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Tuesday, 10 December
13:30-13:40 Welcome and Introduction (D. Dejour, J. Menetrey)
13:40-13:50 How to Harvest your Graft (video) B. Bøe
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 “teachers” about Surgical Indications

Wednesday, 11 December
08:00-08:10 How to Suture a Ramp Lesion combined with ACL (video) (E. Cavaignac)
08:10-08:20 How To Do an ACL and Osteotomy (video) (M. Liebensteiner)
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 (J. Menetrey)
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 (J. Menetrey)

Attendees will learn theoretically and practise extensively on the cadaver, the following:

- 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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