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Monday, 11 December
07:45-08:00 Registration
08:00-08:10 Welcome and Introduction (D. Dejour, M. Lind)
08:10-08:20 How to access to meniscus (arthroscopic portals) (D. Dejour)
08:20-08:30 How to optimize the meniscus healing (M. Lind)
08:30-08:40 How to do a non-traumatic meniscectomy (M. Strauss)
08:40-08:50 Questions to the “teachers”
08:50-09:00 Coffee break
09:00-11:30 First Lab. Session: The portals and approaches
                          a. Portals
                          b. Needling
​                          c. Postero-medial
​                          d. Postero-lateral
11:30-12:15 Lunch
12:15-12:35 Questions to the “teachers” about Surgical Indications (morning session)
12:35-12:45 How to suture a Ramp lesion (video) (V. Condello)
12:45-12:55 How to do suture a root tear (K. Eriksson)
12:55-15:30 Second Lab. Session:
                          a. Meniscectomy Partial to Total
                          b. Meniscus sutures
​                              - All inside
​                              - Outside-in
15:30-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-16:05 Questions to the “teachers” about Surgical Indications 

Tuesday, 12 December
08:00-08:10 Is meniscal allograft or substitute an option?  (B. Pijnenburg)
08:10-10:40 Third Lab. Session::
                          a. Root tears
                              - Different techniques and fixation
                              - Bone or soft fixation and sutures
                          b. Meniscal graft
10:40-10:55 Coffee Break
10:55-11:15 Question to “teachers” about Surgical Indications​
11:15-11:30 Closure and meeting evaluation (D. Dejour, M. Lind)
11:30-12:15 Lunch

The lectures will be directly correlated to what the attendees will perform in the laboratory.
The attendee is expected to learn all about the meniscus starting from the very simple to the very complex.

The basics of arthroscopic portals will be revisited in light of the multiportal access to the knee joint.
Optimization of meniscus healing will be discussed in order to learn ways to promote healing in doubtful cases.
Meniscectomy, one of the most frequently performed procedures in orthopaedic surgery will be refreshed.

There will be lectures which explain meniscus suturing including all inside, outside-in and inside-out, followed by hand-on practise in the laboratory.
How to suture a ramp lesion and how to suture a root tear will also be discussed followed by hands-on repetition on cadavers.
​Finally, meniscal allografts or substituteswill be discussed as an option in salvage cases.

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

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