APEX Advanced Comprehensive Knee Arthroscopy-Online Didactic (June 2021)-Course Agenda

Course Agenda

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The AANA Comprehensive Advanced Knee Course, held at the Orthopaedic Learning Center in Rosemont, IL, offers a collection of pre-course lectures which will be recorded and provided to registrants before the lab experience. These lectures cover various topics related to knee injuries and treatments. <br /><br />The first set of lectures focuses on patellofemoral conditions, including critical clinical assessment, MPFL reconstruction, when an MPFL is enough, trochleoplasty, TTO (tibial tuberosity osteotomy), management of cartilage injury with PF instability, complications of MPFL surgery, and cartilage-only flap repair. <br /><br />The second set of lectures discusses meniscus tears and repairs. Topics include the best approach for tear types (repair vs partial meniscectomy), managing meniscus tears in in-season athletes, different techniques for meniscus repair (all-inside, inside-out, outside-in), technical pearls for repair, repairing radial tears, resecting vs repairing horizontal cleavage tears, treatment concepts for root tears, advanced techniques in meniscus repair, biologic augmentation of repairs, meniscus transplantation, and LMAT for discoid meniscus issues in children and adolescents. <br /><br />The third set of lectures focuses on articular cartilage. Topics include the use of orthobiologic injections, considering debridement alone, debates on MFX vs autograft transfer for smaller lesions, debates on OCA vs MACI for larger lesions, debates on new technology, and managing failed cartilage surgery. <br /><br />The final set of lectures discusses ligament injuries. Topics include debates on ACL graft selection (patellar tendon ACL reconstruction vs quadriceps tendon ACL reconstruction), debates on the role of ACL primary repair, managing MCL injuries, and approaches to multiple ligament reconstruction. <br /><br />All the lectures will be made available to course attendees post-event, comprising a compilation of online lectures, captured webinars, and content captured during the live course.

Keywords

AANA Comprehensive Advanced Knee Course

pre-course lectures

knee injuries

meniscus tears

articular cartilage

ligament injuries

MPFL reconstruction

meniscus repair techniques

ACL graft selection

MCL injuries