Tanta University

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Instructional courses

All About

Blount disease
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Venue: Tanta University Hospital
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Head of Orthop. Surg. Department:

Prof. Mostafa Hegazi

Organizer of the course:

Prof. Mahmoud El-Rosasy

Course faculty:

(listed alphabetically)

- Prof. Ashraf A. Khanfour

Assist. Professor of Orthop. Surg., Damanhur National
Medical Institute.
- Dr. Ashraf M. Atef
Lecturer of Orthop. Surg., Tanta University.
- Prof. Mahmoud El-Rosasy
Prof. of Orthop. Surg., Tanta University.
- Prof. Nabil El-Moghazi
Assist. Prof. Orthop. Surg., Mansourah University.
- Dr. Usama El-Jebali
Assist. Lecturer of Orthop. Surg., Tanta University.
- Dr. Wael A. Azzam
Lecturer of Orthop. Surg., Tanta University.
- Prof. Weam Farid
Prof. of Orthop. Surg., Tanta University.

PROGRAM
09:00 am: Opening & welcome:
Session 1:
09:10 09:30 am: Epiphyseal growth plate:
(Anatomy, physiology, mechanobiology & growth
modulation)
Prof. Mahmoud El-Rosasy
09:30 09:45 am: Lower limb alignment
Dr. Usama El-Jebali
09:45 10:30 am: Understanding Blount disease
Prof. Ashraf A. Khanfour
10:30 10:45 am: Analysis of tibia vara deformity
in Blount disease
Dr. Ashraf Atef
10:45 11:00 am: Current concepts in surgical
correction of tibia vara
Prof. Mahmoud El-Rosasy
11:00 11:15 am: Surgical correction of tibia
vara: gradual versus acute correction
Dr. Wael Azzam
11:15 11:30 am: Surgical correction of tibia
vara: How I do it.
Prof. Nabil El-Moghazi

Break (11:30 12:00 PM)

Session 2:
12:00 12:15 Pm: Proximal tibial osteotomy in
the treatment of adolescent Blount disease:
chevron osteotomy and lateral plate fixation.
Prof. Weam Farid Mousa
12:15 12:30 pm: Infantile tibia vara correction
through percutaneous osteotomy-osteoclasis
Prof. Mahmoud El-Rosasy
12:30 12:45 pm: Hemiepiphysiodesis
Prof. Mahmoud El-Rosasy
12:45 01:00 pm: Acute correction of adolescent
Blount disease deformity: technical tips.
Prof. Mahmoud El-Rosasy
01:00 01:15 pm: Tibia vara correction (video
demonstration)
Prof. Ashraf Khanfour
01:15 02:00 pm: Open discussion & attendee
cases presentation
Closure & Lunch