Workshop on Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) 2019

Workshop on Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) is organized by PRO-IMPLANT Foundation and will be held from Apr 08 - 09, 2019 at Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Germany.

The target audience for this medical event is physicians (Oberarzt, Leitender Arzt) or advanced fellows (Assistenzarzt) from the following disciplines: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Traumotology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Neurosurgery, Other Surgical Disciplines, Pharmacy, Biology and Physiotherapy.

Conference Description:
This conference goals is to review, update and advance the theoretical and practical knowledge concerning the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of implant-associated infections, with focus on infections of the locomotory apparatus.

This conference provides an up-to-date information and a practical approach to manage prosthetic joint infection. It covers prevention, diagnosis and combined (medical and surgical) treatment, with particular emphasis on the interdisciplinary approach and efficient modern concepts.

Whenever possible, a complementary team from each institution should attend the workshop, i.e. one from surgical (orthopedic surgery or traumatology) and one from medical field (internal medicine, microbiology, infectious diseases).

Topics:
• Epidemiology & implant registries: Primary and revision arthroplasty
• The importance of animal models to bridge the gap from in vitro to clinical studies
• Diagnosis: microbiology, cytology, histology, imaging
• Prevention of infection
• Surgical and antimicrobial therapy
• Therapeutic options for difficult-to-treat organisms (rifampin-resistant staphylococci, enterococci, VRE, fungi, MDR-gram-negative bacilli)
• Local antimicrobial therapy, drug delivery systems, bone substitutes and bone grafts
• Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis, incl. cruciate ligament infections
• Guidelines of international societies
• Hematogenous infection: when and how to perform surgical intervention
• Early postoperative infection: when to revise hematoma
• Delayed (low-grade) infection: diagnostic difficulties and treatment options
• Chronic painful joint without obvious signs of infection and repeated negative microbiology
• Culture-negative infections: To treat or not to treat
• Difficult surgical cases: multiple revisions, compromised soft tissues, insufficient bone stock, persistent infection
• Typical mistakes leading to treatment failure

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.