XXIV Course On Musculoskeletal Pathology

XXIV Course on Musculoskeletal Pathology

1st ANNOUNCEMENT
January 31st - February 4th, 2011
Bologna, Italy

The course is an update in musculoskeletal pathology with particular emphasis on bone and soft tissue tumors.

The aim of course is to improve knowledge and competence for these diseases.The course lasts 5 days and is held in English. The visiting professors are M.C. Gebhardt, Franklin H. Sim and Jean-Michel Coindre.

The course is for Orthopaedic Surgeons, Pathologists, Radiologists, Oncologists, Radiotherapists and Basic Researchers who are interested in bone and soft tissue tumors.
Destinatari:
Medico chirurgo
Crediti ecm:

Final exam: miscroscopes and histological slides will be available for individual reviewing during the course. For Italian participants doctor and biologists regional Emilia-Romagna ECM will be given: previous course 33 ECM credits.
Sede:

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Iscrizioni:

500,00 Euro reduced to 350,00 Euro for residents with letter from Chief of Department.

For applications please contact the Secretariat: Dott.ssa Alba Balladelli, e-mail alba.balladelli@ior.it
Segreteria:

Dott.ssa Alba Balladelli
e-mail alba.balladelli@ior.it
Laboratorio di Oncologia sperimentale

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Centro di ricerca Codivilla-Putti

Via di Barbiano 1/10
40136 Bologna - Italy

Course Directors:

NICOLA FABBRI, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery
MARCO MANFRINI, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery

USUALLY LEAVE ME ALONE LESIONS
Histiocytic fibroma
Fibrous dysplasia
Bone cyst
Eosinophilic granuloma
Chondromas
Osteochondromas
Myositis ossificans

BENIGN SURGICAL LESIONS
Osteoid osteoma
Osteoblastoma
Aneurysmal bone cyst
Chondroblastoma
Chondromyxoid fibroma
Desmoplastic fibroma
Giant cell tumor

MALIGNANT TUMORS
Chondrosarcomas
Osteosarcomas
Spindle and pleomorphic sarcomas
Ewing's sarcoma
Lymphoma
Myeloma
Chordoma
Adamantinoma
Vascular tumors
Secondary malignancies

SOFT TISSUE TUMORS
Lipoma
Liposarcoma
Fibrosarcoma
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Synovial sarcoma

VARIOUS
Staging and biospy and margins
Surgical principles of benign lesions
Prostheses in skeletal reconstruction
Bone allografts in skeletal reconstruction
Biological prognostic and therapeutic markers
Chemotherapy issues and future trends
Reconstruction in children
Surgical treatment of spine tumors
Integrated treatment of soft tissue sarcomas

SPECIAL SESSION
Biology of bone tumors
Data from the EU EUROBONET PROJECT

FINAL EXAM

Microscopes and histological slides will be
available for individual reviewing during the
course. For Italian participants doctors and
biologists regional Emilia-Romagna ECM will be
given: previous course 33 ECM credits.

FEE
€500.00 and €350.00 for residents with letter
from Chief Dept. The fee includes coffeebreaks,
4 lunches, 1 dinner and syllabus.

VENUE
Centro di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Via di Barbiano 1/10, Bologna – Italy

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
English