Program
Boston Cartilage Course: Innovations in Cartilage Repair
and Joint Preservation of the knee 2007
Friday, April 27th and Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Boston Harbor Hotel
Boston, MA
Friday April 27, 2007
7:00-7:30
Registration and Breakfast: Boston Harbor Hotel
7:30-7:35
Welcome
Tom Minas MD
7:35-7:45
Basic science Structure and Function: What you need to know!
Julie Glowacki PhD
7:45-8:00
The patient with chondral injury - Background factors, preoperative assessment
Richard Parker MD
8:00-8:15
Imaging: What studies to order and how to interpret them
Carl S Winalski MD
8:15-8:25
Panel discussion
Moderator: Brian Cole MD
8:25-10:30
Case studies: Difficult Articular Cartilage Lesions
Live surgical demonstration: Autologous chondrocyte implantation with Osteotomy
Moderator: Lars Peterson MD PhD and Wayne Gersoff, MD
Surgeon: Tom Minas MD
10:30--10:45
The treatment algorithm: Overview of options and indications
Brian Cole MD
10:45-11:00
The role of the non-operative orthopedic management – oral supplements,
viscosupplementation, therapy and braces – Is there Evidence?
Vladimir Bobic MD
11:00-11:15
Preoperative patient evaluation and education from a nursing point of view
Tim Bryant BSN, RN
11:15-11:30
Intraoperative Nursing Considerations for ACI
Judith A. Nagle MSN, APRN, BC, CNOR and Joyce Kelly Brown BSN, RN.
11:30-1:00
Lunch
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Cartilage Repair Techniques – Indications and Results
1:00 - 1:15
Outcomes Assessments in Cartilage Repair- Separating good from bad, Apples and
Oranges
Kurt Spindler MD/Brian Cole MD
1:15-1:30
Arthroscopic lavage, debridement and thermal chondroplasty
Richard Parker MD
1:30-1:45
Microfracture Technique- The HSS Experience.
What have we learned?
Riley Williams MD
1:45-2:00
Autologous chondrocyte implantation
Tom Minas MD
2:00 – 2:15
Osteochondral autografts
Vladimir Bobic MD
2:15 –2:30
Osteochondral allografts
William Bugbee MD
2:30 – 2:45
Meniscus transplantation: Indications, techniques, results
Wayne Gersoff MD
2:45-3:00
Refreshment Break
3:00- 3:15
Postoperative rehabilitation after ACI- Where are we today?
Karen Hambly
3:15-3:30
MRI assessment of Cartilage Repair TechniquesNormal Healing Patterns and Complications
Carl S Winalski MD
3:30-3:45
The Osteochondral Unit- Subchondral Changes
Vladimir Bobic MD
3:45 – 4:00
Meniscus transplantation: Indications, techniques, results
Wayner Gersoff, MD
4:00- 4:15
Panel Discussion:
Jack Farr MD
4:15-5:00
Case Presentations: What would the Experts do?
Moderator: Tom Minas MD
Richard Parker MD, Riley Williams MD, Tom Carter MD, Brian ColeMD,
William Bugbee MD, Vladimir Bobic MD
5:00
Closing Remarks & Adjourn
Tom Minas MD
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
7:30-8:00
Breakfast: Boston Harbor Hotel
8:00-8:15
Welcome
Tom Minas MD
8:15 – 8:30
Animal models: Advantages and disadvantages in cartilage repair.
James Cook DVM
8:30-8:45
Management of OCD lesions
Anthony Miniaci MD
8:45-9:00
Patellofemoral joint: Restoration, realignment and arthroplasty
Jack Farr MD
9:00-9:15
Mechanical axis realignment: Distal femoral and high tibial osteotomies
Ned Amendola MD
9:15-9:30
Panel discussion
Moderator: Anthony Miniaci MD
9:30-9:45
Refreshment break
9:45-10:00
Biologic salvage procedures
Tom Minas MD
10:00-10:15
Cartilage Restoration of the Glenohumeral Joint
Laurence Higgins MD
10:15-10:30
When cartilage restoration fails – Minimally Invasive Techniques
Interposition Devices, Uni and TKR
Wolfgang Fitz MD
10:30-10:45
Panel discussion
Moderator: Ned Amendola MD
10:45-11:15
Keynote Address
Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation
What I have learned since 1982
Lars Peterson MD PHD, Sweden
11:15 – 11:30
Discussion
Tom Minas MD
11:30-11:45
Where is Cartilage Repair going? The future.
Bert Mandelbaum MD
11:45 – 12:45
Lunch: Boston Harbor Hotel
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Video Surgical Techniques- My Technique:
12:45 – 1:00
Arthroscopic Osteochondral Autograft Transplantation –
Vladimir Bobic MD
1:00 – 1:15
Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation –
Dowel and Shell Techniques–
William Bugbee MD
1:15- 1:30
Meniscus Transplantation- Slot Technique –
Brian Cole MD
1:30 –1:40
Panel Discussion:
Vladimir Bobic MD
1:40-2:00
Distal Femoral Varus Open and Closing Wedge –
Ned Amendola MD
2:00 – 2:20
High tibial Valgus Open , Closing Wedge and Dome –
Tom Minas MD
2:20 – 2:30
Tibial Tubercle Jack Farr MD
2:30-2:40
Panel Discussion –
Lars Peterson MD
2:40 – 3:00
Refreshment Break
3:00 – 4:00
Case Presentations By Attendees ( Preloaded on PPT)
Moderator: Bert Mandelbaum MD
Panelists - Tom Carter MD, William Bugbee MD, Brian Cole MD,
Tom Minas MD, Ned Amendola MD
4:00
Summary and Closing Remarks
Tom Minas MD
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