The Workshop will provide an up-to-date knowledge and practical approach to infections in orthopaedicand trauma surgery. It covers prevention, diagnosis, treatment principles, with particular emphasis on the interdisciplinary approach and modern innovative concepts.

The course is a mix of lectures, interactive case discussions and practical hands-on workshops.

The next Workshop on PJI (in German language) will take place on 13.-14.5.2019 in Bochum and is organized by the Aesculap Academy. During the interactive 2-days workshop, modern diagnostic, prevention and treatment concepts will be presented and discussed.

There is a 38th Annual meeting of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society taking place on 12 - 14 September 2019 in Antwerp, Belgium. Mark your calendar with the following dates:

The Infectiology Group of PD Dr. med. Andrej Trampuz at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has an open position for a PhD student to work on an cooperative European project focused on „Antibiofilm therapy using Local Application of Bacteriophages“. For further information click here.

The Workshop “Management of Orthopedic Implant-Associated Infections: Current concepts and Future Challenges” is organized in cooperation with Queensland University of Technology & University of Queensland. It will be held on February 8-9, 2019 in Brisbane, Australia.

A new flyer is available for the PRO-IMPLANT Workshop on Implant-Associated Infections is available (flyer), the updated program is available here. The Workshop will take place on 13 March 2019 in Bratislava, Slovakia and is organized in cooperation with the Slovak Orthopedic and Traumatologic Society (SOTS).

Updated Pocket Guides in other languages are available for free download here:

• Russian version: PJI, IFF
• Croatian version: PJI, IFF, Spine Infection
• Slovak version: PJI, IFF, Spine Infection
• Chinese version: PJI
• Lithuanian version: PJI
• Czech version: PJI, IFF

In cooperation with local organizers, Dra. Bárbara Flor de Lima (Infectious diseases specialist) and Dr. Francisco Guerra Pinto (Orthopedic & trauma surgeon), PRO-IMPLANT is organizing a workshop on Modern Concepts in Management of Implant-Associated Infections on Saturday, 2 March 2019 in Lisbon

PRO-IMPLANT is sponsor of a prospective interventional clinical trial, evaluating the role of intravenous fosfomycin in the treatment of PJI, holding the acronym “PROOF-Study” (Prosthetic Joint Infection Outcome with Fosfomycin). In this study, the outcome of a fosfomycin-containing antibiotic regimen is investigated. Currently, 8 of 25 study centers in Germany are already recruiting patients in this study.

Dear colleagues and friends,

we are proud to announce that the PRO-IMPLANT Foundation is an organisational partner of the Spine Experts Group 2018 Annual meeting (SEG 2018). We will be host of Spinal infections section of the congress which will be held from November 30th till December 1st, 2018 in Hotel International in Zagreb, Croatia.

Few places are still left for the interactive PJI Workshop (in German) on 5.-6.11.2018 in Berlin, moderated by Dr. Hinnerk Baecker and Dr. Andrej Trampuz. During the workshop, modern diagnostic, prevention and treatment concepts will be discussed. See the program flyer.

This workshop is accredited for “Fortbildungspunkte”. Register here

Watch life talks from the China "roadshow" in with Chinese interpretation (under "Read more..." below).

In addition, review articles on PJI were published in the Korean “Hip & Pelvis Journal” by Cheng Li et al. (in English) and in “травм а тология и ортопедия россии” by Svetlana Bozkhova et al. (in Russian).

PRO-IMPLANT Foundation just issued drafts of three new Pocket Guides on Cardiovascular Infections, which can be all downloaded here for free:

• Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Infections
• Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Infections 
• Vascular Graft Infections (VGI) 

PRO-IMPLANT Foundation issued a new Pocket Guide on Infections after cranial neurosurgery, which you can downloaded here. This Pocket Guide was developed in cooperation with Dr. Anna Conen (Deputy Head of Infectious Diseases, Aarau, Switzerland) and Prof. Peter Vajkoczy (Director the Clinic for Neurosurgery at Charité Hospital Berlin). For more information see review article here.

16th Meeting of the International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology (ISACB) took place on September 16-19,2018 in Bordeaux, France.

Watch the keynote lecture from Dr. Andrej Trampuz at ISACB 2018 here. 

The number of submitted requests trough the Consultation Portal is continuously increasing, strengthening the PRO-IMPLANT network and improving the communication and exchange of experience through this online tool.

The average time until advisor´s response is 6 hours. We are continuously improving the functionality and user experience.

On  March 13, 2019, the first PRO-IMPLANT Workshop on Implant-Associated Infections will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia, organized in cooperation with the Slovak Orthopedic and Traumatologic Society (SOTS). During the Workshop, modern diagnostic and treatment concepts for infection in orthopedic and trauma surgery will be presented (flyer).

The next PRO-IMPLANT Workshops on PJI in 2018 are on 27-28 September and 13-14 December in Berlin. Places are still available (max. 50 participants), please register here.

Selected presentations are available to get impression about the workshop content:

We have performed new updates and improvements of Consultation Portal (CP) in order to prepare for the coming regulative by European Union, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our portal ensures that patient's personal data is not demanded in order to provide advice.

PRO-IMPLANT Foundation will contribute and participate at the International Bone Infections Conference in Zagreb this June (8 – 9 June), together with the Traumatology Clinic and UHC Sestre milosrdnice from Croatia.

We have updated our popular PRO-IMPLANT Pocket Guide mobile app, in order to improve the login process and omit the issues our users encountered in the past.

PRO-IMPLANT Foundation announces the new English and German version of the Pocket Guide on the management of prosthetic joint infection. This is already our eight edition, and is available as PDF or printed version at the moment.

PRO-IMPLANT Foundation has enabled a large number of patients to receive multiprofessional care since 2013. It also supports innovative research ideas, organizes knowledge transfer, education and training in the professional community. Your donation allows our continuous improvement.

Workshop on Infections after Fracture Fixation (IFF) in January 2018 in Berlin was a great success! The main aim of the Workshop on IFF is to provide an up-to-date information and a practical approach to manage infections after fracture fixation.

The highly informative textbook »Principles of Orthopedic Infection Management«, edited by Olivier Borens and Stephen L. Kates, provides the core principles, treatment options, latest information and research specifficaly for the purpose of helping physicians manage orhtopedic infections and related issues.

ZDF, a German public-service television broadcaster, has aired a report "Infected Artificial Joints" in its show "Volle Kanne" (in German). 

Due to the aging population and the claim to be mobile even in old age, the number of joint replacement surgeries has been increasing steadily for years. When installing an artificial joint, however, bacteria can enter the body.