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Ortho-Trauma Management
India's First AO Knowledge Lab at Max Super Speciality Hospital
The knowledge lab and reference centre will emphasise on
the education of young surgeons on trauma care
Max Institute of Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement at Max
Super Speciality Hospital, Saket recently launched India's first Association
of Osteosynthesis (AO) knowledge lab at its premises. The lab was inaugurated
by Prof Thomas P Ruedi, Founding Member AO Foundation, Switzerland and Prof
Chris van der Werken, Past President AO Foundation, Switzerland.
According to Dr SKS Marya, Director, Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement, Max
Super Speciality Hospital, who will be the programme leader, "At present
there is no such lab that exists in India to train our fellows in orthopaedic
trauma. The AO knowledge lab and reference centre will emphasise on the education
of young surgeons on trauma care, so that people are benefited through better
treatment modalities".
He further added, "Orthopaedic injuries and conditions can often be quite
painful and debilitating. By reducing pain, increasing movement and mobility,
effective treatment can dramatically improve quality of life of the patients.
A well-equipped trauma centre provides state-of-the-art knowledge and latest
treatment modalities in orthopaedic care and continuing education is the key
to provide continuing quality patient care. The fellowship centre will serve
as an educational hub for young India orthopaedic surgeons, under the aegis
of 'Indians train Indian'. AO India Fellowship Centre will focus on guidance
and treatment of a vast range of conditions or injuries in the field of trauma
that occur in adolescence, middle age and old age."
The AO Centre at Max Healthcare will be a fellowship centre offering multiple
speciality solutions in AO techniques to orthopaedic surgeons, interested in
fracture management through fellowship programs. The fellowship centre would
play a major role by educating upcoming surgeons with problems that range from
fractures, to more specific conditions that require highly specialized procedures
and treatment through after-care.
According to Dr Pervez Ahmed, Executive Director, Medical Operations, Max Healthcare,
"The Global initiation of AO knowledge lab at Max Healthcare marks our
foray in the field of ortho-trauma management. This is the first education centre
of its kind in India with the entire range of services for class room training
and hands-on laboratory experience."
The lab and referral centre will encourage the development of integrated learning
of fellows via bone-model demonstration, plexi-glass implant demonstration,
Instrument demonstration and AO educational material viz. books, videos etc.
To spread the AO philosophy; the centre will invite a batch of 10-12 young surgeons
for group discussion exercises once in every quarter. Familiarisation with principles,
indications, planning techniques and handling complications in the areas of
osteosynthesis - bone joining will be taught. This applies not only to fractures
but also polytrauma management.
EH News Bureau
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