SICOT

We would like to welcome you to the annual spring Egyptian Orthopaedic Association (EOA) Congress, which will be organised by the Cairo University orthopaedics department in Luxor, Egypt, on 2 and 3 March 2017, with the strong contribution of the SICOT organisation.

The EOA is one of the friendliest and the most active societies affiliated to SICOT. Next March, it will be its 6th successive annual spring congress. This congress has been successfully organised for the last 5 years during the springtime in different cities, with more than 400 participants from all over Egypt and the Middle East area each year.

Every year the scientific content is organised by one of the universities. This year the scientific programme will be organised by Cairo University, which is the oldest school of medicine in the whole Middle East region dating back to more than 150 years.

Looking for the highest level of congress scientific materials, the SICOT Editorial Board members have accepted to participate strongly in our event. Not only this, we will be holding a Trainees Meeting welcoming the contribution of the young generation of SICOT as well.

Luxor is the city of history. It is an open museum with many temples and sights that reflect the ancient Egyptians' great and interesting history. We are sure that your participation will add to our congress and you will enjoy the springtime during your stay in Luxor. For more information, please visit: orthopaedics.kasralainy.edu.eg

SICOT News
 

• SICOT General Assembly 2016

Dear SICOT Member,

On behalf of the President of SICOT, Prof Keith Luk, you are kindly invited to attend the SICOT General Assembly during the 37th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress 2016 in Rome, Italy. The General Assembly will take place on Friday, 9 September 2016 in room Michelangelo 3, from 12:30 until 14:00. Important decisions regarding SICOT will be taken; therefore your attendance will be highly appreciated. Please note that SICOT members must have paid their membership dues in 2016 in order to have the right to vote. You can access the Agenda of the General Assembly here. 

Yours sincerely,

Jochen Eulert
Secretary General of SICOT
  

• International Conference of Skeletal Deformities Correction of the Egyptian Orthopaedic Association 

During the ‘International Conference of Skeletal Deformities Correction’ of the Egyptian Orthopaedic Association (EOA) that was held in Cairo from 25 to 27 May 2016, two symposia were organised as a joint activity between the SICOT and EOA. The topic of the first was TKR in knee deformities chaired by Dr Essam El-Sherif the elect SICOT National Delegate of Egypt. The speakers were Dr Rajesh Malhorta and Dr Ravi Mittal from India with two other local faculty. The second symposia titled Osteotomies around the knee was held by six Egyptian SICOT members. Approximately 500 doctors attended the symposia which was very interesting and followed by long discussions.

SICOT Global Network of e-Learning - SIGNEL 
 

• Article of the Month: International Orthopaedics Journal

Postural stability after patient-specific interpositional knee spacer or total knee arthroplasty: a comparative study
J. Götz, S. Schiessl, C. Baier, S. Dullien, J. Grifka, K. Mueller & F. Koeck

Purpose: Total knee arthroplasty provides excellent results concerning functional demands, patient satisfaction and range of motion. Short-term results after implantation of patient-specific knee spacers also show encouraging results. We hypothesised that patient-specific interpositional devices provide better proprioception and postural stability by preserving the whole bone stock and both cruciate ligaments. Read more...

• Article of the Month: SICOT-J

Assessment of outcome after hip fracture: development of a universal assessment system for hip fractures
Thomas M. Bowers & Martyn J. Parker

Background: The aim of the study was to refine current evaluation systems used to assess outcome after a hip fracture and to devise a simple and practical system to assess all hip fracture patients. Read more...
   

• Case of the Month
  by Gandhi Solayar & Abdul Rauf Ahmad

A 12-year-old girl referred to the Orthopaedic clinic with a 3-month history of intermittent limping on the left leg. She reports neither prior trauma nor medical illnesses. The limp was initially painless however, at presentation, she did describe occasional bouts of pain when she walked, particularly to her knee. Read more... 

Scientific Debate
 

• Approach to Total Hip Replacement: Have We Reached Consensus Yet?
  Prepared by Mohamed Sukeik & Fatih Kucukdurmaz

Total hip replacements (THRs) are among the commonest orthopaedic operations performed and the numbers are increasing due to an aging population [1]. According to the National Joint Registry (NJR) in the United Kingdom, more than 85,000 THRs were performed in 2014 [1]. Despite the overall high rates of satisfaction, a number of controversies remain surrounding the best surgical approach to be utilized for optimal outcomes [2]. The ideal surgical approach should provide excellent exposure to the acetabulum and femur with minimum violation of the surrounding soft tissues in order to reduce operative time, blood loss and post-operative pain and enhance recovery. It should also be associated with low risk of complications such as periprosthetic fractures, neurovascular injuries, dislocations, infections, thromboembolism and revisions. Read more...

Expert Corner
 

• The sinus tarsi approach in displaced intra-articular calcaneal fracture
  by Tim Schepers 

Since the early nineties the Extended Lateral Approach (ELA) has been the workhorse in the treatment of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures. This approach is however hampered by a high percentage of (costly) wound complications [1-4]. There is some evidence suggesting that infectious complications lower overall outcome following the surgical treatment of calcaneal fractures [5]. It is therefore of paramount importance to lower the risks of wound complications. Read more...

Fellowship News
 

• HKU/SICOT Training Fellowhip Report 2015
  by Divesh Jalan

First of all, I would like to thank SICOT for granting me a lifetime experience both academically and personally by selecting me for the prestigious HKU/SICOT Training Fellowship at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. I arrived to Hong Kong on 1 December 2015. The accommodation was provided in one of the residential colleges of Hong Kong University, which was comfortable and had all the basic amenities. The hostel was well connected with the hospital with regular bus services. I met Dr YL Lam, head of the division of Orthopaedic Oncology and my guide for this fellowship, on the same day in the theatre, where he introduced me to other colleagues in the division. I went to the operation theatre on day 1 and observed surgeries. Read more...

Update in Orthopaedics
 

• The role for arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in knees with degenerative changes: a systematic review
  Comment by Ahmed Hazem Abdelazeem

‘Degenerative tear in the posterior horn of the medial meniscus associated with Knee OA’ is a statement that we frequently encounter and we always ask ourselves: should we operate on this type of tear or not? Read more...

Exam Corner
 

• Pathology
  Prepared by Mohamed Sukeik

1. The Musculoskeletal Tumour Society staging system is also called:

a. The American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) system
b. The British Joint Commission on Cancer system
c. The Enneking system
d. The National Cancer Institute system
e. The Dukes system

Read more...

Course Appraisal
 

• Hull Deformity Course SICOT Award
  by Bassel El-Osta

I was granted this award by SICOT and Hull Hospital jointly. I had always been interested in being part of this course as I had received a lot of positive feedback from previous delegates. The course was held in Hull city, at a beautiful Mercure hotel. Everything started on Sunday in the early morning and the first person you meet is the course organiser with her lovely smile and enthusiasm which makes you feel extremely comfortable and ready for four days of very hard work​. Read more...

Industry News
 

• Technovare

Testing a new type of Osteosynthesis and after care in treatment of ante brachium fractures in children. Read more...

Early minimally invasive percutaneous fixation of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures with a percutaneous angle stable device. Read more... 

Percutaneous pinning of 3 or 4 part fractures on the proximal humerus in elderly patients in poor general condition : micros versus traditional pinning. Read more...

Modern Minimally Invasive Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures. Read more...

Sphera - Percutaneous Neurolysis in the Carpal Tunnel. Read more...

Editorial Department

Editorial Secretary: Hatem Said
Associate Editors: Syah Bahari & Mohamed Sukeik
Editorial Production: Linda Ridefjord
Editorial Board: Ahmed Abdel Azeem, Bassel El-Osta & Alexander McLawhorn

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