Thursday 23 January
08:00

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08:00 - 08:40

Welcome and Introduction

Moderator: Sebastian KOPF (Attending) (Brandenburg/Havel, Germany)
08:00 - 08:10 Welcome and Introduction. Philippe BEAUFILS (Retired) (Keynote Speaker, Versailles, France), René VERDONK (prof em) (Keynote Speaker, GENT, Belgium)
08:10 - 08:40 Medical care of Olympic Games in Paris and Milano. Bernd WOLFARTH (Ärztlicher Leiter) (Keynote Speaker, Berlin, Germany)
09:00

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09:00 - 10:05

Meniscal Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Epidemiology

Moderators: Christoph KITTL (knee surgeon) (muenster, Germany), Andreas SEITZ (Group Leader Joint Biomechanics) (Ulm, Germany)
09:00 - 09:08 Classifications of meniscus pathologies. Cécile TOANEN (Chirurgien) (Keynote Speaker, La Roche-sur-Yon, France)
09:08 - 09:16 Imaging of the meniscus. Anna HIRSCHMANN (Radiologist) (Keynote Speaker, Basel, Switzerland)
09:16 - 09:24 Age-related changes of microvascularity of menisci. Elmar HERBST (Faculty) (Keynote Speaker, Münster, Germany)
09:24 - 09:32 Gender-related differences of menisci. Jennifer ROBINSON (Assistant Professor) (Keynote Speaker, Seattle, USA)
09:32 - 09:40 Stability of the lateral meniscus. Robert SMIGIELSKI (Chief of the department) (Keynote Speaker, Warszawa, Poland)
09:40 - 09:48 Meniscus injuries in professional skier and soccer player. Adil AJUIED (Keynote Speaker, London, United Kingdom)
09:48 - 09:54 Epidemiology of repairable meniscus tears? Akira TSUJII (Knee Sports) (Keynote Speaker, Suita, Japan)
09:54 - 10:05 Discussion.
10:05 Coffee Break
10:30

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10:30 - 12:00

Suture Techniques
Which one is the best and which tears can be left alone?

Moderators: Alberto GRASSI (MD) (Bologna, Italy), Elmar HERBST (Faculty) (Münster, Germany)
10:30 - 10:38 Rate of reinjury with undisplaced, undersurface medial meniscal tears left untreated. Brian DEVITT (Professor of Orthopaedics and Surgical Biomechanics) (Keynote Speaker, Dublin, Ireland)
10:38 - 10:46 Biology of meniscus healing (with special topic of the influence of Simvastatin). Ryosuke KURODA (kurodar@med.kobe-u.ac.jp) (Keynote Speaker, Kobe, Japan)
10:46 - 10:54 The development of meniscus repair techniques based on the Norwegian registry. Eivind INDERHAUG (Speaker/Professor) (Keynote Speaker, Bergen, Norway)
10:54 - 11:02 All-inside vs. inside-out mensical repair in elite athletes. Peter ANGELE (Keynote Speaker, Regensburg, Germany)
11:02 - 11:10 Failure rate of repaired medial meniscus bucket handle tears. Bertrand SONNERY-COTTET (MD, PhD) (Keynote Speaker, Lyon, France)
11:10 - 11:18 Which preoperative MRI criteria suggest to repair a bucket handle tear? Patricia THOREUX (PUPH) (Keynote Speaker, Paris, France)
11:18 - 11:26 How to image an unhappy patient after meniscus repair? Torsten DIEKHOFF (Attending Senior Physician) (Keynote Speaker, Berlin, Germany)
11:26 - 11:34 Augmentation of repaired horizontal cleavage meniscal lesions. Maximiliano IBAÑEZ (Orthopaedic Surgeon - Faculty) (Keynote Speaker, Barcelona, Spain)
11:34 - 11:42 Rehabilitation after meniscus repair - ESSKA consensus. Robert PRILL (Head of Research) (Keynote Speaker, Brandenburg/Havel, Germany)
11:42 - 12:00 Discussion.
12:00

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INDUSTRY01
12:00 - 12:30

Industry Session / Workshop

12:30 Lunch Break - Exhibition area
13:30

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INDUSTRY02
13:30 - 14:00

Industry Session / Workshop

14:00

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INDUSTRY02B
14:00 - 14:30

Industry Session / Workshop

14:30

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14:30 - 15:30

Meniscus and Orthobiologics - any role today?

Moderators: Lior LAVER (Head of the Sports Medicine Unit) (Hadera, Israel), Christian STÄRKE (Head of Department) (Magdeburg, Germany)
14:30 - 14:42 ALL about PrP - an overview. Nicolas PUJOL (Chef de Service) (Keynote Speaker, Versailles, France)
14:42 - 14:50 Functionalized 3D-printing and Bioglue Technology to Enhance Meniscus Repair. Chang Hun LEE (Associate Professor) (Keynote Speaker, New York, USA)
14:50 - 14:58 Effect BMAC onto meniscus healing. Brian FORSYTHE (Surgeon) (Keynote Speaker, Chicago, USA)
14:58 - 15:06 Stem cells and extracellular vesicles. Pietro CONTE (Interne/Resident) (Keynote Speaker, Milano, Italy)
15:06 - 15:18 ESSKA consensus about cell based therapy. Lior LAVER (Head of the Sports Medicine Unit) (Keynote Speaker, Hadera, Israel)
15:18 - 15:30 Discussion.
15:30

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15:30 - 16:30

ESSKA Session
Meniscal injury management in elite sports

Moderators: Roland BECKER (Medical Director) (Brandenburg/Havel, Germany), Jacques MENETREY (Médecin chef) (Genève, Switzerland)
15:30 - 15:42 How to convince a pro athlete to get his/her meniscus repaired? Alberto GRASSI (MD) (Keynote Speaker, Bologna, Italy)
15:42 - 15:54 Meniscus root repairs in professional athletes. Kyu Sung CHUNG (Keynote Speaker, Republic of Korea)
15:54 - 16:06 Management of medial meniscus tear in professional athletes. Michael HANTES (University of Thessaly) (Keynote Speaker, Larissa, Greece)
16:06 - 16:18 Rehabilitation and return to sport after meniscal repair in pro athletes. Nicolas PUJOL (Chef de Service) (Keynote Speaker, Versailles, France)
16:18 - 16:30 Discussion.
16:30 Coffee Break
17:00

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17:00 - 18:00

Return to Sports with Meniscal Issues

Moderators: Giles HEILPERN (Consultant Knee Surgeon) (London, United Kingdom), Robert PRILL (Head of Research) (Brandenburg/Havel, Germany)
17:00 - 17:08 Return to sports after meniscal repair in athletes. Jacques MENETREY (Médecin chef) (Keynote Speaker, Genève, Switzerland)
17:08 - 17:16 Knee Kinematics after meniscus injuries - Bimoves. Georg DUDA (Director) (Keynote Speaker, Berlin, Germany)
17:16 - 17:24 Which is the best test battery to judge the readiness of an athlete to return to sports. Robert PRILL (Head of Research) (Keynote Speaker, Brandenburg/Havel, Germany)
17:24 - 17:32 Are digital tools already able to replace the classical rehabilitation? Robert PRILL (Head of Research) (Keynote Speaker, Brandenburg/Havel, Germany)
17:32 - 17:40 RTS based on the ESSKA consensus. Aleksandra KRÓLIKOWSKA (Keynote Speaker, Wroclaw, Poland)
17:40 - 17:48 Food and supplements to improve RTS after meniscus injury - from Bayern Munich to Liverpool. Clemens GWINNER (Senior Physician) (Keynote Speaker, Berlin, Germany)
17:48 - 18:00 Discussion.
18:00

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18:00 - 19:00

Meniscal Root Lesions

Moderators: Wolf PETERSEN (Director) (Berlin, Germany), Christian STÄRKE (Head of Department) (Magdeburg, Germany)
18:00 - 18:08 Partial weight bearing & ROM significantly reduce the loads at medial meniscus posterior root repair. Andreas SEITZ (Group Leader Joint Biomechanics) (Keynote Speaker, Ulm, Germany)
18:08 - 18:16 Current txt algorithm of medial root tears in stable knees? Sang Hak LEE (Professor) (Keynote Speaker, Seoul, Republic of Korea)
18:16 - 18:24 The clinical outcome and risk factors of posteromedial root repair. Robert LAPRADE (Complex Knee Surgeon) (Keynote Speaker, Edina, MN, USA)
18:24 - 18:32 Root tears and HTOs. Wolf PETERSEN (Director) (Keynote Speaker, Berlin, Germany)
18:32 - 18:40 Do we have to fix lateral meniscus root tears in ACL torn knees in case of an existing meniscofemoral ligament? Tobias JUNG (Keynote Speaker, Berlin, Germany)
18:40 - 18:48 Issues in performing a transtibial repair of a lateral root tear concomitantly with an ACL reconstruction? Christoph KITTL (knee surgeon) (Keynote Speaker, muenster, Germany)
18:48 - 19:00 Discussion.