Fracture Care in Older Adults Course

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Surgeon xyz

This course is aimed at General trauma surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, geriatricians, and medicine physicians who want to:

Improve their surgical and medical care of patients with fragility fractures
Make improvements in their hospital's and department's approach to fracture care in older adults

Participants should be actively involved in fragility fracture care. In addition, surgeon participants should have completed the AO Trauma Courses—Basic Principles and Advanced Principles of Fracture Management.

Participants will learn how the overall care of the fragility fracture patient can be substantially improved. Since the fracture represents only one aspect, orthogeriatric comanagement of the patient from admission to completion of rehabilitation is the optimal approach. This course delivers the latest evidence as well as practical details on the comprehensive management of fragility fractures in older adults, with the aim of changing attitudes and improving the care of this patient group.

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How you benefit*

Apply implants according to their properties utilizing different application techniques
Understand the concepts of stability, their influence on bone healing, and how to apply implants to achieve the appropriate stability
Plan a treatment based on assessment, imaging, classification, and decision making
Apply reduction techniques in fracture management with attention to the soft tissue

Assess and treat diaphyseal fractures
Assess and treat articular and periarticular fractures
Demonstrate strategies for assessing and treating open fractures and soft-tissue injuries
Manage the polytrauma patient

Evaluate, classify, and formulate a treatment plan for pelvic injuries and acetabular fractures
Recognize risk factors and complications and manage accordingly
Recognize and treat bone union disorders
Recognize and manage special fracture circumstances

* The program may be subject to slight changes. Please check your chosen date and location for the detailed program.

Course modules
Module 1: Preoperative phase

Lectures:

Principles of comanaged care

Comorbidity and preoperative optimization

Functional status, treatment goals, and prognosis

Anticoagulation

Module 2: Operative phase – Day 1

Lectures:

Regional versus general anesthesia–does it matter?

Bleeding (optional)

Case Based discussions:

Upper extremity

Proximal humerus

Around the elbow

Around the wrist

Lower extremity

Femoral neck fractures and per-/subtrochanteric fractures

Pelvis and acetabulum

Periprosthetic femur fractures

Fractures around the knee and ankle

Principles, typical failures, and solutions

Sarcopenia, frailty, and nutrition

Pain medication: Pre and postoperative

Atypical fractures

Module 3: Operative phase

Lectures:

Full weight bearing

Postoperative medical management

Evaluation and management of falls

Secondary fracture prevention–case

Osteoporosis management–treatment algorithm

Delirium

Module 4: Orthogeriatric co-management

How to involve your team (what elements do you need and how do you create the optimal team) – stress importance of communication, etc

What is necessary for efficient smooth implementation (protocols, etc)?

How to convince your hospital management (resources and to pay for it)?
Practical exercises
Femoral nail with augmentation

Periprosthetic fracture fixation

Course details may be subject to change. Please check your chosen date and location for the detailed program.

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Residents education taskforce

The Residents education taskforce is a group of experts who build and continuously improve our educational program. It consists of three international program editors (IPEs).