This thirteenth volume in the EUROPEAN INSTRUCTIONAL LECTURES series continues the format of educational chapters from across Orthopaedics and Traumatology contributed by distinguished Orthopaedic Educators in Europe. It provides current material and major advances covering a range of topics including: General Orthopaedics, Basic Science and Technology, Musculo-skeletal Tumours, Infections, Paediatric Orthopaedics, Trauma, Spine, Upper Limb, Hip, Knee, Leg, Ankle and Foot. All the lectures were presented at the 14th EFORT Congress in Istanbul, Turkey. The lectures are an authoritative source of information illustrated by radiographs, MRI and CT Scans, operative photographs, tables and line drawings. They are an invaluable source of instruction for Surgeons and Trainees alike.

The evidence for medical treatment for tertiary prophylaxis of osteoporosis

How to introduce new implants/techniques
Risk factors for postoperative infection
Training as non-operative treatment of patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee
New trends based on experimental results
Surgical Treatment of soft tissue sarcoma
Biologics in open fractures
Classification and algorithm of treatment for proximal humeral fractures
Management of Proximal tibial fractures
Surgical treatment of pelvic fractures
Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecture
Growth Modulation
Treatment of aging spine
Michael Freeman Honorary Lecture
Surgery of the Elbow: Evolution of successful management
New trends in shoulder arthroplasty
The forearm joint
Current evidence in designs and surfaces in THA
Risk factors and treatment of dislocations of the THA
Treatment of early and late infection following THA
Early OA in the knee from conservative to surgical treatment
Meniscal lesiontoday: Evidence of treatment
Modern indication for an High Tibial Osteotomy
UNI knee arthrosplasty from primary to revision surgery
Osteotomies around the ankle.