Wednesday 23 May - Esforax

Friday25 May14:15 - 17:30Joint preserving forefoot reconstruction in RASpeaker: Louwerens, Jan Willem (Netherlands)Arthrodesis in the foot & ankle in RASpeaker: Laing, Patrick (United Kingdom)Total ankle replacement in RASpeaker: Rutishauser, Thomas (Switzerland)Surgical complications in RA and their preventionSpeaker: Van der Heide, Huub (Netherlands)Closing remarksSpeaker: Louwerens, Jan Willem (Netherlands)15:15 - 16:15ESSKA - European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopyfriday25 MAYSports/knee soft-tissueSPECIALTY KNEE REPLACEMENT AND SPORTSESSION Moderator: Argenson, Jean-Noël (France)How patient attitude and aptitude may influence sport recovery after knee replacement?Speaker: Argenson, Jean-Noël (France)How sport may lead to knee replacementSpeaker: Denti, Matteo (Italy)How sport can be recommended after knee replacement?Speaker: Salreta, José Filipe (Portugal)How surgical technique and implant design may impact sporting replaced knee patientsSpeaker: Thienpont, Emmanuel (Belgium)Room: Hall 316:00 - 17:00General Orthopaedics / complications / basic science / technologyFREE PAPER RISK FACTORS FOR OSTEOARTHRITISRoom: Hall 6Moderators: Santori, Nicola (Italy), Meurer, Andrea (Germany)BMP-2-induced Wnt/ß-catenin activation through LRP-5 enhances the expression of catabolic and hypertrophic markers in osteoarthritic cartilageAuthors: Malizos, Konstantinos / Tsezou, Aspasia / Papathanasiou, IoannaSpeaker: Papathanasiou, Ioanna (Greece)Comparative analysis of mesenchymal stromal cells from osteoarthritic versus healthy donorsAuthors: Günther, Klaus-Peter / Friedrich, Henriette / Schildberg, Theresa / Jacobi, Angela / Vater, Corina / Overall, Rupert / Royer, Loïc / Schroeder, Michael / Kruhoffer, Mogens / Bünger, Cody / Rauh, Juliane / Stiehler, MaikSpeaker: Friedrich, Henriette (Germany)Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections versus viscosupplementation for early knee osteoarthritis: A randomized double-blind studyAuthors: Patella, Silvio / Filardo, Giuseppe / Di Martino, Alessandro / Perdisa, Francesco / Di Matteo, Berardo / Marcacci, Maurilio /Merli, Maria / De Pasqual, Laura / Kon, ElizavetaSpeaker: Marcacci, Maurilio (Italy)Central role of SREBP-2 in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritisAuthors: Malizos, Konstantinos / Gkretsi, Vasiliki / Iliopoulos, Dimitrios / Tsezou, Aspasia / Kostopoulou, FotiniSpeaker: Kostopoulou, Fotini (Greece)Winner of theAllied Professions Award 121