REGISTRATION

BREAKFAST SESSION

• Principles and technique of meniscal repair

• MODULE 1 - Demonstration of meniscal repair

• OATS / Mosaicplasty

• Principles and technique of mosaicplasty

• MODULE 2 - Demonstration of mosaicplasty

• Principles and technique of meniscal repair

• MODULE 1 - Demonstration of meniscal repair

• OATS / Mosaicplasty

• Principles and technique of OATS

• MODULE 2 - Demonstration of OATS

• 1.1  Knee arthroscopy - initial encounter, hurdles, heartbreaks
• Initial difficulties, portal placement, visualisation, complications, patient position, hardware

• 1.2  Imaging the injured knee
  INTERACTIVE
• Xray - how to take proper X-ray, MRI reading, importance of high resolution MR, role of USG

• 1.3  Meniscus injuries - global consensus
• When to conserve, when to repair, when to excise, fate of meniscectomy knee, healing outcomes

• 1.4  Techniques of meniscus repair
  RELIVE
• Inside out, outside in, all inside

• 1.5  Meniscus root repair and ramp repair
  RELIVE
• Techniques video

• 1.6  Meniscus balancing and cyst decompression
  RELIVE
• Various types of tear management - complex tear, flap tear, parrotbeak tear, bucket handle, discoid meniscus and horn tear

TEA BREAK

• 2.1  Planning for ACL recon - planning prevents problems
  INTERACTIVE
• Confirm diagnosis, rule out other injuries, psychological profilling, document muscle status, prehab, when to postpone surgery, what to counsel

• 2.2  ACLR blues - everything that can go wrong during surgery
  INTERACTIVE
• Complication and hurdles during ACL surgery, including hardware failure

• 2.3  Post-operative problems after ACLR
  INTERACTIVE

• 3.1   Graft harvesting techniques
  RELIVE
• HT, BPTB

• 3.2   Graft harvesting - peroneal and quads
  RELIVE

• 3.3   Recent trends in ACLR
• Remnant preservation, ribbon concept, all inside, double bundle, anatomic, transportalvs transtibial

• 3.4   Understanding ACLR failures
  INTERACTIVE
• X-ray evaluation, when to do CT, tunnel position, poor / failed fixation, graft laceration, infection, synovial fistulae, serous discharge, stiffness, nerve palsy, missed ligament injuries, missed meniscus, joint debri, persistant synovitis

• 3.5   Fine art of ACL reconstruction

• 3.6   Planning for revision ACLR
• Planning, when to plan for one-stage / two-stage recon / tricks to implant removal, tricks to new tunnel placement

• 3.7   Paediatric and adolescent ACL tears - special problem

• 3.8   Osteotomy in ligament injury

• 3.9   How to treat ACL tears conserve

LUNCH

• 4.1   PCL tears & avulsions - philosophy simplified
• Operate / conserve, acute / chronic repair, augment, single / double bundle recon

• 4.2   PCL recon technique
  RELIVE
• Portal creation, special instruments, special skills, special precaution, possible complication

• 4.3   PCL avulsion - arthroscopic fixation
  RELIVE

• 4.4   Implants and fixation in ACLR / PCLR
• Evolution of fixation devices, current options, indications, advantages of each, evidence on graft incorporation, tunnel healing vs aperture healing, graft link

• 4.5   Rehab after ligament surgery
• Biology and time frame of healing, philosophy and utility of braces, cast, ex. fix., evidence behind accelerated / slow rehab protocols

• 5.1   Patellar instability repair
  RELIVE

• 5.2   The MCL dilemma
• Conserve, repair, augment, reconstruct

• 5.3   PLC injuries - basics of clinical and imaging
• Injury pattern, clinical signs, tests, X-ray features, MRI reading - (all patterns)

• 5.4   PLC injuries - treatment algorithm and techniques
  INTERACTIVE

• DAC SESSION

• 6.1   Tibial spine avulsion - fixation techniques

• 6.2   Patellar instability - the problem and algorithm

• 6.3   My technique of arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis

• 6.4   Management of multiligament injury

• 6.5   PANEL DISCUSSION -
  Multiligament Injury
  INTERACTIVE

• 6.6  Case study on ACL Reconstruction role of synovial fluid restoration therapy

• 6.7  PANEL DISCUSSION - Role of synovial fluid restoration therapy in management of young arthritic knee

• Controversies to Conclusion

• 7.1   Chondral lesion management

• 7.2   ACL tear in elderarthritic knee

• 7.3   Late presented meniscus tear repair or excise

• 7.4   Meniscus ramp lesion - under diagnosed or overkill

DINNER

REGISTRATION

BREAKFAST SESSION

• Principles of medial open wedge HTO

• MODULE 1 - Demonstration of medial open wedge HTO

• Technique of close wedge HTO

• MODULE 2 - Demonstration of close wedge HTO

• HTO evolution

• Principles of medial open wedge HTO

• MODULE 1 - Demonstration of PEEK Plate

• Principles and technique of PUDDU plate

• MODULE 2 - Demonstration of PUDDU Plate

• 8.1   Cartilage lesions - how to diagnose, how to treat
• Clinical clues, clues in a 1.5T MR, use of 3T MR and special cartilage sequences, difference b/w localised and global cartilage loss, implications of associated meniscal / ligament injuries, implication of varus / valgus knees, algorithm

• 8.2   Microfracture, abrasionplasty, curettage - science or luck?
• Current evidence, technique, case selection, prognosis

• 8.3   Arthroscopic popliteus tendon reconstruction
  RELIVE
• Current evidence, technique, case selection, prognosis

• 8.4   Current and future trends in cartilage repair including OATS & mosaicplasty
• ACI / MACI / GEL based solutions and evidence for and against them / current research

TEA BREAK

• 9.1   Hip arthroscopy essentials
• Instruments, portals, hurdles, MRI findings in hip pathology, diagnostic round-up video

• 9.2   FAI - diagnosis and management algorithm
• Conservative management, when to operate, surgical planning

• 9.3   CAM and Pincer lesion arthroscopic excision
  RELIVE

• 9.4   Safe surgical dislocation technique
  RELIVE

• 9.5   Communication Today

• 9.5.1   Orthopaedic presentations: drawing board to the podium
• How to deliver a good lecture

• 9.5.2   Art of clinical communication
• How to counsel patients and their relatives in the clinic

• Lunch

• 10.1   Ankle arthroscopy essentials
• Instruments, portals, hurdles, MRI findings in hip pathology, diagnostic round-up

• 10.2   Anterior ankle impingement
• Cause, diagnosis, conserve options, surgical video, rehab

• 10.3   Anterior ankle impingement - surgical technique
  RELIVE

• 10.4   Posterior ankle impingement and Os trigonum
• Cause, diagnosis, imaging, conserve options, surgical video, rehab

• 10.5   OCD talus
• Cause, diagnosis, imaging, conserve options, surgical video, rehab

• 10.6   Subtalar arthritis
• Cause, diagnosis, imaging, conserve options, surgical video, rehab

• 11.1   Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
• Cause, diagnosis, imaging, conserve options, surgical video, rehab

• 11.2   Peroneal tendon disease
• Cause, diagnosis, imaging, conserve options, surgical video, rehab

• 11.3   Tendo achilles disease
• Cause, diagnosis, imaging, conserve options, surgical video, rehab

• 11.4   Haglund disease - how to address
• Conservative options, discuss medical issues, insertional tendinopathy, degenerative TA, imaging

• 11.5   Haglund osteoplasty - arthroscopy and open
  RELIVE

• 11.6   Tendo achilles rupture - open and closed repair / FHL transfer
  RELIVE

• VALEDICTORY AND TEA

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

Anterior Ankle Arthroscopy

• 1.1   Finding the right case (clinical exam, investigation & Indications of ankle arthroscopy)

• 1.2   MRI of ankle

• 1.3   Surgical anatomy

• 1.4   OT set-up (what else for ankle arthoscopy)

• 1.5   Portals and diagnostic arthroscopy (anterior ankle arthroscopy)
  VIDEO

• 1.1   Case discussion in anterior ankle scopy

Clinics and Radiology

• 2.1   Group A - Clinical examination on patient
  Group B - MRI reading

• 2.2   Group A - MRI reading
  Group B - Clinical examination on patient

TEA BREAK

Hindfoot Arthroscopy

• 3.1   Portals, safe posterior ankle diagnostic round-up
  VIDEO

• 3.2   Posterior ankle impingement and Os Trigonum excision
  VIDEO LECTURE

• 3.3   Peronial tendoscopy
  RELIVE

• 3.4   Sinus tarsi scopy

• 3.5   PANEL DISCUSSION Case-based (Direct interaction with delegates)

Ankle Arthroscopy on Bone Model

• STATION 1 - Dr. M. N. Basu Mallick
  STATION 2 - Dr. Sunit Hazra
  STATION 3 - Dr. Rajeev Raman
  STATION 4 - Dr. Kushal Nag

LUNCH

Cadaver Session

• 5.1   Anterior ankle scopy

• 5.2   Posterior ankle scopy