PALACADEMY^® Live Education

Upcoming courses:

May 15/16, 2024 in Rostock (for Germany)
May 28/29, 2024 in Wehrheim (for Finland)
June 20, 2024 in Birmingham (for UK)
June 20/21, 2024 in Oosterbeek (for the Netherlands)
September 19/20, 2024 in Namur (for Belgium)
October 29/30, 2024 in Wehrheim (for Germany)
November 7, 2024 in Birmingham (for UK)
November 13, 2024 in Wehrheim (for Norway, Sweden, Denmark)
November 21, 2024 in Dublin (for Ireland)

AGENDA:

You will 

• get to know the constituents, function and properties of PMMA bone cement
• learn about the dis-/advantages of different mixing techniques and try them out yourself
• find out about Modern Cementing Technique and the state of the art in knee and hip arthroplasty
• get familiar with infection management in primary and revision surgery and the role of antibiotic-loaded bone cement
• get introduced to studies and register data
• get a fine grasp on bone cement during the hands-on mixing and cementing workshop

Upcoming courses

June 18/19, 2024 in Birmingham (for UK) with David Sochart and Jason Webb
October 1/2, 2024 in Wehrheim (for Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland) with Nils Hailer and Antti Eskelinen
November 28/29, 2024 in Wehrheim (for Austria, Germany and Switzerland) with Ulrich Liener and Dieter Wirtz

AGENDA:

A renowned faculty will discuss recent evidence and present their concepts and clinical experience from elective and acute care. Cement handling and surgical techniques will be practiced in comprehensive hands-on workshops. There will be enough time for questions and exchange of opinions. Thus, participants with different levels of experience and disciplines are highly welcome. Courses taking place at the Heraeus site in Wehrheim Germany include a guided tour through the PALACOS^® production facilities.

Sessions

• The status of evidence for fixation method in osteoarthritis and femoral neck fractures
• Patient matters! Risk patients for different complications
• Interactive case discussion
• Deeper understanding of bone cement
• Surgical techniques in total hip and hemiarthroplasty
• National guidelines and clinical concepts

Workshops

• Optimizing bone cement handling and experiments
• Modern hip cementing technique

Upcoming course

Available course dates will be announced here.

AGENDA:

Conducted by a renowned faculty, this course treats the selection of suitable combinations of joint surface replacement, bone cements and the current state of knee arthroplasty. From diagnostics to comprehensive treatment techniques to postoperative care of patients.

Sessions

• Patient selection and consent
• Outcome measures and Scoring Systems
• Surgical approaches
• Computer Assisted Surgery and PSI
• Kinematics and Templating
• Implant selection and alternatives
• Case studies
• Complications, troubleshooting and outcomes

Workshop

• Optimizing bone cement handling
• Knee – modern cementing technique

Upcoming course

Available course dates will be announced here.

AGENDA:

An interdisciplinary faculty leads through this course, focusing on the exchange of perspectives and opinions of different team members and their respective roles in preventing periprosthetic infections.

Sessions

• Team effort for the risk patient – perspectives from OR staff / surgeon / pharmacist
• Moderated panel “The role of interdisciplinary collaboration in preventing and treating periprosthetic joint infection”
• From germ to infection – why are implants susceptible to infections?
• Hygiene in the OR and infection prophylaxis – perspectives of the head of OR and the surgeon
• Therapeutic options
• Systemic and local antibiotics

Workshop

• Team effort with bone cement and PMMA spacers