Greetings by the President
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I am pleased to note that the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fracture Repair will be held in Okayama Prefecture for the first time in 29 years. I am greatly honored to host this prestigious meeting, and determined to do my best to guide this event to a great success. Throughout my career at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of Okayama University Hospital and then at Okayama Medical Center, I have learned a great many things about fracture repair from my mentors and senior colleagues for their outstanding surgical techniques and ability to select the optimal treatments. Through my experience of assisting them in their surgeries, I have found that those who are called experts make wise selections. In fracture repair, we orthopedic surgeons have to determine the fracture situation, along with the condition of the patient and his soft tissues, and select the best treatment in light of our skills and techniques. However, this is not easy to do.
Japanese orthopedic surgeons are inclined to apply one treatment method to all fracture types. By endeavoring to optimize surgical techniques to improve treatment results, we may be able to develop expert skills in a specific field, but such skills can hardly be shared by many and maintained for a long time. In Japan, fracture treatment is usually left to relatively younger surgeons. In this light, I think the most important thing for the Japanese orthopedic community is to ensure that orthopedic surgeons with standard skills can select an appropriate treatment method and perform it safely without the risk of complications developing. Thus orthopedic surgeons are required to have a thorough knowledge of various treatment methods applicable to each fracture case and to develop the ability to select the most appropriate fixation method. During the forthcoming annual meeting, we will discuss how we can select the best treatment method, focusing on fracture cases for which a variety of treatment methods are available. By doing so, we aim to establish surgical techniques that 80% of orthopedic surgeons can select and use safely. The forthcoming annual meeting will be held under the main theme, “Weaving Traditions and Innovations.”
The meeting program will also include: presentations by members of Join-no-kai, a group of young doctors; video sessions in which experienced doctors will share their tips and tricks for surgical techniques in depth; and debate on the selection of the best internal fixation method for each fracture type.
While study sessions on pelvic ring and acetabular fractures were held on the day following the annual meeting in the past, we will instead offer a master course, in which the world’s leading surgeons, invited from Japan and abroad, will deliver lectures on such intriguing topics as leading-edge treatments and treatments of complex injuries. I hope many people will attend the master course.
August 19, 2017
Japanese orthopedic surgeons are inclined to apply one treatment method to all fracture types. By endeavoring to optimize surgical techniques to improve treatment results, we may be able to develop expert skills in a specific field, but such skills can hardly be shared by many and maintained for a long time. In Japan, fracture treatment is usually left to relatively younger surgeons. In this light, I think the most important thing for the Japanese orthopedic community is to ensure that orthopedic surgeons with standard skills can select an appropriate treatment method and perform it safely without the risk of complications developing. Thus orthopedic surgeons are required to have a thorough knowledge of various treatment methods applicable to each fracture case and to develop the ability to select the most appropriate fixation method. During the forthcoming annual meeting, we will discuss how we can select the best treatment method, focusing on fracture cases for which a variety of treatment methods are available. By doing so, we aim to establish surgical techniques that 80% of orthopedic surgeons can select and use safely. The forthcoming annual meeting will be held under the main theme, “Weaving Traditions and Innovations.”
The meeting program will also include: presentations by members of Join-no-kai, a group of young doctors; video sessions in which experienced doctors will share their tips and tricks for surgical techniques in depth; and debate on the selection of the best internal fixation method for each fracture type.
While study sessions on pelvic ring and acetabular fractures were held on the day following the annual meeting in the past, we will instead offer a master course, in which the world’s leading surgeons, invited from Japan and abroad, will deliver lectures on such intriguing topics as leading-edge treatments and treatments of complex injuries. I hope many people will attend the master course.
August 19, 2017