Letter from the President, Prof Wim Schreurs
Dear Members,
As with every two years in the EHS, we have Movers and Shakers to announce following our recent General Assembly. I am extremely honoured to introduce myself for the first time as your new EHS President 2016-2018. We have already started work on our next Congress in The Hague in 2018 (20-22nd September) and welcome any suggestions and comments you may have. I wish a warm welcome to Jean-Alain Epinette, our new National Representative for France who was voted EHS President Elect at the GA and will hold the 2020 Congress in Lille, France.
A big congratulations to Past President Werner Siebert for organising our successful 12th Congress in Munich this month and thank you to the 955 delegates who attended this successful meeting. Of course Prof Siebert will still sit on the EHS ExCom for another two years as Past President. Prof Gösta Ullmark (who organised our Congress in Stockholm in 2014) continues in his role as the Chairman of the EHS Education Committee and is busy organising our Fellowships (see below), while Prof Luigi Zagra (who organised Milan Congress 2012) is our new Chairman of the EHS Science Committee.
Meanwhile, Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis was re-elected Secretary General of EHS for another four years, congratulations to him and our secretary Samantha Stokes.
Your EHS President, Wim Schreurs
Letter from the Secretary General, A Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
Dear Members,
EHS Secretary General, A Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
The hip societies, and EHS, are nowadays in a historical crossroad. Most of us come from the arthroplasty world, undoubtedly the most successful orthopaedic operation. But, what are the limits of "hip"?
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SPAIN, JOSE CORDERO AMPUERO
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SPAIN, José Cordero Ampuero
The hip societies, and EHS, are nowadays at a historical crossroad. Most of us come from the arthroplasty world, undoubtedly the most successful orthopaedic operation. But, what are the limits of “hip”? Pediatric hip study is for pediatric orthopaedic surgeons and EPOS, or for us? No doubt if we have to treat a 1-year- old girl with a dislocated hip. But, who is to operate, or research, about a pelvic osteotomy when she is 20-years- old?
Hip fracture offers a more interesting debate: Trochanteric nails are for “fracture surgeons”…, or definitely we should teach our geriatric colleagues to insert them (it is very easy, our 1st year residents do)? But, if we have a very active 75-year-old patient, who implants the total hip, and more important, who follows and studies the medium and long-term outcome of these cases? Periprosthetic fractures? Vancouver B1 for fracture surgeons and AO to plate, while B2 for hip surgeons and EHS to exchange? Should we discuss about less-than-optimal results of “conservative surgery”?
All these topics are the immediate future, and the fields for action and debate in my new function as National Representative for Spain.
Thank you for your help.
Our members are highly academic and active all around the world, probably many of the EHS members had acquaintance of at least one or more KHS members
INTERNATIONAL EHS MEMBER FROM KOREA, Suk Kyu Choo
INTERNATIONAL EHS MEMBER, Suk Kyu Choo
Inje University, lsan Paik Hospital, Goyang city, Korea
Greetings,
The Korean Hip Society is one of 16 affiliated academy of Korean Orthopedic Association. It was found in 1981 by 14 founding members. Today the president is Sang-Hong Lee, and is now a 500-members society and hosts its annual meeting in May with more than 100 academic presentations.
Since 1989, the quarterly “Journal of The Korean Hip Society” was published and in 2012 changed to an English written journal, the “Hip & Pelvis” which can be searched in pub med. Our members are highly academic and active all around the world, probably many of the EHS members had acquaintance of at least one or more KHS members.
I had a wonderful time in three previous EHS meetings and please welcome my Korean colleagues when they participate in the future meetings and also you are welcome to submit your works in Hip & Pelvis anytime. Thank you.
Hip joint preservation course
Bern, November 11-12, 2016
Hands-on training course for hip surgeons and trainees for hip surgery.
Four workshops including hip arthroscopy exercises, femoral osteotomies, cadaver sessions and surgical approaches.
Course language is German by renowned international faculty.
Please spread information to trainees and interested hip surgeons.
Course organized by the German Society for Hip Surgery (AE)