Welcome to the second newsletter from the International Orthopaedic Trauma Association (IOTA), set up three years ago, with the aim of promoting international orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma care, including patient care, education, and research. No one could have predicted the changes that have occurred in the world since the first newsletter, and the consequences of these changes. What is more apparent is the necessity for enhanced worldwide communication, and the sharing of knowledge in all aspects of healthcare, with the traditional annual medical conferences now taken over by rapid publications, and virtual communications. The volume of trauma, particularly in the elderly, has not significantly changed with the COVID-19 pandemic, and as such, the international collaboration is as important as ever, as well as learning the most effective methods to deliver this. The upcoming virtual OTA annual meeting is an example, where members of IOTA societies can access for the same price as those who have full OTA membership. Other examples of the work of the IOTA is the collaboration on hip fracture management, recently published in the OTA International Special Edition, which identifies huge variations in care between different healthcare systems, but also highlights how all global trauma leaders have the same goal: the best possible trauma care should be accessible to all, independent of age, gender, race and wealth. Newsletters can fossilize and become historical before they are read, so we urge you to look for the latest developments at the new IOTA webpage, which will hopefully allow all to gain from individual nations meetings’ and educational events.
Tim Chesser
IOTA Editor
Orthopaedic Trauma Society UK (OTS)
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Dear colleagues,
It was very unfortunate, but absolutely necessary to postpone the 1st Triennial IOTA meeting/ Dutch Trauma Society meeting which had been planned for December 2-5, 2020 in Amsterdam, due to the COVID-19 pandemic of which we are all suffering worldwide.
We are positively convinced that next year will be different and therefore we are already starting with the planning and working on an inspiring and attractive program in which we hope many of you will participate, and many more members will be able to attend this meeting in person.
The live meeting is now planned for November 3-5, 2021. Come and share with us your knowledge at this 1st International OTA (IOTA) Triennial Meeting, which will be held jointly with the annual International Dutch Trauma Conference at the RAI Conference Center in Amsterdam, the Capitol of the Netherlands.
Trauma surgeons and Orthopaedic Trauma surgeons from all over the world will meet to exchange knowledge and facilitate international projects in trauma research and education.
Looking forward to meeting many of you in person in Amsterdam next year. I sincerely wish you all to stay safe in these difficult times.
On behalf of the 1st Triennial organizing committee and the Dutch Trauma Society,
KJ Ponsen
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FEMECOT will organize the second IOTA Triennial meeting to be held in combination with their annual congress meeting which is tentatively scheduled to take place in Guadalajara, México from October 30 - November 1, 2024. |
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IOTA Symposium Transitioned for OTA Virtual Meeting |
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Saturday October 24th
10:30AM-11:30AM CT
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There will be a Combined Symposium Session of the International Trauma Care Forum and the Basic Science Focus Forum:
Polytrauma: Update on Basic Science and Clinical Evidence
Moderator - Aaron Nauth, MD
Faculty - Hans-Christoph Pape, MD; Todd McKinley, MD; Luke PH Leenen, MD, PhD; Frank Hildebrand, MD; Heather A. Vallier, MD
Does the timing of the OTA Virtual Annual Meeting not work with your schedule?
Note all content will be recorded and made available to those who register for one year!
OTA Virtual Annual Meeting
All IOTA Society Members are invited to register at the reduced member rate!
(to receive the discounted rate, choose the registration category for Nonmember IOTA registrants)
All content will be recorded and made available for one-year!
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IOTA Traveling Fellow Observership |
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The IOTA Traveling Fellow Observership recognizes promising orthopaedic surgeons from IOTA member organizations and promotes observerships for those individuals at prominent orthopaedic centers. The below 11 fellows were selected to participate in the 2020 IOTA Traveling Fellow Observerships, which due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, will be postponed to 2021.
Congratulations to the IOTA 2020 Traveling Fellowship Participants. The IOTA would like to extend a sincere thank you to the Member Societies that identified the fellows and the Host Institutions that will welcome them.
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Below are the 11 fellows from Argentina (Asociación Argentina del Trauma Ortopédico, AATO), China (Chinese Association of Orthopedic Surgeons, CAOS), Italy (Orthopedic and Trauma Specialists Hospital of Italy, OTODI), Spain (Spanish Orthopaedic Trauma Association, SOTA-SECOT) and the UK (Orthopaedic Trauma Society, OTS) who participated in the observerhip program.
Leonel Perez Alamino (AATO)
Francisco Tálamo (AATO)
James Pegrum (OTS)
Francisco Lotti (AATO)
Juan Antonio Porcel Vázquez (SOTA-SECOT)
Alejandro Ordás Bayón (SOTA-SECOT)
Carlos Hernández Pascual (OTODI)
Rewuit Abuduaini (CAOS)
Li Yu Neng (CAOS)
Carlotta Pari (OTODI)
Antony Raymond (OTS)
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These fellows were placed at one of the following institutions:
- University of California San Francisco – San Francisco California
- University of Miami – Miami, Florida
- Harborview Medical Center – Seattle, Washington
- Denver Health Medical Center – Denver, Colorado
- University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston, Texas
- Tampa General Hospital – Tampa, Florida
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IOTA is excited to announce the addition of a calendar of events page where you can learn about educational opportunities offered by all 20 IOTA society members. The calendar includes conferences and webinars, as well as links providing details of the events. |
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All webinars are free and will be at 6:00 p.m. in Argentina(UTC / GMT -3) and will be on the AATO YouTube channel
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As of September 7, the Italian Government began to allow the participation of physicians at educational meetings. The policy also requires that foreign visitors and exhibitors undergo a COVID-19 test 72 hours before entering Italy. |
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Monthly webinars are currently available.
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OTA International Special Issue:
Hip Fracture Systems
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Comparative treatment guidelines for hip fracture care in different countries are not well-documented. This supplement seeks to describe the state of hip fracture systems in different regions and countries and represents a collaborative work of member societies of the International Orthopaedic Trauma Association (IOTA), an international association of orthopaedic societies dedicated to the promotion of musculoskeletal trauma care through advancements in patient care, research, and education. The information in these reports will aid efforts to better understand, improve, and standardize existing approaches to hip fracture management worldwide. ..." -Ted Miclau, MD
The latest IOTA collaborative article was published March 30, 2020 in OTA International.
Congratulations to all authors who contributed:
Hip Fracture Management: Global Approaches and Systems - Ted Miclau
Hip Fracture Systems – European Experience - Tim J.S. Chesser, Dominic Inman, Antony Johnase, Alberto Belluati, Carlotta Pari, Achille Contini, Stijn.C. Voeten, Johannes H. Hegeman, Kornelis J. Ponsen, Nuria Montero-Fernández, Alberto Delgado-Martínez, Francisco Chana-Rodríguez
Hip Fracture Care and National Systems: Australia & Asia - Seth M. Tarrrant, Amit Ajgaonkar, Sushrut Babhulkar, Zhiyong Cui, Ian A. Harris, Sunil Kulkarni, Hiroaki Minehara, Takashi Miyamoto, Andrew Oppy, Kenji Shigemoto, Yun Tian, Zsolt J. Balogh
Hip fracture care and national systems in Israel and South Africa - Yoram A. Weil, Brian P. Bernstein, Sithombo Maqungo, Amal Khoury, Meir Liebergall, Maritz Laubscher
Hip Fracture Care: Latin America - Luis Gerardo Padilla Rojas, Sergio Quintero Hernández, José María Jiménez Ávila, Roberto Enrique López Cervantes, Rafael Amadei Enghelmayer, Cesar Pesciallo, German Garabano, Madeline C. Mackechnie, José Eduardo Quintero, Kodi E. Kojima
Hip Fracture Care and National Systems: The United States and Canada - Todd Swenning, Jennifer Leighton, Michelle Nentwig, Bradley Dart
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Call For JOT Supplement Submissions |
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Submission Deadline: November 30, 2020
Are you looking to be published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (JOT)? The OTA is offering one publications waiver to the selected winner.
Requirement: The main author must be an OTA member.
To apply for this waiver:
Please submit a proposal to includes both:
(a) a one-page abstract
(b) a one-page description of the expected orthopaedic impact.
Submissions should be sent to OTA with the subject: OTA JOT Supplement Review.
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