Current concept on joint replacement at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on May 23-26, 2004

The Foundation was hold annually in Las Vegas (Nevada) by The Current Concepts Institute to server Continuing Medical Education program. The fact that, it was a speciality forum of Orthopedic - Trauma branch. More than 700 attendees from 44 countries were invited, included Vietnam. 110 papers presented by a 40 member Faculty. Controversies on shoulder, hip and knee reconstruction were focused through 4 cross-fire debates, and 3 video vignette projections. Mini incisions, surface replacement, complications, revision arthroplasty, computer-assisted total hip arthroplasty, metal-metal, ceramic-ceramic implants were discussed