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APPROVED COURSE REPORTS
Evolution and Innovation in Knee Surgery
18 November, 2017
Athens, GREECE
The 2nd scientific meeting, Evolution and Innovation in Knee Surgery, organized by the Orthopaedics and Sports Orthopaedics Clinic of the Metropolitan Hospital in Athens, was successfully held on November 18, 2017.
This ISAKOS Approved meeting was also under the patronage of the Greek Arthroscopic Association. The scientific program was comprised of interesting lectures from distinguished Greek and international orthopaedic surgeons. During the meeting, two live surgical cadaveric demonstrations were performed by Professor Andreas Imhoff and his associate Knut Beitzel from Munich. The other demonstration was performed by Jurgen Barthofer and Andreas Schneiderbauer from Linz, Austria. The hospital’s amphitheater was full of Greek and international participants, who often expressed their professional opinions and interacted with the speakers. Also present were Pericles Papadopoulos, President of the Greek Arthroscopic Association; Panagiotis Papagelopoulos and Spyros Pneumatikos, Professors of Orthopaedic Surgery of the University of Athens; as well as Associate Professor Michalis Iosifidis representing ISAKOS. The main topics of the meeting were new techniques in meniscal repair and osteotomies around the knee. Sixty-five top orthopaedic surgeons participated, including Professor Anastasios Georgoulis, Christos Giannakopoulos, Vassileios Chouliaras, Dimitris Mastrokalos. All participants were provided with certificates of attendance.
The growing interest of the Greek orthopaedic community suggests that focused meetings on specific knee surgery topics have their own importance. Despite ease of access to the abundance of available resources regarding surgical techniques, discussion with experts and live surgical demonstrations remain of great value to the average orthopaedic surgeon. In this context, we feel that the next meeting will be of even greater acceptance and success.
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