Dear EHS Members,
Prof Javad Parvizi (USA) offered an amazingly succinct summary from the ICM at our EHS Webinar on Primary THA this week, which lead onto a very interesting discussion on the gut microbiome and phage. We were delighted to welcome Ms Samantha Tross (UK), who presented new technologies available to improve preoperative planning, and Prof Fatih Kucukdurmaz (Turkiye), who show-cased designs and bearings. A crossfire on the need or not for a robot in primary THA had a predictable outcome, with Prof Fares Haddad (UK) for and Dr Olga Pidgaiska (Ukraine) against. Prof Mattia Loppini (Italy) closed with an interesting case presentation. Thanks to all who attended, and for those who missed it, the free replay will be available soon.
Our next free EHS Webinar is on Revision THA on 26th June @ 19:00-20:30 (CET). Register HERE NOW.
We hope to see you in Lyon for EFORT this month; please come and visit the EHS booth (Exhibition Hall D16) and don’t miss our:-
EHS SESSION @ EFORT: Friday 13th June 2025
The “Herculean Task” in atypical primary THA case-based presentation: the 2025 state of the art
09:30-10:30 in Auditorium Lumiere
- Spinopelvic classification & templating in hip dysplasia: case presentations Eleftherios Tsiridis (Greece)
- Protrusio acetabulum: the center of rotation matters how to recover it Fares Haddad (UK)
- DDH socket Hartofylakidis II: roof is always a challenge Theofilos Karachalios (Greece)
- DDH socket III & shortening de-rotational osteotomy: tips and tricks Georgios Macheras (Greece)
- Extra articular femoral dysplasia or deformity: how to deal with it Carsten Perka (Germany)
- Weak abductors what’s the options for stability Luigi Zagra (Italy)
Please see below for the hip sessions and talks lined up in Lyon on Thursday 12th June. Check out more hip events on the EHS Calendar HERE and note the addition as usual of our EHS Symposium at the SIOT annual congress in Rome in November 2025.
Talking of Italy, a warm welcome to four new Italian members! Dr Salvatore Maria Tecce (Young Member), Prof Giuseppe Marongiu, Dr Lucia Sciamanna & Dr Martino Vigano (Full Members). We also happily welcome Dr Pawel Bartosz from Poland & Dr Krisztian Sisak from Hungary.
Just to repeat the invitation from last month’s newsletter, please note:
You are invited to the EHS General Assembly @ 16th EHS Congress Thessaloniki, Thursday 16th October 2025 @ 18:30-19:30
Official invites are out, so chair people and speakers know who they are, and we will be sharing the final programme at large very soon. We are greatly looking forward to welcoming you all to our vibrant seafront city, famous throughout the ages for being a diverse and multicultural centre; sitting at a crossroads between East and West, North and South. Come and feel the vibe for yourself. And if reading Hercules’ name in the EFORT session title above sparked your interest, scroll below.
Best regards,
Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025
EFORT HIP DAY Thursday 12th June 2025 in Auditorium Lumiere
08:00-09:00
The Complex Post-Traumatic THA: It Is Closer To A Revision Than To A Primary (Case-Based Lectures)
Moderators: Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis (Greece) & Prof Dieter Christian Wirtz (Germany)
- Revision Stems In Most Cases Prof Giuseppe Solarino (Italy)
- Cemented Femoral Stems Make The Procedure Easier Dr Rocco D’Apolito (Italy)
- What To Do In Case Of Major Femoral Deformity And Bone Loss? Prof Mazhar Tokgozoglu (Turkiye)
- How To Achieve The Proper Center Of Rotation And Implant Fixation Dr Eduardo García-Rey (Spain)
- Hardware Removal And Complex Acetabular Reconstruction Prof Alessandro Massé (Italy)
09:00-10:00
Navigation And Robotics: Have They Improved Outcomes And Complication Rate In THA?
Moderators: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Günther (Germany) & Prof Fares Haddad (UK)
- Types Of Systems And Future Perspectives Prof Theofilos Karachalios (Greece)
- Robotic Assistance And Early Outcomes: Any Evidence? Prof Pascal Kouyoumdjian (France)
- Are Medium/Long Term Results Better? Prof Maziar Mohaddes (Sweden)
- Do We Need Advanced Technologies For The Hip-Spine Issue? Dr Geert Meermans (Belgium)
- A Cost Effectiveness Analysis Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis (Greece)
10:00-11:00
How To Deal With Intraoperative Periprosthetic Fractures
Moderators: Prof. Theofilos Karachalios (Greece) & Prof Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen (Denmark)
- Patients Risk Factors And Prevention: How To Optimize Prof. Andreas Niemeier (Germany)
- Surgical Technique Related Risk Factors: Avoid Troubles Prof Klaus-Peter Günther (Germany)
- Implant Related Risk Factors Prof Fabio D’Angelo (Italy)
- How To Manage Acetabular Periprosthetic Fractures Prof Karl Stoffel (Switzerland)
- How To Manage Femoral Periprosthetic Fractures Prof Tim Board (UK)
11:00-12:00
PJI Diagnosis And Treatment Around The Hip In 2025
Moderators: Dr José Cordero Ampuero (Spain) & Prof Luigi Zagra (Italy)
- A Practical Approach In Diagnosis Of PJI Prof Javad Parvizi (USA)
- The Ideal Patient For DAIR And One Stage Prof Mustafa Citak (Germany)
- Failed Staged Revisions: What’s Next? Prof Fares Haddad (UK)
- The Appropriate Referral Center For PJI Prof Tristan Ferry (France)
Getting in the mood for our 16th EHS Congress Thessaloniki?
Ancient Greek demigod, Heracles
Visible across the gulf from our seafront congress in October this year, as you will see, is Mount Olympos, home to the Greek deities. One of the most famous is of course Hercules, known in Greek as Heracles. He symbolised strength, courage, and heroic endeavor.
His famous 12 tasks (for Eurystheus) were:
- to kill the Nemean Lion
- to kill the Lernaean Hydra (a gigantic, nine-headed water-serpent, which haunted the swamps of Lerna, as pictured above)
- to capture the Ceryneian Hind
- to capture the Erymanthian Boar
- to clean the stables of Augeas in one day
- to kill the Stymphalian Birds
- to capture the Cretan Bull
- to steal the Mares of Diomedes
- to steal the girdle of the queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta
- to steal the cattle of the monster Geryon
- to steal the Hesperidean Apples
- to capture Cerberus, guardian of the Underworld
Full / International Membership 150 €