Scientific Program




Wednesday, July 3rd,2024

12:00-14:30 Registration
14:30-14:40 Welcome Address
Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos (Greece), Peter Rose (USA), Pietro Ruggieri (Italy)
14:40-14:50 Salutation of the Chief Executive of the 2nd Regional Health Authority of Piraeus and Aegean Islands
Christos Roilos (Greece)
14:50-15:20 Rhodes: The Pearl Island of the Mediterranean Sea
Michael Sokorelos (Greece), Theophanis Bogiannos (Greece)
15:20- 16:00 50 years of Musculoskeletal Oncology
Franklin H. Sim (USA)
16:00-17:30 Soft Tissue Tumors
Moderators: Anna Khachatrian (USA), Evanthia Galanis (USA), Vassilios Kontogeorgakos (Greece)
16:00-16:15 Classification &  Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors
Panagiotis Papagelopoulos  (Greece)
16:15-16:30 Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors
Olympia Papakonstantinou (Greece)
16:30-16:45 Work-Up, Biopsy, and Staging of Soft Tissue Tumors
Christos Vottis (Greece)
16:45-17:00 Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Gina D'Amato (USA)
17:00-17:15 Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Safia Ahmed (USA) - Vassilios Kouloulias (Greece)
17:15-17:30 Discussion
17:30-18:30 Limb Salvage for Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Moderators:  Panagiotis Papagelopoulos (Greece), Daniel Kotrych (Poland), Olympia Papakonstantinou (Greece)
17:30-17:45 Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Upper Extremity
Anna Khachatrian (USA)
17:45-18:00 Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Lower Extremity
Shehadeh Armad (Jordan)
18:00-18:15 Unplanned Excision of Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Vassilios Kontogeorgakos (Greece)
  18:15-18:30 Soft Tissue Reconstruction after Sarcoma Resection
Parthena Deskoulidi (Greece)
18:30-18:45 Discussion
19:15 Welcome Reception





Thursday, July 4th,2024

09:00-10:30 Bone Tumors
Moderators: Nicholas Andreas Andersen (Greece), Gina D' Amato (USA), Andreas Mavrogenis (Greece)
09:00-09:15 Classification & Pathologic Diagnosis of Bone Tumors
George Agrogiannis (Greece)
09:15-09:30 Work-Up, Biopsy, and Staging of Bone Tumors
Nikolaos Stavropoulos (Greece)
09:30-09:45 Imaging  of Bone Tumors
Olympia Papakonstantinou (Greece)
09:45-10:00 Chemotherapy for Bone Sarcomas ( Osteosarcoma- Ewing Sarcoma)
Anastasios Kyriazoglou (USA)
10:00-10:30 Discussion
10:30-11:45 Limb Salvage Surgery for Bone Tumors - Part A
Moderators: Valerae Lewis (USA), Ioannis Papanastasiou (Greece), Peter Rose (USA)
10:30-10:45 Shoulder Girdle - Proximal Humerus
Olga Savvidou (Greece)
10:45-11:00 Elbow - Distal Humerus – Proximal Ulna
Vasileios Kontogeorgakos (Greece)
11:00-11:15 Pelvic Reconstruction using 3D-printed implants
Joseph Benevenia (USA)
11:15-11:30 Periacetabular Reconstruction
Arne  Streitbuerger (Germany)
11:30- 11:45 Discussion
11:45-12:00
 Coffee Break
12:00-13:30 Limb Salvage Surgery for Bone Tumors - Part B
Moderators: Dundar Sabah (Turkey), Joseph Benevenia (USA), Alexandros Pittas (Greece)

12:00-12:15
 Proximal Femur
Andreas Mavrogenis (Greece)
12:15-12:30 Distal Femur
Kyriakos Papavasileiou (Greece)
12:30-12:45 Proximal Tibia - Ankle
Panagiotis Gikas (UK)
12:45-13:00 Expandable Prostheses
Rodanthi Margariti (Greece)
13:00-13:15 Pediatric Sarcoma Reconstructions. Do You Know the Name of your Pediatrics Orthopedic Surgeon and your Plastic Surgeon?
Eduardo Jose Ortiz Cruz (Spain)
13:15-13:30 Discussion
13:30-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:00 Pelvic and Spine Tumors
Moderators:  Pietro Ruggieri (Italy), Vasilios Kontogeorgakos (Greece), Arne Streitbuerger (Germany)

14:30-14:45 Osteoplasty for Metastatic Disease of the Spine
Alexios Kelekis (Greece)
14:45-15:00 Surgical Management of Pelvic Sarcomas in Children and Adolescents with and without Reconstruction
Valerae Lewis (USA)
15:00-15:15 Reconstruction of the Pelvis Following Sarcoma Resection in Adults
Francis Hornicek (USA)
15:15-15:30 Primary Tumors of the Spine and Sacrum  
Peter Rose (USA)
 15:30-15:45 Metastatic Tumors of the Spine  
George Sapkas (Greece)
15:45-16:00
 Discussion
16:00-16:45 Minimally Invasive Interventions
Moderator:  Francis Lee (USA) - George Sapkas (Germany)
16:00-16:15 Minimally Invasive Ablation Techniques for Benign Bone & Soft Tissue Tumors
Dimitris Filippiadis (Greece)
16:15-16:30 Minimally Invasive Stabilization of Osteolytic Metastases In the Pelvis: Scientific Rationale and Practical Technical Guidelines
Francis Lee (USA)
16:30-16:45 Discussion
 16:45-17:00 Coffee Break
17:00-17:15
 Lecture on Complications of Megaprosthetic Reconstruction
Chair: Panayiotis Papagelopoulos (Greece)

17:00-17:15
 Infection: The Worst Complication in Modular Prosthesis: An Overview
Pietro Ruggieri (Italy)
17:15-19:15 My Challenging Tumor Cases: Faculty Presentations
Discussion Panel: Francis Hornicek (USA), Anna Khachatrian (USA), Pietro Ruggieri (Italy), George Agrogiannis (Greece), Joseph Benevenia (USA)
17:15-17:30 Case 1
Μasoud Mirkazemi (Iran)
17:30-17:45 Case 2
Daniel Kotrych (Poland)
17:45-18:00 Case 3
Peter Rose (USA)
18:00-18:15 Case 4
Andreas Mavrogenis (Greece)
18:15-18:30 Case 5
Arne Streitbuerger (Germany)
18:30-18:45 Case 6
Eduardo Jose Ortiz Cruz (Spain)
18:45-19:00 Case 7
Frank Traub (Germany)
19:00-19:15 Case 8
Shehadeh Armad (Jordan)
19:15 Adjourn





Friday, July 5th,2024

09:00-11:00 Megaprosthetic Reconstruction for Non-neoplastic Conditions
Moderators:  Joseph Benevenia (USA), Tomáš Tomáš, (Czech Republic), Frank Traub (Germany)

09:00-09:15 Preoperative Workup for Revision Joint Replacement
Thomas Kostakos (Greece)
09:15-09:30 Limb Salvage After Failed Shoulder and Elbow Reconstruction 
Dimitrios Papadopoulos (Greece)
09:30-9:45 Limb Salvage After Failed Hip (Acetabulum) Reconstruction 
Daniel Kotrych (Poland)
9:45-10:00 Limb Salvage after failed Hip (Femur) reconstruction 
Dundar Sabah (Turkey)
10:00-10:15 Limb Salvage After Failed Knee Reconstruction 
Nikolaos Stavropoulos (Greece)
10:15-10:30 Joint Sparing Implants/Short Stem Solutions
Arne Streitbuerger (Germany)
10:30-11:00 Discussion
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:45 Complications of Megaprosthetic Reconstruction
Moderators:  Francis Hornicek (USA), Francis Lee (USA), Tomáš Tomáš (Czech Republic)
11:30-11:45 Effectiveness of Silver Coating in Megaprostheses
Arne Streitbuerger (Germany)
 11:45-12:00 Minimalizing Risk of Periprosthetic Infection
Frank Traub (Germany)
12:00-12:15 Periprosthetic Fractures After Megaprosthetic Reconstruction
Panayiotis Papagelopoulos (Greece)
12:15-12:30 Risk of Infection in Megaprosthesis and Surgical Strategies
Fabrice Fiorenza (France)
12:30-12:45 Revision After Revision – The Clinical Approach to 3D Printing Technology
Daniel Kotrych (Poland)
12:45-13:00  Complications of total femur replacement
Τοmáš Tomáš (Czech Republic)
13:00-13:15 Complications In Limb Salvage Surgery In Children And Management Strategies
Harzem Ozger (Turkey)
13:15-13:30 Distraction Osteogenesis for Complex Orthopedic Reconstructions
Eralp Levent (Turkey)
13:30-13:45 Proximal Tibia
Andrea Angelini (Italy)
13:45-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-18:45 Interactive Case Multidisciplinary Session – Ask the Experts
Residents Unknown Cases Presentations
14:30 -15:30 Unknown Case 1-4: Benign Soft Tissue Tumors
Discussion Panel: Daniel Kotrych (Poland), Theodoros Kormas (Greece), Dionysios Papachristou (Greece), Olympia Papakonstantinou (Greece)

Case 1: Soft tissue mass of the popliteal fossa: Vassilios Karampikas
 Case 2: Soft tissue mass of the thigh: Apostolos Vlachos
Case 3: Soft tissue mass of the foot: Foteini Soucacou
Case 4: Soft tissue mass of the posterior thigh & popliteal fossa: Ioannis Zafeiris
15:30- 16:30 Unknown Case 5-8 : Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors
Discussion Panel: Eralp Levent (Turkey), Gina D' Amato (USA), Dionysios Papachristou (Greece), Olympia Papakonstantinou (Greece)

Case 5: Painful mass of the upper thigh: Anastasios Roustemis
Case 6: Enlarging mass of the gluteal region: Nikolaos Rigos
Case 7: Enlarging mass of the posterior thigh: Konstantinos Zachos
Case 8: Small mass of the palmar surface of hand: Pavlos Gerasimidis
16:30-16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 -17:45 Unknown Case  9-12: Benign Bone Tumors
Discussion Panel: Dimitris Filippiadis (Greece), Christos Zambakides (Greece), Francis Lee (USA), Fabrice Fiorenza (France), Penelope Korkolopoulou (Greece)

Case 9: Osteolytic lesion of the acetabulum: Dimitra Melissaridou
Case 10: Back pain associated with osteolytic lesion L4: Panagiotis Gavriil
Case 11: Back pain associated with spine lesion: Alexandros Zikopoulos
Case 12: Painful osteolytic lesion of the pubis: Orestis Konstantas
17:45 -18:45

Unknown Case 13-16: Malignant Bone Tumors
Discussion Panel: Eduardo Jose Ortiz Cruz (Spain), Anastasios Kyriazoglou (Greece), Dimitris Filippiadis (Greece), Penelope Korkolopoulou (Greece), Harzem Ozger (Turkey)

Case 13: Painful mass of the shoulder: Nikolaos Stavropoulos
Case 14: Painful Lesion of the proximal tibia: Dimitris Serenidis
Case 15: Low back pain associated with sacral lesion: Nina Myline Engel
Case 16: Painful osteolytic lesion of the proximal tibia: Ioannis Trikoupis
18:45-19:00  Lecture on DRGs in Musculoskeletal Oncology
Chairs: Panayiotis Papagelopoulos (Greece), Nikolaos Stavropoulos (Greece)

 18:45-19:00 Inadequacy of DRGs in meeting the real-world costs of the management of oncologic patients
Eirini Vasiliki Kormentza (Greece)
19:00 Closing Remarks