Patellofemoral Pain, Instability, and Arthritis

Classification and general considerations.- Syndromes genetics.- Detecting and addressing psychological factors.- Imaging Analysis of Patella Instability Factors.- MRI of the Patellofemoral Articular Cartilage.- Computed Tomography and Arthro-CT Scan in Patellofemoral Disorders move to imaging.- The Role of Tibial and Femoral Rotational Torsion abnormalities in the Treatment of Patellofemoral Dysfunction.- Pathophysiology of Anterior Knee Pain.- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.- Non operative Treatment of PF pain.- Is there a surgical Treatment of PF pain.- Instability Factors Principals and Secondary for Instability.- Influence of Risk Factors in the Natural History.- Clinical Symptoms and Examination of Acute and Chronic Patellar Dislocations.- First Time Dislocation: How to deal with it.- Medial Side Patellofemoral Anatomy: Surgical Implications in Patellofemoral Instability.- Is there any place for medial reefing in acture PF dislocation which technical procedure?.- Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Indications and Surgical Technique.- MPTL (Medial Patellotibial Ligament) Reconstruction.- Tibial Tubercle Osteotomies - Indications and results.- Tibial Tubercle Osteotomies - Techniques - AMZ.- Tibial Tubercle Osteotomies - Techniques - Distalization.- Tibial Tubercle Osteotomies - Techniques - Medialization.- Tibial Tubercle Osteotomies Complications.- Trochleoplasty Indications and results.- Trochleoplasty Techniques: Arthroscopy.- Trochleoplasty Techniques: Deepening Bereiter.- Trochleoplasty Techniques: Deepening Lyon.- Trochleoplasty Techniques: Elevating/lateral.- Trochleoplasty Techniques: Recession Osteotomy.- Trochleoplasty Techniques: Complications.- Lateral Release of the Lateral Patellar Retunaculum.- Lateral Retinaculum Lengthening.- Lateral retinaculum reconstruction.- Surgical Rehabilitation for select individual procedures.- Designing a rehabilitation programme for PFJ rehabilitation.- Complex primary cases.- Obligatory dislocators in

Stefano Zaffagnini, MD, is a Full Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University of Bologna, Italy and Head of the Complex Department, of the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic (II) and the Sports Traumatology Excellence Center at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute Bologna Italy. His main interests in clinical practice and research are sports traumatology, ACL reconstruction, knee biomechanics, computer-assisted surgery, meniscal replacement, cartilage surgery, and partial/total knee replacement. Dr. Zaffagnini has served on a number of ESSKA, ISAKOS, and SIGASCOT committees and is a past chairman of SIGASCOT. He has also been the Scientific Chairman for three ESSKA and ISAKOS Congresses. He is an editorial board member for a number of journals in the field, the author of more than 300 articles in international journals, and the editor of 14 books.

David H. Dejour, MD, is an orthopaedic surgeon and Medical Director of the Department of Knee and Sports Medicine at the Lyon-Ortho-Clinic in Lyon, France. He is current President of the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) and served as Chairman of the ESSKA Arthroscopy Committee from 2010 to 2012. Dr. Dejour is the editor of four books and more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed international journals. He is an editorial board member for various journals, including Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy; International Orthopaedics (corresponding member); and Joints (official journal of SIGASCOT).

Elizabeth A. Arendt, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. She has served on many professional committees, including the ESSKA Scientific Committee and the ISAKOS Knee Committee, which she chaired from 2015 to 2017. She is a memeber of the International Patellofemoral Study Group.  Dr. Arendt has been the recipient of many honorsand awards