Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation “Latest Concepts in Endoprosthetics: Knee and Hip Joints 2”
29–30 May 2026 a scientific and practical conference with international participation will be held in Bukovel
Participation in the event provides 11,5 CPD points.
We invite specialists to join the discussion of current issues in orthopaedics and traumatology.
“Latest Concepts in Endoprosthetics: Knee and Hip Joints 2”.
The event is organised by the State Institution “Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine” with the support of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Endoprosthetics, EHS and SICOT. The conference will focus on modern approaches and innovative solutions in knee and hip joint endoprosthetics. Participants will have the opportunity to ознакомиться with advanced international experience, the latest technologies, and current clinical practices.Who will find it useful:
- Orthopaedic surgeons, trauma surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons and rehabilitation specialists
- Specialists wishing to expand their knowledge and improve practical skills in endoprosthetics
- Researchers and scientists in the field of orthopaedics interested in evidence-based medicine
- Anyone who wishes to stay up to date with current trends in joint surgery
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Day 1. 29 May 2026
(Simultaneous interpretation for international speakers is INCLUDED)7:30-8:20
Registration of participants
8:20-8:30
Welcome address
Stanislav Bondarenko President of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Endoprosthetics, Director of the Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, General Secretary of EHS, Deputy Chairman of the Hip Arthroplasty Committee at SICOT, DMSc, Professor
Symposium I: Highlights European Hip Society
Moderators: Bondarenko S.Ye., Filipenko V.A.8:30-9:00
Dual mobility: rationale, innovations and modern approaches to primary and revision hip arthroplasty
SEBASTIAN LUSTIG (СЕБАСТЬЯН ЛЮСТІГ)
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Lyon University Hospital Croix-Rousse, University of Lyon North, France. Head of the Orthopaedic Department, Director of the Orthopaedic Programme at Lyon University and Board Member of the European Knee Society (EKS) and the French Hip and Knee Society. Member of EHS. Associate Editor of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (American).
9:00-9:20
STAR surgical approach in hip arthroplasty: the best of both hemispheres
ELEFTHERIOS TSIRIDIS (ЕЛЕФТЕРІОС ЦІРІДІС)
Professor, MSc (Orthopaedics, London), DMed, PhD (London), FACS, FRCS,
Past President of the European Hip Society, President of the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Professor and Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Director of Adult Joint Reconstruction, PGH Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
9:00-9:20
Femoral revision arthroplasty: tips and lessons learned
ELEFTHERIOS TSIRIDIS (ЕЛЕФТЕРІОС ЦІРІДІС)
9:40-10:00
Can a high hip centre work in hip arthroplasty?
LUIGI ZAGRA (ЛУЇДЖІ ЗАГРА)
Professor, Head of the Hip Surgery Department at IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy; Professor at the School of Specialisation in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Milan; Chairman of the Scientific Committee of EHS.
10:00-10:20
Anatomical reconstruction in hip arthroplasty in patients with dysplastic coxarthrosis
HIROSHI FUJITA (ХІРОШІ ФУДЗІТА)
Professor, Director of the Hip Arthroplasty Centre, Senshunkai Hospital (Kyoto, Japan), Member of EHS.
Symposium II: How to prevent hip arthroplasty? Modern techniques
Moderators: Bondarenko S.Ye., Blonskyi R.I.10:20-10:40
The importance of rotational osteotomies in avascular necrosis of the hip in adolescents
VISHNU SENTHIL KUMAR (ВІШНУ СЕНТІЛ КУМАР)
Professor, Government Royapettah Hospital affiliated with Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, India.
Deputy Chairman of the SICOT Education Committee
10:40-10:55
Regenerative technologies as a method of preventing joint arthroplasty
Roman Blonskyi
Professor, Chief Researcher of the Department of Sports and Ballet Trauma, State Institution “Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”, Honoured Doctor of Ukraine
10:55-11:00
Lecture by the President of the European Hip Society (EHS)
11:00-11:20
Modern revision hip arthroplasty using robotic technologies
FAREZ HADDAD (ФАРЕЗ ХАДДАД)
Professor of Orthopaedic and Sports Surgery, President of the European Hip Society, Director of the Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health at University College London, Editor-in-Chief of The Bone & Joint Journal
11:20-11:35
Panel discussion
11:35-11:55
Regenerative medicine of the hip
TOBIAS WINKLER (ТОБІАС ВІНКЛЕР)
Professor, Head of the Department of Advanced Musculoskeletal Therapies, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Foundation for Advanced Orthopaedic Treatments (AtiO), Centre for Regenerative Therapy, Julius Wolff Institute, Member of the EHS Presidium
Symposium III: Minimally invasive hip arthroplasty: technologies, application features, complications
Moderators: Bondarenko S.Ye., Heinz Rothinger11:55-12:20
Minimally invasive anterolateral approach: 20 years of the author’s experience
HEINZ ROTHINGER (ХАЙНЦ РОТТІНГЕР)
Professor, Head of the Arthroplasty Department, Neuperlach Clinic, Munich, Germany
12:20-12:40
Complications of the Bikini approach: errors, prevention and solutions
Yurii Prudnikov
MD PhD, WSB University, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.
12:40-13:00
Hip arthroplasty using the Bikini approach to prevent infectious complications: tips and tricks
KARUPPIAH MANATHINGAM (КАРУППЬЯХ МАХАЛIHГАМ)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Mater Private Hospital
Symposium IV: Modern technologies in primary and revision hip arthroplasty
Moderators: Haluzynskyi O.A., Bondarenko S.Ye.13:00-13:20
Complex femoral revision using a monoblock fluted tapered stem
RAN SCHWARZKOPF (РАН ШВАРЦКОПФ)
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, Deputy Head of the Adult Reconstruction Division, Director of the Research Centre of the Adult Reconstruction Division
13:20-13:40
Acetabular revision using the anterior approach
ALFONSO ALÍAS PETRAIANDA (АЛЬФОНСО АЛIAC ПЕТРАЛАНДА)
Consultant, Hip Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona (Spain)
13:40-14:00
Complex acetabular reconstruction: when should a custom implant be chosen?
GENARO FERNÁNDEZ-VALENCIA (ДЖЕНАРО ФЕРНАНДЕС-ВАЛЕНСІЯ)
Professor, Head of the Hip Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona (Spain)
14:00-14:20
Artificial intelligence for hip surgeons. Practical and everyday use of AI tools
YURY POSTNIKOV (ЮРІЙ ПОСТНІКОВ)
Consultant, Hip Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona (Spain)
14:00-14:20
Coffee break
Symposium IV, Part II: Modern technologies in primary and revision hip arthroplasty
Moderators: Holovakha M.L., Bondarenko S.Ye.15:10-15:30
From preoperative planning to the operating theatre: optimisation of the surgical process and accuracy using robotic hip arthroplasty
CHAN PING-KEUNG LEWIS (ЧАН ПІНГ-КЕУНГ ЛЬЮЇС)
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong Co-Director, Joint Replacement Centre, Gleneagles Hospital, President of the Asia-Pacific Hip Society, Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, Hong Kong
15:30-15:50
Ceramic-on-ceramic resurfacing – a present-day reality
MARCO EZECHIELI (МАРКО ЕЗЕКІЄЛІ) Head of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – St. Vincenz-Krankenhaus Paderborn, Chairman of the Hip Arthroplasty Committee at SICOT, Germany
15:50-16:10
Management of bone defects in hip revision surgery
NICOLAS RESTREPO GIRALDO (НІКОЛАС РЕСТРЕПО ГРАЛЬДО)
Professor, Head of the Orthopaedic Clinic and Joint Arthroplasty Centre at the University Hospital of Pasto, Colombia, Member of EIIS.
16:10-16:30
Impaction bone grafting in acetabular revision
GARCIA-REY EDUARDO (ГАРСІЯ-РЕЙ ЕДУАРДО)
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, Deputy Chairman of the EHS Education Committee
Symposium V: Periprosthetic infection in 2026: new trends and opportunities
Moderators: Kolov H.B., Bondarenko S.Ye.16:30-16:50
DAIR in the management of periprosthetic infection
RIHARD TREBŠE (РІХАРД ТРЕБСЕ)
Professor, Head of the Orthopaedic Department at Valdoltra Clinic, Slovenia
DAIR in the management of periprosthetic infection
16:50-17:10
Current challenges of periprosthetic infection and their solutions?
JAVAD PARVIZI (ДЖАВАД ПАРВІЗІ)
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery: Acibadem University and previously Thomas Jefferson University, 33rd President of AAHKS: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (2023). Renowned author of over 1,000 peer-reviewed articles on infection and joint reconstruction.
Initiator and organiser of the International Consensus on Periprosthetic Infection
17:10-17:30
Approaches to the treatment of periprosthetic infection cases with difficult-to-treat pathogens
OLGA PIDGAISKA (ОЛЬГА ПІДГАЙСЬКА)
Senior Physician at the Orthopaedic Clinic of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Symposium VI: Current issues in hip arthroplasty: how to achieve a positive outcome
Moderators: Anksh M.L., Bondarenko S.Ye.17:30-17:50
Removal and revision of a broken prosthetic stem
SUTIT KUMAR TRIPATHY(СУДЖІТ КУМАР ТРИПАТІ)
Professor of Orthopaedics, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India
17:50-18:10
10 years of debate on spinopelvic mobility: where have we come from and where are we going?
HENRYK HAFFER (ГЕНРІК ХАФФЕР)
Associate Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery (CMSC), Charité, Berlin, Germany
18:10-18:30
Revision hip arthroplasty using the anterior approach
FILIPPO RANDELLI (ФІЛІППО РАВДЕЛЛІ)
Professor, Department of Hip Pathology, Gaetano Pini Orthopaedic Institute, Member of the EHS Scientific Committee
18:30-19:00
General Assembly of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Endoprosthetics
19:20-22.30
Gala dinner
Day 2. 30 May 2026
Section: Educational lecture course “How to prevent complications in hip arthroplasty?”
Moderators: M.L. Ankin, V.A. Filipenko9:00-9:10
Prevention of early aseptic loosening of hip prosthesis components
VOLODYMYR FILIPENKO
Professor, DMSc, Head of the Department of Joint Pathology, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, National Representative of EHS from Ukraine, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty
Professor, DMSc, Head of the Department of Joint Pathology, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, National Representative of EHS from Ukraine, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty
9:10-9:20
Offset and limb length as the key to patient satisfaction
OLEKSII MARUSHCHAK
PhD, Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Arthrology and Arthroplasty, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Member of EHS
PhD, Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Arthrology and Arthroplasty, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Member of EHS
9:20-9:30
Highly porous cups in primary hip arthroplasty: in which cases are they necessary?
STANISLAV BONDARENKO
President of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty, Director of the Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, General Secretary of EHS, Deputy Chairman of the Hip Arthroplasty Committee at SICOT, DMSc, Professor
President of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty, Director of the Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, General Secretary of EHS, Deputy Chairman of the Hip Arthroplasty Committee at SICOT, DMSc, Professor
9:30-9:40
Prevention of femoral head dislocation: tips and recommendations
VASYL MAKAROV
DMSc, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon of the highest qualification category, Pirogov Dnipro Medical and Surgical Centre, Member of EIIS
DMSc, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon of the highest qualification category, Pirogov Dnipro Medical and Surgical Centre, Member of EIIS
9:40-9:50
Features of arthroplasty in dysplastic coxarthrosis: how to avoid complications?
VOLODYMYR MEZENTSEV
PhD, Department of Orthopaedic Traumatology, Rudnev Municipal Clinical Hospital, Member of EIIS
PhD, Department of Orthopaedic Traumatology, Rudnev Municipal Clinical Hospital, Member of EIIS
9:50-10:00
Periprosthetic infection: possible routes of contamination
OLEKSII MARUSHCHAK
PhD, Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Arthrology and Arthroplasty, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Member of EHS
PhD, Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Arthrology and Arthroplasty, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Member of EHS
10:00-10:10
HENNADII KOLOV
DMSc, Head of the Department of Bone and Septic Surgery, State Institution “Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”, Honoured Doctor of Ukraine
DMSc, Head of the Department of Bone and Septic Surgery, State Institution “Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”, Honoured Doctor of Ukraine
10:10-10:25
Panel discussion
Symposium VII: Arthroplasty in the consequences of combat-related hip injuries
Moderators: Yu.V. Klapchuk, S.Ye. Bondarenko10:25-10:35
Features of surgical treatment of combined gunshot injuries of the hip joint
YURII KLAPCHUK
PhD, Military Medical Clinical Centre of the Northern Region. Head of the Injury Clinic, Honoured Doctor of Ukraine
PhD, Military Medical Clinical Centre of the Northern Region. Head of the Injury Clinic, Honoured Doctor of Ukraine
10:35-10:45
Analysis of arthroplasty outcomes in the treatment of combat-related hip injuries
MYKOLA ANKIN
Professor, President of the All-Ukrainian Association of Trauma Surgery and Rehabilitation, Head of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, Honoured Doctor of Ukraine, Member of EHS, Member of SICOT
Professor, President of the All-Ukrainian Association of Trauma Surgery and Rehabilitation, Head of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, Honoured Doctor of Ukraine, Member of EHS, Member of SICOT
10:45-10:55
Two-stage treatment of hip joint injuries using customised spacers
OLEKSANDR LINENKO
PhD, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon of the highest category, Medical Director of Bionic Technologies LLC
PhD, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon of the highest category, Medical Director of Bionic Technologies LLC
10:55-11:05
Arthroplasty in the consequences of combat-related injuries of the hip region: first experience, application techniques, and complication analysis
STANISLAV BONDARENKO
President of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty, Director of the Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, General Secretary of EHS, Deputy Chairman of the Hip Arthroplasty Committee at SICOT, DMSc, Professor
President of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty, Director of the Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, General Secretary of EHS, Deputy Chairman of the Hip Arthroplasty Committee at SICOT, DMSc, Professor
11:05-11:20
Panel discussion
11:20-11:35
Break
Section: Lecture from the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty
11:35-11:50
History of the development of joint arthroplasty in Ukraine
VOLODYMYR TANKUT
Professor, Head of the Department of Research and Education, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, General Secretary of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty
Professor, Head of the Department of Research and Education, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, General Secretary of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty
11:50-12:50
Competition “Best Presentation among Young Scientists”
12:50-13:10
Discussion of complex cases. Hip joint
Moderator: Bansal Alok
Moderator: Bansal Alok
13:10-13:40
Industry symposium
13:40-14:30
Coffee break
Symposium VIII: Primary knee arthroplasty
Moderators: M.L. Holovakha, V.B. Makarov14:30-14:40
Results of unicompartmental arthroplasty of the medial compartment of the knee joint
MAKSYM HOLOVAKHA DMSc, Professor, Head of the Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University
14:40-14:50
Medial Pivot in knee arthroplasty: application possibilities
VOLODYMYR MEZENTSEV PhD, Department of Orthopaedic Traumatology, Rudnev Municipal Clinical Hospital, Member of EHS
14:50-15:00
Application of unconstrained knee prosthesis designs in cases of severe deformities
VOLODYMYR FILIPENKO Professor, DMSc, Head of the Department of Joint Pathology, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, National Representative of EHS from Ukraine, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty
15:00-15:10
Valgus knee – from CR to Hinge: indications and methods
ANDRII BABKO DMSc, Professor, Department of Adult Joint Diseases, State Institution “Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”, Member of EHS
15:10-15:20
Patient-specific instrumentation for knee arthroplasty
MAKSYM HOLOVAKHA DMSc, Professor, Head of the Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University
15:20-15:30
Hinge in primary knee arthroplasty: indications, outcomes, and prevention of complications
VASYL MAKAROV DMSc, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon of the highest qualification category, Pirogov Dnipro Medical and Surgical Centre, Member of EHS
Symposium IX: Revision knee arthroplasty
Moderators: V.A. Filipenko, O.P. Marushchak15:30-15:40
Revision knee arthroplasty: from defect classification to reconstruction techniques
STANISLAV BONDARENKO President of the Ukrainian Association of Joint Arthroplasty, Director of the Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, General Secretary of EHS, Deputy Chairman of the Hip Arthroplasty Committee at SICOT, DMSc, Professor
15:40-15:50
Revision knee arthroplasty in AORI type III defects
ALOK BANSAL PhD, Honoured Doctor of Ukraine, Member of EHS
15:50-16:00
3D implants vs critical bone defects. Our experience
OLEKSII MARUSHCHAK PhD, Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Arthrology and Arthroplasty, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Member of EHS
16:00-16:10
Prospects for the use of additive technologies in revision knee arthroplasty
OLEKSII SULYMA PhD in Medical Sciences, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon of the highest category, Senior Researcher, Clinic of Adult Orthopaedics and Traumatology, State Institution “ITO NAMSU”
16:10-16:20
Use of custom augments in revision knee arthroplasty
OLEKSANDR HALUZYNSKYI PhD, Senior Researcher, Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
16:20-16:30
Panel discussion
16:30-16:40
Awards Ceremony and Closing of the Conference
16:40-18:30
Workshops