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: Jorge Cruz de Melo / Ana Castel

14:30  Total Hip Arthroplasty. What registries say? THA demographics

Carlos Branco

14:40.  Preoperative Planning.

Daniel Soares

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

Jeroen Verhaegen

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

Francisco Alpoim

15:10.   Mini Posterior Approach SPAIR. Tips and tricks for consistent outcomes

Sergio Gonçalves

15.20.   SuperPath. Tips and tricks for consistent outcomes

Diogo Pascoal

15:40  Discussion

16:00 – 16:30 – COFFEE BREAK 

16:30 – 17:50 TABLE 2 

Moderators: Tiago Pato / Eurico Monteiro

16:30.  Cemented THA. Whats the role for cement

António Seco

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

Alejandro Hernández

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

Jorge Cruz de Melo 

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

David Pinto

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

Miguel Padua

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

Fernando Leal

17:30.   Discussion

July 3

Preliminary programme

09:00 – 10:00 TABLE 3

Moderators: Fernando Leal / Carlomagno Cárdenas

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

Oliver Marin

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

Bruno Capurro

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

Ana Castel

09:30.   Choosing the Right Sport After THA: Evidence vs Tradition

Safa Gursoy

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

Manuel Ribas 

09:50 Discussion

10:10 – 11:30 TABLE 4

Moderators: Bruno Capurro / Paulo Rego

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

Jeroen Verhaegen

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

Safa Gursoy

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

Pedro Dantas

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

Pedro Dantas

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

Carlomagno Cárdenas

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

Miguel Almaraz

11:10 Discussion

11:30 – 12:00 – COFFEE BREAK

12:00 – 13:30 THE BIG DISCUSSION

New Trends in Hip Surgery: Balancing Conservative Principles and Modern Innovations

Moderators: Oliver Marin 

Pedro Dantas, Cruz de Melo, Carlomagno Cardenas, Ana Castel, J Verhaegen; Safa Gursoy; Bruno Capurro; Fernando Leal; Raúl Torres

13:30 – 13:50 MAGISTRAL LECTURE

2026: Are hip arthroplasties and hip surgeries beneficial for the patient?. An evidence based approach.

Manel Ribas

13:50 – 15:00 – LUNCH

15:00 – 16:00 TABLE 5

Moderators: Pedro Dantas / Miguel Almaraz

15:00.   "Oops… I fractured the acetabulum

Ana Castel

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

Eurico Monteiro

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

Filipe Oliveira

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

André Sarmento

15:40.   Dealing with leg-length discrepancy

Raul Torres

15:50 Discussion

16:10 – 17:20 TABLE 6

Moderators: Manel Ribas - Lafayette Lage

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

Carlomagno Cárdenas

16:20.   Patient-Specific Total Hip Arthroplasty: Concept, Indications and Reality

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

Miguel Almaraz

16:40.   Future in preventing, diagnosing and treating PJI Infections

Ricardo Sousa

16:50.   Same day case – Ambulatory Total Hip Arthroplasty

17:00 Discussion

17:20 End Congress