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Cuba applies new technologies in hip
and knee prostheses
• Specialists who cared for Pakistani
victims of the October 2005 earthquake present their
experiences at the International Orthopedic and
Traumatology International Congress in Varadero,
attended by 300 delegates from 10 countries.
BY LILLIAM RIERA —Granma
International staff writer—
NEW
hip prosthesis technologies are being applied in
medical facilities and in 2007 the generalized
introduction of new knee technologies is expected,
stated Dr. Rodrigo Alvarez Cambras, who chaired the
recently concluded International Orthopedics and
Traumatology Congress at the Plaza America
Convention Center in Varadero, which was attended by
300 delegates from 10 countries.
“Cuba has set the standards in orthopedics, our
school has trained professionals from many countries
in Latin American and other latitudes,” the
professor, also director of the Frank País
International Orthopedic Scientific Complex, told
AIN.
He
recalled that in aspects such as the RALCA external
fixators, which have been in use since 1971
throughout most of the world, and in sports
traumatology, “we are the vanguard and reference for
experts, even those from the most developed
countries.”
The
experiences of Cuban specialists who traveled to
Pakistan in the wake of the October 2005 earthquake
and attended numerous cases of orthopedic trauma
were conveyed at the congress, according to Cuban
television.
During the opening event, after wishing President
Fidel Castro a speedy recovery in the name of the
foreign delegates, Mexican Mario Castellanos stated,
“Health should not have borders or blockades.”
Delegates to the Congress agreed to dedicate the
scientific sessions to Fidel, promoter of the
island’s healthcare system and internationalist
achievements.
William Stetson, a professor at the University of
California, who has performed operations in
conjunction with several Cuban professionals in the
last two years, affirmed that many U.S. researchers
and doctors would like to come and exchange
experiences, but cannot due to the U.S. blockade
against Cuba that has been in effect for more than
45 years and has considerably affected academic and
scientific interchange between the two nations.
Likewise in the inaugural ceremony, Belgian Maurice
Hinsenkamp, secretary general of the International
Society of Orthopedics Surgery and Traumatology,
presented Dr. Alvarez Cambras with a diploma of
recognition for his 30 years as a member of the
society and for his contributions to world
orthopedics.
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