AO Course – Trauma: Foot and Ankle

Time Topic Speaker

8:00-10:00 Course registration

10:00 Welcome

10:00-10:15 Anatomy and Biomechanics of the ankle and

hindfoot

Ankle and distal Tibia fractures

10:15-10:35 Surgical strategy for pilon fractures Schaser

10:35-10:55 Malleolar fractures Schaser

10:55-11:15 Ligamentous reconstructions about the ankle

joint (lateral, deltoid): Indications and technique

11:15-11:30 Management of the injured tibio-fibular Schaser

syndesmosis

11:30-12:00 COFFEE BREAK

Hindfoot

12:00-12:20 Classification and surgical treatment of talar Schaser

body and neck fractures

12:20-12:40 Management and classification of calcaneal Schaser

fractures

12:40-13:00 Acute and neglected achilles tendon ruptures – Schaser

Techniques of surgical reconstruction

13:00-13:20 Injuries to the Lisfranc and/ or Chopart joint –

diagnostic and surgical treatment algorhythms

13:20-13:40 Management of posterior tibial tendon

deficiency and peroneal tendon pathology

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

 Complications and Complex injuries

14:00-14:20 Complex ankle and foot trauma, incl. Schaser

Compartment syndrome

14:20-14:40 Post-traumatic dystrophy : the CRPS (complex

regional pain syndrome) of the foot and ankle

14:40-15:00 Management of soft tissue defects around the Schaser

foot and ankle

15:00-15:30 COFFE BREAK

15:30-15:50 Malunion of ankle and calcaneal/ talus

fractures - management

15:50-16:10 Subtalar fusion and reorientation: Techniques Schaser

and outcome

16:10-16:30 Ankle joint arthrodesis versus ankle joint Schaser

arthroplasty – Indications and results

16:30-17:00 Round table/ podium discussion – what would Moderators:

you do ?
Ursache/ Schaser
Ursache/ Barbu, Szabo/ Christan/ Schaser

17:00 Farewell – End of the course