Instructional Courses

On behalf of the Organising Committee, it is our pleasure to invite you to the SICOT 2011 XXV Triennial World Congress taking place in Prague on 6-9 September 2011.

Amongst more than 600 accepted oral presentations and over 700 e-posters the Congress offers a variety of additional scientific formats. As a continuation of educational activities such as "Plenary Lectures" – five highlight presentations dedicated to special topics in Orthopaedics and Traumatology which will be presented by Professors James Wright from Canada, Christian Gerber from Switzerland, Cody Bünger from Denmark, Pierre Hoffmeyer from Switzerland, and Frédéric Picard from the United Kingdom; "Special Symposia" – 18 single theme sessions organised and presented by famous lecturers from all over the world; and further educational activities, we are also offering Congress participants "Instructional Courses" dealing with a variety of different specialised topics.

The invited chairmen of individual Instructional Courses (first name on each list below) are experienced surgeons in the field with a wide scientific background. Below you will find the list of topics for confirmed Instructional Courses along with the speakers who have accepted our invitation to share their experience in the entire field of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (listed alphabetically):

Basics of Modern Rheumatology
Karel Pavelka (Czech Republic), Ladislav Šenolt (Czech Republic), Pavel Horák (Czech Republic), Jiří Štolfa (Czech Republic), Jakub Závada (Czech Republic)

Current Management of Osteoporosis
Vaclav Vyskocil (Czech Republic), O. Růžičková (Czech Republic), Zbyněk Rozkydal (Czech Republic), Jiri Matějka (Czech Republic), Jaroslav Blahos (Czech Republic)

Damage Control in Polytraumatized Patients
Gershon Volpin (Israel), James Waddell (Canada), Vilmos Vécsei (Austria)

Distal Radius Fractures – Hands-on Volar Plating/Plaster Cast (ARTOF Trauma)
Peter Biberthaler (Germany), Steffen Ruchholtz (Germany), Andreas Ruecker (Germany), James Waddell (Canada), Martin Lucke (Germany), Michael Robinson (United Kingdom), Volker Braunstein (Austria)

DVT Prevention in Orthopaedics
Tomas Kvasnička (Czech Republic), Tomas Trc (Czech Republic), J. Kvasnička (Czech Republic), Jiří Kubeš (Czech Republic)

Guided TKA: Is it worth it?
Frédéric Picard (United Kingdom), Jean-Yves Jenny (France), Mahmoud Hafez (Egypt), Alberto Gregori (United Kingdom), Jon Clarke (United Kingdom)

Lengthening of Long Bones
Tomas Trc (Czech Republic), F. Rutsch (Germany), Rainer Baumgart (Germany), Jiri Chomiak (Czech Republic), Jan Poul (Czech Republic)

Management of Rotator Cuff Pathology
Pietro Randelli (Italy), Vojtech Havlas (Czech Republic), Giuseppe Milano (Italy), Manos Antonogiannakis (Greece), Philippe Valenti (France)

Natural Disasters & Mass Casualties
Nikolaj Wolfson (United States), Taikoh Dohjima (Japan), Moshe Michaelson (Israel), Arshak Mirzoyan (Armenia), Bharath Kumar (India), S.A. Saravanan (Russia), Alexander Lerner (Israel)

Out of Ponsetti Management of Clubfoot
Pavel Dungl (Czech Republic), Franz Grill (Austria)

Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
Christian Gerber (Switzerland), Frank Gohlke (Germany)

Revision of Total Knee Arthroplasty – Principles and Results
Urs Munzinger (Switzerland), Rudolf Ascherl (Germany), Thorsten Gehrke (Germany), Volkmar Heppert (Germany)

Role of Pelvic Osteotomy in Early OA
Jaroslaw Czubak (Poland), Kjeld Soballe (Denmark), Guido Grappiolo (Italy), Michael Millis (United States), Klaus Siebenrock (Switzerland)

Strategy of Orthopaedic Treatment in Cerebral Palsy Patients
Alena Schejbalova (Czech Republic), Josef Kraus (Czech Republic), Martin Švehlík (Austria), Petr Chládek (Czech Republic), Milan Kokavec (Slovakia), Jan Poul (Czech Republic)

Surgical Management of Spinal Deformities
Martin Krbec (Czech Republic), Martin Repko (Czech Republic), Richard Chaloupka (Czech Republic)

TKR Balancing
Antonin Sosna (Czech Republic), Vera Pinskerová (Czech Republic), Karel Koudela (Czech Republic), Jana Koudelová (Czech Republic), Karel Koudela Jr (Czech Republic), David Pokorný (Czech Republic)

The detailed programme of all Instructional Courses can be found here. We believe that this scientific programme is very attractive and should encourage your participation in the Congress. We are looking forward to hosting you in Prague during the upcoming SICOT event.

Vojtech Havlas
Local Scientific Chair