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APPROVED COURSE REPORTS
Gijón Knee Sports Meeting 2017
19–20 October, 2017
Gijón, SPAIN
Once again this year, the Gijón Knee Sports Meeting 2017 was held on October 19 – 20, 2017, which is an event of Traumatology and Sports Medicine. The above mentioned event is a classic two-year celebration event headed by Dr. Antonio Maestro and included in the Smith & Nephew Educational Program Master Class.
On this occasion, a total of nine countries were involved (Belgium, Chile, Spain, France, The Netherlands, Mexico, Portugal, United Kingdom and USA), and brought together a total of 250 participants, 35 lectures and 15 live surgeries in the operating room-lab installed for such purpose.
In attendance, there were outstanding international professors and members of ISAKOS, such as Dr. David Dejour, Dr. Joao Esgregueira-Mendes, Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, and Dr. Jack Bert. Prestigious sports doctors from important International and National Societies such as Dr. José María Busto, Dr. Koen Lagae, Dr. Peter Thompson, Dr. Barton-Hanson, Dr. Ramón Cugat, Dr. Juan Carles Monllau, Dr. Jordi Puigdelivoll, Dr. Paco Biosca, Dr. Juan Ayala, Dr. Mikel Sánchez, Dr. Juan Leal and many others, interacted with the attendees and created an amicable and professional atmosphere that was apparent throughout the meeting.
During the event, updates were discussed in different sections divided into: meniscus, cartilage, anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments and peripheral ligaments. The following topics were highlighted during the meeting:
• The need of meniscal preservation and meniscal repair techniques, with special emphasis on hidden injury or on meniscus ramp and root, especially when these are associated with ligament injuries
• The new technologies applied to chondral pathology in the athlete, with the support or help of biology, the applications of viscosupplementation and PRPs, and the treatment of subchondral edema were the knowledge needs regarding the cartilage section
• The anatomical reconstruction of the ACL, with the preservation of remains as the best reference, together with the use of the crests and required good knowledge of the anatomy, as well as the knowledge of the bone age to avoid physical injuries especially in children under 12 years or the tibial inclination as morphology associated with the same injury and prevention methods among which highlights FIFA 11
• Femoro-patellar repair through the management of soft or bony parts by means of trochloplasty which remains the challenge
• The correct isometry and the use of one or two bands depending on the impact on the POL and the need of fixating in the proximity of the extension in the pathology of the medial aspect section
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