7th Annual BKS meeting, 2021, Merseyside
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The 7th Annual meeting may well be held as a webinar...
We await developments in the global Coronavirus pandemic, whilst we all just try to get through this year safely... Notification awaited from Boris Johnson PM... |
6th Annual BKS meeting, 2020, Cambridge
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Thursday 30th January to Friday 31st January
Downing College, Cambridge Local Hosts: Joel Melton & Ioannis Pengas |
We are delighted to be hosting the 6th Annual Biological Knee Society Meeting in Cambridge. The UK Biological Knee Society is a niche group of dedicated knee surgeons who are committed to furthering the science and practice of ‘biological knee reconstruction’.
The BKS programme is packed with updates as to the latest practice and results in areas such as biologics and ACL reconstruction and repair, with an overview and insight into industry’s latest products in key areas such as meniscal repair and articular cartilage defects. We also feature new advanced techniques and new products such as the use of lipogems and augmentation techniques for optimal patient outcomes in knee surgery.
Along with meeting at Downing College, Cambridge, we also have the opportunity for delegates to reserve a session in a cadaveric lab to try new techniques with advice on hand from experienced faculty.
The meeting also provides information and a forum for discussion in areas such as PROMs, consent and software packages.
This meeting is open to all knee surgeons and affiliated healthcare practitioners with an interest in the latest and best surgical treatment options for knee reconstruction.
Accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for up to 9 CPD points.
The BKS programme is packed with updates as to the latest practice and results in areas such as biologics and ACL reconstruction and repair, with an overview and insight into industry’s latest products in key areas such as meniscal repair and articular cartilage defects. We also feature new advanced techniques and new products such as the use of lipogems and augmentation techniques for optimal patient outcomes in knee surgery.
Along with meeting at Downing College, Cambridge, we also have the opportunity for delegates to reserve a session in a cadaveric lab to try new techniques with advice on hand from experienced faculty.
The meeting also provides information and a forum for discussion in areas such as PROMs, consent and software packages.
This meeting is open to all knee surgeons and affiliated healthcare practitioners with an interest in the latest and best surgical treatment options for knee reconstruction.
Accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for up to 9 CPD points.
5th Meeting of BKS, 2019, Manchester
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Thursday 31st Jan to Friday 1st Feb
Old Trafford, Manchester Local Hosts: Jill Rutherford & Bilal Barkatali |
Our 5th Annual meeting is set to be a stormer!
The meeting will be held at the Manchester United stadium, just 10 minutes from the Manchester City Centre.
Planned sessions:
The meeting will be held at the Manchester United stadium, just 10 minutes from the Manchester City Centre.
Planned sessions:
- The Meniscus
- Ramp Lesions: Do you really have to go round the back of the knee to see them and to repair them?
- Root Avulsions: what’s the latest and best kit for repairing them?
- What’s the latest opinions on Meniscal Scaffolds?
- ACL
- To preserve the stump or to not preserve the stump: better healing vs more Cyclops lesions?
- Internal bracing: protective seatbelts or silly slack strapping?
- ACL graft enhancement: orthobiologic enhancement or pointless magic pixie dust?
- PROMS
- We need to gather data… but how?! What software systems are out there, and which ones are best?
- ACI
- So, we won the battle against NICE, but did we win the war?! What are our actual options now?
- Arthroscopy guidelines
- Are the lunatics running the asylum?
4th Meeting of BKS, 2018, Birmingham
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Thursday 1st Feb and Friday 2nd Feb 2018
The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield Local Host: Rik Kundra |
The 4th meeting of the UK Biological Knee Society promises to be our best meeting yet!
The main focus of this meeting is on the latest and best treatment options for articular cartilage and osteochondral grafting, with talks from some of the world’s leading experts on this hot topic.
Speakers:
Topics:
The main focus of this meeting is on the latest and best treatment options for articular cartilage and osteochondral grafting, with talks from some of the world’s leading experts on this hot topic.
Speakers:
- Professor Roland Jacob, Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Berne, Switzerland
- Professor Leif Ryd, Professor of Orthopaedics, The Karolinska Institute, Sweden
- Professor Peter Behrens, Professor of Orthopaedics, Hamburg, Germany
- Professor Leela Biant, Manchester
- Professor Vladimir Bobic, The Chester Knee Clinic
- Professor Gordon McKay, Glasgow
- Professor Michael McNicholas, University Hospital, Aintree
- Mr Will Jackson, Oxford
- Dr Jennifer Woodall-May, Program Director for Advanced Osteoarthritis Therapies, Biomet/Zimmer, Warsaw, Indiana
Topics:
- Advanced injection therapies for OA
- Stem cell treatment – what’s happening in Kuala Lumpa
- 25-year experience of cartilage regeneration from Switzerland
- The Episealer focal resurfacing impact for chondral/osteochondral lesions
- The biological importance of the osteochondral unit and subchondral bone
- How to improve osteochondral repair, the Hamburg experience
- Spherox: 4th-generation ACI
- An explanation of the new NICE guidelines for ACI, and what this means for us and our patients
- Multi-ligament repair and the internal brace
- BUPA/ESSKA guidelines on arthroscopy for degenerate meniscal tears
3rd Meeting of BKS, 2017, Hensol, Cardiff
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3rd February 2017
The Vale Resort, Cardiff Local Host: Angus Robertson |
Lectures
“You say ‘tomatoes’, I say ‘tomatoes’… The procurement, processing and provision of soft tissue allografts in the UK: does it really matter?
- Meniscal scaffold: the future or dead in the water? – Mr Peter Thompson (Coventry)
- Chondrotissue articular cartilage grafting: The Abergavenny Experience. Mr Ian MacKie (Abergavenny)
- Osteochondral graftins: how I do it. Professor Martyn Snow (Birmingham)
- The BioPoly partial resurfacing implant. Professor Michael McNicholas (Liverpool)
- Stem cells in the knee: the dawn of orthobiologics? Professor Vladimir Bobic (Chester)
“You say ‘tomatoes’, I say ‘tomatoes’… The procurement, processing and provision of soft tissue allografts in the UK: does it really matter?
- Ms Carrie Hartill, RTI, U.S. – the American Way
- Ms Katy Juttla, NHS BT – the British Way
2nd Meeting of BKS, 2016, Windsor
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3rd February 2016
The Oakley Court Hotel, Windsor |
Lectures
Guest lectures
- Meniscal allograft transplantation: Mr Ian McDermott
- Meniscal scaffolds: Mr Neil Bradbury
- Current options for articular cartilage loss: Mr Angus Robertson
- Biological glues: Mr Ian McDermott
Guest lectures
- Does it matter where your allografts come from? – Dr Carrie Hartill, Chief Scientific Officer, RTI Biologics
- Repair of retropatellar cartilage defects – Dr Christoph Becher, Hannover Medical School
Inaugural Meeting of BKS, 2015, Reading
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29th October 2014
Malaison, Reading |
Lectures
- Meniscal replacement surgery: Mr Ian McDermott
- Chondrotissue articular cartilage grafts: Mr Angus Robertson
- The role of tendon allografts in the knee: Mr Henry Atkinson
- Biological Knee Replacement: Mr Ian McDermott