Ligament Injuries

Learn everything about ligament injuries from the professionals at the CEMTRO Clinic in Madrid, a general hospital founded by the prestigious surgeon and researcher Pedro Guillén. The CEMTRO Clinic specializes in surgery and orthopedics, with a particular focus on sports medicine, which has made it a leading destination for elite athletes from all over Spain and one of only 32 centers worldwide accredited as a FIFA Medical Center of Excellence.

• Recognize and properly treat ligament injuries
• Understand allografts, surgical techniques, and procedures associated with ACL and PCL injuries.
• Recognize when to use conservative or surgical treatments for PCL injuries.
• Understand the surgical treatment of multiligament injuries.

• To physicians of all specialties interested in an academic program of excellence.

MODULE 01: CLASSIFICATION AND EXAMINATION OF LIGAMENTS

• Classification of ligaments
• Knee ligament injuries: sprain, tear, and insufficiency
• Partial medial meniscectomy and primary ACL reconstruction
• Surgical techniques for the anterior cruciate ligament
• Fixation materials in ACL surgery
• ACL injuries: surgical treatment of primary injuries
• Surgical technique for the ACL
• Primary ACL reconstruction with RigidLoop fixation
• ACL reconstruction in pediatric patients with RigidLoop fixation

MODULE 02: CENTRAL PIVOT, ACL, AND PCL INJURIES

• ACL revision surgery
• PCL injuries
• Surgical techniques for the posterior cruciate ligament
• Posterior cruciate ligament
• Anterior cruciate ligament revision

MODULE 03: MULTILIGAMENT INJURIES

• Ligament injuries
• Anterior and posterior knee dislocation
• Medial knee dislocation
• Anteromedial instability
• Posterior-lateral knee laxity
• Multiligament injuries