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 collegue, Team member, visitor,
I am thrilled to announce our annual BOTA congress, 'On Call & In Control', to you. It will take place at the Old Prison in Hasselt on 28 November 2026.
This event is a collaboration not only with various societies within our national orthopaedic community, but also with international orthopaedic trauma societies and organisations.
A key focus of the event is showcasing the complex and rapidly evolving nature of acute orthopaedic trauma care, bringing together orthopaedic surgeons from all subspecialties.
There will be eight sessions in total, with over twenty national and international speakers discussing the latest improvements in orthopaedic trauma care.
We invite you to join the discussion after the sessions and share valuable experiences and thoughts with everyone!
The target audience is, of course, the orthopaedic ( trauma) surgeon, but please feel free to bring your team, such as physiotherapists and operating room nurses, as we all work as a team for the benefit of our patient.
To conclude the day, we can have a drink at Hasselt's Christmas market, just 300 metres away, with your colleagues or team members.
See you in Hasselt!
Dr. Ben Molenaers
BOTA Congress Chair
BOTA Vice-President
Dr. François Carlier
BOTA President
Dr. Guy Putzeys
IOTA Liason
In view of Belgium's host status at the 2027 OTA in New Orleans, we are honoured to welcome
President OTA : William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH, FIOTA
Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical
Center, Nashville, Tennessee
President-Elect: George V. Russell, MD
Professor and Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Programme
08.00 - 08.30
Welcome - registration
08:30 - Session 1: Non surgical treatment update
Hand: Hand fractures/ wrist fractures
L. Vanlaer
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 fractures: When, how good debridement?
Berry Meesters
Open fractures: External fixation/def fixation
R. Verboket
Open fractures: Void filling/local AB
J Geurts
Open fractures: Flap surgery? Timing
T. Obremskey
Q & A
10.00
Coffee Break
10:30 - Session 3: Update surgical treatment
Metcarpal/phalanx osteosynthesis
J. Duerinckx
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
M. Colman
Elbow ligamentous lesions
O. Barbier
Achilles tendon rupture
D.Putineanu
Hamstring/rectus injuries
FJ.Vandeputte
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 grafts
Guy Putzeys
Graft options
T. Obremsky
Bacteriofagen treatment
WJ Metsemakers
Q & A
14:45 - Session 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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