 Welcome to the new SICOT e-Newsletter! Our Face and Tongue COVID-19: What is going on in Italy now? Orthopaedic surgeon perspective COVID-19: What is going on in Spain now? What should we do as orthopaedic surgeons New Appointments Fellowship Committee - New Look and Reorganization SICOT Young Surgeons Committee News The Known History of the Origins of SICOT Go South The SICOT Lebanese chapter: a new era Article from the SICOT Knee Arthroplasty Subspecialty Committee - Level of Constraint Exam Corner - Paediatrics SICOT meets SICOT Fellowship Report SICOT-J: How the idea was created SICOT Young Surgeons’ Meeting Report, 28 February 2020 The Hip Society OrthoEvidence COVID Resource Centre World Orthopaedic Concern Newsletter
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Despite the advances in social networking, the societies' newsletters, either electronic or hard copy formats, remain the cornerstone of communication and exposure. The SICOT Newsletter has gone through a lot of changes since its development. As the new Editorial Secretary responsible for the ‘Face and Tongue’ of our prestigious international organization, I have thought of many things to be done in stages, to maintain and improve this highly effective method of communication. Read more...
COVID-19: What is going on in Italy now? Orthopaedic surgeon perspective The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting the routine and lives of orthopaedic surgeons in Italy, at a scaled progression across the country, and now throughout Europe, although on other parts of the continent at different speeds and levels of penetration. Read more...
COVID-19: What is going on in Spain now? What should we do as orthopaedic surgeons to be ready for the “COVID Tsunami”? I am an orthopaedic surgeon in Madrid and, for the first time in my life, I feel worried about a health problem. Read more...
New Appointments SICOT welcomes three new members of its Board of Directors. We are pleased to announce that Mohit Bhandari from Canada is our new Research Academy Chair, Essam El Sherif from Egypt is the new Vice-President of Africa, Near & Middle East, and Ahmed Abdel-Azeem also from Egypt has been elected as the Editorial Secretary. Read more...
SICOT Fellowship Committee: New Look and Reorganization To all SICOT members a great greeting from myself, Bassel El-Osta, the Chair of the Fellowship Committee for the next couple of years. As you are aware, SICOT is going through a change based on transparency with opportunities for every member to grow in this society. Obviously, the Fellowship Committee is part of that reform and a new methodology and approach have been applied. Read more...
SICOT Young Surgeons Committee News The SICOT Young Surgeons Committee (YSC) is vibrant and comprises SICOT members in the early years of their careers. YSC has endeavoured to organise educational activities suited for young surgeons and trainees preparing for their exit exams. Read more...
The Known History of the Origins of SICOT The first reference relating to an international orthopaedic association, which eventually became SICOT, is found in a letter written by Robert William Lovett of Harvard University in Boston, United States. Lovett wrote on 25 November 1913 that he had found enthusiastic support among his American colleagues for the formation of an international society of orthopaedic surgery. His letter was sent simultaneously to Professors Hans Spitzy of Vienna and Vittorio Putti of Bologna. Read more...
Healthcare in Africa still lags behind other regions in the world. Jim K. 2014 stated that 30% of the global burden of diseases can be attributed to surgically treatable conditions. Africa bears one quarter of the disease burden, yet has only 2% of the world doctors. Read more...
The SICOT Lebanese chapter: a new era I am very happy to address today the issue of SICOT in Lebanon and its late development. As far as I am aware, SICOT Lebanon started many years ago and many National Delegates have taken up the role of managing this in that time. However, with such instability in the country between 2005 and 2009, it was very difficult to keep members, especially as it was not possible to arrange any activity at all. Therefore, the SICOT Lebanese chapter started to lose members to other organisations such as EFORT, AO, etc. Read more...
Constraint can be defined as “the state of being checked, restricted, or compelled to avoid or perform some action” (Merriam Webster Dictionary). In the knee prosthetic world, means that the two components, femur and tibia, are linked together in different degrees according to the need of the knee itself, to provide the sufficient stability not given by ligaments, capsule, and extensor mechanism. The term constraint is improperly extended to unconstrained design, such as CR and PS, which dictates the way the new joint moves (kinematic), but they do not provide any additional stability, which is given by the capsule and by the level of conformity between femoral component and liner. Read more...
1) Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding Myelodysplasia (Spina Bifida)? a) They can be diagnosed in utero with increased levels of α-fetoprotein b) They may be related to a folate deficiency in utero c) Type II Arnold-Chiari malformation is the most common comorbid condition d) Sudden changes in function can be associated with tethered cord, hydrocephalus or syringomyelia e) 20% of myelodysplastic patients have hydrocephalus
SICOT meets SICOT Fellowship Report I am really privileged and honoured to have been awarded a "SICOT meets SICOT" Fellowship in 2019 at the Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Homburg, Germany, under the supervision of respected Prof Dr Tim Pohlemann for a period of 4 weeks (20/01/2020 to 16/02/2020). Read more...
SICOT-J: How the idea was created In January 2015 SICOT-J started as an online open access journal for SICOT. The idea to create another Journal for SICOT besides International Orthopedics (IO) was suggested and thought of one year before. Read more...
Report on the SICOT Young Surgeons’ Meeting, 28 February 2020 After the approval of the SICOT Executive Committee, it became a mission of the Young Surgeons Committee to arrange an annual international meeting for the trainees and young surgeons to run in parallel with the annual congress. Read more...
The Hip Society The Hip Society was established in 1968 by Frank Stinchfield, MD, as a by-invitation only academic society together with 20 elite hip surgeons. The mission of The Hip Society is to advance the knowledge and treatment of hip disorders to improve the lives of our patients. The vision of The Hip Society is to lead in the discovery and dissemination of knowledge related to disorders of the hip. Read more...
OrthoEvidence COVID Resource Centre In support of our partnership with OrthoEvidence, we would like to share the launching of OrthoEvidence's COVID-19 Resource Centre. Read more...
World Orthopaedic Concern Newsletter The World Orthopaedic Concern Newsletter has been renewed and revitalised by contributions from its members. This issue has articles describing ongoing WOC activities from Burma, Oman (WOC meeting during the SICOT Congress), USA, and India. Read more...
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