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
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