DAY 01
Lectures &
case discussions
- Start
- Venue
- USZ
University Hospital Zurich
Trauma AcademyTraumaplasty Course
Traumaplasty Course
A Trauma Academy course
Traumaplasty
Course.
Advanced fracture management around the geriatric hip and acetabulum.
Traumaplasty is short for traumaarthroplasty: bringing trauma surgery and joint reconstruction together.
Planned: 26–27 August 2027 · Zurich, Switzerland
Acute injury. Lasting function.
Planned course dates26–27 August 2027 · 08:30 each day
Two Zurich locationsUSZ & UZH Irchel
Course languageGerman / English
The next Traumaplasty Course · Planned programme
Two days.
From discussion to practice.
Advanced fracture management around the geriatric hip and acetabulum. Join us in Zurich for lectures, case discussions and hands-on training.
Lectures &
DAY 02
Hands-on
wetlab training
- Start
- Venue
- UZH Irchel · Anatomisches Institut
- Lecture room
- Bau 42 · Geschoss G · Raum 53
The course concept
At the intersection
of two specialties.
Clinical themes drawn from our Traumaplasty initiative. The detailed timetable will define each course edition.
Acute trauma arthroplasty
The intersection of acute injury care and joint replacement, including the reasoning behind reconstructive choices.
Periarticular fracture management
Fractures around joints and the relationship between fixation, joint preservation and arthroplasty.
Complex revision surgery
Failed arthroplasties with traumatic complications and the value of combined surgical expertise.
Post-traumatic reconstruction
Reconstructive questions after malunion, nonunion or post-traumatic arthritis.
Multidisciplinary planning
Shared case discussion that connects the initial injury, the reconstructive strategy and recovery.
Cross-specialty education
Knowledge exchange between trauma and arthroplasty surgeons, with a focus on clinical reasoning.
The power of collaboration
Different expertise.
A shared reconstructive plan.
Complex cases call for a conversation that starts with the injury and continues through recovery.
Understand the injury.
Bring the trauma perspective to fracture complexity, the surrounding tissues and the patient’s overall condition.
Consider the reconstruction.
Connect acute decisions with joint preservation, replacement, revision and long-term function.
Share the reasoning.
Compare approaches across specialties and use the evidence to make the discussion more precise.
Continue the discussion
From course questions
to current evidence.
Fix, replace, or combine?
Weighing early operative burden against later reconstruction in geriatric acetabular fractures.
Read the discussionKnee replacement after a tibial plateau fracture
Why the history of injury matters when comparing conversion and primary arthroplasty.
Read the discussionPelvic & acetabular trauma.
A focused course in Zurich, connecting acute injury and the challenges of pelvic and acetabular fractures.
Explore the courseThe next edition
More course details to follow.
The planned dates are 26–27 August 2027. Faculty, the detailed timetable and registration information will follow here.