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