AO Trauma Europe Masters Course - Fracture challenge - How Masters Manage Foot and Ankle Fractures using Arthroscopy

AO Trauma Europe Masters Course - Fracture Challenge - How Masters Manage Foot and Ankle Fractures using Arthroscopy is organized by AO Foundation and will be held from Mar 11 - 12, 2024 at Cadlab Cologne GmbH, Cologne, Germany.

Description:
AO Trauma is delighted to launch a new hands-on course format for practicing orthopedic trauma surgeons.
This is a hands-on course in an OR-like anatomical specimen lab that enables participants to gain new knowledge in surgical tactics, surgical approaches, advanced reduction arthroscopic assisted and fixation techniques using pre-fractured anatomical specimens with state-of-the-art imaging in complex foot and ankle fractures.
Preoperative planning based on X-rays, 2-D and 3-D CT reconstruction and discussion of the plan between faculty and participants will challenge the tactics of reduction and fixation proposals by balancing the value of different approaches to obtain adequate exposure to the foot and ankle fractures. The achieved stabilizations will be analyzed and discussed based on 2-D and 3-D images. The hands-on learning experience is enhanced by technical demonstrations by the faculty, and at the end by demonstration of the reduction steps and the achieved fixation on the anatomical specimen by the participants in a case discussion.
This format is focusing on up to date educational and technical needs for the practicing orthopedic trauma surgeon.

Goal of the Course:
This course is tailored to support the educational needs in specific areas of orthopedic trauma, which are evolving due to a rise of more high velocity trauma with more complex fracture patterns and more demanding fractures also due to osteoporosis.

Learning Objectives:
After the course, the participants will be able to:
• Use arthroscopy to reduce and fix ankle, pilon, calcaneus and talus fractures
• Plan, reduce and fix a foot and ankle according to plain rx, 2-D and 3-D imaging
• Perform different approaches for ankle, pilon, calcaneus and talus fractures
• Perform reduction, fixation in a pre-fractured anatomical specimen including soft tissue reconstruction.