Meniscal Injuries

Learn everything about meniscal injuries from the professionals at the CEMTRO Clinic in Madrid, a general hospital founded by the renowned 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.

• Learn the anatomy of the meniscus and its growth.
• Understand how to treat the meniscus based on age.
• Recognize when to remove a meniscus and its potential complications.
• Deepen your understanding of meniscal injuries and the surgeries required for their treatment.

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

MODULE 01: MENISCAL ANATOMY, MENISCAL MATURATION, AND CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT

• Children and the Meniscus
• Meniscal maturation
• Medial and lateral menisci in children
• Anatomy and embryology
• Meniscal injuries
• Discoid meniscus
• Meniscectomy and meniscectomy
• Conservative treatment
• All-inside implants
• Inside-out suture techniques
• Outside-in technique
• Anterior horn
• Root and posterior horn
• Preparation of meniscal surfaces
• Bucket-handle tears: different types
• Update on meniscal repair techniques
• Meniscal injuries in children

MODULE 02: SURGICAL TREATMENT, POST-MENISCECTOMY SYNDROME, AND OSTEOTOMIES

• Meniscal injuries
• Tibial osteotomy: statistics
• Postmeniscectomy syndrome
• Meniscal injuries and surgical treatment