The scientific event will embrace aroung 250 Cuban professionals of the Health and about 400 foreign ones, from Mexico, Argentina, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, the United States, Angola and other countries of the African continent, and of course, representatives of the World Society of Orthopaedics.

Approximately 25 marketing companies will come with their exhibits, among which some North Americans are expected.

The topics to be treated are related to the advances in external fixers; the breech deformities; the update of the knee, shoulder and elbow arthroscopy; the surgery in children; column trauma; innovations in the orthopaedics, the invasive minimal surgery or of minimal access; the complex complaints of hip and the traumas in the sport.

The event will take place in this province where excellent orthopedic and related specialists have left their stamp in the course of the years, and will be benefited, undoubtedly, with a logistics that will result in favor of the patients.

A Pre-Congress Day will precede the important meet, with the presentation and discussion of researches, of which, those of major scientific rigor will be chosen to be taken to the Congress.

The call to the XXVIth Cuban Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology was announced by the Teacher Rodrigo José Álvarez Cambras, general manager of the International Orthopedic Scientific Complex Frank País, of Havana and Doctor of Sciences and Researcher of Merit, in April of this year.

In this occasion, the also president of the Cuban Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and of the Organizing Committee of the meet, announced that the intention of displacing towards the provinces this type of annual meetings is done with the target of including specialists of provinces, and this way be able to be nourished of the knowledge of others from Cuba and from abroad.

Translated by BA in English Language, Manuel Barrera Téllez

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