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EVENTS RECENT EVENTS IGOF MASTER'S COURSE ON SPINAL SURGERY, TRAUMA & JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY ON THE 30th, 31st JULY & 1st AUGUST 2010.
The Indo German Orthopaedic Foundation successfully conducted the Master’s
Course on Spinal Surgery, Trauma Surgery and Joint Replacements. The common man often feels that Doctors are super humans and that they know everything. Science is never static. Technology is changing every minute – So also medicine.
Four decades ago, Surgeons were taught how to immobilize joints rigidly for prolonged periods of time without any movement so that the fractures will heal. But, however, today prolonged rigid immobilization of fractures have given way to early mobilization. It was customary to think that bone and joint surgery will fail. Doctors were afraid of operating on joints. But, today, with the advanced frontiers in medicines, surgery has helped many a crippled person to get back to normal life within a short period of time. Immobilisers have disappeared. Mobilisers have come into being.
Because of our history, we looked upon the United Kingdom for advanced training after our graduation in India in any field of science. Doctors too went to England to be trained.
Prof.P.V.A. Mohandas during his training period had the opportunity to be trained in Switzerland and Germany and made lasting friendship with some of the leading innovatorsin Orthopaedic surgery
– Prof. Moris Muller
– Prof. Siegfried Weller
– Prof. Ulrich Holz
– Prof. Otmar Trentz
He was so impressed with the technological advancements which Germany had made in the field of Orthopaedics. The plaster of paris application had completely disappeared and gave rise to early mobilisation of joints. The results were astounding. Prof. Mohandas was convinced that to improve fracture treatment in India, he has to create awareness amongst surgeons first.
Because of his friendship with Prof. Weller, Prof. Holz and Mr. Klaus Hug, he created a Foundation – Indo German Orthopaedic Foundation in 1992 to provide ever lasting Indo European Co.operation and Technology transfer. Already more than 150 Indian Surgeons have been offered Fellowships by Indo German Orthopaedic Foundation for training in Germany and Switzerland.
The Indo German Orthopaedic Foundation continues to encourage full and free exchange of the latest orthopaedic techniques by conducting 4 International Master’s Courses in Orthopaedics in Chennai every year. These have improved the standard of Orthopaedic treatment in this country.
This Master’s Course held at August 2010 saw giants in the field of spine, trauma and joint replacements discussing the most difficult aspects in Orthopaedics and how to
deal with them, July 30,2010 is for stabilization of the spine July 31,2010 is for fractures around the methaphyseas in trauma August 01,2010 is for how to make an artificial joint last a life time (Hip & Knee).
On each of these days, the lectures in the morning were be followed by live surgeries in the afternoon and more than 15 International Surgeons did take part and more than 250 Indian Surgeons attended this meet.
Programme Details
Topic: IGOF Master’s Course on Spinal Surgery, Trauma and Joint Replacements
Venue: MIOT Hospitals, Chennai 600089
Date: 30th, 31st July and 01st August 2010