Arthroscopy Skills Course

This course included live surgery, workshops and discussion groups on Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair and Arthroscopic Stabilisation surgery.

PROGRAMME:
Thursday
3.00 – 7.00 pm Arrive and check-in to hotel

Friday
8.00 am Coach travel from hotel to hospital
8.15 – 8.30 am Registration and coffee
Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
8.30 – 9.15 am Discussion - Indications & Principles of Repair
9.15 – 10.15 am Skills Session – Instruments & Knot Tying
10.15 – 10.30 am Tea/Coffee
10.30 – 12.30 pm Live theatre session - Rotator Cuff repair
12.30 – 1.00 pm Discussion Forum ALL
1.00 – 1.30 pm Lunch and exhibition
Arthroscopic Shoulder Stabilisation
1.30 – 1.45 pm Discussion - Indications & Principles of Repair
1.45 – 3.30 pm Live theatre session - Anterior Shoulder Stabilisation
3.30 – 3.45 pm Tea/Coffee
3.45 – 4.15 pm Skills Session – Anchors & Suture Management
4.15 – 5.00 pm Open discussion Forum ALL
5.00 pm Close – return coach to hotel.
7.30 – 8.00 pm Course Dinner with keynote speaker

Saturday
9.00 – 9.30 am Rotator cuff demo on Alex model
9.30 – 10.30 am Rotator cuff workshops
10.30 – 10.45 am Tea/Coffee
10.45 – 11.15 am Shoulder Stabilisation demo on Alex model
11.15 – 12.30 am Shoulder Stabilisation Workshops
12.30 – 1.00 pm Discussion & Close
1.00pm Lunch

Location
Wrightington Hospital
United Kingdom

Faculty
- Alex Castagna
- Duncan Learmonth
- Lennard Funk