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Tuesday, 28 November
12:45-13:00 Registration
13:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-13:40 Welcome and Introduction (D. Dejour, M. Karahan)
13:40-13:50 How to Harvest your Graft (video) (P. Ntagiopoulos)
13:50-14:00 How To Do an ALL (video) (S. Claes)
14:00-14:10 How To Do an Extra-articular Plasty (Lemaire) (video) (D. Dejour)
14:10-14:20 Questions to the “teachers”
14:20-16:50 First Lab. Session: Standard ACL:
                          a. Hamstring Technique (Graft Harvesting + Inside-out + Outside–in–Double Bundle)
                          b. Patellar Tendon (Graft Harvesting + Inside-out + Outside –in)
​                          c. Quadriceps Tendon (Graft Harvesting)
16:50-17:05 Coffee break
17:05-17:25 Questions to the “teachers” about Surgical Indications

Wednesday, 29 November
08:00-08:10 How to Suture a Ramp Lesion combined with ACL (video) (N. Pujol)
08:10-08:20 How To Do an ACL and Osteotomy (video) (S. Kopf)
08:20-11:20 Second Lab. Session::
                          a. ACL + Antero Lateral Procedure (ALL or Extra-articular Plasty Modified Lemaire)
                          b. ACL + Meniscus Suture (Ramp Lesions) (Postero-medial approach)
11:20-11:40 Coffee Break
11:40-12:20 Question to “teachers” about Surgical Indications​
12:20-12:30 How To Deal with ACL and Medial and Postero-lateral Laxity​ (M. Karahan)
12:30-13:10 Lunch
13:10-15:00 Third Lab. Session:
                          a. ACL + Medial Laxity (Chronic)
                          b. ACL + Postero-lateral Laxity (Chronic)
​                          c. ACL + Early Arthritis and/or revision (ACL and Osteotomies)
15:00-15:10 Coffee break
15:10-15:30 Question to “teachers” about Surgical Indications
15:30-15:45 Closure and meeting evaluation (D. Dejour, M. Karahan)

The course is designed to address all issues related to a successful Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction. Learners will learn theoretically in addition to performing on the cadaver extensively.

- How to harvest autografts to use in single / double bundle anatomic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
- How to do extra-articular plasties.
- How to manage additional difficult situations such as meniscal ramp lesion and unicompartmental osteoarthritis.
​- How to effectively address collateral ligament issues and treat them.

Pre-Course Recommended Reading Materials
Pre-Course Recommended Visual Materials
Pre-course Assessment Questionnaire
Course lectures
Post-course Assessment Questionnaire
Evaluation & Certificate

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