Preliminary program

Registration

Welcome and introduction

Chairman: B. Jost – A. Schneeberger

Clinical exam / Physical evaluation of a stiff elbow
L. Obert (Besançon, France)

Neurological anatomy : importance of clinical and echographic knowledge
P. Clavert (Strasbourg, France)

MRI and arthro CT scan : necessary and complementary
G. Corcos (Paris, France)

Biomechanical basis of the elbow
P. Clavert (Strasbourg, France)

How to assess the functional scores of the elbow
D. Rouleau (Montréal, Canada)

Pre and post-operative rehabilitation : what specificities ?
MK. NGuyen (Toulon, France) & V. Salvatore Witvoet (Paris, France)

Discussion

Chairman: P. Mansat

Stiffness and contracture of the elbow : what difference ?
B. Morrey (Rochester, MN, USA)

Chairman: P. Mansat

Why does the elbow become stiff ?
D. Rouleau (Montréal, Canada)

Chairman: B. Jost, D. Rouleau

Elbow stiffness and extra articular humeral malunions or nonunions
A. Vidil (La Seyne, France)

Elbow stiffness and intra articulaire humeral malunions or nonunions
R. Van Riet (Antwerpen, Belgium)

Olecranon monunion and malunion : what are the options ?
L. Obert (Besançon, France)

Discussion

Coffee break

Chairman: G. King, A. Watts

Stiffness and instability
B. Morrey (Rochester, MN, USA)

Is elbow stiffness reversible, after old elbow dislocation treatment ?
R. Kamrani (Tehran, Iran)

Case-based discussion
K. Bargoin (Nantes, France)

Experts: P. Arrigoni, R. Kamrani, G. King

Chairman: L. Obert, R. Arrigoni

Pronation and supination of the hand : anatomy and biomechanics
S. Airaudi (Marseille, France)

Limitation of forearm rotation : the forgotten stiffness
A. Watts (Manchester, UK)

Limitation of forearm rotation : construction of a therapeutic strategy
D. Lami (Marseille, France)

Radial head fracture sequelae : nonunion and malunion
G. King (London, Canada)

Late longitudinal instability of the forearm
G. Herzberg (Lyon, France)

Discussion

Chairman: B. Morrey

Elbow heterotopic ossification : evaluation and management
A. Watts (Manchester, UK) TBC

Heterotopic ossification limiting motion : is there a role for arthroscopy ?
M. Burnier (Lyon, France)

Lunch

Chairmen: L.Obert, A.Vidil

Experts: R. Gravier, A. Schneeberger, R. Van Riet, A. Watts

Distal humeral fracture : septic complications : what to do ?
L. Obert (Besançon, France)

Radial head fracture : how to manage stiffness ?
A. Vidil (La Seyne, France)

Elbow stiffness after ballistic trauma : what therapeutic management ?
L. Obert (Besançon, France)

Chairmen: MK. NGuyen

Open arthrolysis : technical points and rehabiliation
P. Arrigoni (Milano, Italy)

Chairman: G. King, M. Burnier

Specific anesthetic techniques in the surgical treatment of elbow stiffness
Radjef (La Seyne, France)

Arthroscopic osteocapsular arthroplasty for elbow stiffness
P.Arrigoni (Milano, Italy)

Stiffness release in a ankylosed elbow with intrinsic stiffness due to joint damage,
A. Schneeberger (Zurich, Switzerland)

Discussion

Chairmen: P. Clavert – P. Arrigoni

The role of 3D modelling for elbow sequelae
R. Van Riet (Antwerpen, Belgium)

ORIF and osteotomy for distal humerus nonunions and malunions
B. Jost (St Gallen, Switzerland)

Coffee break

– CONGENITAL – Chairman M. Bachy, M. Lehanneur

Elbow synostosis F. Fitoussi (Paris, France)

Radio-ulnar synostosis F.Senes (Genova, Italy)

Discussion

– POST TRAUMATIC – Chairman: A. Colozza, F. Senes

Post traumatic elbow stiffness in children : myth or reality ?
Fitoussi (Paris, France)

Discussion

Chairman : F. Senes, F. Fitoussi

Physiopathology and serial casting of Elbow Contracture
M. Bachy (Paris, France)

Posterior release by olecranon tip resection and anterior capsulotomy for elbow flexion contracture
F. Senes (Genova, Italy)

Anterior bone release
F. Fitoussi (Paris, France)

Nerve and tendon transfer to the triceps for flexion elbow contracture
M. Lehanneur (Paris, France)

Discussion