Course Objectives
ESSKA-EKA Course "All about TKA"
This is a comprehensive 1½-day course covering principles and technique of knee arthroplasty for surgeons who would like to improve their skills and keep up with the advances in knee arthroplasty. All aspects of primary TKA, including exposure, alignment, ligament balancing, robotics, difficult knees, complications and postoperative care are covered in a state of the art surgical training facility. Didactic lectures, sawbone workshops and one-on-one training on cadaveric specimens are provided by renowned ESSKA-EKA Faculty. Pre-course on-line educational material is provided to all delegates. This course will be submitted for accreditation to the UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists) for European CME credits (ECMECs). The course is limited to 24 places.
Learning outcomes/competences:
- Patient selection & optimisation
- Standard and extended exposures
- Systematic & personalised alignment strategies
- Techniques of bone cuts and ligament balancing
- Fixation options
- Basics of robotics
- Complex primary knees (extra-articular deformity, stiff knees, bone loss)
- Prevention & management of complications