Friday, September 4th 2009

1:30 pm

Symposium Opening

J. P. Cobb

1:45 pm

Opening Keynotes

J. P. Cobb, R. Streicher

J. P. Cobb (UK)
Patient and disease specific bearing couples

R. Streicher (Switzerland)
Overview over systems

Session 1: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm

“President Session:
Premise for a successful surgery”

Chair: J. P. Cobb (UK)

D. Berry (USA)
Patient selection: The right hip for the right patient

S. Muirhead-Allwood (UK)
Individualised planning

A. Hart (UK)
Imaging the painful metal on metal hip

S. Murphy (USA)
Optimised approach MIS

Discussion

Session 2: 3:30 pm – 4:04 pm

“Materials”

Chair: M. Kuntz and M. Morlock (Germany)

C. Piconi (Italy)
Non-oxide ceramics. Status quo in THR and future options

G. Pezzotti (Japan)
Surface transformation on BIOLOX®delta

Discussion

4:04 pm – 4:30 pm

Coffee Break

 

Panel Discussion 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

“Bearing Couple – The reasons for my choice”

Chair: D. Berry (USA)

R. Hargrove (UK)
D. Howie (Australia)
S. Murphy (USA)
M. Norton (UK)

Session 3

“Complications”

Session 3A: 5:00 pm – 5:46 pm

“Technical and Clinical Complications”

Chair: R. Binazzi (Italy) and JD Chang (Korea)

M. Emmerton (UK)
Importance of positioning of the acetabular component with ceramic on ceramic

A. Toni (Italy)
Osteolysis and ceramic on ceramic hip prostheses: “Fact or Fairy Tale?”

P. Thomas (Germany)
Patient characteristics in metal implant allergy

Discussion

Plenary Lecture: 5:46 pm – 7:00 pm

S. Kondo, A. Kusaba and Y. Kuroki (Japan)
Tribute to Yoshikatsu Kuroki – The pioneer of ceramic bearings in Japan Work of a lifetime

7:00 pm

Reception and Dinner