Porto Hip Meeting 2026

SCHEDULE

Hilton Gaia Porto Hotel

Congress Center

JULY 2 - 3, 2026

OFFICIAL CONGRESS LANGUAGE

 AUDITORIUM

July 2 

14:00 - 14:30 SESSION INTRODUCTION

14:30 – 16:20 TABLE 1

Moderators: 

14:30  Total Hip Arthroplasty and National Registries. Who are we really offering THA to?

14:40.  Preoperative Planning. With and without technology: what truly changes?

14:50.  Spinopelvic Balance. What does the hip surgeon really need to know?

15:00.  Direct Anterior Approach. Tips and tricks for consistent outcomes

15:10.   Minimally Invasive Approaches. Tips and tricks for consistent outcomes

15.20.   Minimally Invasive Approaches

• Mini-posterior approach (SPAIR) – tips and tricks
• SuperPATH – tips and tricks

15:40  Discussion

16:00 – 16:30 – COFFEE BREAK 

16:30 – 17:50 TABLE 2 

Moderators: 

16:30.  Cemented vs Cementless Fixation in Active Patients >70 Years

16:40.   Dual Mobility: True Protection or Overtreatment?

16:50.   Direct Anterior Approach in Complex Cases: Where Are the Safe Limits?

17:00.   Large Femoral Heads: True Stability or False Sense of Security?

17:10.   Short Stems: Are They Really Bone-Preserving?

17:20.   Simultaneous Bilateral THA: Double the Risk or Double the Success?

17:30.   Discussion

July 3

Preliminary programme

09:00 – 10:00 TABLE 3

Moderators:

09:00.   Impact of Sports on THA Outcomes. Compatible or merely acceptable?

09:10.   Choice of Surgical Approach in Athletes. Should it differ from standard patients?

09:20.   Bearing Surface Selection in Athletes. Ceramic-on-ceramic or ceramic-on-polyethylene?

09:30.   Short Stems in the Young Athletic Patient. Do they have a role?

09:40.   Hip Resurfacing. The athlete's prosthesis?

09:50 Discussion

10:10 – 11:30 TABLE 4

Moderators:

10:10.   Hip Dysplasia: Where Is the Limit for PAO vs THA?

10:20.   Which Patients Benefit More from THA Than Preservation Surgery?. Where does preservation fail?

10:30.   Role of Hip Arthroscopy in Patients with THA

10:40.   THA in Dysplastic Hips: A Practical Treatment Algorithm

10:50.   THA After Hip Preservation Surgery. Additional technical challenges and pitfalls

11:00.   Increased Femoral Torsion. Can it be addressed with standard implants?

11:10 Discussion

11:30 – 12:00 – COFFEE BREAK

12:00 – 13:30 THE BIG DISCUSSION

Moderators:

13:30 – 13:50 MAGISTRAL LECTURE

Manel Ribas

13:50 – 15:00 – LUNCH

15:00 – 16:00 TABLE 5

Moderators:

15:00.   "Oops… I fractured the posterior wall"

15:10.   Intraoperative Femoral Periprosthetic Fractures. From a crack to a catastrophe

15:20.   Everything went according to plan… but the hip is unstable

15:30.   Abductor Mechanism Failure. From tendon rupture to trochanteric fracture

15:40.   Intraoperative Conversion to Revision Implants. When and how should we decide?

15:50 Discussion

16:10 – 17:20 TABLE 6

16:10.   Ceramic-on-Ceramic Hip Resurfacing. Niche or renaissance?

16:20.   Resurfacing, Robotics and the Direct Anterior Approach. Better together?

16:30.   Robotics in Primary THA. What really changes: planning or execution?

16:40.   Augmented Reality in THA. Are we ready for the hybrid operating room?

16:50.   National Registries, Benchmarking and Implant Personalization. A data-driven future

17:00 Discussion

17:20 End Congress