Foot & ankle conference in yErevan
April 29-30, 2023
Best Western Plus Congress Hotel Yerevan

Conference Program


9:00 - 9:30

Introduction
  • Eternal Nation Foundation / Gyumri Orthopedic School (10 min) – Norair Zakharyan
  • Foot and Ankle Conference and introduction of the faculty (20 min) – Armen Hagopjanian and Garen Koloyan
9:30 - 11:15
Biomechanics and its balance as the key to successful surgery
  • Basic Foot and Ankle biomechanics (15 min) – Aleksas Makulavicius
  • Flat foot reconstruction – current treatment concepts (15 min) – Serafeim Tsitsilonis
  • L-Calcaneal osteotomy – an option for stable medial slide (10 min) – Armen Hagopjanian
  • Cavus foot – current treatment concepts and complications (20 min) – Roxa Ruiz
  • Mechanical Effects of Supra-malleolar and Hindfoot Osteotomies at the Ankle (20 min) – Beat Hintermann
  • Discussion and case presentation (25 мин) – Moderators: Hintermann and Ruiz
11:15 - 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 - 13:45
Challenging Trauma
  • Lisfranc fracture dislocation (15 min) – Antonios Pettas
  • Tibial Pilon fracture – fusion or fixation as a standard treatment (15 min) – Andrzej Komor
  • Complex Talar and Calcaneal fractures (15 min) – Serafeim Tsitsilonis
  • Metatarsal fractures and treatment options (15 min) – Masyar Rahmanzadeh
  • Ugly Trauma (15 min) – Armen Hagopjanian
  • Masquelet technique for limb lengthening (20 min) – Garen Koloyan
  • Discussion and case presentation (25 мин) – Moderators: Komor and Tsitsilonis
13:45 - 14:45
Lunch
14:45 - 16:45
Challenging soft tissue deformities and treatment options
  • Lateral Ankle Instability and treatment options (15 min) – Serafeim Tsitsilonis
  • Medial Ankle instability - what are the challenges? (20 min) – Roxa Ruiz
  • Multidirectional Ankle instability – shall we repair both sides? (15 min) – Andrzej Komor
  • Treatment of Haglund’s deformity (15 min) – Antonios Pettas
  • Achilles tendon pathology, treatment and tendon transfers (15 min) – Aleksas Makulavicius
  • Vascular plastics of soft tissue in the foot (15 minutes) – Armen Hovhannesyan
  • Plantar Fasciitis vs Tarsal tunnel (10 min) – Gurgen Bakhtamyan
  • Discussion and case presentation (15 мин) – Moderators: Makulavicius and Pettas

9:00 - 10:00

Diabetic complications of lower extremities
  • Surgery in Diabetic patients – know your limits (10 min) – Gurgen Bakhtamyan
  • Charcot Neuroarthropathy and treatment options (10 min) – Armen Hagopjanian
  • Reconstruction of Bony Defects in Charcot (15 minutes) – Stanislav Osnach
  • Management of chronic diabetic wounds and osteomyelitis (15 мин) – Igor Zwinczewski
  • Discussion and case presentation (10 мин) – Moderators: Hagopjanian and Zwinczewski
10:00 - 11:30
Total Ankle Replacement as developing standard of care
  • When to realign, when to make an arthrodesis and when to replace the ankle? (20 min) – Roxa Ruiz
  • My 10 best tips in ankle arthroplasty (30 min) – Beat Hintermann
  • Total Ankle Replacement – foot and ankle renaissance or dead end? (15 min) – Andrzej Komor
  • Revision total ankle arthroplasty – does it work? (20 min) – Beat Hintermann
  • Discussion and case presentation (20 min) – Moderators: Hintermann and Ruiz
11:45-12:15
Coffee Break
12:15-14:00
Challenging forefoot surgery
  • Understanding pathophysiology of forefoot deformity (10 мин) – Armen Hagopjanian
  • Surgical options for Hallux Valgus and Hallux Rigidus (15 min) – Masyar Rahmanzadeh
  • Pediatric bunions – when to operate (15 мин) – Igor Zwinczewski
  • Revisions of failed bunionectomies (15 min) – Aleksas Makulavicius
  • Forefoot reconstruction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis – functional and biomechanics effects (15 min) – Anton Kachesov
  • Complications of forefoot surgery (15 min) – Levon Makinyan
  • Discussion and case presentation (20 min) – Moderators: Makinyan and Rahmanzadeh
13:45 - 14:45
Lunch
14:45 - 16:30
Rare Lower Extremity Pathology
  • Brachimetatarsia, poly-dactily and a-dactily, and treatment (15 min) – Levon Makinyan
  • Talar Avascular Necrosis – current treatment concepts and complications (15 min) – Andrzej Komor
  • Malignant soft tissue tumors of lower extremity: current standards of diagnosis and treatment (20 min) – Anna Kulidjian
  • Benign bone tumors of lower extremity: current standards of diagnosis and treatment (15 min) – Armen Hagopjanian
  • Crazy cases (15 min) – Beat Hintermann
  • Discussion and case presentation (25 min) – Moderators: Kulidjian and Hintermann
16:30 - 16:45
Closing remarks Armen Hagopjanian

Diplomas and Certificates Garen Koloyan and Norair Zakharyan

Faculty

  • Armen Hagopjanian
    USA, co-director
  • Garen Koloyan
    Armenia, co-director
  • Beat Hintermann
    Switzerland
  • Roxa Ruiz
    Switzerland
  • Anna Khachatryan-Kulidjian
    USA
  • Aleksas Makulavicius
    Lithuania
  • Antonios Pettas
    Greece
  • Serafim Tsitsilonis
    Germany
  • Andrzej Komor
    Poland
  • Igor Zwinczewski
    Poland
  • Levon Makinyan
    Russia, co-director
  • Gurgen Bakhtamyan
    Armenia
  • Masyar Rahmanzadeh
    Germany
  • Stanislav Osnach
    Russia
  • Anton Kachesov
    Russia
  • Armen Hovhannesyan
    Armenia
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