Patras Surgical Skills Meeting 2025

Content

After the seven previous successful courses (2018-2024) the Orthopaedic Clinic of Patras University organizes a new 3-day live-surgery course designed for young orthopaedic surgeons interested in further training and exposure to arthroscopy, knee and shoulder surgery and orthopaedic sports medicine. It includes some theoretical background with short lectures along with surgical practice in the operating room in:

- ACL/PCL reconstruction, Lemaire reconstruction

- Dynamic MPFL reconstruction, tibial tubercle osteotomy

- Shoulder instability, mini-open Latarzet procedure

- Rotator cuff surgery, superior capsular reconstruction

- Ankle arthroscopy, knee cartilage lesions

- Reverse shoulder arthroplasty

- Navigated and kinematic aligned TKA

- Unicompartmental TKA

Chairman

Andreas Panagopoulos, Professor in Orthopaedics

Faculty

I. Gliatis, Professor in Orthopaedics

Z. Kokkalis, Professor in Orthopaedics

A. Kouzelis, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

I. Tatani, Assistan Professor in Orthopaedics

Application

Applications for 6 fellows will be open until 15th of June 2025. Some short lectures in interest topics will be given by the faculty. Please send your cv and level of training at andpan21@gmail.com.

Fees

No fees are required for this course but the applicants are expected to pay for their travel and accommodation expenses