Management of Adolescent Injuries and Cartilage Repair of the Knee in Children and Adolescents

Course overview

This course, presented by a renowned and distinguished pediatric orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Theodore Ganley, discusses considerations of adolescent ACL and OCD injuries. Using a case study based approach, Dr. Ganley reviews methods of surgical repair, discusses considerations for repair and reviews the latest evidence for repair in adolescent ACL injuries. This course, again using case studies, discusses the mechanism of injury, surgical methods, and common considerations of Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) in the adolescent patient. Finally, Dr. Ganley uses an open forum of question and answer to further clarify his points and engage the learner.