF BONE STRENGTH
Norbert SUHM (Switzerland)
SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES
Chris VAN DER WERKEN (Netherlands)
Discussion
12:15-13:00 Plenary Lecture in Theatre 1
13:00-14:00 Lunch Symposium – Pfizer
Lunch boxes will be served to attendees of the session.
PAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE PERI-OPERATIVE ORTHOPAEDIC SETTING
Michael IRWIN (Hong Kong)
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