Dr Koen De Smet

Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon

• Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon
• Staff member General Hospital "Jan Palfijn" of Ghent
• Consultant Elisabeth Hospital of Sijsele
• Ex-staff member University Hospital of Ghent
• Director ANCA-Clinic

Subspecialties:

• Resurfacing
• Primary and Revision hip surgery
• Open dislocations of hip, Ganz-osteotomy of the hip

Memberships:

• BVOT Belgische Vereniging voor Orthopedie en Traumatologie.
• BVOT Hip Group.
• BOTA Belgian Orthopedic Trauma Association.
• AAOS American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons®.
• EHS European Hip Society.
• ISTA International Science and Technology in Arthroplasty.
• AIOD Belgium, member and guest expert.
• ACTA Orthopaedica Belgica, member of editorial board.
• Orthopedic Staff Member of the General Hospital "Jan Palfijn" at Ghent.
• Member of scientific committee and co-organizer of the sixt Bota symposium at Ghent September 13, 1997.
• Member of International Scientific Committee CREMASCOLI PROSTHESIS GROUP 1997–1998, 1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003.
• Coordinator of the Belgium Metasul and Study Group 2000-2001.
• Consultant to Wright Medical Company 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004
• AAOS member 2004-2005, 2005-2006
• Member of scientific panel and Consultant Wright Medical Company 2004-2005
• Demo-Surgeon for Belgian and International Orthopaedic Surgeons for BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING since 10/2001–11/2003 (2 to 3 demo sessions a month)
• Consultant at the MARIA-MIDDELARES HOSPITAL GHENT (BELGIUM) for resurfacing prosthesis 2003/2004
• Consultant at the ELISABETH HOSPITAL DAMME SIJSELE (BELGIUM) 01/03/2001 – 31/12/2002 (120 THR)

Current research projects

• ceramic-on-ceramic stress load and wear in total hip prosthesis.
• metal-on-metal stress load and wear in total hip prosthesis.
• resurfacing-prosthesis with young patients.
• development of new intramedullary trauma nail.
• Co-worker in international multi-center-study with a newly developed, Matthys-Z-stem (OPTION 3000), a partially and proximally cemented stem.
• development new instruments Conserve Plus resurfacing.
• development enhanced fixation cup Wright Medical.

Studies in development and follow up studies:

• follow up study of 90 uncemented total hip prosthesis RMHS, clinical  and radiological follow up  (almost finished).
• follow up study of Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Prosthesis - 1500 prosthesis (second largest serie in the World).
• follow up study of Ceramic-on-Ceramic uncemented prosthesis Ancafit with exchangeable neck (200 prosthesis).
• follow up study of revision uncemented prosthesis (125) modular Wagner system with exchangeable neck
• follow up study with Reef revision prosthesis with distal locking mechanism.
• follow up study of Scientific Hip Prosthesis (120 – 6 years), cemented prosthesis.
• follow up study with Metal-on-Metal hybrid THR system (first American system in the world used). Biomet MA.
• First Hip Resurfacing DYSPLASIA implanted, 16/02/1999 University Ghent Belgium, Dr. De Smet.
• Follow up study in using chronic antibiotherapy in infected prosthesis (together with Dr.Vogelaers University Ghent).
• An efficacy and safety study of rhBMP-2/Absorbable collagen sponge in open tibial shaft fractures requiring surgical management.
• metal-ion study, follow up and activity: prospective at random study comparing 120 THR, M²A biomet, metal-on-metal metasul centerpulse, BHR MMT, Durom Zimmer/Centerpulse, Conserve-Plus Wright Medical, with Ceramic-on-Ceramic control group.
• metal-ion study M²A device and similar THR without Metal-on-Metal comparison with Metasul;
  difference between high carbide and low carbide.

Past-Lecturer on the State University of Ghent in:

• Postgraduate course (10 h) in sportsphysiotherapy pelvis and lower limb for physiotherapists (kinesitherapists) 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001.
• Postgraduate course orthopaedics – traumatology (8 h) for nursingstaff (operating room – accident and emergency department) 1998, 1999, 2000.
• Basic-course orhopaedic surgery for orthopaedic trainees.
• Review-course orthopaedic and traumatologic surgery for advanced trainees.
• Instructional courses resurfacing Wright Medical / University of OXFORD (GB)

Membership:

• Examinationboard licentiate’s dissertations Moreki 1995-1996.
• Examinationboard licentiate’s dissertations Moreki 1996-1997.

Coworker in using:

• Orthowave program (Dr. Epinet, Bruay-la-buissière, France) in follow up of THP, and follow up studies for prosthesis.
• Collaboration in setting up National Belgian Hip Register;
  development of software

Publications:

• The Alloclassic Zweymüller stem: An All-Round Prosthesis. Dr. K. De Smet. Alloclassic Bulletin. October 1999, 4-7
• De Totale Heupprothese Op Jonge Leeftijd; La Prothese Totale De Hanche Chez Le Sujet Jeune. Dr. Koen De Smet. Orthopeic Forum, nr. 23. 2000 june
• Treatment of tibial fractures with the Marchetti-nail, Closed intramedullary nailing using the Marchetti-Vicenzi nail. Its use in closed and open fractures. K. De Smet, A.K. Mostert, J. De Witte, R. Verdonk. INJURY, Int.J.Care Injured. 31 (2000), 597-603
• FDG PET for the  exclusion in orthopedic prosthesis. F.De Winter, K.De Smet, R.A.Dierckx. SNM Congres, june 2000, ST.Louis, USA. JNM abstract book 2000, 41(5): 327P
  FDG PET for the noninvasive diagnosis of orthopaedic infections. F.De Winter, K.De Smet, R.A.Dierckx. Eur J Nucl Med 2000; 27:PS 15
• Patient Information Hip Guide. K.De Smet, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent - Belgium. Jan. 2002 (will be presented to patients of the clinic).
• Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography: A Highly Accurate Imaging Modality for the Diagnosis of Chronic Musculoskeletal Infections. F.De Winter, C.Van De Wiele, D.Vogelaers, K.De Smet, R.Verdonk, R.A.Dierckx, The Journal of Bone&Joint Surgery, Vol 83-A, No.5, May 2001
• Early results of primary Birmingham Hip Resurfacing using a hybrid metal-on-metal couple (Award paper). K.A. De Smet, C. Pattyn, R.Verdonk, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent - Belgium. Hip International / Vol 12 no. 2, 2002 / pp. 158-162.
• Are big heads the solution to dislocation after total hip replacement? Noble, P C; Paravic, V; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
• Anatomic cementless total hip arthroplasty with ceramic bearings and modular necks: 3 to 5 years follow-up. A. Toni, S. Paderni, A. Sudanese, E. Guerra, F. Traina, F. Giardina, B. Antonietti, A. Giunti. Hip International / Vol. 11 no. 1, 2001 / pp. 1-17.
• Early resection of heterotopic ossification after total hip arthroplasty: A review of the literature. K.A. De Smet, C. Pattyn, R.Verdonk, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent - Belgium. Hip International / Vol. 12 no. 4, 2002 / pp. 383-387.
• Revisiting Surface Arthroplasty of the Hip. Belgium Experience with Metal-on-Metal Surface Arthroplasty. Koen A. De Smet. ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (OCONA) April 2005; Volume 36 Number 2: 203 – 213

Other Publications and Articles

Publications in production and send for publication:

• Femoral Marchettinail, F.Plasschaert, K.De Smet, R.Verdonk, sent to International Journal of Trauma.
• Humeral Marchettinail, follow up study 40 cases.
• Marchettinail and its use in panarthrodesis of the ankle.
• Casereport: retrograde Marchettinail for arthrodesis
  of the ankle in a case of congenital pseudarthrosis. FDG-PET for the non-invasive diagnosis of orthopaedic infections (accepted as a poster in South-Africa) 10-14 april 2000. Accepted in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
• The RMHS hipprosthesis, a failed system.
• Publication sent to JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY:
  Use of constrained cups in chronic dislocations: concerns and review of the literature. C. Pattyn, A. Kloeck, K. De Smet.

Case Reports submitted for publication:

• Case report: “Patella baja”.Treatment with tendon allograft, Z plasty and Krakow suture.
• Case report: “Dislocation of the radial head in congenital proximal radio-ulnar synostosis”.
• Gait analysis and muscle-electromyography in chronic ACL rupture, use of a knee brace (Generation II brace)
• Case report: Acute (sequestered) prolapsed L4L5 disc after discography.

Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatogoly:

1989-1990:                Rotherham District General Hospital (United Kingdom)

                                   Training director and senior consultant Mr.Zaman
                                   Bimonthly (own)lectures at orthopedic staff
                                   meetings, including following topics:

• Ilizarov : historical review and applications
• Extracorporeal irradiation of bone in tumor surgery
• Legg-Calvé-Perthes: etiopathogeneses, diagnosis, treatment
• the “clubfoot”
• handsurgery: “state of the art”

                                   Handcourse: 1 week Marie-RoseHospital,Edinburgh
                                   Follow-up study Hydroxyapatite Coated Furlong Total Hip Prosthesis (40 patients)
                                   Attendance of the congress of the British Orthopaedic Association in Glasgow

1990-1992:                General surgery  St.Jozef Hospital, Gentbrugge
                                   Training directors :Dr.G.De Gendt -Dr.H.Devriendt

1992-1993:                Orthopedics    Heilig-Hart-Hospital, Tienen
                                   Training director :  Dr.S.Devleeschauwer

1993-1995 :               Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology
                                   University Hospital, Ghent
                                   Training director and head of department: Prof. Dr. R. Verdonk.

LECTURES GIVEN AT CONGRESSES, AND VISITED CONGRESSES

• 29/03/1994: Staff meeting - Ghent University Hospital.
  Treatment of wristfractures. State of the art. Review of the literature.
• 11/06/1994: Lecture Ghent University Hospital, Callusmeeting Wristfracture
• 22/10/1994: BVOT - congress
  Acetabular fractures. Ilioinguinal approach. Results and technique.
• 25/10/1994: Staff meeting - Ghent University Hospital
  Treatment of cervical spine fractures.
  October’94:Pediatric nursing staff - Ghent University Hospital
  Practical orthopedic problemsin the pediatric ward
• 1-2/12/1994: Attendance at International Spine Congress 1994, Reims
• 22/02/1995: NVKVV-course Brussels
  Traumatology and diagnostic imaging of the upper extremity
• 30/03/1995: Postgraduate training for nurses.
  Lecture: Management of orthopedic emergencies
• 25-28/5/1995: International Hip Meeting Stresa, Italy
  Preoperative planning in revision surgery.
  B.Poffyn, M.Janssens, K.De Smet
• 30/05/1995: Staff meeting - Ghent University Hospital.
  Fractures of the distal radius in children.
• 8-11/6/1995: XIth annual meeting Cervical Spine Research Society, Erlangen(Germany)
  Cervical instability with medullar compression in Still’s disease.
  B.Poffyn, K.De Smet, D.Uyttendaele
• 28/9/1995: Staff meeting - Ghent University Hospital.
  Lecture : Treatment of whiplash injury.
  Presentation of the “Quebec Task Force Study”
• 28/10/1995: Organizer at University Hospital Ghent of a postgraduate
  orthopaedic session and life surgery in revision hiparthroplasty
  by prof.Dr.J.Cuckler, Alabama USA
• 19/10/1995: Attendance at Congress Marbella (Spain)
  Current features in traumatology and hip (THP) surgery
• 8/11/1995: Scientific Hip Prosthesis (SHP) surgery course
  Dr.J.F.A.M.Ypma Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
• 28/11/1995: Attendance at the postgraduate session of the Ghent University
  Hospital : the child’s foot : selected topics.
• 30/11/1995: Attendance at the postgraduate session of the Ghent University
  Hospital : The specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
  Problems with regard to insurance medicine.
• 30/1/1996: Postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Fractures about the knee joint.
  Lecture: Retrograde Marchetti nailing of supracondylar
  femoral fractures.
• 27/2/1996: Postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Pathology of the Achilles tendon in sports :
  Lecture : Differential diagnosis of achillodynia
• 9/3/1996: Springsymposium 1996 LEUVEN
  Orthopaedic conference - National teaching
  Problems and pitfalls in the upper limb management
  Lecture: Study of 100 cases of humeral Marchetti nailing.
• 19/3/1996: Impaction bone grafting in hip revision surgery
  Course at East Surrey Hospital Orthopaedic Learning Centre
  (London)
• 26/3/1996: Attendance at postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Iatrogenic surgical nerveproblems.
  Lecture : Iatrogenic nerveproblems in surgery of the lower limb.
• 28/5/1996: Attendance of postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Acromioclavicular pathology
• 5-7/6/1996: Congress Essene Orthopaedica Belgica
  Fixation techniques and wear in prosthesis
• 26/6/1996 Lecture for Zimmer International at Brussels
  Marchetti nail: State of the art
• 20-23/6/1996:Hipcongress Dusseldorf (Germany)
  Lecture : Acetabular reconstruction with the Burch Schneider
  Ring. F.Aziz, K.De Smet
• 29/8/1996: Visit Prof.Marchetti Rizzoli Institute Bologna Italy 
• 1/9/1996: An agreement for cooperation was reached.
• 9-10/9/1996: Course at Colombus Ohio Orthopaedic Institute, USA
  Total Joint Arthroplasty Dr.Mallory, Dr.Lombardi
• 11/9/1996: Visit to the Rothman Institute Dr.Hozack, Pennsylvania 
  Hospital, Philadelphia, USA (life surgery in hiparthroplasty)
• 11-12/10/1996: Third International Congress (Dreiländerkongress)
  Bochum, Germany. Controversies in fracture management. Lecture : Initial Experience with retrograde nailing of supracondylar fractures with the Marchettinail.
• 17/10/1996: Visit of Sulzer orthopaedic factory at Winterthur
• 8/11/1996: Attendance at Faculty Meeting Ghent : Meniscal rupture, fix it
   or leave it.
• 14/11/1996: Attendance at Exeter symposium Amsterdam
• 15/11/1996: Revision in total hip surgery, impaction bone grafting
• 4/12/1996: Course : arthroscopy update 1996
• 7/12/1996: Hands-on cadaver lab : Arthroscopy of knee and ankle University Utrecht, the Netherlands.
• 28/1/1997: ‘Open round table discussion on total hip prosthesis’ and
  postgraduate session : ‘THP: Innovations?’
  Organisation and coordination : DR.KOEN DE SMET
  Invited speakers and members of the round table :
  Prof.Dr.L.Sedel  Faculté de médecine Lariboisière Paris (F)
  Mr.D Mc Minn, FRCSBirmingham (GB)
  Dr.E.J.Van LangelaanLeierdorp, the Netherlands
  Lecture : Future of the hip implant
• 30-31/1/1997: Minimal invasive traumatology symposium Salzburg, Austria.
  Lecture: Initial experience with retrograde nailing of femoral
  supracondylar fractures with the Marchetti nail.
• 31/1-1/2/1997: Attendance at Alloclassic symposium Vienna, Austria.
• 21/3/1997Attendance at "The Corail system Live"
  Argonay Clinic, Annecy (France)
• 27/3/1997: Attendance at postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Facetjoint problems at the lumbar spine.
• 12/4/1997: Louvain trauma day
  Lecture : Treatment of fractures of long bones with the
  Marchetti nail.
• 18/4/1997: Training of operating theatre nursing staff
  Lectures:
  Anatomy and physiology of the hip joint
  Total hip prosthesis update
  Pitfalls in total hip surgery
• 22/4/1997: Organizer of orthopedic Meeting Ghent University Hospital
  Orthowave : The future in clinical follow-up
  Dr.Epinette, Centre de Recherche et Documentation des
  Arthroplasties - Bruay, FRANCE
• 24/4/1997: EFORT MEETING BARCELONA
  Lecture : Retrograde intramedullary Nailing of Humeral Shaft
  Fractures with the Marchetti Nail.
  Poster: Retrograde nailing with the Marchettinail in
  supracondylar femoral fractures.
  Attendance at the ARTOFF - Meeting 23/4/1997
  Attendance at the EHS - Meeting 25/4/1997
• 15/5/1997: Visit to Prof.Gächter of the University Hospital St.Gallen, Switzerland
• 22/5/1997: Lecture nurse staff University Hospital Ghent “THE THA”
• 23/5/1997: Lecture training nursing staff intensive care and operating room
  Endoscopy in orthopaedics.
• 27/5/1997: Attendance at postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Gait analysis lab: diagnostic features.
• 4-6/6/1997: Attendance at BVOT (Orthopaedica Belgica) meeting Avascular necrosis
• 26/08/1997: Coördinator lecture & demonstration University Ghent 
  Retrograde Ace Traumanail
  Dr.Moed Henri Ford Hospital DETROIT
• 27/08/1997: Annual Winter Meeting Australia
  Lecture : Prof.R.Verdonk, K.De Smet
  Burg-Schneider Ring Fixation
• 13/09/1997: Sixth symposium of the Belgian Orthopaedic Trauma
  Association (BOTA) Ghent: FRACTURES ABOUT THE KNEE JOINT
  Lecture : Retrograde Marchetti Nailing for supracondylar femoral fractures
• 30/9/1997: Attendance of postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  2 years laparoscopic lumbar fusion
• 10-11/10/1997: PROFEMUR AND ANCAFIT HIPMEETING BRUSSELS
  Lecture:Our results at the University of Ghent with the ceramic on ceramic wear couple.
• 17-18/10/1997: SYMPOSIUM (DUPUY) NAILING OF SHAFT FRACTURES AND RELATED PROBLEMS The “pand” Ghent
  Lecture : Marchetti Nailing in humeral fractures
  Retrograde femoral nailing of supracondylar femoral fractures
  President of case discussion and workshops of ante & retrograde nailing of the femur.
• 25/11/1997: POSTGRADUATE SESSION UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GHENT
  THP revisions, use of a modular prosthesis. DR.K.DE SMET
  Coördinator: K.De Smet Invited speakers : Prof.Willert
  Göttingen, Prof.Argenson Marseille.
• 28-29/11/1997: BVOT - SOBCOT ESSENE (AALST)
  Orthopaedica Belgica Congres : INFORMATICS AND ORHOPAEDICS
  Lecture : The AO-classification
• 02-03/12/1997: SHP (Scientific Hip Prosthesis) European Users Meeting
  EMMELOORD THE NETHERLANDS
  Lecture : Clinical experience in Belgium (University Ghent)
• 4/12/1997: Lecture physiotherapy manipulation staff : The hip and sportsinjuries
• 11/12/1997: Lecture nursing staff Flanders : Osteoporosis
• 8/1/1998: Lecture general practioners Ghent : Update Total Hip Prosthesis
• 12/1/1998: Lecture physiotherapy manipulation staff : The knee and sportsinjuries
• 27/1/1998: Attendance of postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Cartilage transplantation
  Invited speakers : Lars Peterson Gothenburg Sweden, Laszlo
  Hangody, Budapest Hongary
• 26-27/2/1998: ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
  Attendance of INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON JOINT RECONSTRUCTION: CEMENT - AGONY OR RENAISSANCE
• 10/3/1998: CURRENT TRENDS IN THE THA - SURGERY
  Lecture for farmaceutic industry Ghent
• 14/3/1998: Attendance at Pellenberg Orthopaedic Conferences Leuven.
  METAL ON METAL VERSUS METAL-POLYETHYLENE IN TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTIES
• 5/2/1998 - 12/2/1998 - 19/2/1998 - 12/3/1998 - 19/3/1998: INSTRUCTIONAL
  COURSES “SPORTSINJURY” for sports-physiotherapy staff
• 24/3/1998: CURRENT TRENDS IN THE THA - SURGERY
  Lecture for farmaceutic industry Kortrijk
• 31/3/1998: Attendance of postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Compartment syndrome
• 26/05/1998: Attendance of postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Anklesprains, medico-legal and economical update
• 13/06/1998: Attendance of Belgian Orthopaedic Trauma Association
  Brussels Belgium, locomotoric trauma.
• 20/06/1998: Chairman of CONGRES : PROBLEM SOLVING IN HIP-
  REVISION SURGERY. Invited speakers
  Dr.J.Retpen Denmark, Dr.E.J.Van Langelaan Netherland,
  MR.G.J.Charnley Devon U.K., Mr.Stossel Kent U.K, Mr.Smith
  Bristol U.K.
• 31/3/1998: Attendance of postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Compartment syndrome
• 20/08/1998: Attendance at The Birmingham Nuffield Hospital
  Operative sessions with Mr.McMinn, Hip Resurfacing
• 03 - 04/09/1998: Conference in Bologna - Verona with Dr.Toni, 
  Prof.Dr.Marchetti Rizzoli Bologna, Prof.Bartolozzi Milan ITALY
• 17 - 19/09/1998: Attendance of MEETING "The interchangeable neck" in THP, MADRID, SPAIN 
  Lecture : Clinical experience with the exchangeable neck from primary to revision surgery.
• 01-03/10/1998: Attendance of 11th ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM of the
  INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY in ARTHROPLASTY, MARSEILLE, FRANCE
• 27/10/1998: POSTGRADUATE SESSION UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GHENT
  THE TOTAL HIPARTHROPLASTY
  Medical, economical and legal update
  Coördinator and organiser :K.De Smet
• 07/11/1998: 10 YEARS METASUL MEETING SULZER GENVAL BELGIUM
  Lecture: Early first experience with the metal-on-metal couple at the
  University Hospital Gent Dr.K.De Smet
• 04/12/1998: Attendance of MEETING Winterthur Switzerland
  "10 years experience with the Wagner Self-Locking Revision Stem" with Prof.H.Wagner.
• 26-28/11/1998: Visit to the University Hospital Lariboisiere Paris France
  Prof.Dr.L.Sedel Ceramic on ceramic long term results and assistance in operative work
• 15 - 16/01/1999: Attendance of MEETING "Techniques and Vision in Primary and Revision Hip Arthroplasty", with Dr.Malchau Sweden.
• 09/02/1999: Lecture Reumatology Meeting Ghent : Update Total Hip Prosthesis
• 11/02/1999: Attendance at The Birmingham Nuffield Hospital
  Operative sessions with Mr.McMinn, Hip Resurfacing Dysplastic cases
• 23/02/1999: Attendance of postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Postdiscectomy Syndrome
• 12-13/03/1999: Attendance of 4th International Symposium CERAMTEC,
  Reliability and long term results of ceramics in orthopaedics, Stuttgart Germany.
• 26-27/03/1999: Attendance of Clinical Symposium "Evolution in Knee Arthroplasty"
  Orthopaedic Department Catholic University Policlinico "A.Gemelli", ROMA Italy
• 20/04/1999: Lecture nursing staff reumatology : The total hip prosthesis
• 07-08/10/1999: Attendance at International Trauma Symposium, Gent
  Lecture: the Marchetti-Vicenzi II nail  
• 22-23/10/1999: Invited speaker:Metal-on-Metal, a Surgeon’s Perspective
  Hipsymposium Marbella Spain
• 28-30/10/1999: Attendance at Instructional Course of Hip Revision Surgery
  Barcelona Spain
• 07-10/11/1999: Attendance at the SIOT meeting at Rome Italy. Italian congres of
  orthopaedic surgery
• 19/11/1999: Lecture general practitioners : total hip prosthesis today
• 08-11/12/1999: Attendance at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (Winter 1999)
  in Orlando
• 22/12/1999: Lecture for orthopaedic surgeons: primary and revision total hip surgery:
  state of the art.
• 28/01/2000: Guest Expert at the First Trauma Course at Bruges, Belgium
• 29/02/2000: Attendance of postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Cervical fusion: the indications
• 01/04/2000: Attendance at the BVOT-NOV symposium: Cementless Hiparthroplasty
  Antwerp Belgium
• 13/05/2000: Attendance at the Metal-on-metal meeting Louvain Belgium
• 25/05/2000: Attendance at the Metasul Group Meeting Luik, Blegium
• 6/6/2000: FDG PET is highly accurate in the diagnosis of chronic osteomyelitis in the
  central skeleton. (accepted as an oral session St.Louis, USA 4-7 june 2000)
  F.De Winter, K.De Smet, R.Dierckx
• 13-15/06/2000: Attendance at the COURSE OF REVISION SURGERY, London, England
• 26-27/08/2000: Attendance at the AIOD meeting PARIS, FRANCE
• 2-6/9/2000: European association of Nuclear Medicine meeting  Paris, France
  FDG PET for the noninvasive diagnosis of orthopaedic infections.
  F.De Winter, K.De Smet, R.A.Dierckx
• 8-10/09/2000: Attendance at the HIP AND KNEE REVISION meeting Lisbon, PORTUGAL
  Lecture: 4 years experience with modular prostheses.
• 12/09/2000: Invited guest in round table and life-surgery:
  UNCEMENTED REVISION OF THA
  Centre Hospitalier du Bois de l’Abbaye et de Hesbaye SERAING Belgium
• 25/09/2000: Lecture in basiccourse Orthopaedics and traumatology for Orthopaedic
  Trainees: Arthrodesis of the hip; Avascular necrosis of the hip
• 26/09/2000: Attendance at the postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Meniscal transplantation: 10 year follow-up
• 5-7/10/2000: Attendance at the World Tribology Meeting MONTREUX Switserland
• 20/10/2000: Attendance and member of the round table "femoral revisions" and life
  surgery Seraing (Sulzer) Belgium
• 31/10/2000: Attendance at the postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Fractures of the hand.
• 19-20/01/2001: Guest speaker in the Second Trauma Course at Bruges, Belgium.
  Lectures: supracondylar nailing Pelvic external fixation
• 30/01/2001: Attendance at the postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Techniques in infiltration of joints.
• 27/02/2001: Attendance at the postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  Flatfeet in children
• 31/03/2001: Speaker at the "LEUVENSE TRAUMADAG", SPRINGMEETING BVOT
  The Marchetti-Vicenzi II nail
• 2-4/05/2001: Orthopaedica Belgica Congres
  Speaker 4/05/2001: The Belgian National Hip Register
  Femoral revision: uncemented technique
• 09/05/2001: Eveningcolloquim general practicians : Locomotoric Revalidation
  Lecture: "Home, with a new THP."
• 07/06/2001: Attendance at the 5th Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Rhodes Greece, EUROPEAN HIP SOCIETY
  Lecture: RMHS prosthesis, follow up E.Van Ovost, K.De Smet. R.Verdonk
• 20/06/2001: Attendance at the ZimmerMeeting in Brugge Belgium.
• 16-17/08/2001: Meeting Sheffield-Doncaster-Centaur Casting factory prosthesis
  Meeting London Finsbury - discussion with engineers BHR (Birmingham Hip Resurfacing)
• 01/09/2001: Chairman SICOTMEETING PARIS session: Lower Limb surgery
• 10-12/10/2001: Attendance as invited speaker at MMT Meeting Birmingham on British Orthopaedic Association Meeting
  Lecture: Ceramic-on-ceramic THA or BHR for the young patient; a personal view.
• 24-25/09/2001: Attendance at the meeting ALTERNATE BEARINGS MAUI HAWAII
• 26-29/09/2001: Attendance at the ISTA MEETING MAUI HAWAII
  Lecture: EARLY RESULTS OF PRIMARY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING, USING A HYBRID METAL-ON-METAL COUPLE
  Paneldiscussion: THA in young patients
  Lecture: Ceramic-on-ceramic THA or BHR for the young patient
• 09/11/2001: SOFCOT-Meeting Paris
  Meeting Metal-on-Metal ion study. (Sulzermeeting)
• 18/12/2001: Attendance at the ORTHOS-meeting (bonecement) University hospital
  Ghent (coordinator)
• 25-26/01/2002: AIOD meeting guest speaker
  LECTURES: pelvis external fixation Supracondylar femoral nailing
• 29/01/2002: Attendance at the postgraduate session Ghent University Hospital
  TSP = Glenohumeral reconstruction
• 27-28/02/2002: LIFESURGERY – MMT MEETING GHENT (20 English Surgeons)
  Organisation: DE SMET KOEN
  Lecture: State of the art: the total hipprosthesis
  Follow up study: 200 BHR
  Life-surgery: BHR intervention, BHRdysplasia and profemur C/D with femoral shorteningsosteotomy in CDH case.
• 01/03/2002: Attendance at the UCL Hip Symposium Belgium
  Lecture: The conservative Hips; Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Dr.De Smet
• 02/03/2002: Attendance at the SULZER TRIBOLOGY MEETING MECHELEN
  Chairman of the congress
  Lecture: metal –on-metal; metallurgy and surgeons’experience
• 31/03/2002: Poster presentation at the SICOT/SIROT 2002 XXII World Congress.
• 30/05/2002: Orthopeadica Belgica 2002 Congress
  Lecture: INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE:
  Femur: uncemented technique Dr.De Smet
• 05-08/06/2002: European Hip Society – 2002 Domestic Meeting BAVENO
  Lecture: EARLY RESULTS OF PRIMARY BIRMINGHAM
  HIP RESURFACING USING A HYBRID METAL-ON-METAL COUPLE
  Poster: M²A HYBRID COUPLE: EARLY RESULTS
• 21-22/06/2002: Symposium Wright Medical Cremascoli VIENNA
  Lecture: Bearing surfaces in Large Joint Arthroplasty
• 25-27/08/2002: SICOT-meeting SAN DIEGO USA
  Poster: Early results of hybrid metal-on-metal resurfacing
• 13/09/2002: Demo operation and presentation: 435 BHR and experience
  Montebellino – TREVISO ITALY
• 11/10/2002: Demo surgery and presentation at the first Belgian BHR users meeting
• 14/11/2002: SOFCOT PARIS Attendance Minimal Invasive Surgery for Resurfacing as invited orthopaedic surgeon
• 25/11/2002: 3 DEMO OPERATIES BHR- BHRDYSPLASIE, Dr.Paul Bom
  Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis Den Bosch Nederland
  Symposium Implants ‘ Nederlandse Orthopaedische Vereniging’
  Amsterdam: Metal-on-Metal in Total Hip Arthroplasty  Lecture.        
• 18/12/2002: Lokgroup FLANDRES:
  Lecture and organisation: THE NATIONAL HIPREGISTER
• 25/01/2003: UCL MEETING attribute to Prof. Lemaire
  Invited speaker: experience with the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing
• 07/03/2003: Newcastle (GREAT-BRITAIN) meeting, MMT – RESURFACING
  2 lectures as invited speaker:
  Ghent experience with Birmingham Hip Resurfacing
  BHR in difficult cases, indications and treatment
• 21-23/04/2003: MEETING INDIA CHENNAI
  Two demo surgeries: 1 dysplasia BHR and 1 dysplasia BHR for acetabular fracture.
  Three lectures:
  - Introduction and preoperative templating in BHR
  - Ghent experience with Birmingham Hip Resurfacing
  - Pearls and Pitfalls in BHR
• 25/03/2003: Postgraduate meeting University Hospital Ghent.
  THE NATIONAL HIP REGISTER.
  Chairman and lecture: Registration of Hip Prosthesis, how to do it?
• 28-29/03/2003: MEETING DRESDEN
  Invited speaker: Lecture:
  BHR and ceramic-on-ceramic THR in young patients.
• 08-09/05/2003: BVOT MEETING BRUSSELS
  Invited speaker: Influence on wear and stability in large head THR.
• 07-08/06/2003: Attendance to EFFORT MEETING HELSINKI FINLAND
• 08/06/2003: Invited speaker at the European Hip Society (EHS) Speciality day
  EFFORT meeting Helsinki
  Lecture: Revisions using large heads.
• 13-15/06/2003: MMT MALAGA MEETING Birmingham Hip Resurfacing
  Invited speaker: 2 Lectures
  - Ghent Experience in BHR
  - Navigation and Minival Invasive Surgery: Limitations and Concerns
• 29-31/08/2003: MMT MEETING FINLAND – ISLAND OF ALAND
  Invited speaker: 2 Lectures:
  - The Ghent Experience: 850 Birmingham Hip Resurfacing
  - Use of big heads in revisions
• 12-12/09/2003: ROM MEETING ZÜRICH (CENTREPULSE)
  “The range of motion in total hip arthroplasty,
  the resurfacing in total hip arthroplasty”
  Invited speaker: Lecture:
  - Resurfacing in Difficult Cases
• 24-28/09/2003: MEETING VERONA (CONSERVE PLUS LIFESURGERY)
  “La protesi d’anca da rivestimento”
  Invited speaker: 2 Lectures
  - Innovations of resurfacing
  - Personal experience in the resurfacing
• 21-22/10/2003: ZURICH OPERATION
• 4-7/12/2003: MEETING MEMPHIS
• 19/12/2003: MEETING BOLOGNA, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli
  Invited speaker: Lecture:
  - Artroplastica di rivestimento secondo McMinn con accoppiamento metallo/metallo o protesi tradizionale con accoppiamento ceramica/ceramica
• 14/01/2004: VOORDRACHT DOORNIK / TOURNAI
• 16/01/2004: MEETING LAUSANNE
  “Surgical treatment in young patients with hip osteoarthritis”
  Invited speaker: Lecture:
  - Hip resurfacing versus Ceramic/Ceramic THR
• 28/01/2004: MEETING BREMEN
  “Aktuelle Trends in der Hüftendoprothetik”
  Invited speaker: Lecture:
  - BHR-Oberflächenersatz-Hüftprothese nach McMinn
• 18/02/2004: INFORMATIEAVOND HEUPREGISTER JAN PALFIJN GENT
  “Opstart nationaal heupregister en financiering”
• 10-13/03/2004: MEETING AAOS SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
  Attented Annual Meeting American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• 14-16/03/2004: WRIGHT MEETING NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
  SILVERADO SYMPOSIA ON ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIES
  Invited speaker
• 23/04/2004: Congres - Paterswolde Groningen Nederland
  'New trends in total joint replacement'
  Invited speaker.
• 1/05/2004: International Affiliate Member of the AAOS
  (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons).
• 7/05/2004 MEETING ROME
  “Conservative implants in hip surgery”
  Annual training course in Hip Surgery
  Invited speaker : Lecture : - Conserve
• 4-6/06/2004 MEETING MONTRÉAL CANADA
  Third Symposium on Joint Preserving and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Hip
  Invited speaker : Lecture :
  - Clinical Experience with Current Surface Arthroplasty of the Hip : A Belgian Experience
• 24/06/2004 MEETING ‘ BELGISCHE UNIE PODOLOGEN’
  Invited speaker : Lecture : - “Heup chirurgie”
• 20-21/09/2004 INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE ON CONSERVE PLUS (OXFORD)
  Invited speaker : Lectures :
  - Clinical Results in Difficult Cases
  - Pre-planning / Surgical Technique
  - Revision Options
• 22/09/2004 Business meeting (OXFORD)
  Invited speaker : Lecture : - Plans and tricks in resurfacing
• 23-25/09/2004 ISTA 2004 (ROME, ITALY)
  17th annual symposium of the international society for technology in arthroplasty
  Invited speaker : Lectures :
  - Large diameter femoral heads in revision hip surgery
   - Primary ceramic-on-ceramic THA versus metal-on-metal hip resurfacing in active young patients
• 8/10/2004 Attendance INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CONSERVATIVE HIP SURGERY
  (AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• 11-14/11/2004 MEETING DUBAI
  The 2nd International Resurfacing Forum
  Lecture : - Primary Ceramic THR Versus Resurfacing. C. Pattyn, K. De Smet
• 20/11/2004 NOV BVOT CONGRESS (ANTWERP )
  Total Hip Arthroplasty: Problems and alternatives
  Lectures :
   - Resurfacing arthroplasty in difficult cases. E. Jansegers, K. De Smet, C. Pattyn
   - Two-stage revision of infected THR with a preformed spacer and uncemented
   stem. C. Pattyn, K. De Smet, E. Jansegers
• 11-12/12/2004 MEETING ORLANDO, FLORIDA
   Panel Member : Wright Medical Technology’s 2ND Annual Resurfacing
   Technologies Advisory Panel (RTAP) meeting
• 15/12/2004 Attendance LOKGROUP FLANDRES
  “De toepassing van keramiek op keramiek en resurfacing in de heup-chirurgie”
• 22/01/2005 Chirurgisch – Orthopädisch Fachklinik Lorsch GERMANY
  Symposium Hüftendoprothetik aktuell
  Invited speaker : Lecture :
  - Surface Replacement an der Hüfte: Klinische Erfahrung
  - Rundtischgespräch Oberflächenersatz an der Hüfte: Neue Kappe oder alter Hut?
  - Hands on Workshop Oberflächenersatz Hüfte Conserve Plus
• 31-4/02/2005 MEETING VAL THORENS (WRIGHT)
  Arthroplasty Symposium
  Invited speaker : Lecture :
  - Challenging Resurfacing Hip Cases
  - Large Femoral Head Prosthesis in Hip Surgery
• 4-5/04/2005 MEETING OXFORD
  Instructional Course on Conserve Plus
  Invited speaker : Lecture :
   - Surgical Techniques
   -Clinical Results in Difficult Cases
   -Surgical Technique in detail
   -Revision Options 2
   Hands-on-workshop – 4 stations
• 13-17/04/2005 MEETING DRAKENSBERG (SOUTH AFRICA)
  18th Bi-Annual Arthroplasty Society Congress
   Invited speaker : Lecture :
   -Belgium experience with metal on metal surface Arthroplasty
   -Hip Resurfacing Symposium
  Workshop Conserve Plus Resurfacing Technique
• 21/04/2005 MEETING SWITZERLAND
  Xve Journee Romande D’Orthopedie
  La hanche : Actualités
  Invitded speaker : Lecture :
  - Expérience avec la prothèse BHR
• 27/04/2005 MEETING UMC St. Radboud (NEDERLAND)
  Invited speaker :
  “7 jaar ervaring met heupresurfacing”
• 9-10/05/2005 MEETING OXFORD
  Instructional Course on Conserve Plus
  Invited speaker : Lecture :
  - Surgical Technique in Detail
  - Clinical Results in Difficult Cases
  - Pre-operative Templating / Implant Positioning
  - Revision Options 1
• 20-21/05/2005 MEETING BRAZILIË
  VIII JOPPAQ Jornada Paulista de Patologia do Quadril
  Invited speaker : Lecture :
  - Pre-planning / Surgical Technique in MOM Resurfacing
  - Cirurgia III : Recapeamento “Resurfacing”
  - Belgium Experience with Metal on Metal Surface Arthroplasty
  - Revision Options in MOM Resurfacing
• 25/06/2005 OPEN FORUM ON HIP RESURFACING (BRUSSELS)
  Invited speaker : Lecture :
  - Clinical Follow Up of 1600 BHR
  - Revision Options
• 14-15/07/2005 MEETING BOLOGNE, ITALY
  Wright Medical Technology’s 3rd Resurfacing Technologies Advisory Panel 
  Invited speaker
• 5-6/09/2005 MEETING OXFORD
  Instructional Course on Conserve Plus
  Invited speaker : Lecture :
  - Surgical Technique in Detail
  - Clinical Results in Difficult Cases
  - Pre-operative Templating / Implant Positioning
  - Revision Options 1