AONA Education and Training

SURGEONS

1997 ORTHOPEDIC COURSES

January 15-19

AO/ASIF Residents Basic Course Reno, Nevada

The Basic Course is designed to provide the participant with a fundamental knowledge of operative treatment of fractures and nonunions, according to the AO principles. The Course will cover the concepts of absolute and relative stability as applied in context of the soft tissue injury for each limb segment's major fracture types.

Course Tuition

$875.00

This course is designed to acquaint the surgeon with advances in operative treatment of fractures and dislocations about the foot and ankle. The objectives of this Course are to focus on all aspects of the diagnosis, treatment and subsequent management of these injuries, including the associated complications. The technical aspects of both hard and soft tissue surgery and the use of implants and the standard AO techniques will be taught.

Course Tuition	$1,250.00
Residents with letter from Department Head	$ 950.00

CURRENT CONCEPTS -

Designed to provide the participant with a fundamental knowledge of operative treatment of fractures and nonunions, according to the AO principles. The Course will cover the concepts of absolute and relative stability as applied in context of the soft tissue injury for each limb segment's major fracture types.

ADVANCED COURSE -

This Advanced Course will focus on the application of principles for the treatment of complex fractures. This will be accomplished through dialogue between Faculty and participants plus Practical Exercises on artificial bones. Topics will include: difficult fractures of the upper and lower extremities, fractures of the pelvis, nonunions, polytrauma and osteotomies.

The Basic Course is designed to provide the participant with a fundamental knowledge of operative treatment of fractures and nonunions, according to the AO principles. The Course will cover the concepts of absolute and relative stability as applied in context of the soft tissue injury for each limb segment's major fracture types.

Course Tuition

$875.00

The Basic Course is designed to provide the participant with a fundamental knowledge of operative treatment of fractures and nonunions, according to the AO principles. The Course will cover the concepts of absolute and relative stability as applied in context of the soft tissue injury for each limb segment's major fracture types.

Course Tuition

$875.00

Basic Course - Designed to provide an understanding of: How the interrelationship between the following can influence the process of caring for an injured patient; the biology of bone healing, the nature of damage to the soft tissues, the pattern of the fracture, and the response to surgical intervention; the various reduction and fixation modes available to achieve different and appropriate degrees of fracture stability, together with the complications which can accompany them.

Course Tuition

TBA

Advanced Course - Designed to: Provide the participant with the latest advances in principles concerning the treatment of complex fractures; enable the participant to further his/her Basic Course experience and address the treatment of articular fractures, complex diaphyseal fractures and fracture complications.

Course Tuition

TBA

AO/ASIF Maxillofacial Course - Is designed to teach the participant to: Be able to apply the fundamentals of fracture healing to maxillofacial surgery, including biomechanics and histology; incorporate patient selection and preoperative planning considerations with treatment techniques used in maxillofacial surgery: discern the resolution of complications and intraoperative difficulties related to maxillofacial surgery, and to apply current concepts of polytrauma care as they relate to maxillofacial surgery.

Spine Basic Course - Is designed to teach the participant to: Understand and apply the principles and indications for the Universal Spinal System and the use of anterior/posterior plates at the cervical spine; know the dangers and complications of internal fixation of the spine and how to avoid them.

Spine Advanced Course - This course will teach: Fixation techniques in spinal surgery for deformities, degenerative spine disease and other spinal disorders; how to address complex spine problems and decision-making surgery, elaborated in groups or expert panels; understanding of diagnostic problems and more about alternative treatments.