EditoDear Colleague,It is a real pleasure for us to inform you the Congress « The M<strong>en</strong>iscus. Preserve the future » will be held in the Palais des Congrès de Versailles,on February 7th, 8th and 9th 2013.This ev<strong>en</strong>t will follow upon the first G<strong>en</strong>t (Belgium)2010 congress « The M<strong>en</strong>iscus from Cradle to Rocker ». This last edition met astriking success (more than 400 persons) and <strong>en</strong>couraged the chairm<strong>en</strong> (R. Verdonk and P. Beaufils) to organise a second session,this time in Versailles.This meeting, organised in association with Philippe Boisr<strong>en</strong>oult and Nicolas Pujol (Group of Arthroscopy from Versailles), will appeal to bean international faculty making English the official language.The sci<strong>en</strong>tific topics will be completely and exclusively dedicated to the M<strong>en</strong>iscus with 3 axes of reflexion :- M<strong>en</strong>iscus in the daily practice (m<strong>en</strong>iscus of the child, m<strong>en</strong>iscectomy, m<strong>en</strong>iscal repair, post m<strong>en</strong>isectomy syndrome)- Administrative and economic <strong>en</strong>vironm<strong>en</strong>t (practices recomm<strong>en</strong>dations, costs support, comparative in Europe)- Future : m<strong>en</strong>iscal transplant, m<strong>en</strong>iscal substitutesThe first two days (Thursday 7th and Friday 8th) will take place in the Palais des Congrès of Versailles and will contain Round Tables, meetthe experts and interactives sessions... There will be no call for abstract.Saturday, February 9th morning, will be held at the Hôpital André Mignot, in Le Chesnay (3km of Versailles) and will pres<strong>en</strong>t a live surgery session(m<strong>en</strong>iscal repair, m<strong>en</strong>iscal substitute, m<strong>en</strong>iscal transplants,…)Looking forward to welcoming you in Versailles !Best regardsPhilippe Beaufils (Versailles) & R<strong>en</strong>é Verdonk (G<strong>en</strong>t), Chairm<strong>en</strong>CHAIRMEN:Philippe Beaufils (Versailles)R<strong>en</strong>é Verdonk (G<strong>en</strong>t)ORGANISATION:P. Beaufils, P. Boisr<strong>en</strong>oult, N. Pujol (Versailles)FACULTY:JH. Ahn, KoreaAndrew Amis, United-KingdomFredrik Almqvist, BelgiumPhilippe Beaufils, FrancePhilippe Boisr<strong>en</strong>oult, FranceThierry Boyer, FrancePierre Chambat, FranceOlivier Charrois, FrancePhilippe Colombet, FranceK<strong>en</strong>neth De Hav<strong>en</strong>, USAH<strong>en</strong>ri Dorfmann, FranceMartin Englund, Swed<strong>en</strong>Alexandro Espejo Ba<strong>en</strong>a, SpainJoao Espregueira M<strong>en</strong>des, PortugalCharles-H<strong>en</strong>ri Flouzat Lachaniette, FranceEran Ganz, IsraelFrançois Xavier Gunepin, FranceChristophe Hulet, FranceWouter Huysse, BelgiumRoland Jakob, SwitzerlandFranck Jouve, FranceRiosuke Kuroda, JapanMike Maloney, USAJacques M<strong>en</strong>etrey, SwitzerlandJoan C. Monllau, SpainPhilippe Neyret, FranceNicolas Pujol, FranceJosé Romero, SwitzerlandWilliam Rodkey, USARomain Seil, LuxembourgElvire Servi<strong>en</strong>, FranceRainer Siebold, GermanyBertrand Sonnery-Cottet, FranceTim Spalding, United-KingdomPeter Verdonk, BelgiumR<strong>en</strong>é Verdonk, BelgiumAnthony Wajsfisz, FanceGENERAL ORGANISATIONStefano Zaffagnini, ItalyMCO Congrès27, rue du Four à Chaux - F-13007 MarseilleTél. +33 (0)4 95 09 38 00 - Fax +33 (0)4 95 09 38 01Contact industry : Fabrice GUEZe-mail : fabrice.guez@mcocongres.com
February 7 th08:30 REGISTRATION08:55 Welcome - Op<strong>en</strong>ing remarks. Ph. BEAUFILS09:00 M<strong>en</strong>iscus: Overview. K. de HAVENBasic sci<strong>en</strong>ceModerators: K. de HAVEN, FX. GUNEPIN09:10 What’s new in anatomy. A. ESPEJO BAENA09:20 What’s new in Biomechanics. M. MALONEY09:30 Modern imaging of the cartilage: MRI. W. HUYSSE09:40 New advances in MRI of the m<strong>en</strong>iscus. W. HUYSSE09:50 Biologic <strong>en</strong>hancem<strong>en</strong>t of m<strong>en</strong>iscal healing. R. KURODA10:00 Modern m<strong>en</strong>iscal suture: how do I choose ?. E. SERVIEN10:10 Discussion10:30 COFFEE BREAK / VISIT OF THE EXHIBITIONM<strong>en</strong>iscal repair: technique-associated lesions-resultsModerators: J. ESPREGUEIRA-MENDES, N. PUJOL11:00 Arthroscopic m<strong>en</strong>iscal repair: technique. A. WAJSFISZ11:10 Arthroscopic Posterior approach and m<strong>en</strong>iscal repair. F. JOUVE11:20 M<strong>en</strong>iscal wrapping. R. JAKOB11:30 ACL and m<strong>en</strong>iscus: strategy and technique . Ph. COLOMBET11:40 M<strong>en</strong>iscus Repair: Clinical long term results. R. SIEBOLD11:50 M<strong>en</strong>iscus Repair: Anatomical long term results. N. PUJOL12:00 Interactive case pres<strong>en</strong>tation /discussion. S. SCHEFFLER, N. PUJOL12:30 LUNCH/ VISIT OF THE EXHIBITION/INDUSTRY WORKSHOP