Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The Emirates Orthopedic Division at the Emirates Medical Association is organizing the 13th Emirates World Orthopedic Congress on Friday.
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This coincides with the first Gulf course for knee surgery that the association will launch.
It hosts doctors and consultants specializing in knee prosthetics, the use of surgical robots, fractures, endoscopies, and sports injuries.
The first Gulf course for knee surgery aims to strengthen ties and relationships between doctors specializing in this field, with the aim of forming a scientific platform for the future of medical research in the region.
The session will be held every two years in a Gulf country, in line with the keenness of the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to enhance health care.
In addition to supporting medical tourism in various countries of the region.
Dr. Ali Al Balushi, President of the Emirates Orthopedic Society and Chairman of the Conference, said that this medical event, which will last for three days in a hotel at the Intercontinental Festival City Hotel, aims to highlight the image of the UAE regionally and globally as a medical treatment center, consolidate the principle of interest in developing medical personnel, and create an incubating environment for experts and specialists.
He added that the number of doctors registered for the conference reached more than 800 consultants, doctors, specialists, nurses and technicians from the UAE, the Middle East, and various countries of the world.
He explained that the main topics that the conference will cover this year include knee operations of all kinds, including fractures and sports injuries, partial, total and secondary artificial knee operations, and carbonates in operations in a parallel path with the treatment of diseases of the shoulder, spine, ankle and foot.
He pointed out that the conference will highlight the most prominent developments in sports injury surgery and knee arthroplasty.
During the event, six workshops will be organized, at a rate of two workshops per day, on various topics aimed at developing and refining the participants’ scientific and practical expertise.
Dr. Al Balushi stated that the exhibition accompanying the conference, which is organized by Info Plus, will be attended by 25 international companies, including the most famous companies manufacturing plates, stents, external fixators, medical devices for bone diseases, and pharmaceutical companies.
