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The 5th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer
Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS-International) was held in
Helsinki, Finland on June 19-22, 2005. The meeting attracted some 500
participants from more than 30 countries, who represented surgeons,
researchers, radiologists, and manufacturers interested in the
development, promotion, and clinical use of computer assisted tools
for orthopaedics and traumatology. Co-Me's involvement in the field of
CAOS was clearly visible. 14 out of 68 podium presentations and 9 out
of 124 scientific posters demonstrated Co-Me work and were given by
Co-Me co-workers. In addition, Co-Me sponsored the Award for the Best
Technical Podium Presentation. Co-Me director Gábor Székely handed
over the award to Haydar Talib (MEM Center, University of Bern), who
had presented a talk on "Feasibility of ultrasound-initialized bone
morphing - early experiences and evaluation of a computer-assisted
surgical technique". This work had been carried out as part of project
7 during the first phase of Co-Me.
The Award for the Best Clinical Podium Presentation, sponsored by
Aesculap, Tuttlingen, was given to Stephen B. Murphy (Harvard Medical
School, Boston) for his talk "Tissue-preserving computer-assisted
total hip arthroplasty - faster recovery and lower complication rate
without compromising accuracy of cup orientation". Dr. Murphy's
co-author, Moritz Tannast (Inselspital, Bern), spent a one-year
sabbatical in Boston that was partly supported by Co-Me and an SNSF
fellowship grant.
The two poster awards, sponsored by Aesculap, Tuttlingen, and the
Invalid Foundation, Helsinki, were given to Idan Ilsar et
al. (Jerusalem) and to Stefan Klein et al. (Ulm), respectively.
Dr. S. David Stulberg, knee surgeon from Chicago, was honored for
his pioneering contributions to the area of computer assisted surgery
by the Maurice E. Müller Award for Excellence in Computer Assisted
Surgery. A very entertaining laudation was given by Dr. Stulberg's
brother Bernhard, who is an orthopaedic surgeon himself.
CAOS-International was founded in Davos in 2000. The society has
about 300 members today and organises the well-established CAOS
conferences as its Annual Meetings. The next meeting will take place
in Montreal, Canada on June 21-24, 2006. In addition,
CAOS-International supports the careers of young researchers by
sponsoring two travel fellowships per year. The society's web site can
be found at http://www.CAOS-International.org.
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