EHS Fellowship 2026 to Switzerland: Call for applicants!

The fellowship will take place for 2 weeks in Switzerland in the Autumn of 2026 for two Fellows. Applicants must be:-

• 40 years old or younger
• Active membership in EHS, reflecting ongoing engagement with the society’s activities (not mandatory)
• Based in Europe
• Orthopaedic specialists with academic potential & an interest in high level knowledge of hip surgery

Inform young hip surgeon colleagues everywhere! Good luck! Deadline for apps: 28th February 2026

Click for more info & to apply HERE.

Prof Fares Haddad
EHS President 2025-2027

BHS President

Dear Members of the European Hip Society,

On behalf of the British Hip Society (BHS), I am delighted to extend warm greetings to our colleagues and friends across Europe. The coming year presents an exciting opportunity to further strengthen the long-standing relationship between our two societies, united by a shared commitment to advancing hip surgery, education, research, and patient care across Europe and beyond.

The British Hip Society was established, in 1989, to promote excellence in the management of hip disorders through education, research, innovation and professional collaboration. Our membership includes orthopaedic surgeons, trainees, allied health professionals and researchers with a common interest in hip preservation, arthroplasty, trauma and revision surgery. Through scientific meetings, educational initiatives, guideline development, collaborative research and funded fellowships, the BHS aims to support best practice and foster continual improvement in outcomes for patients with hip pathology.

We are honoured that the European Hip Society will be our Guest Society at the BHS Annual Scientific Meeting in London this March (www.bhsmeeting.com) and we greatly look forward to welcoming EHS representatives to contribute to the programme, share European perspectives and engage with our members in discussion and collaboration. We hope this will be a highlight of the year and a catalyst for further joint initiatives.

The British Hip Society warmly invites members of the European Hip Society to join us as International Members and in the same spirit, we actively encourage our own members to engage with and join the European Hip Society, recognising the immense value of European-wide collaboration in education, research and advocacy.

We look forward with enthusiasm to the year ahead and to working closely with the European Hip Society to advance our shared mission. Together, we can continue to build a strong, collaborative community dedicated to improving hip care for patients across Europe.

With kind regards,

Matt Wilson
President – British Hip Society
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon – Exeter

Hip Dates for your diary

Upcoming hip courses with EHS patronage are:-

• Bern Hip Symposium (5-7th February 2026), EHS Partnership Register HERE
• BHS London (18-20th March 2026) EHS is the Guest Society! Register HERE
• Barcelona Hip Meeting (27-29 April 2026) New Times, New Rules! Info HERE
• EFORT Malaga (4-6th May 2026) EHS is a Specialty Society Register HERE
• ESSKA Hip Cadaver Course, Istanbul, Turkiye (4-6 June 2026)
• 9th FORTE Magna Graecia Summer School, Catanzaro, Italy (8-12th June 2026)
• (North American Hip Society) THS & EHS in Stockholm (September 2026) (Closed meeting – abstract submission open to EHS senior consultants)
• DKOU 2026 abstract call is out now!
• Save the date: 5th World Arthroplasty Congress (WAC) 22-23rd April 2027 in Brussels, Belgium in collaboration with EHS

17th EHS Congress London 7-8th October 2027!

More information on the best hip courses throughout the year from our EHS Hip Meetings Calendar HERE

Survey: Pelvic Fractures in Young Women

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This is a research opportunity from Queen Mary’s University London for orthopaedic surgeons involved with pelvic fractures.

A survey of pelvic orthopaedic surgeons involved in fixation of young women’s pelvis after high -energy fracture.

Main aim: to analyse the decision making process surgeons use when approaching surgical management of the female pelvis.

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Looking even farther ahead, EHS President Elect Prof Carsten Perka will be hosting our 18th EHS Congress in Berlin in 2029 and outlines his plans for EHS below. On our website you can see brief bios of most of our committee members, including Prof Perka HERE, EHS Treasurer Prof Tobias Winkler HERE, and new EHS EduCom member Prof Sebastien Lustig HERE.

Rather more imminent is the FREE PJI International Meeting on Monday 26th January @ 18:00-20:00 CET, supported by EHS and in collaboration with the German Hip Society, presented by the Sytenko Institute for Spine and Joint Pathology, Kharkiv, Ukraine and Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany. Register HERE and spread the word.

Don’t miss our free webinar replay of the BHS / EHS Webinar series. Experts from both societies share their knowledge in a friendly atmosphere with interesting discussion of various tricky cases. Pick and choose what interests you from The Young Adult Hip, Complex Primary THA and Revision THA. And please spread the word on this too, so we can disseminate hip knowledge broadly.

We are happy to welcome new faces to EHS: Young Member Mr Humza Tariq Osmani from London, UK; Full Members Prof Louis Dagneaux from Montpellier, France, Dr Christian Hipfl from Berlin, Germany, Dr Pits Putzey from Luxembourg, Dr Jesse Walle Pieter Kuiper from The Netherlands and Dr Daniel Pfeufer From Munich, Germany; and finally International Member Prof Bill Walter from Sydney, Australia.

Also now available are all 496 abstracts from our 16th EHS Congress Thessaloniki 2026. Click HERE. Plus reports from our two recently sponsored events: the Portuguese O&T Society Congress 2025 (SPOT) (HERE) and the Osteoarticular Reconstructive Hip Surgery course in Madrid, Spain (HERE).

Prof Fares Haddad
EHS President 2025-2027

EHS President Elect

New treatment approaches and new recommendations for the optimal therapy of diseases are emerging daily, often involving considerable costs, and require a reliable scientific basis for evaluation. We can only overcome this challenge by working together. Therapy recommendations that were correct 10 years ago need to be completely rethought today. For example, with the ever-increasing durability of endoprostheses, the importance of joint-preserving surgery on the hip joint has changed, but it is undoubtedly still extremely important.

We have also learned that treatment methods cannot simply be transferred between countries; different approaches have led to different decisions about what is the optimal treatment for patients.

So my goals as president of the EHS are threefold:

First, I want to support bundling European scientific knowledge to further strengthen our society’s self-confidence on the international stage. Second, we have to develop more intensive International cooperation with North America as well as Asia. Rapidly developing countries like Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea need more attention.

Third, we need to develop new young hip surgeons. This should be achieved through fellowships at renowned European hip centres and structured educational courses for systematic improvement of knowledge across EHS member countries.

I want to work together with you to make the EHS more and more attractive and visible, especially for these younger colleagues. To achieve this, I want to work closely with the current President Fares Haddad, the Executive Committee, and with National Reps and all Members of the Society.

For your diary

Upcoming hip courses with EHS patronage are:-

• PJI International Meeting (26th January 2026 @ 18:00-20:00 CET): Expert view on the diagnostic & management of PJI (Charite Berlin & Sytenko Kharkiv) EHS Support & DHG collaboration Register for FREE HERE
• Bern Hip Symposium (5-7th February 2026), EHS Partnership Register HERE
• BHS London (18-20th March 2026) EHS is the Guest Society! Register HERE
• Barcelona Hip Meeting (27-29 April 2026) New Times, New Rules! Info HERE
• EFORT Malaga (4-6th May 2026) EHS is a Specialty Society Register HERE
• Catanzaro, Italy (8-12th June 2026) 9th FORTE Magna Graecia Summer School 
• (North American Hip Society) HS & EHS in Stockholm (September 2026) (Closed meeting – but abstract submission open to EHS consultant members soon)
• DKOU 2026 abstract call is out now!
• Save the date: 5th World Arthroplasty Congress (WAC) 22-23rd April 2027 in Brussels, Belgium in collaboration with EHS

17th EHS Congress London 7-8th October 2027!

More information on the best hip courses throughout the year from our EHS Hip Meetings Calendar HERE

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BHS – EHS Webinar Series 2025!

Watch the free replays at your leisure and share them with your colleagues

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EHS President 2025-2027Report on 16th EHS Congress Thessaloniki 2025EHS on Instagram

BHS – EHS Webinar Series 2025!

Don’t miss our third episode on Revision THA. Everyone is very welcome.

Tuesday 9^th December at 21:00-22:00 (CET). As before, the format will be lively case discussions of alternative treatment options between pairs of BHS and EHS experts.

Chairs for this webinar are Tim Board (BHS) & Stephanie Kirschbaum (EHS). Our speakers are:-

BHS (UK): Andrew Manktelow, Phil Stott & Henry Wynn-Jones
EHS (Germany): Carsten Perka, Georgi Wassilew & Robert Hube

Thanks to Matt Wilson & Rob Banerjee, BHS President & Education Chair, for this convivial collaboration. Please join us once again for what promises to be an insightful webinar between these two long-established hip societies.

Register now: bit.ly/BHSEHS-11Nov25

See you there!

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I am honoured to serve as EHS President.

Congratulations to Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis and everyone involved in our successful Thessaloniki congress, our biggest to date, with over 1k delegates and a healthy show of industry support – we were all witness to EHS as a thriving community of international hip surgeons exchanging ideas. All bodes well for 17th EHS Congress London 2027, and we will test out the venue as the Guest Society for the British Hip Society’s annual congress at Olympia Stadium in March 2026.

Welcome to our new ExCom members: President Elect Prof Carsten Perka (Germany), who will hold 18th EHS Congress Berlin 2029, Treasurer Prof Tobias Winkler (Germany) and Secretary General Prof Stanislav Bondarenko (Ukraine). Thanks to Prof Moussa Hamadouche for his candidacy. Well done to the winners of the SAGE-EHS Abstract Awards 2025: 1st prize of €1.5k is on its way to Dr Daphne Wezenberg and Prof Jörg Schilcher*, while 2nd prize of €1k is off to Canada to Dr George Grammatopoulos and his team**.

My initial aim as President is to improve EHS’s academic viability and encourage a more youthful and diverse community, and without further ado, I introduce our EHS Emerging Leaders Committee, who have bravely agreed to take up the challenge: Syed S Ahmed (UK); Cecile Batailler (France); Safa Gursoy (Turkiye); Kartik Logishetty (UK); Manuel Mazzoleni (Italy); Fiachra Rowan (Ireland); Kevin Staats (Austria) and Georges Vles (Belgium).

Also in that vein are the following EHS collaborations:-

• BHS / EHS Webinar Series: Complex Primary THA (11th November 2025 @ 21:00 CET) Register HERE
• Osteoarticular Reconstructive Surgery Course, Madrid (20-21st November 2025) EHS Patronage Register HERE
• Bern Hip Symposium (5-7th February 2026), EHS Partnership Register HERE
• BHS London (18-20th March 2026) EHS is the Guest Society! Register HERE
• Barcelona Hip Meeting ((27-29 April 2026): New Times, New Rules! Info HERE
• EFORT Malaga (4-6th May 2026) EHS is a Sepciality Society Register HERE
• (International Hip Society) IHS & EHS in Stockholm (September 2026) (Closed meeting – but abstract submission open to EHS consultant members soon)

The German Ortho Congress has just taken place and EHS had a great session and a booth there. Read our report HERE.

For the committees, we welcome a new Vice Chairman of the SciCom, Prof Andrew Manktelow (UK), and we are calling for expressions of interest for a new member to join the EHS EduCom. (See below.)

We are pleased to welcome several new Full Members: Dr Joao Boavida (Portugal); Prof Safa Gursoy (Turkiye); Dr Aristotelis Kourtis (Greece); Dr Manuel Giovanni Mazzoleni (Italy); Dr Georges Vles (Belgium). Also, Young Member Dr Andreas Fontalis (UK) and Mr Warran Wignadasan (Canada), and International Member: Dr Anna Cohen-Rosenberg (USA).

With the help of our General Secretary, we plan to get tough on the small number of non-payers who let the rest down. There is no excuse, so please check you have settled your dues for 2025.

And finally, on a sad note, we post HERE a fond remembrance of the late EHS forefather and Past President Reg Elson, and send condolences to his family.

Please do contact me with any suggestions or to discuss the future of your society. `

Best regards,

Prof Fares Haddad
EHS President 2025-2027

* Locally Delivered Vancomycin and Tobramycin Does Not Result in Toxic Serum Levels – A Report from the Abograft Study (Wezenberg D.1, Schilcher J.1,2 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, 2 Wallenberg Centre)

** The Anterior Approach does not Improve Recovery After Hemiarthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture. A Randomized Controlled Trial (Woolnough T, Horton I, Garceau S, Beaule P, Feibel R, Gofton W. Poitras S, Kim P, Grammatopoulos G)

Calling for EduCom members

The EHS EduCom* is welcoming new members!

EHS Members should apply via their Nat Rep (who needs to approve their candidacy), but if you have difficulty with this, please let us know.

Applicants should be productive, active members of our society with an academic profile in hip surgery.

Applications will be considered by the EduCom and finally approved by the ExCom.

Email a brief CV & motivation letter via your Nat Rep to: samstokesehs@gmail.com

Deadline: 30th November 2025. Thank you and Good Luck

*EduCom Tasks in the EHS Constitution:

The task of the EduCom is to support the President and the ExCom in the fulfilling of our mission statement to become one of the most outstanding specialty societies by helping to distribute the knowledge about hip diseases and surgical procedures around the hip. It also helps the ExCom in the running of the EHS fellowship. Other relevant tasks are the promotion of the society by offering both selected programmes or speakers to national orthopaedic societies or local hip societies to spread the knowledge of hip related topics within Europe. The EduCom is also responsible for participation in educational programmess related to EFORT.

BHS – EHS Webinar Series 2025!

We are delighted to announce the second episode on Complex Primary THA. All hip surgeons are welcome.

Tuesday 11^th November at 21:00-22:00 (CET). The format will be lively case discussions of alternative treatment options between pairs of BHS and EHS experts.

Chairs for this first webinar are Rob Banerjee from BHS and Sebastien Lustig for EHS. We will be discussing spinopelvic issues, previous trauma and post-childhood problems. Please join us for what promises to be an informative and engaging evening of discussion.

Thanks to Matt Wilson & Rob Banerjee, BHS President & Education Chair, for this convivial collaboration. Do join us for what promises to be an insightful webinar series in a fresh new venture between these two long-established hip societies.

Register now: bit.ly/BHSEHS-11Nov25 See you there.

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17th EHS Congress Thessaloniki 2025

Makedonia Palace Congress Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece, 16-17th October 2025

General Assembly: 16th October 2025 @ 17:50-19:00 in Alexander I Hall

With two weeks to go until I welcome you all to my hometown for our 17th EHS Congress Thessaloniki, this is my outgoing newsletter as EHS President before I hand over the reigns to our incredibly competent President Elect, Prof Fares Haddad.

It has been my honour to lead this specialty society, and EHS means very much to me – I served as Secretary General previously, so have been involved in the EHS board for a decade and have helped push the society to grow in strength, focus and scientific level.

Personally, I am proud to have opened EHS up over these years to new fresh members and move away from the idea of EHS as a closed group of old friends. We currently stand at 520 members from 56 countries worldwide and have an unprecedented number of International Members, with 30 North American members alone – as you know, USA is our Guest Nation this year. This broad membership pool is essential for a vibrant exchange of the latest ideas in hip surgery from around the world, with discussion and debate from the experts and leaders in our field, ensuring we keep focused on our shared EHS mission of improving care for our hip patients by being amongst the most outstanding specialty societies in Europe.

I am excited therefore to leave behind a legacy in the name of a new International EHS Fellowship in collaboration with the Japanese Society for Replacement Arthroplasty, which I hope to be approved at the General Assembly. This will offer an amazing opportunity for two senior EHS members to travel to Japan every other year, visiting at least four top hip centres over two weeks, while on alternate years, we will host two Japanese Fellows here in Europe.

Also at the GA we will approve our candidate for President, Prof Carsten Perka, and vote for Secretary General between two candidates, Prof Stanislav Bondarenko and Prof Moussa Hamadouche. We are delighted to announce our candidate for the role of EHS Treasurer: Prof Tobias Winkler. Please scroll down to read their CVs and mission statements ready to cast your vote in a fortnight, as well as the GA Agenda.

Meanwhile, we welcome new EHS faces this month: Full Members Mr Fiachra Rowan from Ireland and Dr Lucia Sanchez-Cozar from Spain, Young Member Dr Giuseppe Martello from Italy and International Member Prof Abhay Elhence from India.

Finally, Prof Haddad introduces our new collaboration with BHS for a webinar series (below) starting in one week, on 7th October. Save the date also for the Barcelona Hip Meeting 27-29th April 2026, called “New Times New Rules!” with EHS patronage.

See you all here in Thessaloniki very soon.

Best regards,

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025

Header photo shows the White Tower, landmark of Thessaloniki

BHS – EHS Webinar Series 2025!

We are delighted to announce a new and exciting collaboration between EHS and the British Hip Society to present a series of three free Webinars before the end of the year. All hip surgeons are welcome.

Kicking off with the Young Adult Hip, the launch BHS – EHS Webinar is on Tuesday 7^th October at 21:00-22:00 (CET). The format will be lively case discussions of alternative treatment options between pairs of BHS and EHS experts.

Chairs for this first webinar are Ajay Malyvia from BHS and Oliver Marin-Pena for EHS, with Vikas Khanduja & Nicolas Bonin, Geraint Thomas & Athanasios Papavasiliou. Topics will include FAI with early OA, hip dysplasia treatment in the 30 – 40-year-old and borderline dysplasia with CAM deformity.

Thanks to Matt Wilson & Rob Banerjee, BHS President & Education Chair, for this convivial collaboration.

Do join us for what promises to be an insightful webinar series in a fresh new venture between these two long-established hip societies.

Register now: bit.ly/BHSEHS-7Oct25 See you there.

Candidate for EHS Treasurer

Prof Tobias Winkler
Candidate for EHS TreasurerClick for CV

Candidate for EHS Presidency

Prof Carsten Perka
Candidate for President
2027-2029Click for CV

It will be a great privilege to serve the European Hip Society as President and to help strengthen education, research, and communication in hip surgery in Europe. My surgical practice is focused on hip surgery, covering all the fields of hip joint preservation (osteotomy, surgical hip dislocation, all kinds of soft tissue procedures) and an increasing number of primary hip arthroplasty and complex THA revisions.

My CV spans more than 550 peer-reviewed publications, and I have a strong track record in leadership nationally in Germany (German Arthroplasty Society, German Orthopedic Society) and internationally. In addition, I am the chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD) as well as the Steering Board of AO Recon. I have excellent contacts worldwide and will bring many options for collaborations to the European Hip Society.

My  goals as president of the EHS are threefold. First, we should bundle European scientific knowledge to further strengthen our society’s self-confidence on the international stage. Second, we have to develop more intensive International cooperation with North America as well as Asia. Rapidly developing countries like Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea need more attention.

Third, we need to develop new young hip surgeons. This should be achieved through fellowships at renowned European hip centers and structured educational courses for systematic improvement of knowledge across EHS member countries. We have to make the EHS more attractive and visible, especially for these younger colleagues. To achieve this, I would like to work closely with the Executive Committee and with National Reps and  all Members of the Society.

I would be very honored if the members would elect me as the future president of EHS.

Candidates for EHS Secretary General

Prof Stanislav Bondarenko
Candidate for Secretary General
2025-2029Click for CV

Building on my experience from the first term as Secretary General and with renewed determination, I propose the following development priorities for EHS:

1. Expanding EHS Membership and representation in Europe

Current status: 14 / 44 European countries are not yet EHS members; 4 EHS member countries lack Nat Reps.

Planned actions:

• Personally engage with leading orthopedic communities in non-member countries through bilateral meetings and invitations to EHS events
• Promote EHS visibility through scientific collaboration and media outreach, using platforms I already influence as editor and advisor
• Develop a regional ambassadors programme to establish new Nat Reps where absent

2. Engaging and supporting young surgeons

Current status: Only 8% of EHS members are young professionals (under 35).

Planned actions:

• Initiate annual Young Hip Surgeons Forum, hosted onsite and online, under the EHS banner, providing presentation opportunities and mentorship
• Expand EHS fellowship programmes through cooperation with high-volume centres, including the Sytenko Institute, where young surgeons can receive hands-on exposure
• Establish a Young Surgeons Advisory Group within EHS to support early-career leadership

3. Advancing research in Hip Pathology

Planned actions:

• Establish competitive EHS Research Grants to fund promising multicentre studies in hip preservation and arthroplasty

4. Promoting exchange of surgical techniques

Planned actions:

• Organize short-term visiting faculty programsme, in which leading EHS surgeons travel to local hospitals across Europe for live surgical demonstrations and workshops
• Foster institutional twinning (e.g., between Sytenko Institute and Western European centres) to enable bilateral learning

5. Developing a Robust EHS educational online platform

Planned actions:

• Launch a continuous EHS Webinar Series, featuring expert-led case discussions and technique videos, accessible to all members
• Build a structured EHS e-Learning Hub, with certified modules and open-access video lectures, particularly useful for surgeons in resource-limited settings
• Enable monthly virtual roundtables to facilitate experience sharing and networking across borders

These initiatives are rooted in my own clinical, academic, and international experience, and reflect both my personal commitment and institutional capabilities. Despite the disruption caused by the war in Ukraine during my first term, I remained active and engaged — and now, with new momentum and clearer pathways, I am fully ready to implement these goals for the benefit of all EHS members and future generations.

Prof Moussa Hamadouche
Candidate for Secretary General
2025-2029Click for CV

Prof Moussa Hamadouche is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Paris Cité, France, since 2007. He is currently Co-Chair of the Orthopaedic Department at the Cochin University Hospital. He is well recognized in France and internationally as a leading expert in the field of hip arthroplasty. He is also member of the National University Council, in charge of appointing new professors of orthopaedic surgery in France. He is a member of the prestigious International Hip Society and has been on its executive board. He has published over 100 peer-review papers and book chapters, and has given numerous presentations at international meetings.

Prof Moussa Hamadouche is currently the SOFCOT general secretary finishing his three-year term in November, and will bring a strong commitment as well as great influence to the European Hip Society.

Agenda for EHS General Assembly 2025

16.10.2025 @ 17:50-19:00 in Congress Centre Alexander I Hall

1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of GA @ Hamburg EFORT 22.5.2024
3. Approval of new JRSA / EHS Senior Fellowship
4. Report of the President Elect 17th Congress London 2027
5. Treasurer Financial Report
6. Approval of Financial Reports 2023-25
7. Report of the Secretary General
8. Report of Chairman of the SciCom (LZ)
9. Report of Chairman of the EduCom (BA)
10. Election of President 2027-2029: Approval of Prof Carsten Perka
11. Election of Treasurer 2025-9: Approval of Prof Tobias Winkler
12. Election of Secretary General 2025-2029: Vote between two candidates Prof Bondarenko & Prof Hamadouche
13. Outgoing President summary
14. Miscellaneous

Full Members (in good standing) only have voting rights 

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New EHS ExCom members

Full Members will be invited to approve / vote for their preferred candidates (in person only) at the:-

EHS General Assembly @ 16th EHS Congress in Thessaloniki: Thursday 16th October 2025 @ 17:50-19:00

Below are the declarations from our candidates for EHS ExCom positions: President and Secretary General

TO REGISTER FOR THE EHS CONGRESS, CLICK HERE

Other news: EHS is enormously proud of the ICM meeting’s great success in Turkiye this year and Prof Javad Parvizi, founding member and longterm EHS Member, gives us a nice account below, with a click to his synopsis. You can also see him in the replay of our last two EHS Webinars, giving brief summaries (here). We will continue to support and follow this excellent initiative.

Looking ahead to next year, we have added two events to our EHS Hip Events Calendar: the Bern Hip Symposium (5-7th February 2026), an EHS-Organised Course, and the 9th FORTE Magna Graecia Summer School (8-12th June 2026) taking place in Catanzaro, Italy, with EHS Patronage as usual.

Finally, we get to know our SciCom member Prof Nicolas Reina (France) a bit better in our Hip Case Q&A below, as well as welcoming our five new EHS members this month: young member, Mr James Miller (UK), along with full members: Mr Nicolas Bonin (France); Dr Tobias Buehler (Switzerland), Miss Kathryn Gill (UK) and Dr Konstantinos Kateros (Greece).

Best regards,

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025

Candidate for EHS Presidency

Prof Carsten Perka
Candidate for President
2027-2029Click for CV

It will be a great privilege to serve the European Hip Society as President and to help strengthen education, research, and communication in hip surgery in Europe. My surgical practice is focused on hip surgery, covering all the fields of hip joint preservation (osteotomy, surgical hip dislocation, all kinds of soft tissue procedures) and an increasing number of primary hip arthroplasty and complex THA revisions.

My CV spans more than 550 peer-reviewed publications, and I have a strong track record in leadership nationally in Germany (German Arthroplasty Society, German Orthopedic Society) and internationally. In addition, I am the chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD) as well as the Steering Board of AO Recon. I have excellent contacts worldwide and will bring many options for collaborations to the European Hip Society.

My  goals as president of the EHS are threefold. First, we should bundle European scientific knowledge to further strengthen our society’s self-confidence on the international stage. Second, we have to develop more intensive International cooperation with North America as well as Asia. Rapidly developing countries like Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea need more attention.

Third, we need to develop new young hip surgeons. This should be achieved through fellowships at renowned European hip centers and structured educational courses for systematic improvement of knowledge across EHS member countries. We have to make the EHS more attractive and visible, especially for these younger colleagues. To achieve this, I would like to work closely with the Executive Committee and with National Reps and  all Members of the Society.

I would be very honored if the members would elect me as the future president of EHS.

Candidates for EHS Secretary General

Prof Stanislav Bondarenko
Candidate for Secretary General
2025-2029Click for CV

Building on my experience from the first term as Secretary General and with renewed determination, I propose the following development priorities for EHS:

1. Expanding EHS Membership and representation in Europe

Current status: 14 / 44 European countries are not yet EHS members; 4 EHS member countries lack Nat Reps.

Planned actions:

• Personally engage with leading orthopedic communities in non-member countries through bilateral meetings and invitations to EHS events
• Promote EHS visibility through scientific collaboration and media outreach, using platforms I already influence as editor and advisor
• Develop a regional ambassadors programme to establish new Nat Reps where absent

2. Engaging and supporting young surgeons

Current status: Only 8% of EHS members are young professionals (under 35).

Planned actions:

• Initiate annual Young Hip Surgeons Forum, hosted onsite and online, under the EHS banner, providing presentation opportunities and mentorship
• Expand EHS fellowship programmes through cooperation with high-volume centres, including the Sytenko Institute, where young surgeons can receive hands-on exposure
• Establish a Young Surgeons Advisory Group within EHS to support early-career leadership

3. Advancing research in Hip Pathology

Planned actions:

• Establish competitive EHS Research Grants to fund promising multicentre studies in hip preservation and arthroplasty

4. Promoting exchange of surgical techniques

Planned actions:

• Organize short-term visiting faculty programsme, in which leading EHS surgeons travel to local hospitals across Europe for live surgical demonstrations and workshops
• Foster institutional twinning (e.g., between Sytenko Institute and Western European centres) to enable bilateral learning

5. Developing a Robust EHS educational online platform

Planned actions:

• Launch a continuous EHS Webinar Series, featuring expert-led case discussions and technique videos, accessible to all members
• Build a structured EHS e-Learning Hub, with certified modules and open-access video lectures, particularly useful for surgeons in resource-limited settings
• Enable monthly virtual roundtables to facilitate experience sharing and networking across borders

These initiatives are rooted in my own clinical, academic, and international experience, and reflect both my personal commitment and institutional capabilities. Despite the disruption caused by the war in Ukraine during my first term, I remained active and engaged — and now, with new momentum and clearer pathways, I am fully ready to implement these goals for the benefit of all EHS members and future generations.

Prof Moussa Hamadouche
Candidate for Secretary General
2025-2029Click for CV

Prof Moussa Hamadouche is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Paris Cité, France, since 2007. He is currently Co-Chair of the Orthopaedic Department at the Cochin University Hospital. He is well recognized in France and internationally as a leading expert in the field of hip arthroplasty. He is also member of the National University Council, in charge of appointing new professors of orthopaedic surgery in France. He is a member of the prestigious International Hip Society and has been on its executive board. He has published over 100 peer-review papers and book chapters, and has given numerous presentations at international meetings.

Prof Moussa Hamadouche is currently the SOFCOT general secretary finishing his three-year term in November, and will bring a strong commitment as well as great influence to the European Hip Society.

ICM’s 3rd meeting was a great success!

The 3rd International Consensus Meeting (ICM) was held in Istanbul recently. Over 1,100 delegates from 100 countries travelled to participate in the three-day event. Experts from orthopaedics, infectious disease, scientists, and various disciplines gathered to debate and deliberate on over 350 questions/topics related to infection in orthopedics.

The process of ICM had started two years earlier when 8-10 delegates were assigned to each question to conduct a comprehensive systematic review/meta-analysis related to each topic. On the day of meeting, the lead delegate (liaison) for each question presented their findings followed by discussions. Scientific, insightful, and at times, passionate discussions on each topic occurred prior to voting.

The proceedings of the meeting and presentations (together with the voting results) are all posted on the ICM website (www.ICMortho.org). The documents will be published in the Journal of Arthroplasty and other peer-reviewed journals shortly.

The meeting was a resounding success by all measures. The local organizing committee had done an amazing job of hosting this in the beautiful city of Istanbul. No details were overlooked, and the Turkish hospitality was evident every step of the way. Each delegate took time away from their work and families to travel at their own cost to the meeting and sit through eight hours of meeting for three days. ICM is proud to have delegate members who have demonstrated prodigious dedication and devotion to patient care.

Please see a Synopsis of the ICM meeting as PowerPoint or PDF.I would say osteoarthritis in adults et very active patients but I do only hips so many surprising cases as well.I treat large acetabular defects in revision THA with custom made implants. It’s known now as accurate and reproducible, but I had this case where the implants could not fit not because of the shape but because of bone quality. I had to go back to classical techniques with cages and large implants. Always have a plan B.Very young consultant just after fellowship. An irreducible transverse acetabular fracture. A nightmare. 6 hours. Not a procedure for newbies.I remember the case of a young girl, she was 14 with achondroplasia. She was in so much pain and no one accepted to operate for a THA. I remember her father in tears because he suffered the same way and waited until his 50’s before the surgery. I did a sequential bilateral THA. It wet very well. She is living a normal life and I have so much pleasure seeing her in clinic since then to tell me about her new job, new boyfriend, new life.I operated on a former pro sportsman three months ago, who just texted me a video of him wakeboarding. Not that I recommended that, but I indeed said, do what you want… It’s difficult to advocate for mobility and sport and still be anxious when patients go wild.Not one specifically. But many focusing on the patients. The perspectives opened by the new scores, the new tools to acquire data in real life are so exciting.I love sailing and skiing. But good moments with friends and family are key for a good life balance.Corsica and Sardinia.

A word on Greek wine

Thessaloniki, part of Central Macedonia, has a rich terroir and winemaking heritage, benefitting from its Mediterranean climate and balanced by plentiful and refreshing sea breezes from the Thermaikos and Strymonikos gulfs. The diverse terrain, including lakes and hills, creates ideal conditions for multiple grape varieties.

But… aside from the usual grapes famous worldwide, such as Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc for whites, and Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Suavignon for reds, are you familiar with these Greek white grapes grown in Thessaloniki: Malagousia, Assyrtiko, Roditis? And these reds: Xinomavro, Limnio, Agiorgitiko?

If you only have time to explore one, Malagousia has an interesting story: in brief, the grape was resurrected from near extinction in the 1970s when a Professor of Oenology Vassilis Logothetis became interested in it and his student, local wine maker Vangelis Gerovassiliou, experimented with cultivation with amazing effect: he brought the grape back to life and into mainstream wine making.

Today Malagousia is hailed a world class grape. It produces highly expressive wines with complex aromas of flowers, white-fleshed fruits like peach and pear, citrus, and herbs, making it a favourite for both dry and sweet wine. Cheers! Or as the Greeks say, Geia Mas! (To Our Health!)

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Calling for German-speaking candidates for the position of EHS Treasurer

EHS is registered in Austria, therefore a German-speaker is obligatory for this role. To apply, candidates are required to:-

• be supported by their National Hip or Orthopaedic Society in writing
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• Prof Klaus Siebenrock: Did diagnosis improve and how with modern MRI techniques?
• Prof Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe: AI for planning & execution in osteotomies
• Prof Fares Haddad: New diagnostic tools to prove/exclude PJI?
• Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis: STAR piriformis preserving MIS posterior approach: is the way forward?
• Dr Sebastian Hardt: Short stems – a significant step forward in case of revision?

Meanwhile, all our free EHS Webinars to date are available to everyone for replay HERE. Big thanks to Dr Oliver Marin-Pena (Spain) of the EHS SciCom who organised the three events this year: Hip Preserving Surgery, Primary THA and Revision Hip Arthroplasty. Thanks also to our fantastic speakers: Moritz Tannast (Switzerland); Vikas Khanduja (UK); Marc Tey (Spain); Filippo Randelli (Italy); Thanos Papavasiliou (Greece), Javad Parvizi (USA); Samantha Tross (UK); Fatih Kucukdurmaz (Turkiye); Fares Haddad (UK); Olga Pidgaiska (Ukraine); Mattia Loppini (Italy); George Macheras (Greece); Andrew Manktelow (UK); Nicolas Reina (France); Luigi Zagra (Italy)  and Marta del Rio (Spain).

We are counting the days until we welcome you all to Thessaloniki, and should you be worried about any language barrier, please see below for just how many Greek words you may already know. A reminder of the registration link is HERE. Until then, I wish everyone a rejuvenating summer.

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Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025

Clinical Trial ABOGRAFT (Antibiotic Impregnated Bone Graft)

We are pleased to introduce this prospective, multicenter, international double-blind randomized clinical trial aimed at preventing prosthetic joint infections (PJI) in patients undergoing hip replacement involving bone grafting. The study evaluates whether adding vancomycin and tobramycin to morselized bone grafts reduces infection rates compared to standard saline-treated grafts. As local antibiotic prophylaxis via bone cement has been shown to halve infection rates, ABOGRAFT investigates whether bone grafts can provide similar protective effects in complex hip reconstructions where biological fixation with bone grafting is required.

Importantly, the trial has received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), meaning central regulatory clearance is in place—significantly facilitating participation from centers across EU member states. Each participating site is expected to recruit more than 20 patients annually. The study is currently active at seven Swedish centers and expanding internationally.

An announcement regarding a Principal Investigator (PI) meeting during the upcoming EHS Congress in Thessaloniki will follow shortly. We warmly welcome interest from colleagues across Europe who are engaged in complex hip arthroplasty and share our goal of advancing infection prevention through evidence-based innovation.My practice is solely hip replacement related so I see many patients with hip arthritis, but over a very wide age range, with a variety of hip concerns and with a number of possible solutions and options. That’s the fun of hip surgery!!! Unfortunately, I also get referred a number of patients with failed, or unhappy hip replacements. That’s where experience and an understanding of the complexity of revision surgery is important.Probably the most interesting cases are those that require customised implants. Planning with the engineers to reconstruct or bypass areas of bone loss in revision or looking to optimise hip biomechanics in complex primary surgery, is a challenge. The process when planned and delivered carefully, makes for successful outcomes and happy patients. I suspect these are some of the more difficult cases, but also the most rewarding!!

I read journals and travel to meetings looking to keep up with all the important research work around my practice. I wouldn’t pick out one piece of excellent work over many others. With regard to our own work, I am particularly proud of the work we have done with our EMSON network. I hope our Bone & Joint Journal paper (HERE) showing improved outcomes in revision surgery in our region, after we introduced the Network process has been a helpful message.Away from the OR, I like spending time with my wife and four daughters. I enjoy walking, watching all sport and am passionate about my garden. We grow a lot of the food we eat which is fun.This year we have travelled to explore Oman and have spent a week relaxing by the coast in Turkey. Travelling and spending evenings with friends and family on holiday, makes all the hard work we do worthwhile!!

It’s all Greek to me

Greek remains a language which greatly enriches international scientific discourse; more than any other, it is the language which developed, shaped and expressed the beginning of most scientific theories, philosophical thoughts, and literature in most of the modern-day languages of the Western world.

Mr Zolotas (director of the Bank of Greece ) showed this off very nicely when he gave a speech in 1959 to an International banking audience in English using almost all Greek words, to emphasize the wealth of the Greek language and the fact that countless Greek words enrich English.

Mr Zolotas’ English-Greek speech

“It is Zeus’ anathema on our epoch and the heresy of our economic method and policies that we should agonize the Skylla of nomismatic plethora and the Charybdis of economic anaemia.

It is not my idiosyncrasy to be ironic or sarcastic but my diagnosis would be that politicians are rather cryptoplethorists. Although they emphatically stigmatize numismatic plethora, they energize it through their tactics and practices. Our policies should be based more on economic and less on political criteria. Our gnomon has to be a metron between economic strategic and philanthropic scopes.

In an epoch characterized by monopolies, oligopolies, monopolistic antagonism and polymorphous inelasticities, our policies have to be more orthological, but this should not be metamorphosed into plethorophobia, which is endemic among academic economists.

Numismatic symmetry should not antagonize economic acme. A greater harmonization between the practices of the economic and numismatic archons is basic.

Parallel to this we have to synchronize and harmonize more and more our economic and numismatic policies panethnically. These scopes are more practicable now, when the prognostics of the political end economic barometer are halcyonic.

The history of our didimus organization on this sphere has been didactic and their gnostic practices will always be a tonic to the polyonymous and idiomorphous ethnical economies. The genesis of the programmed organization will dynamize these policies.

Therefore, I sympathize, although not without criticism one or two themes with the apostles and the hierarchy of our organs in their zeal to program orthodox economic and numismatic policies.

I apologize for having tyranized you with my Hellenic phraseology. In my epilogue I emphasize my eulogy to the philoxenous aytochtons of this cosmopolitan metropolis and my encomium to you Kyrie, the stenographers.”

(Mr Zolotas died in 2004 at the age of 100.)

Taken from: www.greekreporter.com & image above shows King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander the Great’s Dad

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EHS Webinars Replay

Our EHS Webinar on Revision THA last week was vibrant as usual and culminated in a crossfire on Custom 3D-Printed Implants for Massive Bone Loss between Prof Nicolas Reina (for) and Prof Luigi Zagra (against). Catch the free replay soon. Plus, the report is in (HERE) from the Sytenko Institute’s conference last month in Bukovel, Ukraine, with EHS patronage; a great opportunity to connect with Ukraine’s orthopaedic community, as well as anaesthesiologists and psychologists.

I wish everyone a great July.

Best regards,

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025Total hip arthroplasty remains the most frequent indication in my practice, particularly in complex cases such as dysplastic hips, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, or in patients with spinal deformities, unbalanced spine or with residual post fusion deformity. I am also increasingly involved in revision procedures and robotic-assisted surgeries, which now account for a significant share of my caseload.Beyond complex revision THAs involving bone loss, pelvic discontinuity, or post-traumatic and developmental anatomical deformities, the most interesting case this year was the treatment of a congenital hip dislocation previously managed with conservative surgery in childhood. A robotic-assisted primary THA was performed. Thanks to personalised 3D planning and robotic assistance, the implant was optimally positioned despite the altered anatomy, resulting in an excellent functional outcome.Probably the most challenging case of my career was a revision THA fixed in place by a large periarticular osteoma in the context of chronic sepsis. The procedure required a dual surgical approach to safely release the joint, followed by combined acetabular and femoral reconstruction. The complexity was both technical and strategic due to major soft tissue damage and residual infectious risk.The most enlightening and rewarding case was the management of a patient with hip osteoarthritis in the context of a selective myopathy of the trunk extensors. This neuromuscular condition had led to a severe sagittal spinal deformity with camptocormia and a previously failed spinal fusion. The patient underwent a complex three-stage surgical strategy: first, a two-step spinal fusion combining an anterior approach with ALIF at L4-L5 and L5-S1, followed by a pedicular subtraction osteotomy (PSO) with extensive correction and extension of instrumentation up to T4 with iliac fixation. This was subsequently completed by a total hip arthroplasty using a dual mobility cup implanted at 40° of inclination. The overall goal was to restore sagittal alignment and upright posture. This case stands as a clear illustration of how both spine and hip surgical background and individualised surgical planning can restore both function and posture in highly complex clinical scenarios.I particularly dread post-infectious sequelae cases, most often following repeated episodes of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). These patients have often undergone multiple prior revisions, resulting in severe acetabular bone loss, compromised pelvic fixation, and — most critically —extensive damage to the abductor mechanism and surrounding soft tissues. In such scenarios, traditional reconstructive principles are undermined: surgical planes are distorted, tensioning is ineffective, and the stabilising muscular envelope is no longer functional. The risks of instability, mechanical failure, and unsatisfactory outcomes remain high despite careful planning and the best surgical intent. These are the most humbling and demanding cases we face as reconstructive hip surgeons.One of the most insightful articles I read this year was published in The Bone & Joint Journal and focused on the use of machine learning to predict the risk of instability after total hip arthroplasty based on spinopelvic parameters.

Is it feasible to develop a supervised learning algorithm incorporating spinopelvic mobility to predict impingement in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty? Bone Jt Open. 2024 Aug 14;5(8):671–680.

It offered a compelling perspective on how artificial intelligence could be integrated into preoperative planning to support individualised implant positioning and risk stratification. As someone deeply involved in robotic-assisted surgery and kinematic alignment, I found the potential synergy between data science and surgical decision-making particularly inspiring.

Given my specific areas of interest and our current research focus on THA functional positioning the integration of complex lumbopelvic kinematic data into 3D planning and robotic surgery, this article aligns perfectly with our priorities and ongoing studies.There’s a certain ambivalence in how I spend my time outside the operating room — no doubt influenced by the pace and demands of our profession. On one hand, I tend to maintain a high level of activity through sports and other dynamic pursuits, a natural extension of the intensity of surgical life.

On the other hand, I have a deep affinity for all forms of art — particularly music, painting, and literature. These interests allow me to step away from a world that is often driven by precision, logic, and pragmatism, and to reconnect with a more emotional, introspective, and balanced dimension. Whether it’s through silence, artistic contemplation, or reading, I find a quiet counterpoint to the technical rigour of daily practice.This summer, I’ll be travelling to Peru and Bolivia with my wife and our three children. These holidays are above all a cherished opportunity to come together as a family and share meaningful experiences away from daily routines. We’re particularly drawn to Latin America — its rich cultures, diverse landscapes, and unique ways of life. Exploring South America as a family allows us to reconnect with one another while discovering new perspectives that go far beyond the geographical journey.Hip revisions — typically acetabular and/or stem revisions. The majority fall somewhere between Paprosky 2B and 3A. We rarely see 3B/C or true pelvic discontinuities. So, in short: revision surgery is my daily bread.Just last week, I operated on a 31-year-old patient with the largest native-hip synovitis I’ve ever encountered — a PVNS that had been slowly and silently eating away at the joint for years. A mix of patient and doctor delay. Fascinating pathology and challenging surgery.I can’t name just one, but successfully managing chronic hip infections — especially when the patient has endured multiple failed treatments — is always immensely rewarding. Seeing them walk away pain-free after such a long journey is a great feeling.Those same chronic infections! Whether it’s a one- or two-stage revision, they’re technically and emotionally challenging for everyone involved.I’ll have to get back to you on that — a few are bookmarked, and I want to do them justice.Building and creating — houses, gardens, outdoor spaces. And when winter comes: skiing, preferably off-piste.We’ll stay at our country house north of Stockholm, and also plan a week of hiking up north — Abisko and hopefully into Sarek. It’s true wilderness, with reindeer, the midnight sun, and blissfully no phone signal.

Thessaloniki, Greece: calling mountain lovers!

Did you know that Greece, or Hellas, is the third-most mountainous country in Europe, coming after Norway and Albania?

Macedonia, the region of our congress, is home to two world renowned peaks.

Mount Olympos

Mount Olympus, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (left: 2,917m / 9,570 ft; the highest mountain in Greece; 1hr from airport), famous throughout history as the home of the 12 Olympian gods in Greek mythology. Can you name them? (If not, see below.) Trekking and/or climbing are of course very popular with trails of various difficulty leading to the summit, “Mytikas”.

Mount Athos

Mount Athos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (right: 2,033m / 6,670 ft; 2hrs from airport) is a peninsula jutting out into the Aegean Sea, known all over Greece as the “Holy Mountain” and famous for its monastic community. Did you know? Mount Athos is an autonomous region within Greece, governed by the monastic community and under the jurisdiction of the “Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople”? Yep. Fact.

Halkidiki

Our congress is an hour from the incredible beach-haven region of Halkidki, where three peninsulas boast 500km+ of Aegean coastline. The Newsletter’s main photo above is from Halkidki.

The ancient gods 

1. Zeus: King of the gods, god of the sky and thunder.
2. Hera: Queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and childbirth.
3. Poseidon: God of the sea.
4. Dimitra: Goddess of agriculture.
5. Athena: Goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare.
6. Apollo: God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecies, poetry, and archery.
7. Artemis: Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and archery.
8. Ares: God of war.
9. Aphrodite: Goddess of love and beauty.
10. Hephaestus: God of fire, metalworking, and crafts.
11. Hermes: Messenger of the gods, god of commerce, thieves, and travelers.
12. Hestia: Goddess of the hearth and home, who some say relinquished her throne for Dionysus: God of wine, festivals, and ecstasy.

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EHS President 2023-2025EFORT 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:

1. to kill the Nemean Lion
2. to kill the Lernaean Hydra (a gigantic, nine-headed water-serpent, which haunted the swamps of Lerna, as pictured above)
3. to capture the Ceryneian Hind
4. to capture the Erymanthian Boar
5. to clean the stables of Augeas in one day
6. to kill the Stymphalian Birds
7. to capture the Cretan Bull
8. to steal the Mares of Diomedes
9. to steal the girdle of the queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta
10. to steal the cattle of the monster Geryon
11. to steal the Hesperidean Apples
12. to capture Cerberus, guardian of the Underworld

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Calling for candidates for the positions of EHS President (2027-29) and EHS Secretary General (2025-29).

According to our constitution, any EHS member can apply and successful candidates will be democratically voted in during the General Assembly at our 16^th EHS Congress in Thessaloniki (16-17th October 2025).

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Photo header is Thessaloniki: Alexander the Great with a backdrop of Mount Olympos across the Thermaikos Gulf

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According to our constitution, any EHS member can apply and successful candidates will be democratically voted in during the General Assembly at our 16^th EHS Congress in Thessaloniki (16-17th October 2025).

Also according to our constitution, the current EHS Secretary General can be re-elected for another 4-year term.

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• be supported by two EHS Full Members in writing
• send their CV & hip publications
• send a letter of intention, including their goals for EHS

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According to our constitution, any EHS member can apply and successful candidates will be democratically voted in during the General Assembly at our 16^th EHS Congress in Thessaloniki (16-17th October 2025).

Also according to our constitution, the current EHS Secretary General can be re-elected for another 4-year term.

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• send their CV & hip publications
• send a letter of intention, including their goals for EHS

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New EHS members 2024

• Australia: Wyatt
• Bulgaria: Cherkezov & Simeonov
• Croatia: Tabak
• France: Hamadouche & Kouyoumdjian
• Germany: Citak & Perka
• Greece: Koutserimpas, Papadopoulos & Papavasileiou
• Hungary: Horvath & Zhang (up from Young to Full)
• Italy: D’Adamio, Di Martino, Federico De Meo (up from Young to Full), Fioruzzi & Zanoli
• Kosovo: Ukaj
• Kuwait: Alenezi
• Morocco: El Rhazi
• Netherlands: Brokelman, Fransen & Visser
• Portugal: Cruz de Melo, Esteves Soares & Ferrao
• Singapore: Ding
• Spain: Muñoz-Mahamud & Rodriguez
• Sweden: Sotiriou
• Switzerland: Hartog, Merckaert-Starnoni & Wegrzyn
• Turkiye: Caglar, Caliskan, Dasci & Karlidag
• Ukraine: Suvorov
• UK: Dick, Hutt, Kayani, Nandra, Nikolaidis, Palan, Wilson & Yasen
• USA: Boettner

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EHS President 2023-2025MAST 11 (Masterclass in Arthroplasty Surgery Thessaloniki) 2024 – read the report here & see the venue we will use for our EHS Congress 2025Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

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EHS President 2023-2025Register NOW for our free EHS Webinar on 28th November 2024 @ 18:00 – 19:30 CET Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

This month is very busy on the European hip surgery circuit and will take us through Spain, Sweden, Greece, Germany and Italy:-

• New Technologies in THA & TKA in Bilbao (10-11th)
• Swedish Hip & Knee Society annual meeting, Stockholm (17-18th)
• Hellenic Ortho & Trauma Society’s 80th annual meeting, Thessaloniki (17-19th) & MAST 11 (Masterclass In Arthroplasty Surgery Thessaloniki) EHS-organised (18-19th)
• DKOU (German Congress of Ortho & T), Berlin (22–25th) with an EHS Symposium organised by EHS Nat Rep Prof Fritz Thorey on 24th @ 10:30-11:30 CET:-
  • Algorithm for surgical hip dislocation for FAI – where we are today? Klaus Siebenrock
  • New Technologies in THA: Mako – the way to go Fares Haddad
  • One-stage vs two-stage bilateral THA – are there differences in complication and outcome? Fritz Thorey
  • Short femoral stems – update on results and indications Hans Gollwitzer
  • Approach extensions for revision arthroplasty with the DAA Martin Thaler
• EHS-SIOT Symposium @ the Congress of Italian Ortho & Traumatology Society, Rome (30th)

This month we warmly welcome a 2nd member from Kosovo, as Prof Skender Ukaj joins as a new Full Member, along with Dr Taner Karlidag from Turkiye, Dr Papavasileiou from Greece, Dr Rodriguez Roiz from Spain (EHS Fellow, currently in Ireland) and Dr Dimitrios Sotiriou from Sweden.

Best regards,

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025Register soon for our free EHS Webinar on 28th November 2024 @ 18:00 – 19:30 CET Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

EHS Travelling Fellowship 2025 to Spain: Call for applicants!

The fellowship will take place for 2 weeks in Spain in the Spring of 2025 for two Fellows. Applicants must be:-

• 40 years old or younger
• Based in Europe
• Orthopaedic specialists with academic potential & an interest in high level knowledge of hip surgery

Inform young hip surgeon colleagues everywhere! Good luck! Deadline for apps: 30th September 2024 Click for more info & to apply HERE.

Finally, looking forwards, EHS members will enjoy a 25% discount @ CCJR in Florida from 11-14th December 2024 and have all been emailed a code. A busy season is ahead.

This month we warmly welcome a new Full Member: Dr Gustavo Zanoli from Italy.

Best regards,

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025Register for our free EHS Webinar on Primary THA on 12th September 2024 @ 18:00 – 19:30 CETHave you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Calling for new EHS SciCom member

The EHS  Scientific Committee is welcoming one new member!

EHS Members should apply via their Nat Rep (who needs to approve their candidacy).

Applicants should be productive, active members of our society with academic merits and hip publications.

Applications will be judged by the committee and finally approved by the ExCom.

Deadline: 31st August 2024.

Email CV & motivation letter via your Nat Rep to EHS membership secretary: samstokesehs@gmail.com

Thank you and Good Luck

*SciCom Tasks in the EHS Constitution:

The main task of the SciCom is to support the President (who is responsible of the biannual EHS Congress) in the Scientific Program of our biannual Congress and of the EHS Sessions during EFORT, organize and/or support EFORT Arthroplasty day (hip part) and all the International Scientific events in which EHS is officially invited, in accordance with the President and the ExCom. The second task is the development and the promotion of the huge European knowledge and experience in the hip field all over the world by the means of unbiased publications in peer review journals (Hip International as first option of course, but not only) of the best evidence and practice. The third task is to coordinate and /or starting scientific studies to further evolve the best practice in hip.

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Best regards,

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Click here to register & watch the free replays of our EHS Webinars

Dear Colleagues,

It´s a great pleasure to announce our EHS Webinars 2024: “New frontiers & New Technologies in Hip Surgery”. This project is a new step from the EHS Webinars organized last year under the amazing coordination of Dr Jean-Alain Epinette, EHS Past President. It’s a tremendous honour and responsibility to continue his legacy and although the bar is very high, I hope I could reach your expectations with this new format.

The structure will be a 90-minute webinar with an initial section of Lectures as an update about one controversial topic related to the main theme of each session. This will be followed by a Cross-fire discussion of a hot topic and the final block will focus on a Case Presentation. The webinar will be very interactive and practical and our audience will participate with polls and questions through the live chat.

I kindly invite all of you to join us on Thursday 30th May from 17:00-18:30 (CET)

Our main topic is Hip Trauma Surgery (pelvic & acetabular fractures, proximal femoral fractures and periprosthetic fractures) and our confirmed speakers are:-

• Mr Syed Ahmed (UK)
• Prof Johannes Bastian (Sweden)
• Prof Maziar Mohaddes (Switzerland)
• Dr Ramesh Sen (India)
• Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis (Greece)
• Prof Luigi Zagra (Italy)

Registration is free and will open soon on the EHS website (we will email all members). Let´s meet virtually in one moth for a fun evening!

Dr Oliver Marin-Pena
EHS Webinar Leader 2024

Best regards,

Prof Stanislav Bondarenko
EHS Secretary GeneralEHS General Assembly: Wednesday 22nd May 2024 @ 17:30-18:30 @ EFORT Congress Hamburg (Committee Meeting Room 3)Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Best regards,

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

EHS Visiting Fellowship 2024 to Ireland: Call for applicants!

The fellowship will take place for 2-3 weeks in Ireland in the Autumn of 2024 and Fellows will receive a fund of €3,000 each. Applicants must be:-

• 40 years old or younger
• Based in Europe
• European orthopaedic specialists with academic potential & an interest in high level knowledge of hip surgery

Inform young hip surgeon colleagues everywhere! Good luck! Deadline for apps: 31st March 2024 Click for more info & to apply HERE.

The EHS Visiting Fellowship 2024 to Ireland is open as of today! Please spread the word in your hip communities so that Prof Atilla and his EduCom Team can be inundated once again with excellent applications to find the two lucky winners. Non-members may apply.

A very warm welcome to new Full Members Dr Nikolay Cherkezov (Bulgaria); Prof Alberto Di Martino (Italy); Dr Gabor Horvath (Hungary); Mr Jonathan Hutt (UK); Dr Sophie Rosa Merckaert-Starnoni (Switzerland); Dr Ernesto Muñoz-Mahamud (Spain); Dr Tomislav Tabak (Croatia) and Dr Jetze Visser (Netherlands).

And finally, thanks to all our members who have paid their annual fee on time. Don’t forget to claim your discount for the World Arthroplasty Congress (WAC) in collaboration with EHS, EKS, IOEN, The Hip Society & The Knee Society this April – the Early Bird registration is extended until 4th April.

Best regards,

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Register now for WAC Madrid 18-19 April 2024

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025

State of the Art Hip Replacement Surgery in JCM

Call for original articles on primary & revision. Rapid review process. Deadline 30th May 2024.

Submit your abstracts for WAC by 10th February 2024Abstracts from EHS 15th Congress in Bern 2023Watch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2024? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Happy New Year

Dear Members of the EHS,

Huge congratulations go to Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis, EHS President, for the success of the 10th Masterclass in Arthroplasty Surgery Thessaloniki (MAST), an EHS co-organised course that attracted over 300 delegates. The report will follow.

We are delighted to introduce our new member to the EHS EduCom, Prof Anthony Viste (France), and thank the other candidates. We warmly welcome two new Full Members: Dr Betisor is our first member from Moldova and from Spain, Dr Galves. From Bulgaria we are pleased to meet two new Young Members Dr Luchev and Dr Lukanov.

Congratulations on the two EHS Travelling Fellows who will visit Denmark in Spring 2024: Dr Jetse Jelsma from The Netherlands and Dr Corine Zurmühle from Switzerland. Thanks to all our many applicants.

In the New Year, we’re looking forward to two hip events in Madrid with EHS collaboration:-

• 5th Combined Meeting EHS & SECCA (Spanish Hip Society) 8th March 2024 with EHS Patronage
• WAC (World Arthroplasty Congress) 18-19th April: submit abstracts by 15th January 2024

I hope many members will submit papers to the JCM Special Issue: State of the Art in Hip Replacement Surgery, guest edited by our members Dr Steffen Brodt and colleagues. More info HERE.

Personally, I am happy to announce my appointment as Director of Orthopaedics at the Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology in Kharkiv, Ukraine. More about the centre can be found HERE. Throughout the next two years, my projects will be:-

• to create a scientific and educational partnership between EHS and my institute in all aspects of hip joint preservation surgery, primary and revision THA, biomaterials and new technologies
• to provide learning opportunities at the Sytenko Institute, which will be a base for educational activities for EHS members, eapecially focusing on younger surgeons
• to offer fellowships for European doctors specialiszing in hip surgery at the Sytenko Institute

Wishing all our members from all over the world a safe, happy, healthy and successful 2024.

Best regards,

Stanislav Bondarenko MD, DMSc
EHS Secretary GeneralCall for papers: State of the Art Hip Replacement Surgery in JCM. Deadline: 30.5.2024Abstracts from EHS 15th Congress in Bern 2023Watch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Register now for MAST 10 – EHS co-organised Mastercalss in Arthroplasty Surgery: Current Concepts in Advanced Arthroplasty Surgery

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025

State of the Art Hip Replacement Surgery in JCM

Call for original articles on primary & revision. Rapid review process. Deadline 30th May 2024.

Register for EHS Free Webinar # 8 on 12th December @ 19:30-20-30 CET on Open Surgery for non-prosthetic Hip DiseasesAbstracts from EHS 15th Congress in Bern 2023Watch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2023? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Calling for EduCom member

The EHS EduCom is welcoming a new member! EHS Members should apply via their Nat Rep (who needs to approve their candidacy).
Applicants should be productive, active members of our society with academic merits and hip publications.
Applications will be judged by the EduCom and finally approved by the ExCom.
Email CV & motivation letter via your Nat Rep to: samstokesehs@gmail.com Deadline: 30th November 2023 Thank you and Good Luck

EHS Travelling Fellowship 2024 to Denmark: Call for applicants!

The fellowship will take place for 2-3 weeks in Denmark in the Spring of 2024 and Fellows will receive a fund of €3,000 each. Applicants must be:-

• 40 years old or younger
• Based in Europe
• European orthopaedic specialists with academic potential & an interest in high level knowledge of hip surgery

Inform young hip surgeon colleagues everywhere! Good luck! Deadline for apps: 30th November 2023 Click for more info & to apply HERE.

We welcome Prof Bulent Atilla into the role of Chairman of the EHS EduCom and Assoc Prof Eduardo Garcia-Rey as new Vice Chairman. Thanks to Prof Gosta Ullmark who steps down after many years. We are therefore seeking a new member to join the team: please see above how to apply. And as a first action, Prof Atilla declares the “EHS Travelling Fellowship 2024 to Denmark” open for applications! Please apply via this website.

A very warm welcome to new Full Members Dr Rocco D’Apolito (Italy), Dr Geert Ensing (Netherlands), Dr Armando Hoch (Switzerland) and Prof Istvan Szabo (Hungary), and two new Young Members, Dr Vincent Justus Leopold and Dr Eduardo Ramalho Silva (Portugal). And may I finally remind you to attend and promote the EHS Free Webinar # 7 on 21st November 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET with the topic: Hip arthroscopy and femoro-acetabular impingement. Don’t miss it.

Best regards,

Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025Register for EHS Webinar # 7 on 21st November 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET (Free!)Enjoy our photos from EHS 15th Congress in Bern 2023Watch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2023? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Register now for our 15th EHS Congress in Bern 12-13th October 2023 @ ehs-congress.com

Dear EHS Members,

In a few days I will welcome many of you to my hometown of Bern, where I am delighted to host the 15th EHS Congress. I would like to thank all the committees of EHS for their invaluable input in helping to organise this fantastic scientific hip meeting: the ExCom, SciCom, EduCom and Nat Reps, as well as our diligent congress organisers at Intercongress.

Our guest nation is Japan and we are excited to introduce in person at the Kursaal congress venue two internationally renowned hip surgeons, Dr Hiroshi Fujita (Director of Center for Hip & Knee Arthroplasty at Rakuyo Hospital in Kyoto) and Prof Yasuharu Nakashima (from Kyushu University & involved in Japan’s national registry of orthopaedic surgery), who will present to us from the podium @ 17:25 – 18:10 on Thursday 12th October. Following this, the General Assembly will take place at 18:20 – please access the Agenda HERE.

It has been an honour to be the President of our prestigious hip society, EHS, since our Congress in Lille. We have welcomed over 60 new members to EHS in the past two years and there’s just time before I go to warmly welcome three more: Full Members Dr Marc Attinger (Switzerland) & Mr Ahmed Magan (UK), and International Member Dr Abdullah Alfaraj (Kuwait).

We have also refreshed all our committees to include new faces and active members, including five new Nat Reps for France, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkiye, as well as four new members each to the EduCom and SciCom. As I step down, I look forward to continue helping the society continue to grow from strength to strength and to inspire young hip surgeons around the world.

And finally, please join the discussion at the EHS Free Webinar # 7 on 21st November 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET with the topic: Hip arthroscopy and femoro-acetabular impingement. I will be talking on “Open surgery for FAI – where are we today?” and will be joined by Dr Olga Pidgaiska, presenting “Femoro-acetabular impingement: diagnostics, indications for treatment” and Assoc Prof Mattia Loppini, presenting “Arthroscopic management of FAI”.

Best regards,

Prof Klaus Siebenrock
EHS President 2021-2023

Get accredited @ Bern!

The 15th EHS Congress is planned and implemented in accordance with essential areas and policies of the European Accreditations Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) and has been accredited by Swiss Orthopaedics with 16 CME credits, as well as being certified by endoCert.

Watch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Register for EHS Webinar # 7 on 21st November 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET (Free!)Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2023? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Register now for our 15th EHS Congress in Bern 12-13th October 2023 @ ehs-congress.comDear EHS Members,

Just a few weeks to go until we all meet at our 15th EHS Congress in the exquisite Swiss canton of Bern to discuss hip surgery in great detail with all our peers and mentors. The General Assembly will take place at 18:20 on Thursday 12th October, where the candidate for EHS President 2025-27, Prof Fares Haddad (UK) – our EHS Nat Rep for UK – will introduce himself. Also the candidate for EHS Treasurer 2023-27, Assoc Prof Martin Thaler, will run for a 2nd term. Both positions will be voted in by Full Members with a show of hands. Please scroll down to read the candidates’ statements.

We are pleased to welcome four new members to EHS: new Full Member Prof Michael Wettstein from Switzerland, and three Young Members: Mr Talal Jabri (UK), Mr Samer Mahmoud (UK) and Dr Aditya Seth (India).

Courses with EHS patronage we recommend for your hip diary are:-

• 79th Hellenic Ortho & Trauma Soc Congress: EHS Forum (4-7 Oct: Athens, Greece)
• 20th Romania Orth Soc Congress with EHS-SOROT Session (18-21 Oct: Sinaia, Romania)
• EKS in Spain: Looking at WAC 2024 (3 Nov: Barcelona, Spain)
• Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SIOT) with EHS Symposium (9-11 Nov: Rome, Italy)
• 26th International Course of Reconstructive Surgery of the Joint – Hip Surgery (30 Nov – 1 Dec: Madrid, Spain)
• MAST 10 (Masterclass in Arthroplasty Surgery Thessaloniki) (Hybrid Edition) Co-organised by EHS & sponsored by EFORT (15-17 Dec: Thessaloniki, Greece)

Plus you can enjoy (for free) the excellent video diary that EHS Member Prof Nicolas Reina of Practical Course Orthopaedics (PCO) made with EHS President Elect, Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis, HERE, shadowing him in his public and private clinics and into OR, followed by 40 minutes of discussion with a panel of experts.

And finally, don’t forget to join the discussion at the EHS Free Webinar # 6 on 12th Sept 2023 @19:30-20-30 CET (with partners, MO Journal). The session is on Acetabular and femoral revisions in THA, with our Webinar Taskforce speakers:-

• Dr Oliver Marín-Peña: Periprosthetic hip fractures type B: Fix or Replace?
• Dr Olga Pidgaiska: Grafting of acetabular defects in the revision Hip Arthroplasty
• Assoc Prof Mattia Loppini: Trabecular Metal Augments for the Management of Paprosky Type III Defects

Best regards,

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko,
EHS Secretary General

Candidate for EHS Presidency 2025-27: Prof Fares Haddad (UK)

It will be a great privilege to serve the European Hip Society as President and to help strengthen education, research, and communication in hip surgery in Europe.

I am excited by the opportunity to represent all European colleagues and to raise the profile of the EHS. I am a very active clinician with a high volume clinical practice of complex hip surgery encompassing young adult sports surgery all the way through to complex revisions. I have a big academic portfolio and a strong track record in leadership nationally in the UK and internationally. I have published and presented widely. I have strong contacts worldwide and will bring international recognition and key collaborations to the European Hip Society.

My goal would be to work with the Executive Committee and with National Reps and Ambassadors and Members of the Society to strengthen the scale and scope of local and collaborative offerings, and the communication and the interactions of the European Hip Society with its members. The European Hip Society needs to refresh and re-energise. We need to look at the committee structures and strengthen ExCom, EduCom and SciCom, and ensure that they are active, productive and delivering national involvement and input, and up-to-date education initiatives and appropriate research platforms and support. There are also funds that would allow us to launch new fellowships and forge close links between European colleagues for the future.

I also hope to raise the profile and reach of the European Hip Society worldwide. My involvement would open and energise international links to the benefit of our society and its members.

To read Prof Haddad’s CV, click here

Candidate for EHS Treasurer 2023-7: Assoc Prof Martin Thaler (Germany)

Associate Professor Martin Thaler, MD, MSc, is currently the head of the department for orthopaedics and traumatology of Helios Oberbayern. He worked at the Medical University of Innsbruck at the Department of Orthopaedics. He is an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, specialized on hip pathologies and oncology. As an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical University of Innsbruck, Martin Thaler trains residents and colleagues from all over the world in hip courses held in Innsbruck.

Martin Thaler has a background in financing, having received a Master’s degree in managing from the University of Krems and a Master´s degree in Business Administration from the Middlesex University in London.

His areas of expertise include minimally invasive total hip replacements, complex revision surgery, femuroacetabular impingement surgery, oncologic surgery as well as fracture treatment of the hip. He is currently the Treasurer of the European Hip Society (EHS).

Wild Swimming in Bern!

If the warm weather continues, perhaps you would like to swim to our 15th EHS congress… Welcome Bern* shares top tips here:-

“Floating Down the Aare River: 3 Favourite Routes”

These are moderately safe routes (please read the safety precautions!). Welcome Bern wants to make sure that everyone has a safe experience when swimming in the Aare, to prevent any accidents.

*Welcome Bern is the destination management organisation (DMO) of Bern, which brings together the various players within and along the tourism service chain. Photos used here and above of swimming in the Aare River in Bern are the property of Welcome BernWatch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Register for EHS Webinar # 6 on 12th September 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET (Free!)Have you paid your EHS membership fee for 2023? Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Early Bird Registration until end of July! 15th EHS Congress in Bern 12-13th October 2023 Register now @ ehs-congress.comDear EHS Members,

I hope you have all registered for our 15th EHS Congress in Bern this October. Early Bird fees close in a matter of days. Join us at this wonderful UNESCO city to immerse yourself in our hot hip topics:-

• Hip joint preservation surgery
• The young patient with a hip prosthesis
• State of the art of customized 3D hip prosthesis in hip revisions
• Revision surgery in THA
• Hip registries

Despite the heatwave, Athens this week welcomes over 140 orthopaedic & trauma trainees to the sold out 6th FORTE* Summer school (with EHS patronage). Organiser and Past President of FORTE, Dr Panayiotis Megaloikonomos (EHS Member) says: “The event has been a great success! We hope EHS members will promote the course to their trainees for next year.” Faculty includes EHS President Elect, Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis, EFORT President Elect, Prof Theofilos Karachalios and EHS Nat Rep for Greece, Assoc Prof Lazaros Poultsides (from Greece), as well as EHS Members, Prof Rob Nelissen (Netherlands) and Prof James Powell (Canada), who came all the way from Calgary to speak about “Hip Preserving Surgery: Open Procedures” and “Infected THA”.

Women in Orthopaedics were celebrated @ FORTE and EHS Member Prof Catharina Chiari (Austria) was joined by Prof Nanni Allington (President of the French Belgian Ortho Association), Prof Zoe Dailiana (President of HAOST) and Dr Ines Unterfrauner (Swiss Female Orthopaedics Association), plus many more (see photo above).

Meanwhile, we welcome two new (male!) Full Members to EHS: Prof Joseph Queally (Ireland) and Prof Simon Damian Steppacher (Switzerland).

I hope you stay cool and safe during the hot weather.

Best regards,

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko,
EHS Secretary General

*The Federation of Orthopaedic and Trauma Trainees in Europe (FORTE) was founded in 2005 with the goal to improve orthopaedic educational standards, enable learning opportunities and promote colleagues network throughout Europe.

The Old Town of Bern (home of our 15th Congress 12-13th October 2023) is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site due to the preserved medieval city centre. Join us in October and experience the wonder of the medieval streets and buildings for yourself:-

Watch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Register for EHS Webinar # 6 on 12th September 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET (Free!)Pay your EHS membership fee for 2023Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Early Bird Registration until end of July! 15th EHS Congress in Bern 12-13th October 2023 Register now @ ehs-congress.comDear EHS Members,

Summertime is here and the glacial meltwater from the Swiss Alps is being enjoyed in Bern by the local wild swimmers, who have been jumping in the fast current of the River Aare to cool down! Even if you won’t swim, we look forward to welcoming you to our 15th EHS Congress in this charming Swiss canton in 104 days! Early bird registration closes at the end of July, so register NOW!

Keeping in the Bern mood, please enjoy our report HERE from EHS President, Prof Siebenrock, on the Bern Hip Symposium (an EHS organized course) which took place with great success in April.

Also available for your “hip” summer reading is Dr Luca Garro’s report HERE on the Rome Dual Mobility course in May, with EHS patronage. Plus the report HERE from the EHS Fellowship to Sweden this year. And EHS’s Prof Alister Hart (UK) has launched a new free educational resource www.complexhipsurgery.com of interest to us all.

We wish a warm welcome to 3 new Full Members:-

• Prof Catharina Chiari (Austria)
• Dr Thomas Kostakos (Greece) 
• Mr K H Sunil Kumar (UK)

And two new Young Members:-

• Dr Edoardo Guazzoni (Italy)
• Dr Vincenzo Di Matteo (Italy)

And of course we have young surgeons in mind for 6th FORTE Summer School, Athens Greece, (24-28 July 2023) which promises to be an excellent event.

The free replay is available of EHS Webinar # 5 on this website and, after the summer break, we welcome you to join EHS Webinar # 6 on 12th September @ 19:30 on “Acetabular & Femoral Revisions in THA”.

Wish you a good summer beak with your families.

Best regards,

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko,
EHS Secretary General

Three facts you might not know about the Aare River running through Bern, home of our 15th Congress 12-13th October 2023:-

• The river’s name is of Celtic origin, dating to at least the late Iron Age, about 500BC to the 1st Century
• A tributary of the High Rhine, the Aare is the longest river that both rises and ends within Switzerland
• More than 40 hydroelectric plants operate along the river

Bern Welcome (for Tourism) has a list of safety rules for swimming in the river. Watch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!

Images of Aare River, Bern: COURTESY OF BERN WELCOME
Image of Prof Chiari: Copyright feelimage/MedUniWien

Register for EHS Webinar # 6 on 12th September 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET (Free!)Pay your EHS membership fee for 2023Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Registration is open! 15th EHS Congress in Bern 12-13th October 2023 Register now @ ehs-congress.comDear EHS Members,

Successful authors have now been contacted about their abstract submissions for our 15th Congress in Bern and early bird registration is open. We look forward to welcoming you to this charming Swiss canton, capital city and medieval gem (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site) in October in just 135 days!

The scientific programme is inspired by burning issues, newest developments and standards of modern hip surgery and you can explore online all the faculty members and their topics – huge thanks to our President, Prof Klaus Siebenrock, the SciCom: Chairman Prof Luigi Zagra; Prof Theofilos Karachalios; Prof Klaus-Peter Günther; Prof Brigitte Jolles-Haeberli; Prof Johan Kärrholm; Ass Prof Plamen Kinov; Dr Oliver Marin-Pena; Prof Filippo Randelli; Prof A Mazhar Tokgözoğlu; Dr Walter van der Weegen and our congress partners Intercongress, for their dedication and hard work.

EHS is proud to announce four new Nat Reps:-

• Dr Bertrand Boyer for France (Read more)
• Assoc Prof Lazaros Poultsides for Greece (Read more)
• Prof Maziar Mohaddes for Sweden (Read more)
• Prof Bulent Atilla for Turkiye (Read more)

We look forward to your great contributions to EHS over the next four years of your term.It was great to see so many EHS members in Vienna @ EFORT visit our booth throughout all three days of the congress and soon we will be welcoming new members we met there. See our report HERE.

Meanwhile, a very warm welcome goes to our new EHS Full Members: Dr Dmytro Iershov from Dnipro, Ukraine; Dr Yurii Lazarenko from Vinnytsia, Ukraine; Dr Gherardo Pagliazzi from Ponte Capriasca, Switzerland & Prof Olof Sköldenberg from Stockholm, Sweden.

Don’t forget to spread the word about our next webinar, which is also free for non-members to attend, so please invite colleagues who may be interested:-

EHS Webinar # 5
13th June 2023@19:30-20-30 CET
Revisions- Planification and Options
•  Stanislav Bondarenko: Preoperative investigation and assessment of bone loss in revision THA
•  Luigi Zagra: Painful Revision THA: Diagnosis and Treatment
•  Eleftherios Tsiridis: THA Revision: Impaction Grafting technique.
With Oliver Marin-Pena and Eduardo Garcia-Rey moderating

Summer events with EHS patronage include: Practical Course Orthopedics in Toulouse, France, (8-10th June 2023) and 6th FORTE Summer School, Athens Greece, (24-28 July 2023).

Best regards,

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko,
EHS Secretary GeneralReminder of ExCom Notice to all members Calling for candidates for the positions of EHS President (2025-27) & EHS Treasurer (2023-7)Watch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Register for EHS Webinar # 5 on 13th June 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET (Free!)Pay your EHS membership fee for 2023Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Image at top: Alex Katz | Black Hat 2, 2010 | The Albertina Museum, Vienna. The Batliner Collection © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2017

Three facts you might not know about the home of our 15th Congress in Bern 12-13th October 2023:-

Albert Einstein lived in Bern from 1903 to 1905 and developed his Theory of Relativity here

Bern has a close relationship with bears & owes its name to the animal

Bern’s river Aare is the place (for the brave) to dive in for a traditional urban swim (brrrr!)

Registration is open! 15th EHS Congress in Bern 12-13th October 2023 Register now @ ehs-congress.comDear EHS Members,

Registration is open to our 15th Congress in Bern. Get a first glimpse of our fantastic programme, covering: hip joint preservation surgery, the young patient with a hip prosthesis, customized 3D hip prosthesis in hip revisions, revision surgery in THA and hip resgistries. See you there!

We were very sad at the passing of our inspirational EHS Past President, Dr Roberto Giacometti-Ceroni, who organised the 5th EHS Congress 2002 in Baveno, Italy. Our commiserations go to his family, friends and colleagues. Prof Luigi Zagra remembers him fondly HERE.

A warm welcome goes to our new EHS Members: Dr Andrea D’Amelio from Torino, Italy; Prof Koji Goto from Osakasayama, Japan and Assoc Prof Pablo Sanz Ruiz from Madrid, Spain.

The EHS Organised Bern Hip Symposium was a huge success with over 270 attendants and 34 renowned international hip experts sharing their knowledge. A report will follow. Don’t miss our:-

EHS Webinar # 4
9th May 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET
Primary Hips: Complications in Primary Hips

• L Zagra: My Approach to instability after primary THA in different scenarios
• M Loppini: Management of limb length discrepancy after THA
• C Rogmark: Influence of bone cement and stem design on the rate of periprosthetic fracture

At EFORT Congress I look forward to seeing you at the hip morning on Thursday 25th May for Advanced Concepts in THR 8am-12pm (scroll below for info) and Friday 26th May 8-9am for the EHS Hip Joint Preservation Symposium.

Finally, summer events with EHS patronage include:-

• Dual Mobility International Conference in Rome, Italy, 27th May 2023
• Practical Course Orthopedics in Toulouse, France, 8-10th June 2023
• 6th FORTE Summer School, Athens Greece, 24-28 July 2023

See you in Vienna!

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko,
EHS Secretary GeneralReminder of ExCom Notice to all members Calling for candidates for the positions of EHS President (2025-27) & EHS Treasurer (2023-7)

Hip morning @ EFORT on Thursday 25th May

08:00-09:00 Cement Is Back: At Least On The Femoral Side…
Moderators: Søren Overgaard & Luigi Zagra

• Overview Of Different Types Of Cemented Stems Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen
• Outcomes Of Cemented Vs Non-Cemented THR In Different Age Population Maziar Mohaddes
• What Is A Perfect Cementing Technique Henrik Malchau
• Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome: Myths And Reality, Tricks And Tips Eleftherios Tsiridis

09:00-10:00 Treatment Of Periprosthetic Fractures Around The Hip: Femur
Moderators: Fares Haddad & Klaus-Peter Günther

• Is It A B1 Or A B2/B3? An Algorithmic Approach Karl Stoffel
• Fixation Of B2/B3 In The Old Fragile Patient: Does It Work? George Macheras
• Principles Of Revision And Implant Selection: Tips And Tricks Luigi Zagra
• Challenges: When To Revise A B1 And The Interprosthetic Fracture Theofilos Karachalios

10:00-11:00 Treatment Of Periprosthetic Fractures Around The Hip: Acetabulum
Moderators: Klaus A. Siebenrock & Philippe Hernigou

• Frequency And Risk Factors Of Intraoperative And Late Fractures Johan Kärrholm
• Imaging And Timing Of Surgery Enrique Guerado
• When And How To Fix It Johannes Dominik Bastian
• How To Revise Matteo Giachino

11:00-12:00 Periprosthetic Joint Infections After Primary And Revision THR
Moderators: Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen & Eleftherios Tsiridis

• Register Data: Changes Over Last 10 Years – Why? Håvard Dale
• Current Practical And Future Diagnostic Approaches José Cordero Ampuero
• Outcomes Of Non-Operative Treatment In Elderly, Multi-Morbid Patients Rihard Trebše
• Bacterial Resistance – Should We Be Worried? Daniel Kendoff

EHS Speciality Society Hip Session @ EFORT on Friday 26th May

• KP Günther: The role of femoral torsion in classic impingement – what to do?
• K Siebenrock: When to do surgical hip dislocation for FAI?
• L Büchler: Indications and potential of hip arthroscopy in FAI
• C Chiari: Treatment of DDH in adolescents/ adults by pelvic osteotomies – how and when? 

Watch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Register for EHS Webinar # 4 on 9th May 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET (Free!)Pay your EHS membership fee for 2023Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Notice from the EHS ExCom to all members

Calling for candidates for the positions of EHS President (2025-27) and EHS Treasurer (2023-7).

According to our constitution, any EHS member can apply and successful candidates will be democratically voted in during the General Assembly at our 15^th EHS Congress in Bern (12-13th October 2023).

Also according to our constitution, the current EHS Treasurer can be re-elected for another 4-year term.

To apply for either role, candidates are required to:-

• be supported by their National Hip or Orthopaedic Society in writing
• be supported by two EHS Full Members in writing
• send their CV & hip publications
• send a letter of intention, including their goals for EHS

Applications to EHS Secretary General, Assoc Prof Bondarenko: bondarenkoehs@gmail.com
Deadline for receiving candidates: 30th June 2023 

Secretary General Address

Dear EHS Members,

We wish a warm welcome to our new EHS members: Dr Büchler from Switzerland, Full Member; Mr Malik-Tabassum from UK, Young Member; Dr Yamamoto from Japan, International Member and Dr Giordmaina from Malta, moves up from Young (since 2018) to Full Member. I look forward to seeing you all at our 15th EHS Congress in Bern in October 2023. Much before that, please register now for our imminent event:-

Webinar # 3
11th April 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET
Primary Hips: Difficult Cases

• Rihard Trebše: How to approach different difficult primary conditions with hip arthroplasty
• Eleftherios Tsiridis: THA for severe hip dysplasia: surgical techniques
• Stanislav Bondarenko: Reconstruction of acetabular defects at complex primary THA

Please tell all your colleagues. Plus, our free replays are available here through our website for anyone who missed # 1 and # 2 – let’s spread hip education around the world.

Upcoming meetings with relevant links on our EHS Hip Meetings Calendar are:-

• Hip Symposium Bern (plus pre-course 19 April 2023) 20-22th April 2023, an EHS Organised meeting
• 24th Annual EFORT Congress in Vienna, Austria 24-26th May 2023, where EHS is a Speciality Society
• Dual Mobility International Conference in Rome 27th May 2023, with EHS Patronage
• Practical Course Orthopedics in Toulouse, France, 8-10th June 2023, with EHS Patronage
• 6th FORTE Summer School, Athens Greece, 24-28 July 2023, with EHS Patronage

Finally, please be reminded to pay your EHS annual membership dues for 2023 via our website. Contact our Membership Secretary, Samantha Stokes, for any queries. Thank you very much to everyone who has paid.

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko,
EHS Secretary GeneralWatch EHS Webinar Replays (in partnership with MO Journal) anytime anywhere!Register for EHS Webinar # 3 on 11th April 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET (Free!)Pay your EHS membership fee for 2023Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Dear EHS Members,

The EHS Webinar #1 was a great success with over 600 registrations! Thanks for the excellent presentations by Prof Luigi Zagra on “Key steps in planning total hip arthroplasty”, Assoc Prof Eduardo García-Rey on “Modern posterior approach in uncemented total hip replacement” and Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis on “THA: implant positioning and optimisation”.

We attracted a lot of young hip surgeons from all over the world and we had plenty of time at the end for debate, answering questions via chat, led by our moderators Prof Alister Hart, Dr Olga Pidgaiska and of course Dr Jean-Alain Epinette.

Sincere thanks to everyone who helped spread the word about these free EHS Webinars, which we will run monthly. The free replay is available HERE for anyone who missed it, and now we are looking forward to our next session:-

Webinar # 2
14th March 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET
Primary Hips: Surgical and Material Options

• Dr Olga Pidgaiska: “Choice of femoral stem fixation at hip replacement”
• Dr Jean-Alain Epinette: “Cemented vs. Uncemented Stems over 70yrs”
• Dr Oliver Marin-Peña: “Robots for THR – What is the Evidence?”

Please enjoy our promotional video below and ask everyone interested to register now HERE.

EHS currently has two Fellows in Sweden enjoying the hip surgery ORs in Stockholm, Gothenberg and Orebro. Meanwhile, we have published the excellent report of the EHS Fellowship to Italy: thanks to Mr Syed S Ahmed and Dr Nicholas Beckmann and to their hosts: Profs Binazzi, Grappiolo, Masse and Zagra, and Drs Andrea D’Amelio, Matteo Giachino and Michele Nardi, Rocco D’Apolito and Assoc Prof Mattia Loppini.

We are very happy to warmly welcome seven new members to EHS this month, who I am sure will be very active additions to our society:-

• Full Members: Mr Vikas Khanduja (UK); Dr Borut Pompe (Slovenia) & Dr Iker Uriarte (Spain)
• International Member: Dr Yad Abdulrahim (Iraq)
• Young Members: Dr Atanas Panev (Bulgaria); Dr Teresa Clode Araújo (Portugal) & Dr Christos Koutserimpas (Greece)

Finally, please enjoy the report from last month’s excellent 4th European Joint Meeting EHS & SECCA in Madrid, and don’t forget immediate upcoming hip events: the British Hip Society Annual Meeting (8-10 March) in Edinburgh, where EHS President, Prof Siebenrock, is “The Charnley Legacy Lecturer”; the 5th Barcelona Hip Meeting (17-19 April) and the EHS co-organsied Hip Symposium in Bern (20-22 April, plus pre-course 19 April).

Best regards,

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko,
EHS Secretary GeneralTwo Hip Surgeons in… Italy! Enjoy the EHS Travelling Fellowship 2023 Report, by Mr Syed S Ahmed & Dr Nicholas BeckmannRegister for EHS Webinar # 2 on 14th March 2023 @ 19:30-20:30 CET (Free!)Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

EHS President, Prof Klaus Siebenrock, writes:

Dear EHS Members,

Everything is going well for our 15th EHS Congress in Bern (Switzerland) on 12-13th October 2023.

But before that, I warmly welcome you to Bern more immediately for the Bern Hip Symposium, organised with EHS, on 20th – 22nd April 2023 with a pre-course held to teach basics and to offer hands-on anatomy demonstration on 19th April 2023.

We will welcome 34 renowned hip experts from all over the world including our guest of honour, Richard Santore from the UCSD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in San Diego, USA, who will share his outstanding expertise with us.

Topics will include:-

• future technologies like augmented reality, AI and robotics
• newest diagnostic MRI with 3D image animation techniques
• latest knowledge about hip joint preservation techniques and research
• challenges around complex THA surgery in young patients

Plus live commented surgery (pre-recorded), two video sessions on essential technical steps in hip surgery, anatomy demonstrations (cadaver) and industry symposia. Register at: www.hip-symposium-bern.ch

I also look forward to seeing you join EHS’s Free Webinar #1 on 14th February in partnership with MO Journal.Two Hip Surgeons in Portugal! Enjoy the EHS Visiting Fellowship 2022 Report, by Dr Adrian Cassar-Gheiti & Dr Iker UriarteHip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

EHS Past President, Dr Jean-Alain Epinette, writes:

Dear EHS Members,

On behalf of all the EHS ExCom, I wish a Happy New Year to each member of our Orthopaedic Community! Let’s hope that 2023 brings more favourable events than the previous year, with health, peace and fraternity.

We at EHS are delighted to wish the best for our 15th EHS Congress in Bern (Switzerland) on 12-13th October 2023. See you there!!!

Now it’s time to officially announce a big event for the New Year! True to our goal at European Hip Society to stay at the forefront of knowledge and create a strong link between every scientist interested in hip surgery, in Europe and beyond, we are excited to launch our:-

Free Monthly EHS Webinars! 

Starting from February 2023, in partnership with MO Journal, a free 60-minute webinar each month will offer three “top” talks, presented by their authors, in the form of interactive sessions with you. Our “EHS Webinar Task Force”, including members of our Executive, Education and Scientific Committees, have been involved in the promotion of the absolute best scientific presentations from our previous symposia, scientific days and EHS congresses.

Look out for the agenda of upcoming webinars throughout the year on our new “EHS Webinar” tab of the EHS website – plus of course we will keep you posted in this Newsletter. Meanwhile, save the date for our first event and we really look forward to seeing you there.EHS Members are kindly reminded to pay their 2022 membership fees. It’s never too late!Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Dear Members,

The EHS co-organised Masterclass in Arthroplasty Surgery Thessaloniki (MAST) is running for the 9th consecutive year, from 16th – 18th December 2022, and is not to be missed.

As always, the MAST Founder and President, Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis (EHS President Elect), has invited his worldwide orthopaedic peers to bring their professional perspectives from Argentina, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, UK, USA and of course Greece. USA alone will have teams from Stanford (California), Mayo Clinic (Minnesota), Rush (Chicago) and NYU Langone (New York).

This vibrant international faculty will offer invaluable insights into orthopaedic technicalities for joint arthroplasty and revision by presenting their best research data of the year and showing video surgeries on the topic “Advances in Arthroplasty – What’s new in complex adult reconstruction & new technologies?”.

As always at MAST, there is a competitive spirit. Last year we held the Ortho Olympics and this year, the esteemed faculty will battle it out in teams to win the “Aristotle MAST Award 2022” prize, with the most senior presenter of the winning team being named Visiting Professor by the Dean of the Aristotle University Medical School of Thessaloniki. We will also establish the inaugural “MAST “Endoxa” Consensus Report”, leading to a multi-centre publication.

Attendees can expect exciting presentations and big debates throughout Friday and Saturday, while Sunday will be dedicated to our popular hands on workshops. The course is hybrid and delegates can register to join us from anywhere. Last year we had guests from 27 countries and almost 400 delegates!

Additional hip courses to enter into your new diary for 2023 are:-

• 10th February 2023: EHS Combined Course with SECCA (the Spanish Hip Society) in Madrid. All the details can be found here
• 8-10th March 2023: British Hip Society Annual Meeting in Edinburgh
• 17-19 April 2023: (Postponed from April 2020 & 2022) Barcelona Hip Meeting
• 20-22 April 2023: Hip Symposium Bern (plus pre-course 19 April 2023) EHS Organised meeting

Meanwhile, we warmly welcome five new members to EHS this month, whose active input as EHS members we look forward to:-

• Full Member Mr Karuppiah Maha Lingam (Ireland)
• Full Member Prof Markus Rickert (Germany)
• Full Member Dr Filippo Troiani (Italy)
• Young Member Dr Stavros Goumenos (Greece)
• Young Member Dr Jeroen C F Verhaegen (Belgium)

Below, we get to know our EduCom member Dr Olga Pidgaiska a little better in the last of our Q&A series.

And finally, for anyone who missed it, please click HERE to the Hip International article celebrating 30 years of EHS.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and once again for Peace on Earth.

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko, EHS Secretary General

Since taking a fellowship from EHS at the Center of Musculoskeletal Surgery at Charité – Virchow Klinikum Berlin, in the septic orthopaedic department, infection cases have become a part of my everyday activity. A multidisciplinary approach, combining the work of orthopeadic-trauma surgeons, infection disease specialists and psychologists shows excellent results in this category of complex patients. One stage procedures at PJI are becoming more and more common.From the first days of the war in Ukraine, the Center of Musculoskeletal Surgery at Charité – Virchow Klinikum Berlin has been accepting injured patients from Ukraine, both military and civilians. War injuries are accompanied by severe bone and soft tissues defects. But another problem we face are gram-negative multiresistent pathogens (3/4 MRGN) that were found in tissue samples. This has required the development of a new algorithm for the treatment (combination of antibiotics including its local application, multiple wounds revisions and metal fixators changes).It was a patient 41 y.o. female, physiotherapist with chronic knee PJI. In 12 years almost 50 operations; 4 times sepsis; multiple pathogens (Streptococci, Listeria, Klebsiella oxytoca, Proteus mirabilis, E. faecium , E. faecalis, E. coli, B. fragilis); opiate dependence. The multidisciplinary team established the diagnosis: “Munchausen syndrome”, a psychiatric problem, when the patient injected pathogens by herself in the knee joint to get attention to her personality.…those which were successfully cured after infection.It can be a case with a combination of severe bone loss from both the acetabulum and femur sides caused by metallosis (trunionosis) in combination with infection.I found this article “A systematic approach to CT evaluation of non-arthritic hip pain” from EFORT open reviews by Author(s): Andrew J Curley, Ethan R Ruh, Amisha Shah, Ashley E Disantis, April Krivoniak, Craig S Mauro, and Michael P McClincy Pages: 653–662.One of the tasks I deal with at present is learning the German language.Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)EHS Members are kindly reminded to pay their 2022 membership fees. It’s never too late!

Dear Members,

EHS Webinars are coming! Our Past President Dr Jean-Alain Epinette introduces the project below.

The call for abstracts is OPEN for our EHS Congress 2023 in Bern, Switzerland (12-13th October). Meanwhile, the report on the successful Osteotomies Around the Hip Hands On Cadaver Course in Lisbon, Portugal (with EHS patronage) is available HERE; thanks to our Nat Rep Dr Pedro Dantas. And earlier this week EHS had an interesting session at DKOU in Berlin on “Future Hip Surgery – Old Disease, New Treatment?” Moderators were EHS President, Prof Klaus Siebenrock & EHS Nat Rep for Germany, Prof Fritz Thorey:-

Now it is time to register for the MAST 9 Advanced Arthroplasty Surgery Course in Thessaloniki, Greece, an EHS-organised event (16-18th December 2022) presenting 80 international speakers, with MAKO and ROSA robotic systems on display for practical sessions, plus hands on Exeter Hip Course hip and knee revision practicals. Not to be missed.

We warmly welcome two new International EHS Members: Dr Kensuke Fukushima from Sagamihara in Japan, and Mr Raymond Crowe from Richmond, Australia. And finally, in our Q&A series below, we get to know our new EduCommer Dr Geert Meermans from Berchem, Belgium. Thanks to him.

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko, EHS Secretary General

EHS Webinars

Who among us has not wished at one time or another to see a particularly interesting movie or interview again? This is also undoubtedly the case for the best lectures already presented at congresses or scientific days. And thus, here we are with our intention to offer our best presentations as a replay via EHS Webinars.

“European Hip Society aims to stay at the cutting edge of knowledge and to create a sound link between every surgeon interested in hip surgery, in Europe and beyond”… A life can obviously exist between each biennial EHS Congress. Hence, our EHS Webinars – to take place throughout the year – will establish a real scientific link within the Hip Scientific Community.

An “EHS Webinar Task Force” has been set up, bringing together several members of our three committees (Executive, Education and Scientific), including some members particularly involved in the promotion of best scientific presentations already given during our previous EHS symposia, scientific days and congresses.

Each member of this “Task Force” offers their best lectures (already given) on various subjects, creating a global thesaurus and allowing for a selection, classified by subjects or themes. Each month, a 60min webinar will propose three of these “top” lectures, which will be presented by their authors. In addition to the moderators, all participants connected remotely will be able to debate via the “usual chat”… Replays will also be available!

Eight EHS Webinars per year will be held in partnership with MO Journal, and of course, all details and additional information will be provided through our EHS website and this Newsletter.

“Bringing Orthopaedic Hip Surgeons Together”… The kick-off is January 2023… See you there!!!In my current practice as a hip surgeon, I see mostly patients with osteoarthritis of the hip and young(er) patients with femoroacetabular impingement. We also treat a lot of elderly patients with proximal femoral fractures and see more and more patients with periprosthetic fractures.The elderly mother of one of our secretary’s was scheduled for a cup revision, but intraoperatively the 26mm femoral head could not be removed from the massive cementless stem. I ended up doing a full revision and after removal of the stem there was an intraoperative femoral fracture in osteopenic bone. Fortunately, she’s recovered very well in the meantime.Despite the fact that in our country relatively little large head metal-on-metal implants have been used, these are always very difficult in case of a massive soft tissue reaction. I still remember one patient (from St Elsewhere) with a massive soft tissue lesion, abductor weakness and recurrent dislocations. A colleague and I did his revision with resection of this massive cystic lesion. Unfortunately, his abductors were gone and he never regained his normal function.Every happy patient is very rewarding, but one that comes to mind is a 19-year young woman with bilateral osteoarthritis due to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis coming in to my office in a wheelchair. Because of her young age, she couldn’t find someone who’d be willing to help her. She has bilateral THA for more than 10 years now, has three children and sends me a postcard every year with a photo of their family on one of their hiking holidays during the summertime. This always reminds me that what we do can really have an impact on people’s quality of life.It is always so frustrating when a patient comes to visit you, but after clinical examination and additional testing you can’t find a good explanation for their current symptoms.I’ve had the pleasure to be in touch with [EHS Member] George Grammatopoulos and Moritz Innmann for a couple of years, and their recent work on spinopelvic characteristics has had a fundamental impact on our knowledge on this difficult topic. It took me a couple of readings to grasp their concept, but this will have a major impact on our daily practice as hip surgeons.

References:

• Integrating the Combined Sagittal Index Reduces the Risk of Dislocation Following Total Hip Replacement. Grammatopoulos G, Falsetto A, Sanders E, Weishorn J, Gill HS, Beaulé PE, Innmann MM, Merle C. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 Mar 2;104(5):397-411
• Spinopelvic Characteristics Normalize 1 Year After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Longitudinal, Case-Controlled Study. Innmann MM, Verhaegen JCF, Reichel F, Schaper B, Merle C, Grammatopoulos G. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 Apr 20;104(8):675-683

I love long-distance running and after finally overcoming a couple of injuries I will be running a half-marathon in a couple of weeks and hope to be able to run another marathon by the end of 2023. During the COVID pandemic, my friends and I discovered padel and enjoy our weekly game with a Belgian “special” beer afterwards. Whenever I have time in the weekend, I love to use my kamado for some low and slow cooking for our family and/or friends.I am currently reading “Antwerp, the glory years” by Michael Pye about the history of the golden 16th century of the town I was born and raised in and “Out of the world” the debut novel of Karl Ove Knausgard of whom I can strongly recommend his autobiographical “My struggle” novels.Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)EHS Members are kindly reminded to pay their 2022 membership fees. It’s never too late!

Dear Members,

The countdown has begun: it is one year until the next EHS Congress in Bern, Switzerland, and our congress website is now open! Click HERE. Abstracts will be called for in the coming weeks.

EHS celebrates its 30th birthday this month. Look out for an article in the next issue of Hip International celebrating our society.

Next month we greatly look forward to the EHS- SIdA- SIOT Symposium in Rome on Friday 11th November @ 14.30-16.30. For more info please click HERE. Thanks to our Nat Rep for Italy, Dr Nicola Santori, and our EHS Member Prof Franco Benazzo (President of the Italian Hip Society (SIDA)) for organising this. The programme is as follows:-

Session 1 THR for Secondary Arthritis

Moderators: F. Falez (Rome), G. Solarino (Bari)

• 14:30 “THR for DDH Tips & Tricks” F. Benazzo (Brescia)
• 14:40 “THR for rheumatoid arthritis” (tbc)
• 14:50 “Acetabular protrusion & THA: Diagnosis & surgical tips” E. Tsiridis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
• 15:00 “Leg length discrepancy in patients with fixed spine deformities” L. Zagra (Milano)
• 15:10 Q&A & discussion

Session 2 FAIs in 2022: New Concepts

Moderators: C. Carulli (Firenze), F. Randelli (Milano)

• 15:30 “The perfect CAM resection: Tips & Pearls” N. Santori (Roma)
• 15:40 “Treatment of residual paediatric deformities” R. Zini (Pesaro)
• 15:50 “The LABRUM: Algorithm for debridement, repair, augment & reconstruction” P. Di Benedetto (Udine)
• 16:00 “Technical Pearls for Primary Capsular Repair” O. Marin-Peña (Madrid, Spain)
• 16:10 Q&A & discussion

Just a reminder that our EduCom Member, Prof Mattia Loppini, is Guest Editor of the JCM Special Issue on “Clinical Management and Outcome of Periprosthetic Fracture”. We hope many of you will submit papers.

And finally, condolences to all our UK and Commonwealth EHS Members for the passing of Queen Elizabeth II last month. Her dedication and steady strength of character throughout her 70-year reign – including the change of 15 Prime Ministers – will be remembered throughout the world for many decades to come.

Enjoy below our Q&A series – getting to know our new committee members – where we introduce Prof Filippo Randelli (Italy) and Dr Walter van der Weegen (The Netherlands), both of the EHS SciCom. Thanks gentlemen.

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko, EHS Secretary General

The most common cases I see are hip arthritic patients, then FAI-DDH patients, strictly followed by revision cases and trauma (complex and nonunion or malunion).I can’t forget her. A 60-year old lady who had already undergone a series of surgeries for a DDH starting with a Schanz osteotomy followed by a total hip replacement and then two revisions. She developed a huge aggressive and unexplained pseudotumor, probably due to bleeding microaneurysms. She had two catheter embolizations before I could reoperate her in a very complicated setting of bone and soft tissue loss.Difficult to say. Maybe the case of an old lady who sustained a pelvic fracture over an already revised total hip, which was also loosened by the complex fracture. It was very difficult to fix and replace it at the same time from inside and outside the pelvis, in a very poor bone stock.I think the case of a young Libyan boy, 15, who had jumped on a mine that devastated his legs and feet. It was very difficult to treat. Many staged plastic and orthopaedic surgeries with pending amputations that fortunately never happened.A young lady with hip pain and instability. I mean soft tissue instability. Hypermobility. Those are the most difficult cases to treat in my opinion. Surgery is often not even the best solution and any effort may result in a bad result. The patient is often unhappy, and us too.I am not sure which was the most interesting article I have read this year. I can say that the article from Charles Murray Lawrie in Bone and Joint Journal 2021 on modular dual mobility in young active patients was quite reassuring for my practice.I try to spend time with my beloved family as much as possible. I haven’t been very present for years. Our wonderful work can be sometimes suffocating for us and for our loved ones. I’m trying to reverse course. I go sailing with them and travelling around. Unfortunately, we all love good food. Not good for the diet.I mostly read two types of books. Detective crime novels, lately Jo Nesbø ones, or adventure/historical books about Pole explorations. It is not coincidence that I spent two weeks at Svalbard Islands last summer. A kind of pathological obsession. Next goal? The South Pole.I work in the Anna hospital in Geldrop, the Netherlands.I am the research director of the department of Orthopaedic Surgery. I started this position after completing my academic training as a movement scientist, leaving my former work as physiotherapist.No doubt getting my PhD! Under the supervision of Prof Rob Nelissen I finished my PhD (2014) on soft tissue reactions following metal-on-metal hip resurfacing surgery. A very rewarding journey in which we discovered that not all pseudotumors are in immediate need of revision surgery and that for specific cases a wait and see policy is the best option.Hip pathology and treatment for sure! But where in my early research years (a long time ago!) my research was much more on PE wear and hip implant survival, I have now also taken up an interest in digital health care, including artificial intelligence. But of course this is also centred around patients with hip disease. Another interest is fast-track surgery, with research projects on optimization of both the surgical procedures as well as the post operative recovery.Since my research is centred around hip pathology, both the bi-annual EHS meetings and the Hip International journal are my favourite means of sharing our research results. I am also proud to be a member of the EHS Scientific Committee!For example colleagues are working on fracture recognition on x-rays. My work however makes use of more standard machine learning techniques on regular datasets holding data from hundreds (now getting into the thousands) of patients who completed a digital history taking form on hip pathology. We then try to predict diagnoses and treatment for these patients. A very exiting new field of AI application.Besides trail running, I am trying to learn how to play the guitar. Unfortunately I have to make up my limited lack of talent for this with sheer perseverance.Hip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)EHS Members are kindly reminded to pay their 2022 membership fees please. Thank you

Dear Members,

We are pleased to publish the Minutes from the EHS Annual General Assembly, which took place in Lisbon during the EFORT congress: HERE. Thanks to all who attended.

Our EduCom Member, Prof Mattia Loppini, is Guest Editor of the JCM Special Issue on “Clinical Management and Outcome of Periprosthetic Fracture”. We hope many of you will submit papers.

A year has passed since our EHS 14th Congress in Lille. Our EHS Past President, Dr Jean-Alain Epinette, was determined at least some of us could meet face to face, to keep alive The Spirit of EHS – despite the pandemic causing a year’s delay to the event, as well as no end of unforeseen problems. But we made it and give a huge thanks to all who came – both in person and digitally. The delegate satisfaction rate from our feedback was 92%! If you haven’t already, please read the report HERE and enjoy the great photos.

Now of course we look forward greatly to our EHS 15th Congress in Bern in October 2023, for which preparations are under way. Prof Siebenrock is very excited to welcome everyone to his beautiful home town.

The EHS Visiting Fellowship (postponed due to the pandemic) will take place next month in Portugal. Thanks to Dr Dantas, our EHS Nat Rep, for organising a super itinerary and to his participating colleagues Prof Rego, Dr Tinoco and Dr Melo. We look forward to reading the report of our two fellows Dr Adrian Cassar-Gheiti (Ireland) and Dr Iker Uriarte (Spain) in the New Year. (For previous reports from our EHS Fellowships, please click HERE.)

Thanks everyone and have a good autumn.

Assoc Prof Stanislav Bondarenko, EHS Secretary General

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Dear Members,

Many of us are in the summer mood, but orthopaedics doesn’t stop! Read our report here on the FORTE Summer School that just finished in Athens and was a great success once again.

We wish a very warm welcome to our new members joining EHS this month:-

• Young Member Dr Steliyan Lungarov from Bulgaria
• Full Member Dr Pavel Tsochev from Bulgaria
• Full Member Mr Vipin Asopa from UK
• Full Member Dr Jenz Goronzy from Germany
• Full Member Assoc Prof Theodoros Tosounidis from Greece
• and moving up from Young to Full Member Dr Luca Garro from Italy

We look forward to their input to our ever-growing society, where our mission is to “Bring Orthopaedic Surgeons Together!”

Upcoming courses next month include the ICORS 2022 World Orthopaedic Research Congress 7-9th September 2022 (ISFR 6-7 September 2022) in Edinburgh and the NOF (Nordic Orthopaedic Federation) Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania: also 7–9th September 2022. See more courses here.

Meanwhile, the immediate Past President of EHS, Dr Jean-Alain Epinette and the Chairmen of our EHS EduCom and EHS SciCom, Prof Gosta Ullmark from Sweden and Prof Luigi Zagra from Italy, (both Past Presidents of EHS,) are meeting with the EHS ExCom this week to launch the EHS Webinar project that was born during the EFORT Congress in Lisbon and will be presented to you all soon. Watch this space.

Below, the Q&A series introduces Prof Johannes Bastian from Switzerland this month, who joined the EHS EduCom recently. Thanks to him. Please scroll below to read.

Happy Summer Everyone.In my opinion there is no «most common» case in our clinic, in Bern hip surgery includes elective and trauma cases and the spectrum is very broad ranging from even pediatric hips, hip preserving surgery, primary (complex) and revision THA (including 3D printed implants), periprosthetic fractures, failed surgeries to pelvic and acetabular fractures. As I focus on revisions and trauma (especially in older patients) I am frequently exposed to acetabular fractures which I manage mostly by the “Pararectus” approach (from anterior) with an osteosynthesis.There was a polytrauma call with a young patient in extremis suffering from bilateral traumatic hip dislocations (R: posterior, L: pubica) with traumatic amputation of both lower legs. The “Luxatio pubica” was severely displaced with the greater trochanter riding cranially on the symphysis and the neck of femur was entrapped within iliofemoral and pubofemoral ligaments so that even open reduction was a challenge on done together with my vascular surgery colleagues.Fixation of complex acetabular fractures (ABC) by means of a combination (simultaneous, floppy positioning) of anterior (Pararectus) and posterior (surgical hip dislocation) approaches or to achieve correct leg length and to handle soft-tissues in complex primary THA such as in Crowe 4 DDH or in Perthes or in cerebral palsy patients is challenging and interesting.Successful Revision THA in PJI in a revision THA complicated with periprosthetic fractures after multiple previous surgeries in a very friendly older lady.Surgery in non-compliant patients.There are many challenges in THA currently (e.g. spinopelvic balance and stability of THA) and interesting articles, however the use of  “Artificial intelligence for distinguishment of hammering sound in total hip arthroplasty (Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 14;12(1):9826)” was great fun to read.To cut the grass at home and gardening.We will visit Crete for 2^nd time this year, cannot wait to enjoy traditional Greek food.EHS Members are kindly reminded to pay their 2022 membership fees please. Thank youHip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Dear Members,

EHS ExCom is pleased to announce that so far our society has offered 5 Ukrainian colleagues a 3-month Emergency EHS Fellowship:-

• EHS Secretary General Ass Prof Stanislav Bondarenko was hosted by Prof Klaus-Peter Günther, Professor and Chairman at the University Centre of Orthopaedics, Traumatology & Plastic Surgery, in Dresden, Germany
• Dr Yuriy Prudnikov was hosted by Prof Jenaro Fernandez-Valencia, Head of the Hip Unit of Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain
• Dr Iryna Harbuzniak is being hosted by Prof Jung at the OCM Munich, Germany
• Dr Oleksii Tankut is being hosted by Prof Vojtech Havlas at Charles University, 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol in Prague, Czech Republic
• Dr Olga PIdgaiska is being hosted by Prof Dr Andrej Trampuz, Co-Head of the Septic Surgical Unit, Charité – Universitätsmediz in Berlin, Germany

Thank you very much to all involved.

Great to see you all in Lisbon at the EFORT Congress, where we ran our various committee meetings face to face, as well as welcomed many members to our booth. Thanks to all who visited. Our profession faces many changes and EFORT asks all our members to please complete their MDR survey by clicking HERE or by scrolling down to the QR code.

Plenty to read this summer, as our brief reports are out now from EFORT congress as well as two previous EHS-involved courses:-

• EFORT EHS Speciality Society
• BOTA (the Bulgarian Orthopaedic & Trauma Assoc) EHS Patronage
• Global Experts Hip Symposium at Cleveland Clinic London EHS Organised

Prof Plamen Kinov (EHS SciCom) who organised the BOTA event in Varna also took the time to feature in our Q&A series below. Meanwhile, we welcome a new member from Bulgaria: Dr Dencho Kavaldjiev (pictured here) and are happy to announce the resumption of the EHS Visiting Fellowship (postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic) for Dr Adrian Cassar-Gheiti and Dr Iker Uriarte, who will go to Portugal in October 2022. Thanks to Dr Dantas, Prof Rego, Dr Tinoco and Dr Melo for the excellent itinerary.

Wish everyone a good summertime.In my department, primary hip replacement is the most common surgery. In the outpatient clinic – the most common case is a patient with knee pain, usually a young woman. We treat initial knee arthritis conservatively, results are usually good.Most difficult cases to treat in my practice are infections. The most difficult and interesting case of this year was a young 24-year-old male with 27 previous hip surgeries for periprosthetic hip infection. After being for 3 years on different antibiotics we isolated multiresistant Providentia stuartii with no susceptibility to any of the available antibiotics in Bulgaria. With team approach and good collaboration, and with a special protocol consulted by the EHS member Dr Rihard Trebse from Valdotra, Slovenia, we were able to successfully solve the case with the antibiotics we have on disposal in Bulgaria.I treat a lot of hip and knee revisions. The load of surgeries and their complexity increases through the years. Very often, almost every month I have a case that I say this is one of the most difficult cases I have ever done.My mission is helping others, alleviating pain, restoring motion. Every case in my practice is deeply rewarding as the reason for being a physician is to help others.  In every case, in every treatment, I celebrate healing with the patient.Case with clinical evidence for infection and without isolated microorganism in an immunocompromised host. Those are the cases I could not promise successful treatment to the patient.

I am very fond of sports, do running, biking and mounting hiking. Enjoy very much life in the countryside and travel a lot.The book I am currently reading is The Art of Strategy by Avinash K Dixit and Barry J Nalebuff – practical insights and reading enjoyment helping to see the world from different perspective.EHS Members are kindly reminded to pay their 2022 membership fees please. Thank youHip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

Dear Members,

You will all be aware of the recent ICM on VTE Prevention. Our International Member, Prof Javad Parvizi (Philadelphia, USA) and EHS President Elect, Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis (Thessaloniki, Greece), have summarised the issue for our members below.  Thanks to them.

Meanwhile, we would like to remind you of your invitation to attend the EHS General Assembly during the EFORT congress on Wednesday 22nd June @ 18:30-19:30 CET and we hope to see as many of our members in person as possible. Huge thanks to EFORT for hosting EHS once again as a Speciality Society. Our Booth is 1.14 and we look forward to welcoming you there. To remind you of two of the Scientific EHS events in Portugal:-

EHS Speciality Session: Friday 24th June @ 8-9 CET

Issues in Total Hip Revision
Moderators: Prof Klaus Siebenrock & Prof Stanislav Bondarenko

• Femoral revision with modular or non-modular stems Prof Klaus Günther
• Extended trochanteric osteotomy for femoral revision Prof Theofilos Karachalios
• When to use which augments in acetabular revision? Prof Maziar Mohaddes
• Today’s role of impaction grafting in the acetabulum and femur Prof Wim Schreurs
• Discussion

EHS Symposium: Friday 24th June @ 11-12 CET

Patient Expectations Following Primary THA – Cultural, Gender And Age Differences
Moderator: Prof Nicolas Reina

• Do I Change My Management Before And After Surgery According To My Patient’s Views? TBC
• All Across Europe, Patients Cultural Impacts On THA Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
• Age And THA, Implants Matter? Mobility, Longevity And Stability Dr Jenaro Ángel Fernández-Valencia
• From Patients’ Expectations To Personalized Care. Are Technical Aspects Relevant? Dr Charles Rivière
• What We Learn About Our Patients With Data And PROMs Prof Nicolas Reina
• Discussion

And of course our committee members feature throughout the EFORT programme. Click for the advanced scientific programme HERE.

The two courses EHS collaborated in during May – Bulgarian Orthopaedic & Trauma Assoc meeting in Varna and EHS & Cleveland Clinic London Global Experts Hip Symposium (virtual event) were both a great success. Read the reports next month. And lastly, don’t forget:-

• 2-3 June 2022 @ 18:00 CET Digital Event: “Direct Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty” Online medical education course, 2nd edition. All benefits directly for humanitarian support in Ukraine 
• German-language hip course on 16-17th June 2022 in Dresden, organised by Profs Günther, Siebenrock & Chiar, including hands on workshops. Click for the programme HERE.

This matter is so important that numerous guidelines have been published around the globe related to this issue. Though very useful, the guidelines have been criticized on many fronts. Majority of the guidelines have a narrow focus, covering knee and hip arthroplasty mostly. Others may have focused on level 1 studies only, which are mostly conducted by pharmaceutical companies as part of obtaining approval for the drug, thus introducing a bias. Majority of the guidelines do not take into account the importance of race, geography, and other factors that may influence the choice of a VTE prophylactic agent. An important criticism of the current guidelines is that they overlook the importance of complications, such as bleeding and wound related complications, that can arise as a result of administration of VTE prophylaxis agents.ICM has produced previous guidelines related to orthopedic infections and even management of orthopedic patients during the COVID pandemic. Recognizing the need for a global guidelines, taking into account all the current issues, the ICM gathered almost 600 experts from 68 countries to create a document related to VTE prevention following orthopedic procedures. The delegates, representing 135 orthopedic, hematology, cardiology, anesthesia, internal medicine, vascular medicine, and other specialties worked tirelessly over a 12 month period to produce a monumental document that stands to improve the care of our patients. The document is created using the strict Delphi process and after the review of ALL relevant literature. The “guidelines” created covers ALL subspecialties in orthopedics including foot and ankle, hand, hip and knee, oncology, pediatrics, shoulder and elbow, spine, sports, and trauma.The immense effort and energy that was invested to create this comprehensive document should serve the orthopaedic patients in the years to come. We are grateful to the shrewd and insightful engagement of colleagues from anesthesia, cardiology, hematology, vascular medicine, and other fields. Their selfless contributions will never be forgotten.

The entire document can be accessed on https://jbjs.org/collection.php?id=19

Or by downloading the App (ICM Philly) from www.icmphilly.com.EHS Members are kindly reminded to pay their 2022 membership fees please. Thank youHip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)

EHS will hold its GA at EFORT in Lisbon on Wednesday 22nd June @ 18:30-19:30

& its speciality session “Revision Hips” on Friday 24th June @ 8-9am. See you at both events. Also, don’t forget to contribute to the JCM Special Issue: “Advances in adult Hip and Knee Surgery” (more info HERE) & save the date for these upcoming courses EHS is collaborating in:

• 19-21 May 2022 BОTA (Bulgarian Orthopaedic & Trauma Assoc) meeting including EFORT Forum on THA (Varna)
• 27 May 2022 Global Experts Hip Symposium EHS & Cleveland Clinic London (virtual event)
• 2 & 3 June 2022 @ 18:00 CET Digital: “Direct Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty” Online medical education course, 2nd edition. Course Director: Prof Jenaro A. Fernández-Valencia, Barcelona. All benefits directly for humanitarian support in Ukraine (virtual event)
• 11th November 2022 EHS – SIDA – SIOT Conjoined symposium on THR for secondary arthritis & hip arthroscopy (in Rome)

More info can be found below on the Italian event from Dr Nicola Santori, our Nat Rep for Italy – thanks to him. There is also a German-language hip course organised by Profs Günther, Siebenrock & Chiar on 16th & 17th June 2022 in Dresden, including hands on workshops. Click for the programme HERE.

Meanwhile, below is a new feature, “Hip case Q&A”, hopefully a nice way to get to know our committee members a bit better. Thanks to our first pair, Oliver Marín-Peña of the SciCom and Mattia Loppini of the EduCom. And finally, please scroll down to welcome all our new members to EHS.OMP: Young active patients with groin pain is the standard case but painful THA. Groin pain in young adult usually could be orientated to hip preserving surgery (PAO, hip arthroscopy, safe surgical dislocation or mini anterior approach) or THA depending on joint degeneration. Painful THA usually are managed with THA revision or rarely arthroscopic procedures

ML: Primary total hip replacementOMP: Regarding THA revision, cases of severe bone defect at acetabular with pelvic discontinuity. Regarding Hip preserving surgery, an interesting case of massive subspace impingement that we manage with mini-anterior approach, it was published in JHPS (https://doi.org/10.1093/jhps/hnab020)

ML: Primary total hip replacement in a middle age lady with a Crowe grade III hip dysplasiaOMP: THA revision femoral and acetabular side with pelvic discontinuity in a young 43 years old patient. Need to be revised for instability and 3 years later get infected, never forget it!!

ML: Acetabular ri-revision with a Paprosky type III defect managed with a double cup techniqueOMP: Professional athlete with Femoracetabular Impingement that we did an arthroscopic correction and she finally was silver medal at Olympic Games. Very grateful to help these young professional sport patients to meet their goals

ML: The management of an old lady with recurrent hip dislocations and three previous surgeries treated with an acetabular revision with a constrained cupOMP: THA infection cases and THA instability cases are the most challenging cases with sometimes unpredictable results

ML: Complex acetabular revisions such as cases with Paprosky defects type III and IVOMP: Many interesting articles this year 2022… I would mention several!! I have to choose one, I would choose uninteresting article from Luigi Zagra in EFORT Open Reviews, titled “Current concepts in hip–spine relationships: making them practical for total hip arthroplasty“. This is a difficult topic and this article clarifies many complex concepts to understand this common problem. 

Also, I would recommend the current international guidelines in THA VTE prophylaxis published a few weeks ago at JBJS. I think it will change our current approach to this important issue

OMP: Share with my family and friends as much time as possible. A small defect….. Football fan!!!

ML: I really like trekking and climbing in the summer and skiing in the winterOMP: This year I’ll stay in Spain, I have planned to visit different places at North, East and South Spanish Coast

ML: I am going to seaside with my family in Tuscany

To read the more official information about these two new committee members, please click below:-

Oliver Marín-Peña

Mattia Loppini

Dear Colleagues,

On 11th November a Conjoined Symposium will be held in Rome between European Hip Society, the Italian Hip Society and the Italian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology. The symposium is included in the program of the 105th Italian National congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology which will be held in Rome from 10th to 12th November 2022. We will have two excellent sections, the first on total hip replacement for secondary hip arthritis and the second on innovations in hip arthroscopy.

As EHS Nat Rep for Italy, I had the honour of calling some of the leading experts on these topics to Rome for this event. We will have two hours of intense education and a good opportunity to exchange views and experiences on the latest developments in hip surgery in Europe.

I hope to see you many in Rome in November and a special thanks to EHS for the continuous support to our national educational programs.

Information on the Congress and the final programme will soon be available on the website HERE.

Best Regards, Nicola Santori, EHS Nat Rep for ItalyEHS Members are kindly reminded to pay their 2022 membership fees please. Thank youHip International Reviewers! We want reviewers from EHS membership. If interested please contact Sally Lumb (Sally.lumb@12nbr.co.uk)Credit card payments will be possible directly on our website very soon! Samantha will email you about itIf you prefer to pay digitally, please find the EHS bank details (IBAN etc) here. Thank you

In this Newsletter, EHS President Prof Siebenrock & EHS Member Dr Ahmad invite our members to contribute to the JCM Special Issue: “Advances in adult Hip and Knee Surgery”. Please read the full invitation HERE.

Meanwhile, our Past President, Dr Jean-Alain Epinette, comments on and draws brief conclusions following EFORT’s webinar in January that tackled the issue of Cobalt in Orthopaedic Implants, titled: “Relevance of Metal Carcinogenicity to Orthopedics: Controversies and Concerns”. Thank you to him for this contribution (below) an a hot topic affecting our community and thank you to EFORT President Li Felländer-Tsai and Immediate Past EFORT President Klaus-Peter Gunther for having approved the text.

Please save the date for two upcoming hip courses that EHS is collaborating in:

• 27th May 2022 Global Experts Hip Symposium EHS & Cleveland Clinic London (virtual event)
• 11th November 2022 EHS – SIDA – SIOT Conjoined symposium on THR for secondary arthritis & hip arthroscopy (in Rome)

And finally, below, we welcome new members to EHS.in patients after joint replacement. Cobalt can be responsible for local toxicity (metallosis, hypersensitivity reaction, benign tumor) or systemic (cardiomyopathy, polycythemia, hypothyroidism, neurological disorders). The question of potential carcinogenicity for hip or mainly knee prostheses is not new, since it has been regularly mentioned for more than 10 years in scientific communications, but also in the “general public” press…Apart from some studies [1-2], we can refer to the work published in the British Medical Journal in 2012, allowing the conclusion that “patients with metal-on-metal hip prosthesis do not present an increased risk of cancer, any more than the general population, in the 7 years that follow their implantation [3].  In 2016, the answer to the question “are cobalt hip prostheses dangerous?” published by the Liège toxicology department, confirmed the possibility of local toxicity, but the carcinogenic risk is not significantly different from that of the general population [4]. Regarding the risk of carcinogenesis, the Finnish registry in 2014 had not objectified an increased risk of cancer in 10,000 patients with a Metal-On-Metal prosthesis followed for an average of 4.6 years [5]. In fact, already in 1992, the 50-year clinical experience and history of the use of cobalt-chromium as an implant material in orthopedics, dentistry, and plastic surgery more than adequately establishes its safety and effectiveness, following comprehensive review literature on the subject… [6]The rumor of a complete ban on these suddenly “dangerous” prostheses has recently stirred our orthopedic community… A joint MedTech Europe and EFORT report, published on August 14, 2018, was devoted to this issue of Cobalt in orthopedic implants (Joint Statement of EFORT and MedTech Europe’s Orthopedic Sector Group), and detailed the work of the European Commission within the framework of the new regulations for implantable devices (MDR-Medical Devices Regulation), the aim of which was both to inform any user that such a medical device contained a CMR (carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction), but also to ensure that the manufacturer has assessed any risk posed by such a substance. [7] Thus, as of October 1, 2021, cobalt is classified as a substance: carcinogen 1B, mutagen 2, toxic for reproduction 1B, pursuant to delegated regulation 2020/217 of the European Commission.Nevertheless, in the application of European regulation 2017/745 relating to medical devices, devices containing cobalt in a concentration greater than 0.1% by mass fraction (m/m) must now meet the new safety and performance requirements established in Annex I, Chapter II, point 10.4. The manufacturers of a medical device that contains cobalt must therefore, from October 1, 2021: (1) justify the use of cobalt; this can be done for example by explaining why another material cannot replace it; (2) signal the presence of cobalt by specific labeling on the MD; (3) provide a notice informing of the residual risks.confirm that the amount of cobalt released from cobalt-chromium alloys in orthopedic implants is only 1/25 of the exposure needed to detect any systemic effects in patients. Detailed analyzes of long-term published epidemiological studies and meta-analyses on large groups of patients covering more than 60 years of clinical use in orthopedics demonstrate no causal relationship between cobalt chromium or stainless-steel implants and the effects carcinogenic. The new legal obligation to label orthopedic implants containing cobalt does not change this. Demonstration of implant safety is an intrinsic prerequisite for obtaining regulatory approval and placing these implants on the European market [8].for all of us, under the title “Relevance of Metal Carcinogenicity for Orthopedics: Controversies and Concerns”. . The themes covered allow us to take stock of the most recent data on the different topics covered: (1)Biochemical/Toxicological Background about Potential Carcinogenicity of Metals; (2) General Concern Regarding Cobalt in Surroundings and Initiatives to Overcome it; (3)Carcinogenic Assessment of Cobalt Containing Alloys in Medical Devices and (4)What is the Role of Registry Studies to Detect Potential Carcinogenic Hazards?… The REPLAY of this EFORT Webinar, held on 31 January 2022 is available online, DON’T MISS IT!

1. Pijls BG., Meessen JMTA., Schoones JW., Fiocco M., Van der Heide HJL.; Sedrakyan A., Nelissen RGHH.; Increased Mortality in Metal-on-Metal versus Non-Metal-on-Metal Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty at 10 Years and Longer Follow-Up: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis; PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0156051 June 13, 2016
2. Wagner Ph, Olsson H, Lidgren L, Robertsson O, Ranstam J; Increased cancer risks among arthroplasty patients: 30 year follow-up of the Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register; European Journal Of Cancer 4 7 ( 2 0 1 1 ) 1 0 6 1 –7 1
3. BMJ 2012; 344 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2383 Published 3 April 2012 Risk of cancer in first seven years after metal-on-metal hip replacement compared with other bearings and general population
4. Mistretta V et al; “Are cobalt hip prostheses dangerous; Med Sci (Paris). 32(8-9): 732–8
5. Mäkelä KT, Visuri T, Pulkkinen P, . Cancer incidence and cause-specific mortality in patients with metal-on-metal hip replacements in Finland. Acta Orthop 2014;85:32–8.
6. Berkenstock OL. Issues concerning possible cobalt-chromium carcinogenicity: Orthop. 1992 Mar;24(3):265-78.
7. Regulatory developments impacting the devices medicines that contain cobalt – ANSM Oct 2021 (in French)
8. https://www.medtecheurope.org/resource-library/statement-with-efort-on-cobalt-in-orthopaedic-implants/

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LETTER TO OUR UKRAINIAN FRIENDS

2^nd March 2022

Dear Friends and Colleagues of our EHS,

We are scientists, but above all doctors, whose vocation is to treat and protect… The world of sport, entertainment, culture, or simply civil society has shown us the way by condemning this massacre in Ukraine and paying tribute to the courage and spirit of sacrifice of all the Ukrainian people for their homeland. We cannot stay away from what should be our duty to help, and our voice, like all other voices of a free world, does matter!

Therefore, we must support an end to this blood-shedding war, condemning this act of aggression and calling for peace!

It is not a question of interfering in political matters, and we have of course no animosity towards the Russian people or any other citizen there, simply it is not a question as human beings of accepting that any political leader takes responsibility for killing people, slaughtering cities, and shedding innocent blood.

On behalf of the Executive Committee of the European Hip Society, we officially wish to support at our level all the efforts of peace and support for the Ukrainian people.

Dear Colleagues and Friends, our dearest wishes are for you, your families, and all your compatriots in this terrible ordeal,

President, Prof Klaus Siebenrock

President Elect, Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis

Past President, Dr Jean-Alain Epinette

Secretary General, Prof Stansilav Bondarneko

Treasurer, Prof Martin Thaler

SciCom Chairman, Prof Luigi Zagra

EduCom Chairman, Prof Gosta Ullmark

The original letter as pdf

Invite to write for Medicina THA Special

Dear Members of the EHS,

Professor J Bastian (Guest Editor) and me cordially invite EHS members to submit a manuscript to a Special Issue entitled “Total Hip Arthroplasty — Current Challenges”.

This is run by the Journal Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144, IF =2.430). Contributions from our side will make the EHS more visible.

Please find detailed information for the Special Issue HERE and read the letter from Prof Bastian Guest Editor HERE.

The submission deadline is 31 March 2022.

Best regards,

Klaus Siebenrock MD
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