2008
Orthofix Courses
OF International Courses
Paris | Complex Trauma of the Lower Limb
Preliminary Programme
THE INITIAL TRAUMA
• Injury severity. Value of scores and index
• Evaluation of the fracture
• Evaluation of Bone defect
• Classifications
• Soft tissue Damage - Management -
Débridement
Open Fracture Gustilo III: Emergency Treatment
September 1-2 • Diaphyseal: ExFix or Nail
• Epiphyseal Fracture fixation
Venue:
Ecole de Chirurgie du Fer à Moulin Practical Sessions on Dry-Bones
• Pré-Fix
• Definitive External Fixation, XCaliber
This course will provide a basis for
recognition and modern management Complex frames
of complex trauma and musculoskeletal • Bridging the joints
injuries. The course will consist of lectures, • Circular frame Femur and Tibia
specialized hands-on workshops on • Ex Fix and Secondary Internal Fixation
cadavers and panel discussions. • Nailing
Soft Tissue Management in Severed Injured
Lower Limb
• When to Amputate?
• Revascularization, Reimplantation,
Nerve surgery in emergency
• Acute Compartment syndrome, measurement,
Fasciotomies
Practical Sessions on Cadavers
• Flaps, Pins positioning, Landmarks
for corridors, Fasciotomies
2008
Orthofix Courses
OF International Courses
FROM INITIAL FIXATION TO HEALING
Fixation devices
• Frame modifications
• Rigidity vs Elasticity
• Influence of Dynamization
• Steps for fixator removal
• Special aspects in children
• Scar tissue and skin grafts
• Bone Grafting: Types of Grafts. Decortication
• Nail replacement
• Bone Transport
• Bone substitutes and BMP
Panel and Audience discussion:
• Which solution do you prefer to treat
a segmental bone defect: Bone graft,
allograft, Bone Transport.
Importance of the length of the defect?
Influence of the soft tissue?
• Which solution do you prefer for a cavitary
bone defect?
Practical Sessions on Dry-Bones
and Cadavers
• Pelvic Injury - Lecture and Workshop
• LRS - Workshop
• Distal Tibia and Ankle joint - Lecture
and Workshop
• Calcaneus - Lecture and Workshop
• Free dissections on embalmed cadavers