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PRO-IMPLANT Foundation is preparing few very inetersting projects which will be availabe very soon, and will offer support to clinicians during their clinical practice:

We are proudly announcing that we have completely renewed and upgraded one of our most prestigious projects, Consultation Service online portal, in order to better serve your needs, providing comprehensive and timely advice on the management of bone, joint, implant and other complex infections.

We have updated the content of our popular PIF Pocket Guide mobile app on PJI. Now you can also access the version 5 of »PIF Pocket Guide to Diagnosis & Treatment of PJI« through your mobile device. The new version of the content will download automatically the next time you open the app, and have the WiFi connection or Data Transfer enabled.

From June 5th to June 17th Module 2 of Pacific Islands Orthopaedic Association (PIOA) was held in Apia, Samoa. The topics were Infection, Inflammation and Professional topics, in addition a standardised trauma database for the Pacific Island countries was established. Nora Renz from Pro Implant Foundation was involved in the infection lectures and development of the infection form for the database.

PRO-IMPLANT Foundation is delighted to announce the first Workshop on Infections after Fracture Fixation! 

These workshops provide an up-to-date information and practical approach to manage infections after fracture fixation and cover prevention, diagnosis and combined (antimicrobial and surgical) treatment. The aim is to review, update and advance the theoretical and practical knowledge concerning implant-associated infections. Special focus will be put on bone substitutes, bone cement and local antimicrobial therapy.

Do not miss the date!

• January 12, 2018
• May 25, 2018

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Heraeus PALACADEMY® is a learning and knowledge platform for bone and joint surgery, which provides you with individually designed, high-quality continuing education in orthopaedics and traumatology, focusing on implant fixation and infection management.

The eLearning tool "Essentials in Diagnostics of Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)" published by Heraues Medical, was developed in cooperation with Prof. Andrej Trampuz. It is now available also as eBook and can be downloaded free of charge at the Heraeus Medical Website!

See the Flyer here.

Francesca Giovannenze from Italy performed 4 - weeks ESCMID Observership at Septic Surgery Ward at Charité - University Medicine Berlin.

On April 27-29, 2017, South East European Forum on Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SEEFORT) was held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dr. Andrej Trampuz and Dr. Nora Renz both were among invited speakers to hold a talk on implant-associated infections.

There is a new and updated version of Consultation Service Portal available. In order to make the experience while using the portal even better, we have made several improvements in this release.

The Workshop on Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) in March 2017 in Berlin was again a great success!

Take a look at interesting and valuable feedbacks from participants:

Dr. Monta Madelane is an infectious diseases specialist from Gailezers Hospital in Riga, Latvia. She performed a 1-week ESCMID observership at Septic Surgery Unit at Charité-University Medicine Berlin.

Irene Sigmund from Vienna, Austria, performed 3-months ESCMID observership at Septic Surgery Unit at Charité-University Medicine Berlin.

Dr. Andrej Trampuz has given an exclusive interview in the special issue of Magazine for Endoprosthetics- directLINK, Periprothetische Infektionen.
In this issue Dr. Trampuz is sharing his view on periprosthetic infections, and how much it can be done to prevent them.

Read the full interview here (p8-11) in German language.

More information here.

Jose Francisco Baldovi Marin is a resident doctor in Internal Medicine from Mútua Terrassa Clinical Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, who performed 2-months observership at Septic Surgery Unit at Charité-University Medicine Berlin.

Vincent Krenn, in cooperation among others with Dr. Andrej Trampuz and Dr. Nora Renz, has made an interesting research work on CD15 focus score validation for the infection pathology of periprosthetic joint infection in a large group.

Septic Surgery Unit at Charité-University Medicine Berlin has been approved as ESCMID Mentorship Centre ID:36.
Under supervision of Dr. Andrej Trampuz, young or less experienced ESCMID members will be provided with the opportunity to obtain guidance for research and career development in an interdisciplinary team for a maximum of a two-year period.

We gladly accept mentorship applications!

More information here.

Workshop on Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) was a great success. Active involvement of participants provided highly interactive sessions with exchange of experience and strategies regarding PJI. All participants received valuable and useful material, including the newest versions of the Pocket Guide to PJI and PII.

On March 17, 2017, a symposium „Diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of PJI” was held in 1st Moscow state Medical University, Russia. Dr. Andrej Trampuz and Dr. Nora Renz held a session on PJI.

Aesculap Academy organizes Workshops on Management of PJI (in German) in Bochum: April 3-4, 2017 and Berlin: October 9-10, 2017. Book your place now!

See the Flyer here.

An exclusive compact course on Periprosthetic Joint Infection, organized by German Society for Endoprosthetics, will take place in Berlin, Germany on July 5, 2017. 

Leticia Ziggiotti is a resident doctor in Infectious Diseases from Curitiba, Brazil, who performed 4-weeks observership at Septic Surgery Unit at Charité-University Medicine Berlin.

Currently, PRO-IMPLANT Foundation is looking for a Biostatistician to join our team and work in a collaborative and international team environment.

We are very glad to announce and invite you to take part in our new international Survey on Clinical Practice Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis (PAP) in Orthopaedic Surgery.

PRO-IMPLANT Foundation presents its second, brand new Pocket Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment of implant-associated infections after fracture fixation. This Pocket Guide puts emphasis on different treatment approaches depending on bone consolidation and soft tissue condition, including suppressive therapy until removal of the implant.

Prof. Olivier Borens will be one of main guest speakers during the upcoming Workshop on PJI in March 13-14, 2017. He will perform the hands-on session on mixing antimicrobial-loaded bone cement and give a talk on Septic Arthritis.

The updated Pocket Guide on Prosthetic Joint Infection Version 5 (English and German language) is now available in electronic, printed and mobile app form.