1. ISAKOS congress 2011
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Wednesday
18th May, 2011
invitation
Time: 12.15 - 13.30 pm
Room: 203C
“Save the meniscus”
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Co chairs: Prof Rene Verdonk, Russell Warren MD
• Importance of the meniscus:
Prof Rene Verdonk, UZ Gent, Belgium
• Consequences of meniscectomy:
Russell Warren MD, Hospital for Special Surgery New York, USA
• Meniscal repair, Clinical options and How I do it:
Dr Philippe Beaufils, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
• Potential market for new meniscal repair strategies, (MOON cohort)
ACL reconstruction in 1014 patients and the incidence of meniscal tears:
Annunziato Amendola MD, University of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
• Meniscus, EU experience and the future:
Dr Peter Verdonk, UZ Gent, Belgium
• Actifit® US clinical study protocol overview:
Peter Kurzweil MD, Long Beach Sports Medicine Clinic, Long Beach, California, USA
• Questions and Answers