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Day 1 Programme - Thursday 6th June

Registration and Coffee

08:00 - 08:40

08:40-08:50

Welcome and Introduction

Adil Ajuied

08:50- 10:20

SESSION 1: ACL I

Chairs: Adil Ajuied & Mininder Kocher

PAEDIATRIC ACL REGISTRIES- AUSTRALIA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 2024

GRAFT CHOICE FOR THE PAEDIATRIC ACL

RETURN TO PLAY AFTER ACL INJURY-TIME/GOAL BASED, BOTH OR NEITHER?

ACL REPAIR- WHERE IS THE UK GOING?

ANTEROMEDIAL INSTABILITY IN THE ACL DEFICIENT KNEE

MINIMISING GROWTH DISTURBANCE WITH TRANSPHYSEAL ACL RECONSTRUCTION

AVOIDING THE PHYSIS- WHY AND HOW?

TIBIAL SLOPE AND VALGUS DEFORMITY  IN PAEDIATRIC ACL RECONSTRUCTION- CAN WE AND SHOULD WE ADDRESS?

Q&A's

Paediatric ACL Registries - Australia and the rest of the world in 2024

Sheanna Maine

Graft choice for the paediatric ACL

Marco Turati

Return to play after ACL injury- time/goal based, both or neither?

Bryan English

ACL repair- where is the UK going?

Stephen Mcdonnell

Discussion

Anteromedial instability in the ACL deficient knee

Kristian Samuelsson

Minimising growth disturbance with transphyseal ACL reconstruction

Franck Accadbled

Avoiding the physis- why and how?

Peter Faunoe

Discussion

10:20 - 11:00

Refreshments

SESSION 2: ACL II

11:00 - 12:50

Chairs: Fazal Ali & Franck Accadbled

Should all kids get a lateral tenodesis?

Maria Tuca

Is ACL repair more favourable in kids than adults?

Mininder Kocher

Should we move to BTB in adolescents and if so, when?

Stewart Walsh

Discussion

PCL reconstruction- indication and techniques

Kristian Samuelsson

Revision ACL with open growth plates

Mininder Kocher

Putting it all together for the paediatric ACL

Fazal Ali

Discussion

Interactive panel case discussions- ACL

Chair- Fazal Ali

Moderator- Franck Accadbled

Panellists- Sheanna Maine, Marco Turati, Kristian Samuelsson, Peter Faunoe, Mininder Kocher & Bryan English.

12:50 - 14:20

Lunch and Industry Symposia

13:10 - 13:40

13:40 - 13:55

Zimmer Biomet

Ossur

14:20 - 15:30

SESSION 3: OCD

Chairs: Chinmay Gupte & Paul Haslam

Osteochondritis dissecans- decision making for the typical lesion

Franck Accadbled

Patella, Trochlea and Atypical OCD- treatment

Stewart Walsh

OATS, fresh allograft and ACI in the skeletally immature- indications, techniques and guidelines

Martyn Snow

Discussion

Interactive case discussion- OCD

Chair- Paul Haslam

Moderator- Chinmay Gupte

Panellists- Franck Accadbled, Stewart Walsh, Martyn Snow, Maria Tuca, Roy Gigi & Jonathon Lavelle.

15:30 - 16:00

Refreshments

16:00-17:30

SESSION 4:  SURGICAL TECHNIQUES

Chairs: Fazal Ali & Nev Davies

All-Epiphyseal ACL Reconstruction

Ted Ganley

Extraphyseal ACL Reconstruction

Mininder Kocher

Transphyseal Quads ACL

Roy Gigi

Discussion

OCD Fixation with Screws

Vipul Mandalia

OCD Fixation with resorbable implants

Maria Tuca

Antegrade and retrograde drilling of OCD

Chinmay Gupte

ACL repair with open growth plates

Marco Turati

Discussion

ACI

Martyn Snow

OATS

Paul Haslam

17:30

Discussion & Close

16:10 - 17:30

PARALLEL SESSION 4: REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

Chairs: Nick Nicolaou & Stephen McDonnell

Meniscus rehab with and without ACL recon- How I do it

Matt Denton

My ACL has healed- Social media dogma vs evidence for non-operative ACL management

Bryan English

The paediatric knee in limb reconstruction

Rebecca Tunbridge

Discussion

Current concepts- Return to sport testing after ACL injury

Tom Quantrell

Knee injuries in the adolescent para athlete 

Richard Weiler

Performance characteristics of children vs adults

Claire Minshull

17:30

Discussion & Close

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