International Knee Course

Scientific Programme

Venue and organising partner:

University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology ,,G.E. Palade” 

Târgu Mureș

 

 

Scientific Programme

 

10th of May 2023

Session 1


Chairmen: Michael Hantes, MD, PhD, Tiberiu Bățagă, MD, PhD

08:45 – 09:00 Opening Ceremony

09:00 – 09:15 Cartilage Anatomy and Physiology, Bățagă Tiberiu, MD, PhD

09:15 – 09:30 The Physiology of Repair or Regeneration, ICSR speaker

09:30 – 09:45 What Happens with Injury, Michael Hantes, MD, PhD

09:45 – 10:00 Diagnosis - High Index of Suspicion, ICSR speaker

10:00 – 10:30 Coffe break

 

Session 2


Chairmen: Michael Hantes, MD, PhD, Radu Fleacă, MD, assoc. prof.

10:30 – 10:45 Diagnostic Imaging Tools (Knee & Hip), Solyon Arpad, MD, senior lecturer

10:45 – 11:00 Chondroprotective effect of meniscal repair: what is the evidence?, Michael Hantes, MD, PhD

11:00 – 11:15 Is a "Second Look" Necessary?, Radu Prejbeanu, MD, PhD

11:15 – 11:30 Who is the Ideal Patient and who not to Operate on? Radu Fleacă, MD, assoc. prof.

11:30 – 11:45 Evidence Based Treatment Algorithms in Cartilage Lesions of the Knee, ICSR speaker

11:45 – 12:00 Management of ostechondral lesions of the Knee with Autologous Iliac Bone Graft and Hyaluronic Acid Scaffold, Michael Hantes, MD, PhD

12:00 – 12:15 Return to Sports after Cartilage repair: what to expect?, Jenel Pătrașcu, MD, PhD

12:15 – 12:30 Resection Versus Repair in Joint Preservation, ICSR speaker

12:30 – 12:45 What Does it Take to be a Cartilage Surgeon, Tiberiu Bățagă,

 

Session 3


Chairmen: Mihai Roman senior lecturer, Russu Octav senior lecturer

14:00 – 14:15 The Role of Debridement, Russu Octav, MD, senior lecturer

14:15 – 14:30 Bone Marrow Stimulation Techniques, Mihai Roman, MD, assoc. prof.

14:30 – 14:45 Augmenting the Outcome – Use of Membranes, Solyom Arpad, MD, senior lecturer

14:45 – 15:00 Use of MSCs - Which and how, ICSR speaker

15:00 – 15:30 Coffe break

 

Session 4 - workshops

15:45 – 18:00 Workshop - All faculties

  1. Create the Defect

  2. Debridement

  3. Microfractures – Nanofractures – Drilling

  4. AMIC

 

 

18:30 – 21:30 Welcome cocktail 

 

 

 

 

11th May 2023

Session 5: How to make your decision in primary TKA


Chairmen: Vlad Predescu, MD, PhD, Jenel Pătrașcu, MD, PhD

09:00 – 09:15 PS vs CR vs MS: rationale for constraint selection, Jenel Pătrașcu, MD, PhD

09:15 – 09:30 Joint Line in TKA - Meausered vs Gap balancing technique in TKA, Bruno Violante, MD, PhD

09:30 – 09:45 Cemented vs cementless: all in or selected indication,s Vlad Predescu MD, assoc. prof.

09:45 – 10:00 The role of bearing surface: wear, type of PE, potential allergy, Adrian Todor, MD, assoc. prof.

10:00 – 10:15 Patellar resurfacing or not: decision making and implant choice, Pop Tudor Sorin, MD, PhD

10:15 – 10:30 Coffe break

 

 

Session 6


Chairmen: Michael Hantes Md PhD, Radu Prejbeanu MD PhD 

10:30 – 10:45 Effectiveness of High tibial osteotomy in young patients, Michael Hantes, MD, PhD

10:45 – 11:00 Varus or Valgus Knee – How we proceed? Vlad Predescu, MD, assoc. prof.

11:00 – 11:15 Previous infected knee for primary TKR Radu Prejbeanu, MD, PhD

11:30 – 11:45 Elderly patients (>50 y.o.) TKR, Jenel Pătrașcu, MD, PhD

11:30 – 11:45 Patient Expectations in TKA? Bruno Violante, MD, PhD

11:45 – 12:00 Stiff knees for primary TKR - What to do? Codoreanu Ionuț, MD, assoc. prof.

12:00 – 12:30 Conclusions – All faculties

12.15 – 14:00 Lunch

 

 

Session 7: Patello-femoral joint instability


Chairmen: Bruno Violante, MD, PhD, Tiberiu Bățagă, MD, PhD 

14:15 – 14:30 Bone and soft tissue stabilizers, Horea Benea, MD, assoc. prof.

14:30 – 14:45 Trochleoplasty in patellar instability: when and how, Michael Hantes, MD, PhD

14:45 – 15:00 Patella issues in TKA, Bruno Violante, MD, PhD

 

 

 

Sessions 8 - Workshops

 

15:45 – 17:30 Workshop - primary TKR - All Faculties

18:30 – 21:30 Dinner 

 

 

 

 

12 May 2023

Session 9


Chaimen: Michael Hantes, MD PhD, Bruno Violante, MD PhD

09:00 – 09:20 Meniscal transplantation: when and how, Michael Hantes, MD, PhD

09:20 – 09:40 Tips and tricks for a physiological cartilage treatment, ICSR Speaker

09:40 – 10:00 Robotic VS Standard Technique in TKA ,Bruno Violante, MD, PhD

10:00 – 10:30 Take homme message and Final conclusions - All Faculties

10:30 – 11:00 Closing ceremony and certificates

 

 

 

Faculties

 

1. Michael Hantes, MD PhD - University of Thessaly - ESSKA vicepresident, Greece

2. Bruno Violante, MD PhD - Ospedale Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina – vice-chair Board ESSKA-EKA (2022) - Gemelli Isola, Roma, 

3. Radu Prejbeanu, MD PhD – Timisoara, Roumania

4. Jenel Pătrașcu, MD PhD – Timisoara, Roumania

5. Pop Tudor Sorin, MD PhD – Targu Mures, Roumania 

6. Bățagă Tiberiu, MD PhD Targu Mures, Roumania - member of ICRS Regulatory & Industry Liaison Committee

7. Fleacă Radu, MD, assoc. prof.  - Sibiu, Roumania

8. Roman Mihai, MD, assoc. prof. - Sibiu, Roumania

9. Adrian Todor, MD, assoc. prof. - Cluj Napoca, Roumania

10. Codorean Ionuț, MD, assoc. prof. - president of SRATS, Bucharest, Roumania, 

11. Vlad Predescu, MD, assoc. prof. - second vicepresident of SRATS, Bucharest, Roumania

12. Russu Octav, MD, assoc. prof. - first vicepresident of SRATS, Targu Mureș, Roumania

 

Contacts:

Bățagă Tiberiu - tbataga@gmail.com

Cristian Teodorescu, organiser – office@allcris.ro

 

 

Târgu-Mureș – University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology

By car – E60 – 38, Gheorghe Marinescu street

By air - International Airport Transylvania and Cluj Napoca

 

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