The AO is known worldwide for a legacy of transformation in orthopedic surgery
and fracture care, which has radically improved patient care and outcome.
🚀 Dive into the future of surgical education! 🌐
Explore the AO Surgery Reference Basic Technique collection, now augmented with OSapp content.👉
Experience interactive learning with integrated 3D models. 🤯👩⚕️
The Residents Education Task Force and the AO Surgery Reference now offer updated content reflecting changes in the understanding of the tension band principle and its applicability. The content update was driven by the AO TEC.
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HAND - DISTAL PHALANGES REVISED! The content has been revised, and pages on cannulated screw fixation of simple diaphyseal fractures, patient assessment, complications and technical failures, and patient positioning have been added.
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The latest release of OSapp takes the AO’s interactive, virtual osteosynthesis learning platform to a new level, with more than 100 new units in 32 lessons, a new structure representing the novel knowledge hub concept, and an improved user experience ➡️
AOSR UPDATE: Intraoperative imaging compendium introduced! It lists all dedicated pages from the elbow down to the ankle. It is accessible through the quick links on the left (desktop) or at the bottom (mobile) in the adult trauma pages.
Check it out!➡️
Thank you Haluk Ağuş!
Close to 100 surgeons gathered in Izmir this week for AO Trauma Courses. It was at this gathering that Haluk Ağuş announced this was his last event as AO Trauma faculty. We continue to value your friendship and guidance and will see you again soon!
The Foot & Ankle Expert Group of the AO Technical Commission is working on a next generation Ankle Trauma Plating System.
This is your opportunity to share with us your needs to advance patient treatment in the collaborative spirit of the AO Foundation
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AO Trauma Online Course—Basic Principles of Fracture Management Essentials
Principles Webinar
🗓 June 1–30, 2023
📍 Online, 08:00-08:00 CET (UTC +01:00)
🔊 English
👉 Register now
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AO Trauma surgeons organize webinars in response to requests from our colleagues in Ukraine, with focus on treating war injuries.
See scheduled events 👇
Join live webinars ➡
For latest, see
#AOTrauma
#Ukraine
on Facebook ➡
Do you want to improve your surgical skills, but textbooks are not enough?
Then check out
#SurgicalGuidance
. This new platform provides you with high-quality and well-structured videos you need to prepare for your next surgery.
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AO Webinar: Taking the Guesswork out of Femoral Shaft Reductions–How proper pre-, intra- and postoperative imaging can help avoid malrotation and leg-length discrepancy
🔗Find out more:
Are you responsible for your hospital’s residency program and need to teach your residents research education skills? Or are you an aspiring researcher and struggling to get started on your idea for a research topic?
🔗Learn more about AO PEER!
The AO and AO Trauma are known globally for a legacy of transforming orthopedic surgery and fracture care that radically improved patient outcomes. We are synonymous with excellence in education, innovation, and research. Today, we are excited to share our new look with you.
AO Trauma Blended Course—Pelvic and Acetabular Injury Management
Chairperson(s):
Miguel Angel Giráldez-Sánchez (Spain), Juan Rubio Suárez (Spain)
🔊 English
👉 Learn more
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Meet the AO Surgery Reference editors!
This series starts with Fergal Monsell, who describes a unique tool for pediatric trauma management.
Read more 👉
Master the Fundamentals of Internal Fixation and get introduced to the AO principles of fracture management. Join us!
AO Trauma Introductory Course for Interns
Principles Course
🗓 February 24, 2024
📍 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
🔊 English
Save the date
See some impressions of the first day at the AOTrauma Regional Courses 2018 in Dubai. Faculty and participants enjoyed an intensive and successful day.
The
#AODavosCourses
are about to kick off! 🚀
We look forward to welcoming the AO community including AO Trauma,
@AOSpine
,
@AOCMF_official
, AO VET, AO Recon, and AO Sports to Davos.🏔️
Share your experience with us using
#AODavosCourses
. And don't forget to tag us! 👋💬
🆕 Released today are five videos, using anatomical specimens to demonstrate in clear steps some of the skills and procedures typically needed in humanitarian crises, conflict zones, or the aftermath of catastrophes.
Watch now📺➡️
📢 Sign up for this FREE Webinar : Primary Knee Arthroplasty for Beginners: When to do it and how.
🗓 November 17, 2022
📍 Online, 15:00-16:00 CET (UTC +1)
🔊 English
👉 Register now
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AO Trauma Online Course - Foot and Ankle Trauma and Reconstruction
Advanced Webinar
🗓 April 18, 2024
📍 Online, 12:00-18:45 BST (UTC +01:00)
🔊 English
Register now
AO resources for the management of limb
#injuries
during disasters and conflicts.
In times of conflict, surgeons need clear practical guidance on how to adapt what they do on a daily basis to provide safe and effective limb-injury care. Find that here 👉
Osteoporotic fractures occur every three seconds worldwide, affecting 8.9 million people yearly. Among people over 50, 15% of women and 10% of men are vulnerable to such fractures.
🔗Visit our AO Trauma Blog page to find out more!
Join the AO Trauma Blended Course—Basic Principles of Fracture Management
Chairpersons: Terence Murphy (Ireland), Colin Murphy (Ireland)
🗓 January 22–24, 2024
📍 Dublin, Ireland
Last few seats—Register now
The online marathon plan continues on Tuesday, March 1, to support colleagues in
#Ukraine
👇👇
Link to join live
#webinars
➡
Recordings and latest updates are available on the AO Trauma Ukraine Facebook page ➡
A new Maurice E Müller biography has been published, detailing AO founding father Maurice Müller’s legacy of innovation in trauma surgery. It's written by AO Past President Joe Schatzker, based on interviews Schatzker conducted with Müller.
Virtual Reality Simulator wins first AOTrauma innovation in eduation award. Congratulation to Klaus Dresing and his team from Germany. The project will be awarded AOTrauma’s first-ever Innovation in Education award at the Davos Courses 2018 in Davos,...
The
#course
establishes the basics of
#fracture
management for foundation doctors and medical students who are considering a trauma and orthopedic career.
📍 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
📆 March 6, 2022
Register now 👉
Open to
#UK
participants only!
AO Trauma Course—Pelvic and Acetabular Fracture Management (With Human Anatomical Specimens)
Advanced Specimen Course
🗓 March 10–12, 2024
📍 Poznan, Poland
🔊 Polish
Learn more
Join our 100% free AO Trauma Advanced Webinar—An Evidence Based Approach to Fracture Related Infection
Presenter: Nando Ferreira
Moderator: Brian Bernstein
Register now:
Happy
#EducationDay
! 🎓✏️
Each year, AO Trauma offers hundreds of educational events around the world. Expand your horizon and join us for one of our on-site courses or take advantage of our online learning opportunities.
Explore the 2022 course offerings:
Applications are open!
The Stephan Perren AO Trauma Research Traveling Fellowship
⏳Applications must be submitted through the applications system by March 1, 2023
👉Register today!
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AOTrauma faculty member Dankward Höntzsch was honored for his lifetime achievements as AOTrauma Europe and Southern Africa fellowship coordinator.
#aotraumadavos2018
#aotrauma
The
#AODavosCourses
2023 opened last night with a rousing welcome from AO President Tim Pohlemann, who received a crowd of participants, faculty, industrial partners, and special guests at the Davos Congress Centre.🏔️✨
Read the article here👉
This highly interactive course aims to increase your ability as a surgeon to assess the outcome of fixation procedures for common fractures using 2-D and 3-D intraoperative imaging.
🔊 English
Specimen Course
👉 Register now
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It is our pleasure to announce the free AOTrauma Webinar—Malunion of the Proximal Humerus with Stefaan Nijs (Belgium) and Chunyan Jiang (China) on Friday, May 18, 2018 at 2pm (CET). Enter the webinar here:...
Join Mark Lee, MD (USA) to discuss bone Loss in Metadiaphyseal Distal Tibial Fractures 🗓 April 6, 2022
📍 14:00 CEST (UTC +2)
🔊 English
👉 Register now
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Today,
#InnovationsFriday
shines the spotlight on a study that compared two fixation methods for treating patella fractures: locked lateral plating versus tension band wiring.
Read the study here ➡️
✍️ Improve your scientific writing skills with the AO PEER online course designed as a mentorship program for students, PhD candidates, and residents in their scientific writing efforts.
Register now ➡️
Registration is open!
Join AO President Florian Gebhard in Davos 🗓 Dec 4–16 when the AO's world-leading faculty will deliver top-tier surgical education to participants from around the world.
Build your
#AODavosCourses2022
experience today! ➡️
AO Trauma Course—Foot and Ankle Trauma and Reconstruction (With Human Anatomical Specimens)
Chairperson(s):
Thomas Hester (United Kingdom), Nima Heidari (United Kingdom)
🗓 April 18–19, 2024
📍 Cambridge, United Kingdom
🔊 English
Register now
The virtual weekend starts now!
This week we had the chance to come together in person at the
#AODavosCourses2021
. We learned from each other and engaged in first-class, hands-on education.
Join us live at the AO Davos Courses virtual weekend NOW ➡️
The AO returns to
#DKOU2021
, one of the world's largest events in orthopedics!
Come visit us at the AO lounge and learn more about the AO and opportunities in your field while enjoying a coffee crafted by our very own barista!
Following elections conducted in February 2024, Dr Rodrigo Pesantez from Colombia is the new AO Trauma Education Commission (AO TEC) Chairperson. His one-year term as Chair-elect starts on July 1, 2024.
🔗Read more:
AO Trauma Course—Shoulder & Elbow with Anatomical Specimens
Chairperson(s):
Joideep Phadnis (United Kingdom), Stephen Aldridge (United Kingdom)
Advanced Specimen Course
🗓 March 18–19, 2024
📍 Newcastle, United Kingdom
🔊 English
Learn more
This patient-centered course teaches you the key principles of primary arthroplasty.
AO Recon Course—Principles of Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
🗓 October 26–27, 2023
📍 Zagreb, Croatia
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AO In-Hospital, designed exclusively for AO Trauma faculty members, is the stress-free way to organize high-quality, in-hospital training events for junior orthopedic trauma surgeons, residents, and general trauma surgeons.
👉Register today!
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Join the faculty of experts to learn key concepts of pelvic and acetabular diagnosis and treatment. Event is based on surgical videos, relevant case-based small group discussions and panel discussions.
🔊 English
👉 Register now
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At the
#AODavosCourses2021
we held the first ever AO Sports advanced course which focused on the knee as an organ.
Thank you to all participants and faculty who made this course a success!
See more highlights from Davos here 👉
Lucerne, Switzerland, April 20-21
Complex Elbow Fracture Dislocations (course with anatomical specimens)
REGISTER NOW
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Fracture challenge course: use pre-fractured specimens, perform real surgery in a real, challenging fracture situation.
Take your career to the next level and apply for the AO Trauma Fellowship Programs 2024:
🚀Visit-the-Expert Program (for experienced surgeons) 2024
🚀AO Trauma Short Term International Fellowship Program 2024
⏳Deadline: September 1, 2023
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In today’s
#InnovationsFriday
, learn how an AO Research Institute Davos project used statistical analysis of complex proximal humeral fractures to better understand the variability of fracture patterns and ultimately advance patient care.
Learn more ➡️
Take a look inside the
@AOTrauma
courses during the
#AODavosCourses2022
!
It has been a fantastic experience for faculty and participants of 13 different courses!
Explore the gallery to see more highlights 👉
🚀 Es con gran satisfacción que anunciamos la publicación del suplemento de la revista Injury titulado "The AO Trauma Latin America Road Map of Research", con 50 artículos excepcionales de miembros latinoamericanos.
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Critical bone defects constitute a major challenge in contemporary orthopaedic trauma management. This is a webinar about critical traumatic bone defects and their comprehensive management.
🔊 English
Free event
👉 Register now
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Meta- and diaphyseal tibial bone loss is quite rare in orthopedic trauma, making it difficult to set up large-scale studies. Its most common causes are trauma, infection or the excision of tumors.
🔗Read more
AO Trauma/DVSE Seminar Schulterchirurgie
Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Moroder, Zürich
Prof. Dr. med. Ben Ockert, München
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Scheibel, Zürich/Berlin
Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Stöckle, Berlin
🗓 May 20, 2022
📍 Berlin, Germany
🔗
The
#AODavosCourses
night was a fantastic networking opportunity. 🤝✨
Our AO Trauma community was thrilled to reunite, engaging in meaningful conversations and fostering a collaborative energy. 💬👩⚕️👨⚕️
Browse our gallery for more photos here👉
Das Präsidium der AO Trauma Deutschland lädt zum dritten Webinar der AO Trauma Online Akademie unter der wissenschaftlichen Leitung von Prof. Dr. med. Ulf Culemann ein.
💻AO Trauma Webinar—Humerusfraktur
📆 September 13, 17:00 CEST (UTC +2)
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Sunday at the Davos Courses 2018 faculty pre-course, the first AOTrauma Innovation in Education award was bestowed to Klaus Dresing and and his VirtX-team. Read more about the winner's project and stay tuned for future...
The seminar is delivered using a combination of small group discussions, cases, and short lectures. All activities are moderated by expert faculty in a highly interactive learning environment.
🔊 English
👉 Learn more
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The AO is committed to taking all precautions to minimize avoidable risks to our staff and international community posed by COVID-19, while ensuring our global activities continue as normal wherever possible:
#aofoundation
#aotrauma
#flattenthecurve
NEW COURSE: sport injuries knee & shoulder
📅 Dec 7–8 📍 Davos 🇨🇭
Are you an experienced orthopedic surgeon, sports medicine fellow or resident looking to gain experience in diagnosis & management of sports medicine conditions? This course is for you ➡️
🔊
@AOTrauma
new release!
Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis, 3rd edition, consolidates the knowledge and expertise on MIPO gained after two decades of applying this concept of biological fixation, indirect reduction, and bridge plating.
Order ➡️
AO Trauma Course—Advanced Principles of Fracture Management
Principles Course
🗓 February 21–23, 2024
📍 Budapest, Hungary
🔊 English
Registration just opened
Register now
Sichern Sie Ihren Platz - AO Trauma I Kurs in Freiburg vom 13. - 14. März 2023
Online Seminare: ab 23. Februar 2023
Präsenzveranstaltung: 13. – 14. März 2023
🔊 Deutsch
👉 Jetzt anmelden
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AOTrauma World Meeting 2019. The pilot continues: join us in Madrid, Spain, April 28–May 1 and enjoy an outstanding selection of AOTrauma courses designed to meet your specific professional needs:
AOTrauma Asia Pacific is looking back on a very successful annual event, the AOTrauma China Combined Course this June in Tianjin, conducted for the first time in a hospital. Read more:
Don't miss the advanced AO Recon Course—Complex Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
🗓 June 7–8, 2024
📍 London, United Kingdom
Registration just opened-Register now:
Últimos cupos disponibles al curso masters de fracturas alrededor de la rodilla con actividades en cadáveres.
📅 31 Octubre - 02 Noviembre
📍 Palm Beach, EE.UU.
Asegura tu cupo ➡️
Don't miss our AO Trauma Webinar—Subluxation After Terrible Triad Fixation Prof. Dr. Lars Müller (Germany) will present the session.
🗓 April 22, 2022 📍 14:00 CEST (UTC +2)
🔊 English
👉 Register now
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