came to a successful end

September 7^th, 20182018SEOS/September 7^th, 2018

The 1st Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2018 (hereinafter referred to as “2018SEOS”) came to a successful end in Guangzhou on September 8th. The summit was hosted by Foshan Hospital of TCM and Guangzhou Gloryren Orthopaedics Technology Co., Ltd.

The congress invited nearly 100 well-known orthopedic experts, international famous orthopedic scholars, and orthopedic masters with significant contribution to attend the congress as a lecturer group and to exchange cutting-edge technologies and clinical progresses with orthopedic colleagues in spine, sports medicine, joint, foot and ankle, trauma and bone tumor from China, Germany, France, Italy, North Americaand other countries. On the congress, a full range of exchanges in various forms such as master forum, new developments, case discussions, etc.were made. Simultaneous interpretation in Chinese and English and many domestic media reports made multi-dimensional interpretation of the event.

The congress was chaired by the current director of the Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, director of the Institute of Spinal Surgery, Professor Liu Zhongjun, member of the Academic Committee of Peking University Medical School; Head of Spine Center Munich at Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching, Director of FIFA Medical Center of Excellence and Founding Member of ISASS - The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, as well as international consultant of Gloryren, Professor Michael Mayer, served as Congress President. Professor Xiaofang Liu, the president of Foshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, served as the Congress Executive President .

Professor Michael Mayer was not able to arrive at the congress venue in time due to work. He sent a video to the congress to convey the blessing and wish the conference a complete success.

Congress Honorary President Director Zhongjun Liu

and Vice President of The North American Spine Society Jeffrey C.Wang

In the opening speech of president Xiaofang Liu, he welcomed the experts and scholars who came from afar and emphasized that the opportunity of this academic conference is rare. He hopes that all Chinese and foreign masters can make in-depth discussions and exchanges on hot topics and key issues in the field of orthopedics in China and abroad, drawing new trends and new blueprints for the development of orthopedics.

Executive President Xiaofang Liu gave opening ceremony speech

Founding of Sino-Euro International Orthopedist Alliance

September 7^th, 2018

The congress integrated the superior resources of Chinese and European orthopedics, establishing the Sino-Euro International Orthopedist Alliance. The alliance founding ceremony was held on the congress day, September 7th. The guests who attended the ceremony were Jeffrey C. Wang, Stefano Boriani, Frank Kandziora, Jean-Charles, LE. HUEC, Daniel J. Rosenthal, Hermann Otto Mayr, Markus Walther, Brad Repsold and other over 60 members of the Alliance, who have witnessed this wonderful moment. The Sino-Euro International Orthopedist Alliance will complete the registration in Munich, and will take in more alliance members to achieve Sino-Euro orthopedic resources exchange, personnel training, and scientific research sharing.

Group photo of alliance members

The alliance is of epoch-making significance for research progress of various specialties in orthopedics in China and foreign countries. It embodies the wisdom of hundreds of experts and scholars in orthopedics of China and Europe. In the future, from the height of the discipline development, it will comprehensively combine and generalize the research status of Chinese and international research in all fields of orthopedics, showing the characteristics of progress, problems, solutions, constructive opinions, authority, forward-looking, timeliness, and globality. "The establishment of the alliance not only greatly contributes to the innovation of orthopedic science and technology in China, but also draws a strong impression on the development of China's orthopedics. Through this platform, excellent orthopedic surgeons would bechosen to visit famous European hospitals for study, which will strengthen the exchange of orthopedic resources, promote the concentrated and efficient dissemination of orthopedic professional knowledge and increase the communication between basic research and clinical.” ProfessorXiaofang Liu introduced.

Group photo of visiting professors and hospital leaders

On September 8th, The 1st Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2018 was divided into four sessions, namely, the Spine Surgery Session, Sports Medicine and Joint Session, Foot and Ankle Surgery and Trauma Session, and Bone Tumor Session. The congress attracted nearly a thousand experts and scholars from orthopedics in China and abroad. According to the individual learning needs of different specialties’orthopedic surgeons, cutting-edge technologies, novel and diverse perspectives and in-depth discussions improve clinical diagnosis and treatment competence, close communication and Chinese and international orthopedics effectively.

Spine Surgery Session

Frank Kandziora, Europe Region President of Spine Surgery Session, said in a welcome speech that four things for spine surgeons are the most important and need to be kept in mind: meetings, research, education and quality control/quality assurance. At this conference, you have the opportunity to get three of the above four things: opportunities to communicate with masters, the latest research knowledge and the most popular research topics.

Europe Region President of Spine Surgery Session Frank Kandziora gave welcome speech

Honorary President Zhongjun Liu delivered a speech: It is a great honor to be the honorary president of The 1st Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2018. This congress has brought many internationally renowned scholars together. I believe that with their participation, this congress will be a academic meeting at high level with rich content. On the one hand, we share our clinical experience and discuss different academic viewpoints. In addition, it is also a very good opportunity for us to meet old friends and make new friends. I wish the congress a complete success and hope that everyone can have good mood and good time together.

Welcome speech of Congress Honorary President Zhongjun Liu

After the speech, Jeffrey C. Wang, Co-Director, USC Spine Center of Keck School of Medicine at USC, University of Southern California, addressed Reducing Complications in Spine Surgery; Professor Frank Kandziora gave a speech on Transoral Spine Surgery; Zhongjun Liu, Director of General Surgery Department of Peking University Third Hospital, gave a speech on The Value of 3D Printing Implants in Spinal Tumor Surgery; Jean-Charles LE HUEC, Chairman, and Head of spine unit , Bordeaux university hospital of France talked about Sagittal Balance is An Important Parameter Before During and After Surgery to Understand and Prevent Biomechanical Complications; Yu Sun, Director of Spine Surgery Department of Peking University Third Hospital, gave a lecture on Treatment Strategy for Severe Cervical Kyphosis; Daniel J. Rosenthal, Head of the Section of Spine Surgery, Regional Hospital Bad Homburg, Germany gave a speech on Thoracoscopic Surgery for Degenearative Thoracic Disc Disease Tips and Tricks Learned After 25 Years Experience.

Professor Stefano Boriani, Baojun Xiao (Deputy Director of Orthopedics Department, Wuhan Union Hospital), Wenjun Wang (Director of Spine Surgery Department and Vice President of The First Affiliated Hospital Of University Of South China),  Zhengfeng Zhang (Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics Department of Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University), Yong Tang (Deputy Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Center of Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University) have given academic reports respectively.

In the part of discussion on complicated cases, Bendan Lin (Director of Orthopedics Department/ Vice President of Shantou Central Hospital), Zhensong Yao (Deputy Director of Spine Surgery Department of The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine), Liang Wang (Surgeon of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University） gave reports.

Lecturers of the Spine Surgery Session

Sports Medicine and Joint Session

Hermann Otto Mayr, Europe Region President of the Sports Medicine and Joint Session, delivered a welcome speech: With the congress as the beginning of fruitful cooperation between China and Europe, in the future, Sino-Euro Orthopedics Science Society and trauma society will be founded, and the scientific exchange between China and Europe will be more fruitful. He looks forward to more opportunities. He is also looking forward to cooperating with the Chinese people. China has many scientists who work hard and unitedly, which will also bring China's output to the West. He looks forward to working with China.

Europe Region President of Sports Medicine Session gave welcome speech

China Region President of Sports Medicine Session Shiyi Chen gave welcome speech

Subsequently, Professor Hermann Otto Mayr gave a lecture on Clinical Trends in Cartilage Therapy and Long-term Results of Arthrolysis at Arthrofibrosis; Wei Lu, Director of Sports Medicine Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, gave a speech on the three-step method of the elastic fixation improved approach Lartjet compared with the traditional lartjet under the microscope, indicating that the double-loop method elastic fixation Lartjet is worth looking forward to in the future; Yujie Liu, Director of Sports Medicine Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital  gave a speech on ACL Reconstructions, An Unfinished Story, and proposed that sports medicine is leading public health and clinical is the source of innovation, and innovation is the foundation of development; Jian Li, Director of Orthopedic Sports Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, shared Principle of Management and Core Techniques for Multiple Knee Ligament Injuries, and his experience. Shiyi Chen, Director of Sports Medicine Center of Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, gave a speech on Evaluation and Choice of Artificial Ligament and Biological Tendon in ACL Reconstruction and academic reports on future solutions of artificial ligaments.

Qingsong Zhang (Associate Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics Department, Wuhan Puai Hospital), Haifeng Gu (Associate Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics Department of Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital), Xuren Gao (Associate Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics Department of The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University), Hui Yan (Chief Surgeon of Sports Medicine Research Institute of Beijing University Third Hospital ), Hua Zhang (Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics Department of The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University), Jiapeng Zheng (Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics Department of The 175th Hospital of Chinese PLA, Zhangzhou, Fujian), Lin Guo (Associate Chief Surgeon of Joint Surgery Center, The First Hospital Affiliated to AMU (Southwest Hospital), Lilian Zhao (Director of Sports Medicine Department, Foshan Hospital of TCM), Haile Pan (Deputy Director of Sports Medicine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University), Haobo Wu (Associate Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Hui Zhang (Deputy Director of Sports Sports Medicine Department, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital), Yong Ma (Associate Chief Surgeon of Sports Medicine Department, Beijing University Third Hospital), Decheng Shao (Director of Sports Medicine Department, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University) delivered reports on new developments of the specialty.

At last, Yufeng Wu (Director of Joint Department, Zhonghan TCM Hospital), Yuanqiao Huang (Director of Extremities, Joints and Sports Medicine Department, Jiangmen Central Hospital), Xiaobing Xiang (Chief Surgeon of Sports Medicine Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine) took part in the case discussion.

Lecturers of Sports Medicine and Joint Session

Foot and Ankle Surgery and Trauma Session

(President of Foshan Hospital of TCM), Kanglai Tang (Chairman of Chinese Association of Foot and Ankle Surgeons), Markus Walther (Head of the Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery,Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching) gave opening speeches respectively.

Markus Walther, Europe Region President of the Foot and Ankle Surgery and Trauma Session, thanked the team in the welcome speech, Professor Xiaofang Liu and the supporting organizations of the congress for their efforts in organizing the summit. On behalf of German Society for Foot and Ankle Surgery, he welcomed everyone. We looked forward to more scientific exchanges at this summit, and he also believed that participating surgeons can become better orthopedic surgeons. He said Thank You everyone!

Europe Region President of the Foot and Ankle Surgery and Trauma Session

Markus Walther delivered welcome speech

Xiaofang Liu (President of Foshan Hospital of TCM) said in the welcome speech: “A colleague told me that “standing” is very important. I did not understand it and thought again and again. I can stand here because I can rely on my feet. This means that foot and ankle is very important, so foot and ankle surgeons are very important. Therefore, we should pay more attention to them to support our future. This is why I am here. I wish the congress a complete success!”

President Xiaofang Liu (left) and Prof. Walther (right)

Prof. Walther （left） and Prof. Kanglai Tang (right)

Professor Markus Walther shared Flat Foot Reconstruction – Current Trends In Europe, Hallux Valgus – The Minimal Invasive Approach, Hindfoot Realignment Surgery in Ankle Arthritis, Management of Chronic Ankle Instability, and Management of Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus –The Consensus of the German Society of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, altogether six topics, permeating in various themes, and the academic reports lasted three hours, and the attending guests were fully attracted by the academic reports.

After that, Kanglai Tang (Director of Orthopedics Sports Medicine Department of The First Hospital Affiliated to AMU (Southwest Hospital) shared Diagnosis and Treatment For Flat Foot Related With Accessory Navicular; Xu Wang (Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics Department of Huashan Hospital, Fudan University) gave a lecture about Gains and Losses of Subtalar Arthroereisis, he pointed out that the treatment effect in adolescents for flat foot is good, but in adults is still controversial; Yongzhan Zhu (Director of Foot and Ankle Surgery Department of Foshan Hospital of TCM) shared Minimally Invasive Treatment for Old Achilles Tendon Injury; Hailin Xu (Chief Surgeon of Orthopedic Trauma Department of Peking University People's Hospital) delivered a lecture on Ankle Arthroscopic Repair of Lateral Collateral Ligament.

Next, Jianzhong Zhang (Director of Orthopedics Department and Director of Foot and Ankle Surgery Correction Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, CMU), Xiaojun Liang (Director of Foot and Ankle Surgery Treatment Center, Xi'an Honghui Hospital), Jingsong Hong (Deputy Director of Foot and Ankle Surgery Department, Guangzhou Orthopaedic Trauma Hospital), Yunfeng Yang (Deputy Director of Orthopedics Department and Director of Foot and Ankle Surgery Department, Shanghai Tongji Hospital of Tongji University) and Hui Zhang (Director of Orthopedic Trauma Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University) gave reports on new developments of the specialty.

Part of lecturers of Foot and Ankle Session

Bone Tumor Session

Europe Region President of Bone Tumor Session

Prof. Stefano Boriani

China Region President of Bone Tumor Session, Prof. Wei Guo

Prof. Stefano Boriani from IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi. Milan (I) /Director of Spinal Teaching Program and Head of Spine Tumor Surgery of the GSpine4 Spine Surgery Division gave a speech on Indications and Surgical Planning of En bloc Resection in the Spine, A Procedure of Surgical Oncology.

Wei Guo (Director of Bone Tumor Department, Peking University People's Hospital) delivered a report on Surgical Management of Primary Sacral Tumors in China and shared cases.

Zhongjun Liu (Director of Orthopedics Department of Peking University Third Hospital) talked about The Value of 3D Printing Implants in Spinal Tumor Surgery. He proposed the feasibility of the application of 3D printing prosthesis technology in the spine, limbs and other parts and its better role in the clinic, which can enhance the stability and is of great significance for the development of orthopedics.

Jianhua Lin (President of The First Affiliated of Fujian Medical University) gave lecture on Surgical Strategy for Metastatic Spinal Tumor En Bloc Resection. He proposed that pre-surgical evaluation of spinal metastases is especially important. It is not feasible to expand the indications for surgery blindly, only with careful operation during surgery, attention to prevention and control of complications can surgeons achieve better curative effect and benefit for patients.

Part of lecturers of Bone Tumor Session

Discussions on orthopedics seeking new developments were made. Participating guests at the congress took part in the discussion actively, learned and exchanged together with Chinese and foreign guests. The academic atmosphere was warm and strong.

Host

Exciting moments

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Faces of participants who were listening carefully.

Faces of participants who were listening carefully

Along with the successful convening of The 1st Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2018 (hereinafter referred to as 2018SEOS), the development of the Sino-Euro International Orthopedist Alliance is inseparable from the joint efforts of sponsors and staff.

2018SEOS was greatly supported by Tianjin Walkman Biomaterial Co., Ltd., Shandong SHINVA Orthopedic Equipment Co., Ltd., Bright Future Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd., Shanghai Xinrong Biological Technology Co., Ltd., Johnson & Johnson (Shanghai) Medical Equipment Co., Ltd., The North American Spine Society, Heilongjiang Jiangshi Pharma Co., Ltd., Smith & Nephew Medical Shanghai Limited, Guangzhou Guangkang Medical Technology Co., Ltd., Chongqing Bosscom Technology Co., Ltd., Ziehm Medical (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd., Shanghai Kangda Medical Equipment Group Co., Ltd., Pfizer Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing WALDEMARLINK Orthopedic Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Nanyu Medical Instrument Co., Ltd. and Yantai Ningda Trading Co., Ltd.

We would like to thank all the organizations for their indelible contributions to the convening of the congress and the development of the orthopedics.

The 1st Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2018 was splendidly opened in a downpour and ended successfully in glowing rays shine. Despite some deficiencies in the meeting, we would like to thank the guests for their inclusiveness and help. We believe that the Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2019 will be more wonderful.

See you in 2019.