May 2018

Letter from the President, Dr B Willem Schreurs

Dear All,

In my opinion, while the EHS congress must be attractive to you all by offering worldclass speakers, congresses such as our own are also important for the
exchange of ideas – they are an opportunity to present your own research. And from the top statistics so far, of 500 abstracts received, this is also your view. We as European Hip Society are very proud of this figure.

All abstracts have now been reviewed and we sincerely thank the many reviewers for their contribution to finish this impressive task. More information about the acceptance of your submitted abstract can be expected by mid May 2018.

For those invited to present their data in an oral presentation, we have created 196 time slots of six minutes each, plus – as we think discussion is important after the presentations – an additional two minutes for discussion after each abstract. So each presenter has in total of eight minutes. In addition, 10 abstracts will be selected for the Award Sessions.

Also, we have created the possibility for 250 classical and traditional posters; personally I like traditional poster sessions more than e posters. To guarantee optimal attention for those who exhibit their work as a poster, we are lucky to be able to hold our Welcome Reception among and around them, in the Poster Hall itself – the Worldforum Congress location in The Hague is really a fitting location for our EHS Congress.

As a last word for this Newsletter, many of the abstracts we have received are focussed on surgical approaches for total hip arthroplasty. It is remarkable how much attention is focussed on this issue, when it is a procedure that has been around for such a long time. However, it reflects the efforts of all of us to improve even this already very successful procedure. This will certainly guarantee very interesting discussions at the European Hip Congress 2018 in the Hague.

Best wishes,

Your EHS President, B Willem Schreurs