Joint Meeting with the BVOT and SORBCOT
Including an IOTA Mini-symposium
Including a joint session with the A.O. Foundation
Venue: Old Prison Hasselt - November 28th 2026
Welcome!
Dear Colleagues,
I’m very proud to invite you to join us at our Annual Congress 2026. Since 1990, The Belgian Orthopedic Trauma Association is dedicated to the promotion of trauma and fractures care in the country. This year we have the pleasure to present a joint meeting with our colleagues of the BVOT, SORBCOT and the IOTA with a mini-symposium on Acute treatment update.
As in the last couple of editions, we welcome again the A.O. session in the programme in cooperation with the A.O. Foundation.
The subject this year is “On Call & In Control".
The Annual Symposium will take place in the Auditorium of the Old Prison Hasselt on the 28th of November 2026.
Please find the programme below.
Join us at BOTA annual congress.
Ben Molenaers
Congress President
Programme
08.00 - 08.30
Welcome - registration
08:30 - Session 1: Non surgical treatment update
Hand: Hand fractures/ wrist fractures
TBC
Shoulder fractures: Not to operate?!!
A Vervaecke
F/A fractures: Weber B
S.VanRoy
Hip fractures: loco-regional block and comfort treatment
W. Sioen
Q & A
09:10 - Session 2: IOTA mini-symposium - Acute treatment update
Open fractrures: When, how good debridement?
Berry Meesters
Open fractrures: External fixation/def fixation
R. Verboket
Open fractrures: Void filling/local AB
J Geurts
Open fractrures: Flap surgery? Timing
T. Obremskey
Q & A
10.00
Coffee Break
10:30 - Session 3: 3. Update surgical treatment
Metcarpal/phalanx osteosynthesis
J. Duerinckx
b. Shoulder fractures: PSOS vs Prosthesis
J.Beckers
F/A: Posterior malleolus fractures
I Caracudovici
Hip fractures: BHP/THP fracture Gen orthop vs Hip surgeon
J. Vanlommel
Tibia plateau fracures
H. Hoekstra
Q & A
11:20 - Session 4: Soft tissue trauma management: update - SORBCOT/ BVOT
AC dislocation
TBC
Elbow ligamentous lesions
O. Barbiert
Achilles tendon rupture
D.Putineanu
Hamstring/rectus injuries
FJ.Vandeputte
e. Knee ligamentous injuries
T.Obremskey
Q & A
12:20
Walking Lunch
Free Poster session
13:15 - Keynote Lecture: Clamshell Osteotomy - G. Russel
13:45 - Session 5: AO Session: Infection prevention/treatment in Trauma
Antibiotic impregnated allografts
Guy Putzeys
Masquelet
TBC
Bacteriofagen treatment
WJ Metsemakers
Whiteside treatment THP?
FJ Vandeputte
Q & A
14:45 - Session 36 6. Pediatric fractures
a. Forearm fractures: Closed/pinning
K.Fabry
b. Femur fractures: Traction/spica/ TEN/nail
F. Plasschaert
Tibia fractures: Cast/TEN/nail
A. Laumen
Q & A
15:25
Coffee Break
15:40 - Session 7: Law & Ethics session SORBCOT-BVOT Session
(accreditation)
Polytrauma patient pathway: ethics and financing in Belgian trauma care
This interactive session follows the real-life journey of a polytrauma patient, who will be invited to contribute to the discussion. Using this patient-centred approach, the panel will explore each phase of care—from prehospital management to rehabilitation—through both an ethical and an economic/organizational lens.
A multidisciplinary faculty will address key decision points, highlighting current challenges in Belgian trauma care organisation and financing, and discussing the expected impact of ongoing reforms.
16:40 - End of the programme
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