15th ESSKA Congress
May 2-5, 2012, Geneva

Lunch Workshops

Thursday, May 03, 2012
12.30 - 13.30 h

ROOM A smith&nephewSmith & Nephew
LW20 Current Concepts in Shoulder Arthroscopy
Topic: The challenges of shoulder instability
Speaker: Verma N. (USA)
Topic: Rotator Cuff - Healing Challenges
Speaker: Verborgt O. (Belgium)
ROOM B Arthrex GmbHArthrex GmbH
LW21 Current Concepts in Shoulder Arthroscopy
Topic: Live Surgical Demonstration:
NEW Techniques in Medial and Lateral Knee Ligament Reconstruction
Chair: Johansen S. (Norway)
Speakers: LaPrade R. (USA), Engebretsen L. (Norway)
ROOM C Mathys Ltd BettlachMathys Ltd Bettlach
LW22 Crossroads in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chair: Casteleyn P. (Belgium), Mertl P. (France)
Topic: Future challenges – challenging future? Any solution in sight?
Speaker: Matziolis G. (Germany)
Topic: Recent innovations in TKA – hype or hope?
Speaker: Eggli S. (Switzerland)
Topic: Polyethylene and vitamin E – a match made in heaven
Speaker: Delfosse D. (Switzerland)
LA SALÈVE Orteq Sports MedecineOrteq Sports Medecine
LW24 Save the meniscus 2
Chair: Verdonk R. (Belgium), Beaufils P. (France)
Topic: Importance of the meniscus and the consequences of meniscectomy
Speaker: Verdonk R. (Belgium)
Topic: Meniscal repair, Clinical options and How I do it
Speaker: Beaufils P. (France)
Topic: Meniscal scaffolds, The Italian experience
Speaker: Marcacci M. (Italy), Zaffagnini S. (Italy)
Topic: Meniscal scaffolds, The UK experience
Speaker: Spalding T. (United Kingdom)
Topic: Meniscus: the future
Speaker: Verdonk R. (Belgium)
ROOM K DePuy MitekDePuy Mitek
LW25 The treatment of Rotator Cuff tears with Healix anchors: Arthroscopic Subscapularis Repair: How I Do It
Chair: Nove Josserand L. (France)
ROOM E Karl StorzKarl Storz
LW26 Minimal-invasive technique for quadriceps – tendon graft harvest
Speaker: Fink C. (Austria)
ROOM F BiometBiomet
LW27 The Howell Approach to Anatomical ACL Reconstruction
Speaker: Howell S. (USA)
ROOM G Sanofi BiosurgerySanofi Biosurgery
LW28

The Progressing Field of Cartilage Repair:

In this symposium participants will learn about the changing regulatory environment in the EU, what Sanofi Biosurgery is doing to comply and how the Advanced Therapy and Medicinal Product (ATMP) regulations will affect clinical practice in 2013 and beyond. Participants will also learn how surgical techniques have evolved to more minimally invasive approaches as well as advancements in the field of patient rehabilitation are affecting patient outcomes.

Chair: Kili S. (United Kingdom)
ROOM L TornierTornier
LW29 HLS KneeTec Total Knee System
Speakers: Bonnin M. (France), Neyret P. (France)

Evening Workshops

Thursday, May 03, 2012
19.00 - 20.30 h

ROOM E TornierTornier
LW30 U-KneeTec Workshop
Speakers: Deschamps G. (France), Donell S. (United Kingdom)

Abstract Portal

The deadline for submission was October 10, 2011. Notification about the results of the abstract review process will be sent out to the e-mail address of the submitter by the end of January 2012.

Congress Portal

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