Global knee degenerative trends: Best of International Congresses 2025

Knee
Degenerative disease

Discover the defining clinical breakthroughs and global consensus from the premier orthopedic meetings of 2025. In this PCO 2026 session, international experts review shifting paradigms across joint preservation, primary replacement, and complex revi-sion arthroplasty

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The shift to patient-specific precision

Global congresses highlighted a definitive transition from traditional high-volume work-flows to personalized, value-driven precision. Key clinical trends include: 

  • Robotics and advanced alignment: Rapid adoption of robotic execution, aug-mented reality (AR), and kinematic alignment protocols tailored to patient anatomy.
  • Implant longevity and bearing advances: Expanded indications for unicompart-mental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and long-term registry validation of dual mobility constructs.
  • Biological fixation and revision strategies: Shift toward metaphyseal cones, sleeves, and 3D-printed custom augments for severe bone loss and PJI man-agement. 

Evidence-based practice and registry insights

Speakers also analyze recent multi-center registry data and randomized controlled trials, that will help surgeons refine patient selection, minimize early technical failures, and optimize return-to-sport protocols in young, active populations.
 


 

Watch the full session to broaden your knowledge and look back on a year full of key learnings in knee degenerative pathologies and surgery!

Manuj Wadhwa
Elite Medicity Mohali, India
Surgeon / Physician
St Herblain- FRANCE
Clinique Santé Atlantique
Louis Dagneaux
Montpellier, FRANCE
Hopital Lapeyronie
Michael Meneghini
Indianapolis, UNITED STATES
CEO - Indiana Joint replacement Institute
orthopaedic surgeon

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