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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