Wednesday 30 September
13:00 PRE-CONGRESS MEETING REGISTRATION
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PRECOURSE
14:00 - 16:00

EFAS PRE-CONGRESS MEETING - SESSION 1
Hot Topics in Sports-Related Foot and Ankle Pathology by EFA

Moderators: Manuel MONTEAGUDO (CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON) (Madrid, Spain), Manfred THOMAS (Augsburg, Germany)
14:00 - 14:05 Opening remarks. Manfred THOMAS (EFAS President, Augsburg, Germany), Bruno PEREIRA (Surgeon) (Coordinator, Braga, Portugal), Manuel MONTEAGUDO (CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON) (EFAS Chair of the Scientific Committee, Madrid, Spain)
14:05 - 14:15 Introduction and overview of the epidemiology and impact of sports-related foot and ankle injuries. Nasef Mohamed Nasef ABDELATIF (Speaker, Cairo, Egypt)
14:15 - 14:15 Ankle Sprain in athletes.
14:15 - 14:25 Acute ankle Sprain - When Do surgery? Bruno PEREIRA (Surgeon) (Speaker, Braga, Portugal)
14:25 - 14:35 Direct repair? – what’s the best Patient? Guillaume CORDIER (Chirurgien du sport Pied et Cheville) (Speaker, Merignac, France)
14:35 - 14:45 Ligmentaplasty – When? Ronny LOPEZ
14:45 - 14:45 Osteochondral lesions of the talus.
14:45 - 14:55 Staging and arthroscopic role. Markus WALHTER
14:55 - 15:10 Biological treatment options. Martinus RICHTER (Director) (Speaker, Rummelsberg, Germany)
15:10 - 15:10 Achlilles tendon ruptures in sports.
15:10 - 15:20 Surgery. Mike CARMONT (Speaker, Telford, United Kingdom)
15:20 - 15:30 Conservative. Helka KOIVU (Consultant) (Speaker, Turku, Finland)
Second Room
16:00 PRE-CONGRESS MEETING BREAK
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16:30 - 18:00

EFAS PRE-CONGRESS MEETING - SESSION 2
Hot Topics in Sports-Related Foot and Ankle Pathology by EFA

Moderators: Kristian BUEDTS (Md) (Brussels, Belgium), Bruno PEREIRA (Surgeon) (Braga, Portugal)
16:30 - 16:30 Sindesmotic injuries in athletes.
16:30 - 16:40 Classification and diagnosis. Sebastian BAUMBACH (Speaker, Germany)
16:40 - 16:50 Surgery options. Pieter D’HOOGE
16:50 - 17:00 Discussion.
17:00 - 17:00 Midfoot and sagittal plane injuries in sport.
17:00 - 17:10 Lisfranc injuries. Kristian BUEDTS (Md) (Speaker, Brussels, Belgium)
17:10 - 17:20 Sagittal plane injuries. Manuel MONTEAGUDO (CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON) (Speaker, Madrid, Spain)
17:20 - 17:30 Discussion.
17:30 - 17:30 Return To sport after surgery.
17:30 - 17:40 Achilles Rupture. To Be CONFIRMED
17:40 - 17:50 Chronic ankle instability. Lieven MAESSCHALCK (Speaker, Antwerp, Belgium)
Second Room
Thursday 01 October
08:00 Registration
08:30

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08:30 - 08:40

Opening Ceremony

08:30 - 08:40 EFAS President. Manfred THOMAS (Speaker, Augsburg, Germany)
08:30 - 08:40 Chair EFAS Sci Committee. Manuel MONTEAGUDO (CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON) (Delegate, Madrid, Spain)
Plenary Room
08:40

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08:40 - 10:00

PLENARY SESSION 1: MIS is a game changer in my practice

Moderators: James RITCHIE (orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon) (Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom), Elena SAMAILA (Associated Professor) (Verona, Italy)
08:40 - 08:50 How I moved from open to MIS in forefoot surgeries. Henryk LISZKA (senior assistant) (Speaker, Krakow, Poland)
08:50 - 09:00 Cavoris can be dealt with MIS. Manfred THOMAS (Speaker, Augsburg, Germany)
09:00 - 09:10 MIS solutions in adult pes planus. Mohamed MOKHTAR ABD-ELLA (speaker , attendant) (Speaker, cairo, Egypt)
09:10 - 09:20 Technical tips and tricks MIS I learnt though the years. Peter LAM (Orthopaedic Surgeon) (Speaker, Sydney, Australia, Australia)
09:20 - 09:30 Complications and evidence : should I change to MIS ? Maneesh BHATIA (Virtual Film Festival videos) (Speaker, Leicester, United Kingdom)
09:30 - 10:00 Discussion.
Plenary Room
10:00 Coffee Break, Exhbition, and Poster Walks
10:30

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10:30 - 11:30

SYMPOSIUM 1
New procedures and technologies

Moderators: Joris HERMUS (Orthopedic surgeon) (Maastricht, The Netherlands), Manuel SOUSA (Foot and Ankle Surgeon) (Lisbon, Portugal)
10:30 - 10:40 Transverse tibial transport. Peter THALLER
10:40 - 10:50 3D printing and PSI. Stephan WIRTH (Head of foot and ankle surgery) (Speaker, Zürich, Switzerland)
10:50 - 11:00 3D printing in Foot and Ankle Trauma. Elena SAMAILA (Associated Professor) (Speaker, Verona, Italy)
11:00 - 11:10 Non-metal implants. Helka KOIVU (Consultant) (Speaker, Turku, Finland)
11:10 - 11:30 Discussion.
Plenary Room

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10:30 - 11:30

SYMPOSIUM 2
Foot/ankle injuries in sport

Moderator: Bruno PEREIRA (Surgeon) (Braga, Portugal)
10:30 - 10:40 The elite athlete, how to manage injury. Niko MIHIC
10:40 - 10:50 Time to return-to-play for the most common injuries. To Be CONFIRMED
10:50 - 11:00 How can physiotherapy boost my results ? François FOURCHET (Responsable du service de Physiothérapie) (Speaker, Genève, Switzerland)
11:00 - 11:10 Ankle sprains in elite athletes. Francesco DELLA VILLA (Speaker, Italy)
11:10 - 11:30 Discussion.
Second Room

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10:30 - 11:30

SYMPOSIUM 3
Wound Healing Society

10:30 - 10:40 Background and why here ? To Be CONFIRMED
10:40 - 10:50 Infections and impaired would healing. To Be CONFIRMED
10:50 - 11:00 Hormone treatments. Thierry HERTOGHE
11:00 - 11:10 New therapies for foot and ankle wounds. To Be CONFIRMED
11:10 - 11:30 Discussion.
Third Room
11:35

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11:35 - 12:30

DISCUSSION FORUM 1
Ankle arthritis: preserve, fuse, replace?

Moderators: Fabian KRAUSE (Head Foot & Ankle surgery) (Berne, Switzerland), Manuel MONTEAGUDO (CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON) (Madrid, Spain)
Experts: Mostafa BENYAHIA (Surgeon) (Expert, Copenhagen, Denmark), Jean-Luc BESSE (Praticien Hospitalier) (Expert, Lyon, France), Robert CLAYTON (Surgeon) (Expert, South East Scotland, United Kingdom), Norman ESPINOSA (Owner / Member) (Expert, Zurich, Switzerland), Beat HINTERMANN (MD) (Expert, Liestal, Switzerland), Peter LAM (Orthopaedic Surgeon) (Expert, Sydney, Australia, Australia)
11:35 - 11:45 35-year-old sedentary with severe arthritis.
11:45 - 11:55 50-year-old with end-stage arthritis but still want to play football.
11:55 - 12:05 65-year-old fragile patient with posttraumatic arthritis.
12:05 - 12:15 70-year-old but still active as a farmer.
12:15 - 12:30 Any consensus? Why? Discussion.
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11:35 - 12:30

ASFFAF : Augsburg Short Film Foot and Ankle Festival

Moderators: Joris ROBBERECHT (Consultant) (Moderator, Turnhout, Belgium), Melanie VANDENBERGHE (Orthopedic surgeon) (Moderator, Antwerp, Belgium)
Second Room
12:30 Lunch, Exhibition, Industry Workshops and Poster Walks
12:45

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PW1
12:45 - 13:05

POSTER WALKS 1 PRESENTATIONS
(3 mins each + 1 question from evaluators) of best scored posters

Moderators: Bedri KARAISMAILOGLU (Foot and Ankle Surgeon) (Istanbul, Turkey), Stephan WIRTH (Head of foot and ankle surgery) (Zürich, Switzerland)
Poster zone
13:10

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PW2
13:10 - 13:30

POSTER WALKS 2 PRESENTATIONS
(3 mins each + 1 question from evaluators) of best scored posters

Moderators: Antonio ANDRADE (Porto, Portugal), Meghan KELLY (USA)
Poster zone
13:35

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PW3
13:35 - 13:55

POSTER WALKS 3 PRESENTATIONS
(3 mins each + 1 question from evaluators) of best scored posters

Moderators: Kajetan KLOS (Senior Surgeon) (Mainz, Germany), Thomas LEWIS (Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery) (London, United Kingdom)
Poster zone
14:00

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PW4
14:00 - 14:20

POSTER WALKS 4 PRESENTATIONS
(3 mins each + 1 question from evaluators) of best scored posters

Moderators: Matthew CONTI (Doctor) (New York, USA), Sabine OCHMAN (Consultant) (Muenster, Germany)
Poster zone
14:30

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FP1
14:30 - 16:30

FREE PAPER SESSION: Forefoot

Moderators: Pierre BAROUK (Dr) (Bordeaux, France), Donald MC BRIDE (Consultant Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon) (Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom)
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14:30 - 16:30

FREE PAPER SESSION: Trauma

Moderators: Robert CLAYTON (Surgeon) (South East Scotland, United Kingdom), Yves TOURNE (Grenoble, France)
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FP3
14:30 - 16:30

FREE PAPER SESSION: Ankle

Moderators: Maria CÖSTER (Senior Consultant, Ass professor) (Uppsala, Sweden), Jan Willem LOUWERENS (orthopaedic surgeon) (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Third Room
16:30 Coffee Break, Exhbition, and Poster Walks
17:00

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DF2
17:00 - 18:15

DISCUSSION FORUM 2
My worst case ever in...

Moderators: Nasef Mohamed Nasef ABDELATIF (Moderator, Cairo, Egypt), Alberto GINÉS CESPEDOSA (Adjunto) (Moderator, Barcelona, Spain)
17:00 - 17:10 Hallux Valgus. Pierre BAROUK (Dr) (Speaker, Bordeaux, France)
17:10 - 17:20 Hallux Rigidus. Daniele MARCOLLI (Chief of Foot Pathology Unit) (Speaker, Milano, Italy)
17:20 - 17:30 Metatarsalgia/lesser rays. Juan Manuel YAÑEZ ARAUZ (Medical doctor) (Speaker, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
17:30 - 17:40 Lapidus. Pascal RIPPSTEIN (Head of Foot and Ankle Department) (Speaker, Zurich, Switzerland)
17:40 - 17:50 Midfoot arthrodesis. Rick BROWN (Clinical lead) (Speaker, Oxford, United Kingdom)
17:50 - 18:15 Discussion.
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17:00 - 18:15

DISCUSSION FORUM 2
My worst case ever in ...

Moderators: Aleksas MAKULAVICIUS (Team leader) (Moderator, Vilnius, Lithuania), Mohamed MOKHTAR ABD-ELLA (speaker , attendant) (Moderator, cairo, Egypt)
17:00 - 17:10 Flatfoot. Elshazly OSSAMA (Speaker, Egypt)
17:10 - 17:20 Cavovarus. Maria CÖSTER (Senior Consultant, Ass professor) (Speaker, Uppsala, Sweden)
17:20 - 17:30 Ankle replacement. Antonio ANDRADE (Speaker, Porto, Portugal)
17:30 - 17:40 Ankle arthrodesis. Paulo AMADO (Director of Orthopedic Departement) (Speaker, Porto, Portugal)
17:40 - 17:50 Ankle fracture. Nuno CORTE REAL (Clinical Director) (Speaker, Cascais, Portugal)
17:50 - 18:15 Discussion.
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17:00 - 18:15

SYMPOSIUM 4
Allied Health Professionals

17:00 - 17:10 Orthotics in foot and ankle surgery. To Be CONFIRMED
17:10 - 17:20 Prosthesis for amputations. To Be CONFIRMED
17:20 - 17:30 Insoles. To Be CONFIRMED
17:30 - 17:40 Footwear. To Be CONFIRMED
17:40 - 17:50 TBC.
17:50 - 18:15 Discussion.
Third Room
Friday 02 October
08:40

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08:40 - 10:00

PLENARY SESSION 2
Controversies in Flexible/Progressive collapsing Adult Flatfoot in the young (active) patient

Moderators: Beat HINTERMANN (MD) (Moderator, Liestal, Switzerland), Helka KOIVU (Consultant) (Moderator, Turku, Finland)
08:40 - 08:50 How do I guide my decisions on type of surgical treatment through history and examination? Peter BOCK (Consultant) (Speaker, Vienna, Austria)
08:50 - 09:00 Why I believe WBCT is necessary for preop planning? Kristian BUEDTS (Md) (Speaker, Brussels, Belgium)
09:00 - 09:10 Isolated medial-sliding calcaneal osteotomy may be enough. Aleksas MAKULAVICIUS (Team leader) (Speaker, Vilnius, Lithuania)
09:10 - 09:20 When should we plan for a lateral column lengthening? Roxa RUIZ (MD) (Speaker, Liestal, Switzerland)
09:20 - 09:30 Why is Cotton-type osteotomy becoming more popular? Manuel MONTEAGUDO (CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON) (Speaker, Madrid, Spain)
09:30 - 09:40 Should we always repair the medial soft tissues and if so, how? Alessio BERNASCONI (Foot and Ankle - Orthopaedic Surgeon) (Speaker, Naples, Italy)
09:40 - 10:00 Discussion.
Plenary Room
10:00 Coffee Break, Exhbition, and Poster Walks
10:05

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PW5
10:05 - 10:25

Poster Walks presentations 5
(3 mins each + 1 question from evaluators) of best scored posters

Moderators: Joris ROBBERECHT (Consultant) (Moderator, Turnhout, Belgium), Matthias WALCHER (Orthopaedic Surgeon) (Moderator, Würzburg, Germany)
Poster zone
10:30

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10:30 - 11:30

FORUM
How to deal with bone loss in revision surgery of the foot and ankle

10:30 - 10:40 Revision total ankle replacement after failed primary.
10:40 - 10:50 Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis after failed total ankle replacement.
10:50 - 11:00 Medial column arthrodesis after neglected fracture.
11:00 - 11:10 recalcitrant MP1 nonunion with shortening.
11:10 - 11:30 Discussion.
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10:30 - 11:30

FORUM
EFAS Past Presidents - pearls of wisdom

Speakers: Jan Willem LOUWERENS (orthopaedic surgeon) (Speaker, Nijmegen, The Netherlands), Donald MC BRIDE (Consultant Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon) (Speaker, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom), Martinus RICHTER (Director) (Speaker, Rummelsberg, Germany), Yves TOURNE (Speaker, Grenoble, France), Antonio VILADOT (orthopaedic Surgeon) (Speaker, Barcelona, Spain)
11:20 - 11:30 Discussion.
Second Room
11:30

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11:30 - 13:00

EFAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Plenary Room
13:00 Lunch, Exhibition, Industry Workshops and Poster Walks
13:10

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13:10 - 14:40

Poster Walks presentations
1 mins each + 1 question from evaluators) of best scored posters

Poster zone
15:00

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15:00 - 16:00

Free Papers 4:
Forefoot

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15:00 - 16:00

Free papers 5
Midfoot & Hindfoot

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15:00 - 16:00

Free papers 6

Third Room
16:10

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16:10 - 17:10

Discussion Forum
New challenges in ankle fractures (run by the Youth Committee)

16:10 - 16:20 Primary intramedullary TTC in the elderly.
16:20 - 16:30 Fibular nailing, when and how?
16:30 - 16:40 MIS and arthroscopy.
16:40 - 16:50 Posterior distal tibia: posterolateral vs posteromedial approach.
16:50 - 17:10 Discussion.
Plenary Room

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16:10 - 17:10

Discussion forum
What's new Paediatric Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle?

16:10 - 16:20 Toe walking.
16:20 - 16:30 Talar dome osteochondritis dissecans.
16:30 - 16:40 Pes planovalgus.
16:40 - 16:50 Clubfoot.
16:50 - 17:10 Discussion.
Second Room
17:10 Coffee Break, Exhbition, and Poster Walks
17:15

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PW03
17:15 - 17:30

Poster walks presentations
(3 mins each + 1 question from evaluators) of best scored posters

Poster zone
17:40

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PS03
17:40 - 18:40

Plenary session 3:
AOFAS & EFAS

Plenary Room
18:40 Adjourn and congress dinner Award Ceremony for best oral presentation and best poster
Saturday 03 October
09:00

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09:00 - 10:15

Plenary session 4:
Surgical treatment of chronic heel pain

09:00 - 09:10 Tarsal tunnel syndrome.
09:10 - 09:20 Insertional Achilles tendinopathy.
09:20 - 09:30 Plantar fasciopathy.
09:40 - 09:50 Flexor hallucis longus.
09:30 - 09:40 Baxter nerve - myth or foe?
09:50 - 10:15 Discussion.
Plenary Room
10:15 Coffee Break, Exhbition, and Poster Walks
10:45

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10:45 - 12:15

German societies forum:
DAF & GFFC: Soft tissue and cartilage injuries at the ankle and hinfoot

10:45 - 10:55 Severe ligamentous ankle injuries.
10:55 - 11:05 Treatment of injuries to the tibial cartilage.
11:05 - 11:15 Arthroscopic findings in acute malleolar fractures.
11:15 - 11:25 Surgical strategies for the treatment of lateral OCLs associated with chronic lateral instability.
11:25 - 11:35 Detection of acute and chronic syndesmotic injuries.
11:35 - 11:45 How to treat medial ankle instability.
11:45 - 11:55 Injuries of the perineal tendons.
11:55 - 12:05 Subtalar instability detection and treatment.
12:05 - 12:15 Discussion.
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10:45 - 12:15

EFAS award / fellowships presentations

10:45 - 10:51 Efas Research Grant for "Foot & Ankle Arthosis".
10:51 - 10:57 EFAS Research Grant for "Foot & Ankle Disorders".
10:57 - 11:03 EFAS Best Paper Award.
11:03 - 11:09 EFAS Best Poster award.
11:09 - 11:15 EFAS Best Oral Presentation.
11:15 - 11:21 EFAS Travelling Fellowship Route1.
11:21 - 11:28 EFAS Travelling Felloship Route2.
11:28 - 11:34 EFAS Research Fellowship.
11:34 - 11:40 EFAS AOFAS Travelling Fellowship.
11:40 - 12:15 Discussion.
Second Room
12:15

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12:15 - 13:25

Symposium:
The hallux in 2026

12:15 - 12:25 Valgus, with no rotational concerns.
12:25 - 12:35 Valgus, but I consider rotation matters.
12:35 - 12:45 Varus, after failed valgus surgery.
12:45 - 12:55 Limitus for joint preserving surgery.
12:55 - 13:05 Rigidus for arthrodesis.
13:05 - 13:25 Discussion.
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12:15 - 13:25

Symposium:
State-of-the-art of tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis

12:15 - 12:25 Approach lateral vs others.
12:25 - 12:35 Joint preparation: open/MIS/arthroscopic.
12:35 - 12:45 Intramedullary nails are gold standard.
12:45 - 12:55 I prefer plating.
12:55 - 13:05 Complications and how to avoid.
13:05 - 13:25 Discussion.
Second Room
13:30

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13:30 - 13:45

closing ceremony

Speakers: Manuel MONTEAGUDO (CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON) (Speaker, Madrid, Spain), Xavier OLIVA MARTIN (Speaker, Barcelona, Spain), Manfred THOMAS (Speaker, Augsburg, Germany)
Plenary Room
13:45 Light Lunch and Adjourn