Venue and organising partner:

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

Târgu Mureș

Scientific Programme

25 May 2022

Registration: 08:00 – 09:00

Scientific Session: All about HTO; 

Chairmen: Juan Carlos Monllau MD PhD, Tiberiu Bățagă MD PhD

08:45 – 09:00Opening Ceremony

09:00 – 09:15 History of osteotomy, Tiberiu Bățagă

09:15 – 09:30 HTO: modern indications, Juan Carlos Monllau

09:30 – 09:45 Surgical technique of high tibial osteotomy: tips and tricks, 

Stefano Zaffagnini

09:45 – 10:00 Combined  HTO and DFO, Reha Tandogan

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Chairmen: Stefano Zaffagnini MD PhD, Vlad Predescu MD, assoc. prof.

10:30 – 10:45  Preoperative planning for HTO, Pop Tudor Sorin

10:45 – 11:00 HTO and biological preservation of knee, Juan Carlos Monllau

11:00 – 11:15 HTO: in moderate knee arthritis, Radu Prejbeanu

11:15 – 11:30 Plate fixation after HTO: which plate design is best? Radu Fleacă

11:30 – 11:45 Knee osteotomies in sports, Stefano Zaffagnini

11:45 – 12:00  Simultaneous ACL reconstruction and HTO, Reha Tandogan

12:00 – 12:15 Return to Sports after HTO: what to expect? Bățagă Tiberiu

12:15 – 12:30Robotic surgery in Knee osteotomy, Vlad Predescu

12:30 – 12:45 Ideal indications for Osteotomy, Jenel Pătrașcu

12:45 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 -17:30 Work shop - All faculties

18:30 – 21:30 Welcome dinner

26 May 2022

Scientific Session: All about mesnicus

Chairmen: Stefano Zaffagnini MD PhD, Juan Carlos Monlau MD PhD

08:45 – 09:00Basic Science: The meniscus: a key in the knee, Stefano Zaffagnini

09:00 – 09:15 Anatomy, Mihai Roman

09:15 – 09:30 Biomechanics, Juan Carlos Monllau

09:30 – 09:45 Biology, Juan Carlos Monllau

09:45 – 10:00MRI in meniscus lesions, Stefano Zaffagnini

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Chairmen:Juan Carlos Monllau MD PhD, Jenel Pătrașcu MD PhD

10:30 – 10:45 Meniscus lesions classifications, Russu Octav

10:45 – 11:00 Hook suture techniques, Juan Carlos Monllau

11:00 – 11:15 Difficult discoid Meniscus repair, Stefano Zaffagnini

11:15 – 11:30 Difficult bucket handle repair, Jenel Pătrașcu

11:30 – 11:45 Horizontal cleavage: arthroscopic repair, Reha Tandogan

11:45 – 12:00 Degenerative meniscus surgery, Radu Prejbeanu

12:00 – 12:15 Meniscectomy versus repair. Short and long term outcomes, 

Codoreanu Ionuț

12:15 – 12:30 Complications and failures, Adrian Todor

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

Chairmen:Reha Tandogan MD PhD, Russu Octav MD, assoc. prof. 

14:15 – 14:30 Arthroscopic repair of medial and lateral meniscal root tears: techniques and outcomes, Reha Tandogan

14:30 – 14:45 Is there any EBM: PRP, hayaluronic acid, glucosamin, stemm cells, available….?, Mark Slevin

14:45 – 15:00 Is there any EBM: arthroscopic debridement?,  Russu Octav

15:00 – 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 – 17:30 Workshop – suture, meniscus debridment, etc - All Faculties

 18:30 – 21:30 Dinner

27 May 2022

Scientific Session: Meniscus Reconstruction and Transplant

Chairmen: Stefano Zaffagnini MD PhD, Juan Carlos Monlau MD PhD, 

Tiberiu Bățagă MD PhD

09:00 – 09:15 Where are we? Scaffolds available on the market, Juan Carlos Monnlau

09:15 – 09:30Menaflex: mid and long term results, Stefani Zaffagnini

09:30 – 09:45 Actifit: mid term results, Reha Tandogan

09:45 – 10:00 CMI Implants: where are we?, Juan Carlos Monnlau

10:00 – 10:15 The future: Xenograft? Trempolin? Matrix?, Bățagă Tiberiu

10:15 – 10:30 The future: Bioprinted, Stefano Zaffagnini

10:30 – 10:45Discusions

Closing ceremony and certificates: 10:45 – 11:00

Prof Dr Michael T. Hirschmann

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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