| 09:00 am | Begin registration | |
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| 10:00 – 10:05 am | Welcome address V. Heppert (Ludwigshafen) |
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| 10:05 - 11:25 am | S 1: Diabetic foot Chairmen: E. Witsoe, M. Morcos |
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| S 1.1 | Invited lecture: The global burden of the diabetic foot E. Witsoe (Trondheim, Norway) |
15’ |
| S 1.2 | Invited lecture: The infected diabetic foot E. Peters (Utrecht, Netherlands) |
15' |
| S 1.3 | Invited lecture: News from Diabetes research M. Morcos (Heidelberg, Germany) |
15’ |
| S 1.4 | Impact of a Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Center on Major Amputation reduction D. Freitas, R. Sousa, R. Aido, J. Muras, I. Gonçalves, R. Carvalho, L. Serra (Porto, Portugal) |
6’ |
| S 1.5 | Osteomyelitis and diabetic foot: A decade of clinical experience (1999-2009) in a bone and joint infection outpatient clinic N. Paraskevas, E. Giannitsioti, S. Athanasia, A. Drakou, L. Galani, GM Gourgoulis, S. Kanellaki, E. Koratzanis, G.Koukos, P. Panagopoulos, E. Paramythiotou, D. Plachouras, V. Sakka, S. Sympardi, A. Fragou, E. Giamarellou, A. Papadopoulos, K. Kanellakopoulou (Athens, Greece) |
6’ |
| S 1.6 | The role of the surgery in the treatment of diabetic foot infections and peripherial arterial disease N. Alikadic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
6’ |
| Total discussion | 15’ | |
| 11:25 am-12:30 pm | S 2: Free papers I Chairmen: E. Meani, X. Flores |
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| S 2.1 | Contribution of spinal biopsy to the diagnosis of infective
Spondylodiscitis S. Lotric-Furlan, T. Lejko-Zupanc (Lublijana, Slovenia) |
6’ |
| S 2.2 | Quality of life after conservative and operative therapy for Spondylodiscitis R. Sobottke, J. Siewe, K.-S. Delank, P. Eysel (Cologne, Germany) |
6’ |
| S 2.3 | Microbiology and clinical outcome in patients with acute flexor tendon sheath infection I. Næss, E. Witsø (Trondheim, Norway) |
6’ |
| S 2.4 | Local pharmacokinetics and systemic exposure to vancomycin after local therapy with calcium sulphate as carrier material P. Wahl, F. Livio, M. Jacobi, T. Buclin, E. Gautier (Fribourg, Switzerland) |
6’ |
| S 2.5 | In vivo evaluation of the effect of fracture fixation device
microtopography on the development of local infection in rabbits T. F. Moriarty, L. Boure, RG Richards (Davos. Switzerland) |
6’ |
| S 2.6 | Systemic exposure to tobramycin after local antibiotic treatment with calcium sulphate as carrier material P. Wahl, F. Livio, M. Jacobi, T. Buclin, E. Gautier (Fribourg, Switzerland) |
6’ |
| S 2.7 | Septic vs Aseptic TKA Revision: Who bleeds more? M. Aynardi, J. Mortazavi, M. S. Austin, P. F. Sharkey, J. Parvizi, (Philadelphia, USA) |
6’ |
| S 2.8 | Provisional bone cement tectoplasty: How improve the dynamic spacer stability between the first and the second stage X. Flores Sánchez, J. Cortina Gualdo, A. Arias Baile, M. Casaccia Destéfano, P. Corona Pérez-Cardona, C. Amat Mateu, E. Guerra Farfan (Barcelona, Spain) |
6’ |
| Total discussion | 12’ | |
| 12:30 - 01:30 pm | S 3: Septic non union
Chairmen: O. Borens, G. Jukema |
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| S 3.1 | Invited lecture: State of the art in the treatment of septic non unions L. Zalavras (Los Angeles, USA) |
15’ |
| S 3.2 | Clinical results of Bone Morphogenic Proteine 7 (Osigraft)in treatment of septic and aseptic long bone non union F. D.Wagner, J. Hahne, M. Militz (Murnau, Germany) |
6' |
| S 3.3 | Osteitis and bone loss in lower limb- the Ilizarow method as a salvage procedure for avoiding extremity loss T. Einsiedel, A. Schmelz, F. Gebhard (Hechingen, Germany) |
6’ |
| S 3.4 | Revision of 85 tibial infected nonunions with bone and soft tissue loss treated with epidermato-fascial osteoplasty according to Umiarov R. Mora, A. Maccabruni, L. Pedrotti, B. Bertani, G. Tuvo (Pavia, Italy) |
6’ |
| S 3.5 | Reconstruction of bony defects in the treatment of septic non-unions with the segmental transport U.-J. Gerlach, C. Grimme, R. Schoop, M. Borree (Hamburg, Germany) |
6’ |
| S 3.6 | Considerations on complications of circular external fixation (ilizarov) in the infected pseudo-artrhosis of tibia M. A. Rosa, D. Paratore, S. Barreca, M. Accardo, M. Ciotti (Messina, Italy) |
6’ |
| Total discussion | 15’ | |
| 01:30 - 02:45 pm | Break and exhibition or lunch symposium aap Implantate AG | |
| 02:45 - 04:30 pm | S 4: Osteomyelitis I Chairmen: L. Zalavras, A. Sarvary |
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| S 4.1 | Acute osteomyelitis - can we keep the implant? V. Heppert (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
15’ |
| S 4.2 | Invited lecture: Clinical use of antiseptics for prevention and treatment of surgical site infections O. Assadian (Greifswald, Germany) |
15' |
| S 4.3 | Invited lecture: Ultrasound in the treatment of osteomyelitis J. Stamer (Upton Wirral, United Kingdom) |
15’ |
| S 4.4 | A porcine model of localized acute osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus aureus L. Kruse Johansen, H. E. Jensen, P. S. Leifsson, T. Iburg, O. L. Nielsen, B. Aalbæk, D. Fress, J. Koch (Frederiksberg, Denmark) |
6’ |
| S 4.5 | Surgical treatment and follow-up of clavicle osteomyelitis C. Grimme, R. Oheim, U.-J. Gerlach (Hamburg, Germany) |
6’ |
| S 4.6 | Post-traumatic osteomyelitis following tibial pilon fractures F. Najarro Cid, R. Pérez-Ferri, F. Romero-Candau (Sevilla, Spain) |
6’ |
| S 4.7 | Simultaneous arthrodesis and limb lengthening for post-infectious knee deformities in children. The Ugandan experience at CoRSU Hospital, Kampala A. Loro, F. Fulvio, J. Okello, P. Muwa (Kisubi-Kampala, Uganda) |
6’ |
| S 4.8 | Partial and subtotal calcanectomy as a treatment alternative in osteitis of the calcaneum |
6’ |
| S 4.9 | Long Bone (Humerus) Osteomyelitis Caused by Prevotella Melaninogenicus: A case report. P. Karampinas, M. G. Athanasopoulou, E. G. Kavroudakis, J. Vlamis (Athens, Greece) |
6’ |
| S 4.10 | Treatment of acute postoperative osteomyelitis by multi-staged
revisions and VAC (Vacuum assisted closure)-therapy –
A 3 year follow up - U. Mennenga, M. Diefenbeck, P. Gückel, A. Tiemann, G. O. Hofmann (Halle/Saale, Germany) |
6’ |
| Total discussion | 15’ | |
| 04:30 - 04:45 pm | Poster session I Chair: O. Borens, C. Vogely |
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| 04:30 - 05:00 pm | Break and exhibition | |
| 05:00 - 06:30 pm | S 5: Joint infections Chairmen: K. Kirketerp-Möller, J. Stuyck |
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| S 5.1 | Invited Lecture: Modern treatment concepts in joint infections E. Meani (Milano, Italy) |
15’ |
| S 5.2 | Vastus lateralis muscle flap for infected hips after resection arthroplasty A. J. Suda, V. Heppert (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
6' |
| S 5.3 | Multicenter review of infected shoulder prosthesis. Where do we stand ? O. Borens, C. Romano, J. Stuyck, L. Verhelst, R. Baalbaki, E. Meani (Lausanne, Switzerland) |
6’ |
| S 5.4 | Resection arthroplasty of the shoulder as a salvage procedure for deep shoulder infection: Is the use of cement spacers beneficial for outcome? L. Verhelst, J. Stuyck, J. Bellemans, P. Debeer (Pellenberg, Belgium) |
6’ |
| S 5.5 | Tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis after infection-related loss of the talus using a latest-generation retrograde intramedullary nail C. Kappler, A. Abdulazim, M. Kemmerer, G. Walter, R. Hoffmann (Frankfurt, Germany) |
6’ |
| S 5.6 | Randomized study comparing the efficacy of a high-pressure pulsatile lavage and a conventional low pressure lavage during débridement for orthopaedic implant infection E. Muñoz-Mahamud, S. García, JC. Martínez-Pastor, J. A. Zumbado, J. Riba, J. Mensa, A. Soriano (Barcelona, Spain) |
6’ |
| S 5.7 | Acute septic arthritis following arthroscopic knee surgery: a clinical study and analysis of risk factors F. J. Romero-Candau, F. Najarro Cid, R. Pérez Ferri, (Sevilla, Spain) |
6’ |
| S 5.8 | Treatment of destructive septic hip arthritis in adults D. Dovi-Akue, P. Helwig, N. P. Südkamp, H. Schmal (Freiburg, Germany) |
6’ |
| S 5.9 | A string of infections following ACL reconstructions H. Hendriks, J. Guus (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
6’ |
| S 5.10 | Arthrodesis versus definitive resection arthroplasty in recalcitrant prosthetic knee infection R. Sousa, M. Massada, A. Pereira, M. Vieira da Silva, J. Costa e Castro, J. Carlos Leitão (Porto, Portugal) |
6’ |
| S 5.11 | Results after operative treatment of joint empyemas and joint replacement infections in different locations with MRSA/ORSA colonization M. Borrée, R. Schoop, U.-J. Gerlach, C. Grimme, S. Maegerlein (Hamburg, Germany) |
6’ |
| Total discussion | 15’ | |
| 06:30 - 07:15 pm | S 6: Hand infection Chairman: V. Heppert (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
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| S 6.1 | Invited lecture: Current treatment possibilities M Lehnhardt (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
15’ |
| S 6.2 | Invited lecture: The compartimental hand infections K. Malizos (Larissa, Greece) |
15' |
| Total discussion | ||
| 07:15 - 10:15 pm | Get-Together Party Opening Ceremony: |
15’ |

29th Annual Meeting
of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society
Stadthalle Heidelberg, Germany
September 2 – 4 | 2010