Schedule
07:45
Registration & Coffee
08:30
08:50
09:10
09:30
09:50
10:10
10:30
Discussion
12:00
Introduction to the meeting
08:15
08:30 – 10:40
Session 1 – Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Moderators: Rahul Bhattacharyya & Peter Verdonk
Surgical anatomy of the ACL, posterolateral corner and anterolateral strutures
Andrew Amis
08:40
ACL reconstruction – Graft choice in modern day ACL reconstruction surgery
Peter Verdonk
Graft harvest – surgical technique videos – Hamstring harvest and technical pearls
Rahul Patel
09:00
BTB harvest and technical pearls
Andy Williams
Quads harvest and technical pearls
Kash Akhtar
09:20
Where do I place my tunnels and why?
Dinesh Nathwani
How do I fix my graft – Hamstring, BTB, Quads
Ian Sinha
09:40
Modern day LET – when, why and how?
Peter Verdonk
Is there a role for ACL repair – when, why and how?
Stephen McDonnell
10:00
Fares Haddad
Nicolas Nicolaoua
10:20
Chim Gupte & Rahul Bhattacharyya
Revision ACL reconstruction – my algorithm
Considerations in paediatric ACL reconstruction – where are we at now? – talk after revision
ACL prevention programme – Power up to play
Morgan Bailey
10:40
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Session 2 – Multiligament Knee Injuries (MLKI)
Moderators: Chim Gupte & Raj Bhattacharya
11:00 :00
Principles of management for MLKI – Single stage v Staged?
Oday Al-Dadah
11:10 11:00
Clinical evaluation and examination of PMC and PLC injuries
Rhidian Thomas
11:20
The Posterolateral Corner – Indications for reconstruction and surgical technique
Peter Thompson
11:30
The MCL/PMC – Surgical technique of repair and reconstruction
Andy Williams
11:40
The PCL – The role of bracing, indications for surgery and technique
Rahul Patel
Meet the expert’s session – ACL injuries and MLKI Cases
Panel
12:30
Lunch
13:30 – 13:30
13:45 – 13:30
Discussion
11:50
13:30 – 14:30
FRCS Session
Tips and tricks for the written component of the FRCS exam
Akib Khan (Part 1)
Tips and tricks for the viva component of the FRCS exam
Rishi Dhir (Part 2)
14:00 – 14:20
Industry Session
14:00 – 13:30
The applications of FAST-FIX FLEX in Meniscal Repair Surgery: a versatile all-inside device (Smith & Nephew)
Rahul Bhattacharyya
14:20 – 15:45
Session 3 – Meniscus
Moderators: Rahul Bhattacharyya & Sanjeev Anand
14:20 – 13:30
Meniscal tears - repair or resect
Adil Ajuied
14:28 – 13:30
Root tears and repair technique
Sanjay Anand
14:36 – 13:30
RAMP lesion and repair technique
Raghbir Khakha
14:44 – 13:30
Discoid lateral meniscus indications for surgery and preservation techniques
Sanjeev Anand
14:52 – 13:30
MAT in 2025– Where are we now?
Nick Smith
15:05
Discussion
15:25
Meet the experts session – case based discussion
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00
Session 4 – Cartilage
Moderators: Raghbir Khakha & Andy Metcalfe
16:00
Smaller cartilage lesions – microfracture/nanofracture/OATS/ AMIC? What works best?
James Murray
16:10
Larger cartilage lesions – Where are we at with cartilage repair techniques? - ACI/MACI/OCA?
Nick Smith
16:20
Discussion
16:30
Meet the expert’s session – case based discussion
17:00 – 18:00
Session 5 – Patellofemoral Joint Dislocation
Moderators: Nick Nicolaou & Chim Gupte
17:00
PFJ dislocation: my algorithm for management
Caroline Hing
17:10
MPFL/TTO/Trochleoplasty: overview of surgical techniques
Andy Metcalfe
17:20
How to deal with the unstable patella in a skeletally immature patient?
Nicolas Nicolaou
17:30
Questions
17:40
Case discussions
18:00
Summary and close
Chim Gupte