The 9th Emirates Orthopedic Conference kicks off its activities in Dubai, attended by 600 doctors and specialists
04 November 2021
His Excellency Awad Saghir Al Ketbi inaugurated today morning the 9th Emirates International Orthopaedic Congress at the Mövenpick Grand Hotel Al Bustan Dubai (Airport), in the presence of more than 600 consultants, doctors, nurse and technician from the UAE and the region. The conference is being hosted under the patronage of the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences and organized by the Emirates Orthopaedic Society of the Emirates Medical Association.
In his opening speech, Dr. Ali Al Suwaidi, Consultant Orthopedic surgeon and President of the Emirates Orthopedic Society said, ”Our goal in this conference is to present and discuss the latest treatments of orthopedic diseases, in addition to reviewing the latest innovations and scientific research made worldwide during the past year.
In addition to this, the conference represents a platform for our physicians to interact with their counterparts from all over the world, and meet and attend lectures in subspecialties that benefit all participants, where the latest medical equipment and devices are presented in the sponsoring companies pavilion. Moreover, international experts, who were unable to attend due to the Covid19 pandemic, are also hosted via approved online applications.”
He also stressed that the UAE has been able to get through this current pandemic after a year and a half, thanks to Allah, and to the preventive and precautionary measures that our beloved country followed, upon the directives of our wise leadership in dealing with this pandemic that paralyzed the entire world.
He explained that the topics that the conference will focus on this year include knee arthritis and osteoarthritis and the latest treatment methods for these, including arthroscopy or joint replacement, in addition to the methods of dealing with complications that may arise after undertaking such surgeries, and developments in treatment of shoulder and knee sports injuries, especially torn ligaments in both. The discussion will also address methods of dealing with failure of anterior cruciate ligament reconstructive surgery.
He pointed that half a day was allocated for injuries and fractures of the elbow, wrist and hand, since such majors are considered rare and require wide experience and high training. Therefore, international experts are being hosted in this specialization to shed light on some of the diseases prevalent in the upper extremity, Furthermore, half a day is also devoted to discussing Osteoarthritis, since this disease is very common in the UAE.
“The Emirates Orthopedics society exerts a great effort in attracting international experts to provide an opportunity for physicians with their counterparts from neighboring countries to exchange experiences and knowledge in orthopedic diseases and discuss new and controversial treatments.
I would like my fellow physicians to take advantage of this valuable opportunity and commit themselves to attending lectures, then reviewing and updating the methods of treatment followed in their workplace in a way that will benefit their patients, I would like also to urge them to visit the sponsoring company’s pavilions and check the latest medical equipment and devices”, he added.
In turn, His Excellency Abdullah bin Sougat, Executive Director of the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award, expressed his happiness at the success of the conference and his pride in continuing the path outlined by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum - may God rest his soul - to advance the health sector, whether inside or outside the country.