CADAVERIC COURSE

Cadaver Congress Pre-Course Surgical Skills Workshops 
Under the direct supervision of experienced surgeons from around Greece, Congress registrants will have the chance not only to be introduced to arthroscopy surgery but also to practice cutting-edge surgical techniques on cadaver specimens. This is a rare opportunity to refine your skills with personalized guidance from leaders in the field. These intensive workshops provide practical learning opportunities enhanced by expert-led surgical demonstrations with maximum time for hands-on lab, and discussion.

  

Workshop Objectives
Enhance knowledge: 
Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the latest advancements in surgical management.
Develop surgical techniques:
 Learn basic and advanced surgical techniques with a focus on maximizing hands-on opportunities to refine participant skills for improved surgical outcomes.

Address emerging trends and technologies: 
Discuss the latest advancements in knee or shoulder surgery and become familiar with new technologies and their potential benefits.

Network with peers: 
Connect with fellow physicians and build relationships that can support your professional growth.

Workshop Registration: 
Space is very limited for these special opportunities, so we encourage you to register now.

To ensure that course participants have similar skills, interests, and to form homogeneous groups in terms of surgical level, participants will be asked to complete a brief questionnaire once they have registered. Every effort will be made with station assignments to match participants with similar expertise and interests. Completion of this questionnaire, which will be sent with the registration confirmation, is a requirement to participate.

08.00 - 09.00      FREE PAPERS
                              Moderators: Sotirios Ntavelis, Konstantinos Banios

09.00 - 10.30      ICL: THE BASICS IN ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY
                              Patient placement, Portals, Basic Arthroscopic Anatomy

                              Moderators: George Papadopoulis, Ioannis Benetos

09.00 - 09.12      Shoulder
                              Franzeska Zampeli

09.12 - 09.24      Elbow
                              Apostolos Stathelis

09.24 - 09.36      Wrist
                              Nick Zagoraios

09.36 - 09.48      Hip
                              Alkiviadis Kallivokas

09.48 - 10.00      Knee
                              Michael Tiliakos

10.00 - 10.12      Foot & Ankle
                              Jordan Petrakis

10.12 - 10.30      Comment - Discussion
                              Andreas Diamantopoulos

10.30 - 12.00      SHOULDER DISLOCATION AND INSTABILITY. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS
                              Moderators: Andreas Leonidou, Alexandros Kyriakos

10.30 - 10.42      Management of 1st time shoulder dislocation.
                              Mustafa Karahan

10.42 - 10.54      Isolated Bankart repair. Is it still a treatment option?
                              Ioannis Gigis

10.54 - 11.06      Bankart plus remplissage. When and how.
                              Ilias Disios

11.06 - 11.18      Open Latarjet. When and how.
                              Dimitrios Alexakis

11.18 - 11.30      Arthroscopic Latarjet.
                              Bøe Berte`

11.30 - 12.00      Comment - Discussion
                              Vasileios Vraggalas

12.00 - 12.30      FEE BREAK
                             

12.30 - 14.00      NEW TRENDS IN HIP ARTHROSCOPY
                              Moderators: Alexandros Tzaveas, George Tsikouris

12.30 - 12.42      Anatomical Labral Repair
                              Benjamin Domb

12.42 - 12.54      Using technology for Hip Preservation Surgery
                              Vikas Khanduja

12.54 - 13.06      Rim trimming. How ang how much
                              Filippo Randelli

13.06 - 13.18      Subspine impingement. Arthroscopic treatment.
                              Athanasios Papavasileiou

13.18 - 13.30      Cam resection: what’s the optimal?
                              Alexandros Tzaveas

13.30 - 13.42      Beyond hip arthroscopy
                              Lazaros Poultsidis

13.42 - 14.00      Comment - Discussion
                              Ali Bajwa

14.00 - 15.00      LUNCH BREAK
                              Ali Bajwa

15.00 - 16.30      LET’S LISTEN TO THE NEXT GENERATION (RESIDENT’S ROUND TABLE)
                              Moderators: Spiridon Plessas, Dimitrios Flevas

15.00 - 15.12      Anatomy and Biomechanics of ACL
                              Aikaterini Zerva

15.12 - 15.24      Hamstring for ACL reconstruction. Advantages, disadvantages and indications.
                              Vasileios Akrivos

15.24 - 15.36      BPTB for ACL reconstruction. Advantages, disadvantages and indications.
                              Ioannis Vasios

15.36 - 15.48      Anatomy and biomechanics of the menisci
                              Ioannis Samaras

15.48 - 16.00      Meniscectomy. Indications, tips and tricks
                              Panagiotis Antzoulas

16.00 - 16.12      Meniscal repair. Indications and kind of repairs
                              Charalampos Kiratzoglou

16.12 - 16.30      Comment - Discussion
                              Vasileios Chouliaras

16.30 - 18.00      EVERYDAY PROBLEMS WITH THE ELITE ATHLETES
                              Moderators: Christos Lirtzis, Iosif Gavriilidis

16.30 - 16.42      Muscle injuries. Classification and new treatment options
                              Christos Theos

16.42 - 16.54      Groin pain in athletes. A rising problem?
                              George Tsikouris

16.54 - 17.06      ACL re-injuries in Football players. How we can prevent them.
                              George Basdekis

17.06 - 17.18      Meniscus tears in elite athletes. To repair or to resect?
                              Andreas Papadopoulos

17.18 - 17.30      Rotator cuff lesions in elite athletes
                              Fragiskos Xipnitos

17.30 - 17.42      Slap lesions in elite athletes
                              Odysseαs Paxinos

17.42 - 18.00      Comment - Discussion
                              Dimosthenis Anastasakis

18.00 - 18.30      COFFEE BREAK
                              Dimosthenis Anastasakis

18.30 - 20.00      MENISCUS LESIONS. FROM RESECT TO REPAIR AND SUBSTITUTION
                              Moderators: Evangelos Pantazis, Evgenia Papadakou

18.30 - 18.42      Meniscectomy. Is it still the most common arthroscopic operation?
                              Theodore Bouras

18.42 - 18.54      Radial tears and bucket handle lesions. To resect or to repair?
                              Athanasios Ververidis

18.54 - 19.06      Ramp lesions. How to diagnose and treat.
                              Athanasios Liantsis

19.06 - 19.18      Root tears, the silent epidemic.
                              Mathaios Savvidis

19.18 - 19.30      Meniscal scaffolds. Current state of the art.
                              Theofilaktos Kiriakidis

19.30 - 20.00      Comment - Discussion
                              Christos Papageorgiou

20.30                    Greetings – Opening Lecture
                               Welcome Reception

 

08.00 - 09.00      FREE PAPERS
                              Moderators: Efstratios Karvoudakis, Prodromos Natsaridis

09.00 - 10.30      ORTHOBIOLOGICS IN ORTHPAEDICS
                              Moderators: Aristotelis Sideridis, Anastasios Deligeorgis

09.00 - 09.12      Orthobiologics in rotator cuff lesions
                              Grigorios Avramidis

09.12 - 09.24      Orthobiologics for tendon and ligament injuries
                              Ioannis Tzellios

09.24 - 09.36      Injectable orthobiologics in knee osteoarthritis
                              Trifon Totlis

09.36 - 09.48      Injectable orthobiologics in knee osteoarthritis
                              Panagiotis Kouloumentas

09.48 - 10.00      Stem cells. Sources and indications
                              George Skarpas

10.00 - 10.12      The ESSKA (ORBIT) consensus for the use of ortobiologics
                              Michael Iosifidis

10.12 - 10.30      Comment - Discussion
                              Nikiforos Galanis

10.30 - 12.00      PATELLAR INSTABILITY. FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT
                              Moderators: George Kouvidis, Vasileios Chouliaras

10.30 - 10.42      First time patellar dislocation. The ESSKA PFI Committee consensus
                              Jasec Walawski

10.42 - 10.54      Patellar instability. MRI, CT, X-Rays. What am I looking for?
                              Konstantinos Intzoglou

10.54 - 11.06      MPFL Reconstruction. When and how.
                              Vasileios Raoulis

11.06 - 11.18      Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy. When and how
                              Panagiotis Ntagiopoulos

11.18 - 11.30      Arthroscopic deepening trochleoplasty
                              Lars Blond

11.30 - 11.42      Patellar Instability in children. When and how to operate
                              Nick Paschos

11.42 - 12.00      Comment - Discussion
                              Mathaios Tzourbakis, Stergios Papastergiou

12.00 - 12.30      COFFEE BREAK
                             

12.30 - 14.00      SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR TKA OR UKA
                              Moderators: Lazaros Oikonomidis, Dimitrios Karataglis

12.30 - 12.42      Cooled Radiofrequency and Cryoneurolysis in pain treatment for symptomatic 

                              Knee Osteoarthritis
                              Andreas Panagopoulos

12.42 - 12.54      Is there a role for arthroscopic surgery in early arthritis?
                              Konstantinos Kokorogiannis

12.54 - 13.06      TKA after HTO
                              Konstantinos Makridis

13.06 - 13.18      Robotic UKA. Does it improve outcomes?
                              Dionisios Chissas

13.18 - 13.30      Robotic TKA. Is this the future?
                              Anastasios Tokis

13.30 - 13.42      Management of a painful TKA
                              George Drosos

13.42 - 14.00      Comment - Discussion
                              Efstathios Chronopoulos

14.00 - 15.00      LUNCH BREAK
                            

15.00 - 16.30      FOOT AND ANKLE PATHOLOGY. WITH OR WITHOUT ARTHROSCOPY
                              Moderators: Rizos Tsaknis, Panagiotis Kontovazenitis

15.00 - 15.12      Role of early repair in acute syndesmotic injuries. Is it necessary?
                              Panagiotis Simeonidis

15.12 - 15.24      Arthroscopic treatment of ankle instability. When and how.
                              Alexandros Eleftheropoulos

15.24 - 15.36      Cartilage lesions of the talus. Diagnosis and current treatment options
                              Evangelos Evangelou

15.36 - 15.48      Arthroscopic arthrodesis of the ankle joint. Why I prefer it.
                              Nikolaos Gougoulias

15.48 - 16.00      Achilles tendon rupture. Open, closed or with Ultrasonography?
                              Antonios Konstantinidis

16.00 - 16.30      Comment - Discussion
                              Dimitrios Chatziemmanouil

16.30 - 17.30      IT IS TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE ARTHROSCOPY IN ELBOW AND WRIST
                              Moderators: Anastasios Korompilias, Nick Darlis

16.30 - 16.42      Arthroscopic Treatment of Tennis Elbow
                              Konstantinos Ditsios

16.42 - 16.54      Posterolateral instability. Diagnosis and arthroscopic treatment
                              Christos Koukos

16.54 - 17.06      Indications for wrist arthroscopic. Present status and future perception.
                              Aaron Venouziou

17.06 - 17.18      Arthroscopic treatment of wrist fractures. Is it necessary?
                              Nick Darlis

17.18 - 17.30      Comment - Discussion
                              Zinon Kokkalis

17.30 - 18.00      COFFEE BREAK

18.00 - 19.30      THE KNEE WITH MORE COMPLEX INJURIES
                              Moderators: George Petsinis, Athanasios Zacharopoulos

18.00 - 18.12      Anatomy of PCL and Posterolateral corner.
                              Α basic knowledge for the appropriate treatment.
                              Aristidis Zibis

18.12 - 18.24      Introduction to multi-ligamentous knee injuries: Classification and Diagnostic Challenges.
                              Konstantinos Kateros

18.24 - 18.36      Acute care of multi-ligamentous knee Injuries.
                              Antonios Kouzelis

18.48 - 19.00      Fractures of tibial plateau. How and when should be treated arthroscopically
                              Spiridon Plessas

19.00 - 19.30      Comment - Discussion
                              Anastasia Tilentzoglou

21.00                    Celebrating 20 years of
                               Hellenic Arthroscopic Society

                             

08.00 - 09.00      STAR FREE PAPERS
                              Moderators: Stergios Papastergiou, Vasileios Chouliaras

09.30 - 11.00      IT IS MORE THAN A CUFF REPAIR
                              Moderators: Emmanouil Antonogiannakis, Zinon Kokkalis

09.30 - 09.42      Single row fixation
                              Angelos Trellopoulos

09.42 - 09.54      Double row fixation
                              Ioannis Chiotis

09.54 - 10.06      Partial tears of the rotator cuff. Treatment options
                              Dimitrios Kotzamitelos

10.06 - 10.18      Tendon transfers in posteriosuperior massive tears. My technique.
                              Emmanouil Fandridis

10.18 - 10.30      Why Rotator Cuff repairs fail and prognostic factors for a successful treatment
                              Emmanouil Brilakis

10.30 - 11.00      Comment - Discussion
                              Christos Sinopidis

11.00 - 12.30      LET’S LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS
                              Moderators: Perikles Papadopoulos, Michael Iosifidis

 

11.00 - 11.15      Changes in shoulder arthroscopy in the last 25 years
                              Emmanouil Antonogiannakis

11.15 - 11.30      ACL Reconstruction for 40 years. What have I Learned?
                              Pantelis Nikolaou

11.30 - 11.45      Old standards and new alternatives in cartilage repair
                              Laszlo Hangody

11.45 - 12.00      My live (love) with patella
                              David Dejour

12.00 - 12.15      The arthroscopic surgeon in the next years. The ESSKA module project
                              Michael Hantes

12.15 - 12.30      Comment - Discussion
                              Vasileios Chouliaras

12.30 - 14.00      ACL RECONSTRUCTION. DIFFERENT THINGS TO THINK ABOUΤ
                              Moderators: Nikolaos Piskopakis, Panagiotis Kouloumentas

12.30 - 12.42      Double-bundle ACL reconstruction. Is it still a treatment option?
                              Rainer Siebold

12.42 - 12.56      ACL & ALL Reconstruction. Why, when, and how.
                              Achilleas Boutsiadis

12.56 - 13.06      Septic arthritis after ACL reconstruction. Prevention, Diagnosis and treatment.
                              Michael Hantes

13.06 - 13.18      Is there any current role for isolated lateral extra-articular tenodesis?
                              Juan Carlos Monllau

13.18 - 13.30      My own press-fit technique: From two stages to one stage in difficult revision ACL cases
                              Yavuz Kocabey

13.30 - 13.42      Tibial deflection osteotomy in the management of failed ACL reconstruction
                              Juan Carlos Monllau

13.42 - 14.00      Comment - Discussion
                              Dimitrios Mastrokalos

14.00 - 15.00      LUNCH BREAK
                             

15.00 - 16.00      THE ANATOMICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND BIOMECHANICAL POINT OF VIEW
                              Moderators: Panagiotis Kitsoulis, Mathaios Savvidis

15.00 - 15.12      Clinical, Arthroscopic and Surgical Anatomy of the Knee
                              Konstantinos Natsis

15.12 - 15.24      Pearls and Pitfalls after Anterior Cruciate and Antero-lateral Ligament Reconstruction
                              Antonia Bintoudi

15.24 - 15.36      Evaluation of the treatment solutions of lower extremity injuries/diseases using gait analysis
                              Dimitrios Varvarousis

15.36 - 15.48      Incorporation of Biomechanical Technologies in Neuromuscular Assesment
                              John Giakas

15.48 - 16.00      Comment - Discussion
                              Aristidis Zibis

16.00 - 17.30      CARTILAGE LESIONS. CAN WE CHANGE OUR TREATMENT OPTIONS?
                              Moderators: Stavros Aleurogiannis, Antonios Papoutsidakis

16.00 - 16.12      Microfracture for focal lesions. Is it still a treatment option?
                              Thomas Repantis

16.12 - 16.24      Mosaic-plasty. Where are the limits?
                              Dimitris Koulalis

16.24 - 16.36      Cartilage chips for focal lesions. My experience
                              Nikolaos Koukoulias

16.36 - 16.48      Autologous chondrocyte transplantation. What have we learned from this technique?
                              Ioannis Terzidis

16.48 - 17.00      Knee OCD in children and adolescents.
                              Ioannis Melas

17.00 - 17.12      How can we evaluate patients after chondroplasty? Imaging, Scores, Patient
                              satisfaction and return to activities
                              Emmanouil Papakostas

17.12 - 1 7.30      Comment - Discussion
                               Grigorios Karahalios

17.30                     CONGRESS SUMMARY
                                GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF HELLENIC ARTHROSCOPIC SOCIETY