This course is open to active military orthopaedic surgeons only.

There is no registration fee for this course. (Participant is responsible for travel and lodging expenses).

CME Credits                               Maximum Enrollment
    18                                                   48

 

The AANA-SOMOS Knee Arthroscopy Course is open to U.S. active duty military staff physicians. The military population is one that is young, athletic, and very demanding on their knee joints. This course will cover in a dynamic interactive environment and hands-on laboratory the treatment of knee injuries in our active duty military population. Course participants will come away with an understanding of the rationale and technique of advanced cartilage restoration procedures, the need for osteotomy and how to perform with reliable results, as well as advanced meniscal repair techniques, including meniscus transplantation. In addition, the course will extensively cover the treatment of ACL injuries – from how to get it right the first time, to what to do with an ACL failure--participants will learn how to utilize successful ACL and revision ACL reconstruction decision-making and techniques. There will also be demonstrations on the treatment of mulitligament knee injuries, including the PCL and posterolateral corner, as well as return to duty consideration. With an unparalleled educational environment and a student-instructor ratio of one instructor per lab station, we hope that you will join us for this dynamic, interactive, and highly educational event in order to enhance the outcomes of care of knee injuries in our military personnel. The course faculty will represent a collaboration of the most experienced instructors from the Armed Forces and AANA.

Topics and Goals for the Course
Knee Complex Ligament and Cartilage
 Single and Double Bundle Anatomic ACL Reconstruction
 Single and Double Bundle PCL Reconstruction – Arthroscopic and Open Onlay
 Posterolateral Corner Reconstruction
 Revision ACL Reconstruction
 Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation
 Meniscus Repair All Inside and Inside Out
 Marrow Stimulation Techniques
 High Tibial Osteotomy
 Distal Femoral Osteotomy
 Fulkerson/Elmslie Osteotomy
 MPFL Reconstruction
 Meniscal Allograft Transplantation

Participants will be partnered depending on skill level. At the end of the course, the participant will dissect the specimen to review the anatomy and evaluate the procedures performed.