Day 1 – Monday 6th November

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• 07:30 – Registration
• 08:30 – Introduction

Session 1 – Osteotomy
Moderators: Tim Spalding and Peter Thompson
08:35 – 09:35

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• 08:35

  Osteotomy 2023 – so much more now

  Matt Dawson
• 08:45

  Rotational corrections

  Alan Getgood
• 08:55

  Slope changing osteotomy – should do more often

  Philip Niemeyer
• 09:05

  How to do a good Femoral Osteotomy

  Chris Wilson
• 09:15

  Discussion

Session 2 – MCL
Moderators: Sanjay Anand and Andy Metcalfe
09:30 – 10:30

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• 09:30

  MCL kinematics – from partial injury to reconstruction

  Alan Getgood
• 09:40

  Biomechanic justification of Short Isometric Construct MCL Reconstruction

  Simon Ball
• 09:50

  Technique of Short MCL Reconstruction

  Andy Williams
• 10:00

  Indications and management: tying it together

  James Robinson
• 10:10

  Discussion

• 10:25

  Welcome Address

  Stuart Cain CEO Edgbaston CC

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10:30 – 11:00 : Coffee

Session 3 – PCL and Multiligament Knee Injuries
Moderators: Andy Pearle and James Robinson
11:00 – 12:30

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• 11:00

  My Journey in PCL Reconstruction

  Volker Musahl
• 11:10

  Technique for PLC Reconstruction with single tendon

  Alan Getgood
• 11:20

  MLKI Challenge and Solutions: (8 minutes each)
  Coventry – Feisal Shah
  London – Kash Akhtar
  Belfast – Ciara Stevenson
  Challenges and results in Pro-athletes – Andy Williams
  Multi-ligament: Return to activity – Alan Getgood

• 12:00

  Discussion

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12:30 – 13:30: Lunch

13:30 – 14:00: Gold Sponsor Breakout

Smith & Nephew: Exploring soft tissue ACLR: Single tendon vs QUAD: Sanjay Anand, Simon Ball, Volker Musahl

Session 4 – ACL
Moderators: Aaron Krych and Ciara Stevenson
14:00 – 15:30

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• 14:00

  Quads Tendon ACL Reconstruction

  Volker Musahl
• 14:10

  What’s the downside of LET?

  Alan Getgood
• 14:20

  Elite sports injuries in Norway applied to non-elite athletes

  Marc Strauss
• 14:30

  New reflections on the ACL – Tibiofemoral Ggeometry and loading in female athletes

  Andy Pearle
• 14:40

  Paediatric ACL and eminence injuries- can we treat without surgery?

  Nick Nicolaou
• 14:50

  How to approach ACL surgery in the skeletally immature patient

  Nick Nicolaou
• 15:00

  Registries: Finally UK is getting there

  Sean O’Leary and Simon Snowden (Senior Manager NHS Outcomes Program)
• 15:10

  Discussion

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15:30 – 16:00 : Coffee

Session 5 – ACL Prevention
Moderators: Tim Spalding and Sean O’Leary
16:00 – 18:00

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• 16:00

  Why is it important? The athlete’s voice

  Leah Williamson (England Lionesses Captain) Gary Lewin (Arsenal Physio) interviewed by Austin Healey
• 16:15

  The wide world of injury prevention

  Christine Moseid (Norway)
• 16:22

  20 years of prevention in 5 minutes

  Bert Mandelbaum (Video)
• 16:27

  ACL prevention in UK

  Will Jackson & Nev Davies
• 16:37

  Can it be done with an APP?

  Andy Pearle
• 16:47

  Discussion

• 17:05

  Refreshment break

• 17:15

  Special Challenge Session: Planning & Performing

  Challenging the faculty for their top pearls in Revision ACL surgery. 5 minutes each. Refreshments and snacks available during this session

  James Robinson, Volker Musahl, Alan Getgood, Andy Pearle, Andy Williams, Pete Thompson

  Sponsored by Joint Operations
• 18:00

  Close

19:30 – Conference Dinner in the Sky Gallery, The Park Regis Hotel, Birmingham. Guest speaker Wayne Barnes, World Rugby Referee and Barrister

Day 2 – Tuesday 7th November

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• 08:25 – Welcome to Day Two

Session 6 – Patello-femoral Joint  
Moderators: Pete Thompson and Andy Metcalfe
08:30 – 09:50

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• 08:30

  Introduction – focus on decision making

  Pete Thompson
• 08:35

  Focussed case examples

  Panel: Petri Sillanpaa, Martyn Snow, Claire Robertson, Roland Biedert
• 08:40

  My focus on flexion instability of the Patella

  Petri Sillanpaa
• 08:53

  Derotation Osteotomies

  Martyn Snow
• 09:06

  ‘I just wish surgeons understood the PFJ’

  Claire Robertson
• 09:20

  What are the challenges?

  Roland Biedert
• 09:40

  Discussion

Session 7 – Biologics
Moderator: Tim Spalding and Kash Ahktar
09:50 – 10:30

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• 09:50

  Biologics – what works and who should we use it for?

  Iain Murray
• 10:00

  Is Arthrosamid hype or hope?

  Sanjay Anand
• 10:10

  New innovations in Biologics

  Elizaveta Kon
• 10:20

  Discussion

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee & Breakout Session: Contura: Our first 150 Arthrosamid Patients, Andy Pearse, Andy Miller, Sean Curry and Mark Webb Moderator: Andy Pearse

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Session 8 – The Meniscus
Moderators: Alan Getgood and Stephen McDonnell
11:00 – 12:40

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• 11:00

  Meniscal Repair 2023

  Ciara Stevenson
• 11:10

  Meniscus Root, Extrusion, and Centralisation

  Aaron Krych
• 11:20

  Bony Morphotype and prediction for Meniscectomy outcome

  Peter Verdonk
• 11:30

  Meniscus radial tears, including LMORT

  Aaron Krych
• 11:40

  Ramp Lesions – don’t have to fix all but when you do, surgical technique

  Peter Verdonk
• 11:50

  Using data to get Meniscectomy right – the METRO study

  Imran Ahmed
• 12:00

  Meniscal Transplant – sport and what to expect

  Nick Smith
• 12:10

  Meniscal Transplant – update on Meteor2

  Andy Metcalfe
• 12:15

  Discussion

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12:40 – 13:30: Lunch

13:30 – 14:00: Gold Sponsor Breakouts

Arthrex: The Evolution of Meniscus Repair in my Practice with Aaron Krych and Philipp Niemeyer

Conmed: Presents the orthohub fireside: What the experts really do- proven tactics for a smooth practice and avoiding pitfalls: with Kash Akhtar, Alan Getgood, Peter Verdonk and Tim Spalding 

Session 9 – Articular Cartilage
Moderators: Vipul Mandalia, Lucienne Vonk and Nick Smith
14:00 – 16:50

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• 14:00

  The gap in cartilage repair in UK

  Leela Biant
• 14:10

  Evaluating the articular cartilage patient

  Peter Verdonk
• 14:25

  Codon update 2023

  Martyn Snow
• 14:35

  New visions in cartilage repair

  Philipp Neimeyer
• 14:50

  Mayo clinic approach: results with RECLAIM

  Aaron Krych
• 15:00

  Discussion

• 15:10

  The role of OCA in cartilage repair

  Aaron Krych
• 15:20

  OCA – Coventry experience

  Nick Smith
• 15:30

  Discussion

  Rolling refreshments available at the side of the room
• 15:35

  Agili-C Trials and Tribulations

  Elizaveta Kon
• 15:45

  What has the German Cartilage Registry told us?

  Philipp Neimeyer
• 16:00

  No need for Biologic Recon – do UKR instead. US view

  Andy Pearle
• 16:10

  The UK MDT – surely we need Integrated UK network

  Paul Jermin
• 16:20

  Open Discussion

• 16:30

  Panel discussion on future directions for UK

  Leela Biant, Martyn Snow, Nick Smith, Paul Jermin, Ian McDermott, Andy Metcalfe

16:50: Summary & Close