2025 09 27 Belnuc-BHS-BKS-BOTRA Autumn Symposium

PROGRAMMA

08:30 - Registration
09:00 - Welcome

Moderators: Olivier Gheysens (Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc) and Hilde Vandenneucker (UZ Leuven)
9:05- Why do modern hip arthroplasties fail? Stijn Ghijselings (UZ Leuven)
09:20- Why do modern knee arthroplasties fail? Stefaan Van Onsem (AZ Alma Eeklo)
09:35 - Bone remodelling after joint replacement: Unravelling Biomechanical Loading from Lab to Life. Lennart Scheys (UZ Leuven)
09:55 - Bridging the gap: nuclear medicine’s role in diagnosing and management of painful total hip/knee arthroplasties: what the orthopaedic surgeon expects from the nuclear medicine physician. Kris Govaers (AZ Sint-Blasius Dendermonde)
10:15 - Questions?

10:30 - Coffee break

Moderators: Ken Kudura (CHU Mont-Godinne) and Wouter Sioen (O.L.V. van Lourdes Ziekenhuis Waregem)
11:00 - State-of-the-art nuclear imaging in painful knee arthroplasty. Dirk Ooms (AZORG Aalst)
11:20 - State-of-the-art nuclear imaging in painful hip arthroplasty. Max Lonneux (CHIREC)
11:40 - A Belgian perspective on diagnosing prosthetic joint infection: where to start, what to look for. Joris Vles (UZ Leuven)
12:00 - Imaging in prosthetic joint infection: a timeless tool or a dying art? Bliede Van den Broeck (UZ Gent)
12:15 - Case-based discussion and debate. Britt Ollivier (UZ Leuven) en TBC) BOTRA
12:55 - Closing remarks
13:00 - End of Congress

Info on registrations will follow soon.