Basic Knee Arthroplasty Course
Category: Training - School of Surgery
Date: November 15th 2013 8:30am until 5:30pm
Location: Sandford Education Centre, Cheltenham GL53 7PX
Aimed at:
The course is designed primarily for CT1/2 level and ST3/LATs but would also be suitable for SpRs who have not already completed it.
Faculty:
The course will be delivered by consultant knee surgeons.
How to apply:
Complete the attached registration form and email or post it to Sarah Newman, the course co-ordinator (contact details below). Places will be confirmed on receipt of cheques.
Sarah Newman
Course Co-Ordinator
Department of Postgraduate Medical Education
Sandford Education Centre
Keynsham Road
Cheltenham
Glos GL53 7PX
Tel - 0300422 3038
Email - sarah.j.newman@glos.nhs.uk
Cost
₤175.00 (Severn Trainees only: £150)
Proposed course timetable:
8.30 Registration and coffee
8.45 Welcome & Introduction
The Patient & The Anatomy
9.00 Patient Selection/Indications for TKR/Pre-operative Assessment
9.30 Alignment goals in Total Knee Replacement
The Bone Cuts
10.00 Step-by-step bony cuts
10.30 Coffee
10.45 - Workshop 1
Areas to discuss during workshop – surgical approaches, theatre set up, safe instrument handling, alignment jig options
12.30 Round table discussion
12.45 - Lunch
13.30 Workshop 2:
Areas to discuss during workshop – CR vs PS, patella resurfacing, cemented vs uncemented and cementation techniques
15.00 Tea and refreshments
Ligament balancing
15.20 Balancing the soft tissues in varus/valgus deformity
15.50 Flexion and extension gap balancing
16.20 Implant selection and advances
Complications
16.50 Complications
17.10 Round table discussion
17.30 Course close and evaluation forms
Questions about the course?
Contact Chris Jenkins at christopher.jenkins1@nhs.net
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