Dubai Bone & Joint Center Hosts Hip & Knee Pain Forum

Dubai, April 24th, 2006:  Doctors from across the UAE gathered recently at the Management of Hip & Knee Pain Forum held at the Al Murooj Rotana hotel in Dubai.  The event, organized by the Dubai Bone & Joint Center, aimed to offer the specialists advice on how to improve diagnosis, and offer a better understanding of patients who present with hip and knee pain. 

The conference also included a joint injection training session and an interactive Q & A session.

"Contrary to popular perception, people with osteoarthritis need not submit themselves to a lifestyle of deterioration and disability," explained Suzanne Al Houby, CEO Dubai Bone & Joint Center. "Many of the aches, pains and stiffness that characterize the condition can often be controlled and alleviated," she added. 

Early diagnosis and improved management can benefit patients through symptomatic relief, allowing them to adjust to the realities of their condition and take more control of their lives.

Reinforcing the need for a benchmark in joint care management, Dr Chris Whately, Senior Orthopaedic Surgery, Dubai Bone & Joint Center, said, "We are fortunate to live in a time when arthritis does not have to end in severe pain and disability. Through excellent drug therapies and innovative surgeries, patients who used to end up in wheel chairs can now enjoy an active lifestyle for many years."

The forum was designed to educate the local medical community on the management of Hip & Knee conditions from the perspectives of various specialists from relevant disciplines, and included lectures on advances in Hip & Knee Arthritis, Inflammatory Arthritis, Spinal Orthopedic Surgery or and Pediatric Orthopaedic conditions.

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Dubai Bone & Joint Center 
Dubai Bone & Joint Center (DBAJ) is a leading Muscular-Skeletal center based on the 50th floor of the Emirates Towers, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai. It is the first sub-specialty center in the region to focus on muscular-skeletal conditions and provides Western trained specialists dedicated to specific areas of orthopaedic surgery and treatment. It is also the first hospital to integrate clinical and hospital care with research and education. DBAJ only recruits highly qualified Western-trained specialists dedicated to focused areas of treatment. International affiliations and accredited staff offer the most comprehensive, specialized muscular-skeletal services in the region.

Phase 1 of DBAJ is a specialized outpatient clinic that caters for conditions ranging from, adult and children spinal conditions, pelvic & acetabulum, pelvic & acetabular fracture and reconstructive surgery and rheumatology. It offers total joint arthroplasty; revision total joint arthroplasty and limb lengthening - limb deformity correction and infective non-union surgery, foot deformities, sports medicine, neuromuscular disorders.

Phase 2 of the project is a comprehensive out-patient and in-patient 100-bed hospital with rehabilitation and sports medicine. It will have 8 OR (operating) rooms with computer assisted orthopaedic surgery equipment, 2 minimal invasive/ day procedure OR rooms, units for spine, joint replacement/ reconstructive surgery unit, pediatric orthopaedic, hand and upper extremities, foot and ankle, rehabilitation and physiotherapy, sports medicine, rheumatology. All units will focus on use of innovative therapies. Other components are to cover research labs, educational & training facilities, primary, secondary and tertiary care. The 100-bed hospital will be opened in beginning 2008.

DBAJ is a committed associate of the government's efforts to develop Dubai into a "Center of Medical Excellence" for the region.

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