The Winter School: "WINT3RSURGE - interdisciplinary & interactive winter school for innovative surgery and orthopedics"

Are you studying medicine in Oldenburg and are at least in your 3rd year? Then you can take part in the "WINT3RSURGE - interdisciplinary & interactive winter school for innovative surgery and orthopedics"
on 17 and 18 January 2025 free of charge. You can find more information here

Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic joint disease worldwide - and the trend is rising! Risk factors for the disease include older age, female gender, overuse/improper loading and, above all, lifestyle-related factors such as physical inactivity and obesity. To date, curative treatment of osteoarthritis is not possible. In the final stage of the disease with an inadequate response to conservative therapy for at least 6 months, joint replacement surgery is often necessary. The treatment of osteoarthritis, the insertion of the prosthesis and post-operative medical rehabilitation differ considerably between the Netherlands and Germany. What can we learn from our neighbour?

Osteoarthritis is a growing problem due to the ageing population, physical inactivity and the increasing prevalence of obesity, among other factors. In patients with symptomatic end-stage hip osteoarthritis, total hip arthroplasty (THA) is usually the treatment of choice to achieve functional improvement and a reduction in OA-related pain. However, there is no international consensus on the most effective rehabilitation approach, which leads to major differences in the rehabilitation concepts of different countries.

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