The conference was an Advanced Symposium European conference, combined with the International Federation of Foot & Ankle societies, so there were lots of presentations from Asia, North America and Europe
There were lots of talks on flatfoot pathology, ankle arthritis, the plantar plate and the unstable ankle in athletes – lots of food for thought!
It was my first time in Lisbon and I would live to visit this city again – while on holiday!
High-lights for me were all of Mark’s talks, in particular the posterior approach and im nailing technique for TTC fusions, the importance of rotation in patients with hallux valgus deformity, …
The conference was very well attended by both consultant colleagues and trainees. The guests of honour were two senior surgeons from Hanoi, Vietnam who work in Hospital 108, the site …
Orthopaedic surgeons consider the knee to have three compartments – the inner (or medial), the outer (or lateral) and the area between the knee cap and the thigh bone (patellofemoral) …