Schedule

08:00

Registration & Coffee

Introduction to the meeting

08:45 – 08:50

08:50 – 10:40
Session 1 – Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Surgical anatomy of the ACL, posterolateral corner and anterolateral structures

ACL reconstruction – Graft choice in modern day ACL reconstruction surgery

Graft harvest – surgical technique videos – Hamstring harvest and technical pearls

BTB harvest and technical pearls

Quads harvest and technical pearls

Where do I place my tunnels and why?

How do I fix my graft – Hamstring, BTB, Quads

Modern day LET – when, why and how?

Is there a role for ACL repair – when, why and how?

Revision ACL reconstruction – my algorithm

Considerations in paediatric ACL reconstruction – where are we at now?

ACL prevention programme – Power up to play

10:40 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30
Session 2 – Multiligament Knee Injuries (MLKI)

Principles of management for MLKI – Single stage v Staged?

Clinical evaluation and examination of PMC and PLC injuries

The Posterolateral Corner – Indications for reconstruction and surgical technique

The MCL/PMC – Surgical technique of repair and reconstruction

The PCL – The role of bracing, indications for surgery and technique

Meet the expert’s session – ACL injuries and MLKI Cases

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch & Industry Exhibitions

13:30 – 14:30
Breakout Sessions

FRCS (Tr & Orth) – The examiners perspective from a lead examiner

Industry Presentation

14:30 – 15:45
Session 3 – Meniscus

Meniscal tears - repair or resect

Root tears and repair technique

RAMP lesion and repair technique

Meniscus allograft transplantation in 2025– Where are we now?

Meet the experts session - Meniscus injury cases

15:45 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00
Session 4 – Cartilage

Smaller cartilage lesions – What works best?

Larger cartilage lesions – Where are we at with cartilage repair techniques?

Meet the expert’s session – Cartilage lesion cases

17:00 – 18:00
Session 5 – Patellofemoral Joint Dislocation

PFJ dislocation: my algorithm for management

MPFL Reconstruction/TTO surgical technique

How to deal with the unstable patella in a skeletally immature patient?

Meet the expert’s session – PFJ Dislocation cases

Meeting close

17:55 – 18:00