Dear Trauma Friends,

I’m very proud to invite you to join us at our Annual Congress 2025.
Since 1990, the Belgian Orthopaedic Trauma Association is dedicated to the promotion of trauma and fracture care in the country.
This year we have the pleasure to present a joint meeting with our colleagues of the BVOT and the Belgian Defence Forces.

As in the last couple of editions, we welcome again the A.O. session in the programme in cooperation with the A.O. Foundation.
The subject this year is “Severe Trauma to the Limb from the battlefield to downtown crossroad”.
We are elaborating a programme with military medicine colleagues (Belgium, France, Eastern Europe Countries), bone reconstruction specialists, rehabilitation therapists, and representatives from insurance, legal, and political fields.

The Annual Symposium will take place in the Auditorium of the KBC Brussels on 29 November 2025.

We look forward to welcoming you to Brussels for an exciting and memorable meeting. Come for the science and education, join your colleagues to exchanges views and experiences.

Scientific Sessions

Severe injuries to limb – Initial management

• Military management: The French experience
• Military management: The Ukrainian experience

AO Session: Bone reconstruction

• Treatment options for massive bone defects
• Allografts in the treatment of bone defects
• Amputation – surgery we cannot avoid

Delayed Reconstruction & Rehabilitation

• Delayed reconstruction and infection problem
• Delayed reconstruction: the French experience
• Flap for orthopedic surgeon
• Collaboration Belgian Defense medical team and RDC Army

Session Ethics and Economics

• War casualties plan in Belgium
• Cooperation Defense/Civilian Trauma Center in The Netherlands
• Amputation after trauma/reconstruction: the lawyer's point of view

The detailed programme is available on the website www.Botatrauma.be