Editorial ICEF&BR

[Nuno Craveiro Lopes - PORTUGAL]

Dear colleagues and friends,

Barcelona Congress is close. It will join orthopedic surgeons from
all around the globe, which uses a unique tool allowing a immense
range of procedures, from fracture fixation to complex corrections of
deformities - the external fixator.

Until now, there was no well-structured international organization to
unite and provide adequate scientific support to this huge community.

The oldest organization, the ASAMI International, which emerged after
the authentic revolution of bone reconstruction initiated by Gavril
Ilizarov, has persisted by personal commitment of one of its founders,
Maurizio Catagni, supported by some enthusiast colleagues, without
financial resources and no more activities than collaborating in
scientific events and organizing an international congress based on
Ilizarov techniques. Similarly, the WCEF emerged in 2005 with the sole
intention of organizing a world congress on external fixation, most
directed at users of other types of external fixators.

Moreover, because of their organizational characteristics and
personality, ASAMI and WCEF have remained apart from all other
international organizations, with no interaction, collaboration or
even recognition that may allow, for example, to be represented at
SICOT.

The idea of joining the two groups in an efficient and professional
international organization, more scientifically sound and with a more
organized and efficient basis, bringing together all national
societies, associations, study groups or individual orthopedic
surgeons engaged in those techniques, was greeted with enthusiasm.

This joint meeting has, besides its scientific component, the purpose
of debating the embryo of the future Society or Confederation that one
might well call, International Confederation of External Fixation and
Bone Reconstruction, as the short name chosen for this Congress in
Barcelona (ICEF & BR).

The Barcelona meeting will be crucial to this project. It is necessary
that the most of the colleagues dealing with external fixation in all
its facets are present at the congress and that all members with power
to decide at the level of national and international external fixation
associations, including ASAMI and WCEF, can give their opinion at the
general assembly.

Colleagues, together, we all will be the strength of this new
organization.

See you at Barcelona.

Best regards,

Nuno Craveiro Lopes
Head of Orthopedic Department
Garcia de Orta Hospital, Almada, Portugal
Elected President ASAMI International (2010-2011)
http://www.externalfixation2010.com/

[wagner nogueira]

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WILL BE IN BARCELONA TO SUPPORT AND PRESENTATION
CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST REGARDS
WAGNER NOGUEIRA
 
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