Cases and resources in orthopedics

Explore a selection of educational materials from leading experts in the field of orthopedics. This section offers replays of the PCO course sessions, interviews with specialists, clinical case studies, short videos focused on advanced techniques, and webinars. A valuable hub for learning and staying updated on key practices.

A 33-year-old male long jump parasport athlete with a transtibial amputated leg suffered an ACL rupture from knee hyperextension, presenting a positive Lachman test and no frontal plane laxity. This case aims to discuss therapeutic options for ACL reconstruction, patient positioning, and graft choice.

Management of an ACL reconstruction in a professional disabled sport with transtibial amputation​
Etienne Cavaignac, Thibaut Lucena , Alexandre Le Guen

ACL repair is currently a hot topic in knee arthroscopy. Discover the surgical technique proposed by Edoardo Monaco, an Orthopedic surgeon in Rome and a reference for this type of surgery, who performs it with an augmentation with an internal brace.

ACL repair and augmentation by internal brace
Edoardo Monaco

How do robotics enhance orthopedic surgery? What benefits and drawbacks do they present, and how might they transform your practice? Join Fares Haddad for an engaging discussion on this topic at PCO 2024.

 Robotics on PCO with Fares Haddad
Fares Haddad

How do robotics enhance orthopedic surgery? What unique advantages do they bring to total knee replacements compared to partial knee replacements or total hip replacements? Join Sébastien Lustig for an in-depth virtual fellowship on this cutting-edge topic at PCO 2024 on June 6, 2024, at 9:55 AM.

 Robotics on PCO with Sébastien Lustig
Sébastien Lustig

A professional rugby player who underwent ACL reconstruction with fascia lata (Mc FL) a few years ago​, presents with knee torsional trauma.
After looking at the X-ray, MRI and pre-op testing, what can you say about this multiligament knee injury? What's the best course of action and how would you approach this case?

Management of a multiligament knee injury in a high-level pivoting sport athlete
Etienne Cavaignac

The subvastus approach is an easy technique that preserves the quadriceps and thus helps avoid postoperative muscular inhibition.

Watch a demonstration by Sébastien Paratte, a specialist in knee replacement surgeries.

The subvastus approach for TKA
Sébastien Parratte, Alexandre Le Guen

The Chistera is a long curved glove used to play a sport from the Basque Country in France. This approach describes a skin incision that looks like a chistera glove, made in an anterolateral fashion bridging.

The purpose of this approach is:

Chistera approach to total knee arthroplasty
Régis Pailhé, Abdulla AlShenow

A 68-year-old woman has been suffering from mechanical bilateral knee pain for the past 6 years. The x-rays reveal complex right knee arthritis with ligament deficiency. How would you classify it and how would you manage this condition?

Management of complex knee arthritis with ligament deficiency
Laurent Bedes

What are the therapeutic options in case of spontaneous pathological diaphyseal fracture of the right femur leading to the diagnosis of a dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma in a 52 year-old man? How would you manage this clinical case?

Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma
Louis Courtot, Kenza Limam

Frane Bukvić presents the case of a 34-year-old orthopaedic surgeon​ suffering from a symptomatic chondral ‘kissing’ lesion of patella and trochlea... How would manage this condition?

Management of chondral ‘kissing’ lesion of patella and trochlea
Frane Bukvić