ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book (eBook)

Gino M.M.J. Kerkhoffs is Professor of Orthopaedic surgery and Sports Traumatology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam. Dr. Kerkhoffs is current President of the Dutch Arthroscopy Association (NVA) and Scientific Chairman of the 16th, 17th, and 18th ESSKA congresses. He has also served as Chairman of the ESSKA Sports Committee (2010–2012) and Secretary-General of ESSKA-AFAS (2010–2014). He has been an Associate Editor of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy since 2010 and is the author of more than 110 articles in journals indexed in PubMed.

Advances in the treatment of complex knee injuries.- "Small" fractures below the knee: do not miss – do not mistreat!.- Meniscal injuries, management and outcome.- Basic concepts in hip arthroscopy.- Osteotomy, the surgical details you want to know.- Fast-track in TKA surgery- where are we now?.- New insights in diagnosis and treatment of distal biceps pathology.- Visualisation and anesthesia in shoulder arthroscopy.- The role of arthroscopy in ankle instability treatment.- Combined meniscus and cartilage lesions.- Osteotomies, advanced and complex techniques.- Patellofemoral joint instability: Where are we in 2018?.- Extra-articular shoulder endoscopy, a review of techniques and indications.- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.- Sports injuries in throwing athletes.- Decision making in anterior shoulder instability.- Pediatric ACL Injuries: Treatment & challenges.- Return to play following achilles tendon rupture.- Management of less frequent and multiligament knee injuries.- Patellofemoral instability: How to operatively stabilize the patella.- Massive retracted rotator cuff tear: treatment options.- Instability after total knee arthroplasty.- Dance Orthopaedics, ballet injuries and when to perform surgical treatment.