8th Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) Global Congress 2019

8th Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) Global Congress 2019 is organized by MCI Deutschland GmbH and will be held from Aug 28 - 30, 2019 at Oxford University Examination Schools, Oxford, England, United Kingdom.

Target Audience:
• Orthopaedic surgeons
• Trauma surgeons
• Geriatricians and internists
• Rehabilitation experts
• Osteoporosis experts
• Primary care
• Anaesthesiologists
• Radiologists
• Physiotherapist and other allied health professionals
• Nurses
• Decision makers in health care

Description:
FFN 2019 provides a unique platform to learn about new technical developments, state-of-the-art interventions and international research and to interact with leading clinicians, researchers and other professional health workers and stake holders. The FFN Global Congress consists of invited talks from international experts, plenary discussions, interactive update sessions and free papers. With the support of the FFN Regionalisation Committee, national Fragility Fracture Networks are being set-up across the world to enable high-quality multidisciplinary care for all patients with fragility fracture. Therefore, this year’s motto is “Best Care across the World”.

Topics:
Updates on
Fracture Treatment
• Pain management
• Peri-operative management
• Surgery
• Nutrition
• Nursing
• Rehabilitation after fracture

Geriatrics & Gerontology
• Infection prophylaxis and treatment
• Cognitive impairment
• Co-morbidity management
• Frailty
• Delirium

Coagulation
• Anaemia & transfusion
• Anti-thrombotic prophylaxis
• Blood-thinner management for acute surgery

Osteoporosis
• Anti-osteoporotic drugs
• Diabetic osteoporosis
• Secondary fracture prevention
• Calcium and Vitamin D supplementation
• New antiosteoporotic drugs
• Osteoncology
• Osteoporosis and antihormonal treatment

Management & Research
• Fast track treatment
• Global knowledge transfer
• Multi-disciplinary approach
• National guidelines, standards and registries
• Research methodology

Our Goals:
• To create a global network of national alliances of fragility fracture activists
• To spread globally the best multidisciplinary practice and systems of care for managing fragility fractures
• To ensure that every fragility fracture becomes an opportunity for systematically preventing further fracture
• To promote research aimed at improving the quality of fragility fracture care
• To generate political priority for fragility fracture care in all countries
In the next five years, the FFN strategic focus will be to facilitate national (or regional) multidisciplinary alliances which lead to:
• Consensus guidelines
• Quality standards
• Systematic performance measurement for the care of older people with fragility fracture

Speakers: Matthew Costa, Xavier Griffin, Lauren Beaupre, Jeffrey Carson, Antony Johansen, Paolo Falaschi, Hannah Seymour, Cathie Sherrington

Time: 8:00 am - 1:30 pm