NEWSLETTER | DECEMBER 2020 INSIDE 35. ESSKA Webinars scheduled for 2021-2022 3. ESSKA President Jacques Menetrey’s 52. Latest news from the Paediatric Editorial: News from the Society ACL Monitoring Initiative (PAMI) 10. Tips and Tricks for Young Reviewers 53. Editorial about Women in ESSKA 14. Pillar of ESSKA: Romain Seil in the December issue of the KSSTA journal 18. ESSKA Sections looking forward to 2021 56. ESSKA Accredited Teachers and Teaching Centres 4. 19th ESSKA Congress GOES VIRTUAL! 11-15 May 2021 .....and much more! ESSKA NEWSLETTER | 12 . 20 ESSKA NEWSLETTER | 12 . 20 Special thanks President’s Editorial We would like to thank the Corporate Partners of ESSKA for their continuous support of our educational and scientific activities. We would also like to acknowledge ESSKA supporters. JACQUES MENETREY ESSKA President Editorial: News from the Society We really hope to resume them in a traditional format in the All these organisations generously support our ultimate goal of increasing the quality of life of patients. second half of 2021. We are also planning a new format of Want to become an ESSKA Corporate Partner? Please contact ESSKA’s Corporate Relations Manager Rik Bollaert [email protected] “Christmas, New Year, the holiday season is the time of well surgical skills training, so please check our website regularly wishes!” for updates. C In this very special time, you deserve to not only receive wishes, Our Sections and Committees are also working hard on but also some news from your society. You should also put their respective research projects. Consensus projects are the things in perspective, because as you read this editorial, moving on well and smoothly under the supervision of EDITORS THE ESSKA NEWSLETTER things continue to change. It remains challenging to project Philippe Beaufils, our Consensus Projects Advisor. You’ll JOAN C. MONLLAU (Spain) – 2nd Vice-President is a quarterly publication of the European Society ourselves in a close future. However, your society is standing also find some news about our revamped Academy and BARIS KOCAOGLU (Turkey) – Under 45 (U45) Committee Chairman of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy. firm and its powerhouse is working hard in all aspects. I encourage you to spend some time on it and navigate amongst its constantly updated content. ESSKA welcomes members to submit suggestions ESSKA BOARD and contribute articles for our Newsletter. Starting with your board and your office, whose members JACQUES MENETREY (Switzerland) – President have conducted numerous working digital reunions about At least this period has shown us how important it is to ROLAND BECKER (Germany) – 1st Vice-President education, publishing strategy, communication with affiliated have direct interaction between humans. When we discuss JOAN C. MONLLAU (Spain) – 2nd Vice-President and partner society, development of our ESSKA European online, everybody is mentioning how much he/she misses DAVID DEJOUR (France) – Past President Specialists Core Curriculum, re-organisation and further the direct human contact and the socialization that goes MICHAEL HANTES (Greece) – General Secretary KARL ERIKSSON (Sweden) – Vice General Secretary development of our “All About Surgical Skills Courses”. with a scientific meeting, or course. It makes us confident MARTIN LIND (Denmark) – Educational Secretary that when the time comes, most of us will enjoy gathering MUSTAFA KARAHAN (Turkey) – ESSKA Academy Editor Regarding 2021 Meetings, ESSKA Executive Director together in a nice place to educate ourselves, share HÉLDER PEREIRA (Portugal) – Treasurer Zhanna Kovalchuk and ESSKA Meetings Manager Jenny experiences, cases, little stories, shake hands, have a drink, DANIËL HAVERKAMP (The Netherlands) – ESSKA-AFAS Chairman Ennis, together with our PCO KIT, scientific team and office, do some gossiping… MICHAEL HIRSCHMANN (Switzerland) – ESSKA-EKA Chairman LADISLAV KOVAČIČ (Slovenia) – ESSKA-ESA Chairman are working hard to deliver a great ESSKA virtual Congress GIAN LUIGI CANATA (Italy) – ESSKA-ESMA Chairman in May. You will see bold and innovative ideas in action, so Dear ESSKA members and friends, Christmas, New Year, the do not miss the opportunity to connect! holiday season is the time of making wishes, so I: ESSKA COMMITTEES www.esska.org Our Specialty Days meeting in Warsaw is planned to be held as Wish you and yours to be well and healthy! VINCENZO CONDELLO (Italy) – Arthroscopy CAROLINE MOUTON (Luxembourg) – Basic Science ESSKA scheduled, introducing digital elements, as our time requires. MARTIN LIND (Denmark) – Education EXECUTIVE OFFICE LUXEMBOURG Wish us to definitively be rid of this virus in 2021 and resume RAUL BARCO (Spain) – Elbow & Forearm What about Education? Well, we are so happy to have now a good life! VIKAS KHANDUJA (United Kingdom) – Hip Arthroscopy Centre Médical launched our webinars run in the format of “Highlights - hot DAVID DEJOUR (France) – Nominating 76, rue d’Eich topics” and “Core Curriculum subjects”. The first sessions Wish you all the best Holiday Season. JOAN C. MONLLAU (Spain) – Nominating L – 1460 Luxembourg MATT DAWSON (United Kingdom) – Osteotomy Phone +352 4411 7026 have been of very high quality and very well received by FLORIAN DIRISAMER (Austria) – Patellofemoral Instability Fax +352 4411 7678 you. Thank you for your constant feedback. Let’s keep BARIS KOCAOGLU (Turkey) – Under 45 (U45) e-mail: [email protected] going! What about our “All about Surgical Skills Courses”? Stay healthy, and think ESSKA! 2 3 Fashion Meets Science ESSKA@Home – Virtual Congress Enjoy the ESSKA@Home virtual Congress from the comfort of your own home from 12-15 May 2021. A top-class Scientific Programme spread over 4 days with the added bonus of the Resident’s Programme REGISTRATION OPENS on 11 May. 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Follow us! www.esska-congress.org ESSKA NEWSLETTER | 12 . 20 ESSKA NEWSLETTER | 12 . 20 Reprint of an eLetter published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine as a reaction to the article: in a study involving sham-surgery cannot possibly claim REFERENCES to represent the general populations of other countries. [1] Pujol N, Beaufils P. Save the meniscus again! Knee Surg Sports Traumatol “When taking a step back is a veritable leap forward. Reversing decades of arthroscopy for managing joint Arhrosc. 2019;27(2):341-342. [2] Seil R, Becker R. Time for a paradigm pain: five reasons that could explain declining rates of common arthroscopic surgeries.” This raises the question of the external validity of change in meniscal repair: save the meniscus! Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Ardern CL, Paatela T, Mattila V, et al. Br J Sports Med 2020;54:1311-1313. this type of study. This problem goes far beyond our Arthrosc. 2016;24(5):1421-3. 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