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BelgianKneeConference

Robotic Knee Conference

Date: May 9, 2025

Time: 9:00 am

Location: Ghent, Belgium

Venue: Orsi Academy

Programme

Times listed in CET time zone

07.30 – Registration and welcome coffee

08.30 – Introduction & Welcome – Pieter-Jan Vandekerckhove

08.40 – Preparing my OR for RA-TKA:

  • 08.40 – How to set up my OR to create a workflow efficiency – A team effort – Benjamin Bloch
  • 08.55 – Mapping my knee for Robotics. Tips, tricks and pitfalls – Thomas Luyckx
  • 09.05 – What about image based vs imageless? – Hannes Vermue
  • 09.15 – Discussion

09.30 – The impact of Robotics on the learning curve of surgeons

  • 09.30 – What is our learning curve and how we optimize it? – Luc Vanlommel
  • 09.40 – Do Robotics impact your alignment and balancing strategies? – Survey Vlaanderen
  • 09.50 – Discussion

10.00 – Industry parallel sessions

10.40 – Coffee Break and visit of the exhibitors

11.10 – Planning my TKA with robotics

  • 11.10 – General principles in planning my TKA: Balancing the Coronal, sagittal and axial plane – Fabio Catani
  • 11.35 – Discussion

11.45 – Balancing my TKA with robotics

  • 11.45 – Basic principles: The impact of 2-phase balancing when performing a Robotic TKA – Pieter-Jan Vandekerckhove
  • 11.55 – Balancing the typical varus knee – Benjamin Bloch
  • 12.10 – Balancing the typical valgus knee – Thomas Luyckx
  • 12.25 – Discussion

12.35 – Industry parallel sessions

13.15 – Lunch Break and visit of the exhibitors

14.00 – The benefits of Robotic-Assisted TKA:

  • 14.00 – The impact of bone resections, implant choice and Alignment – Pieter-Jan Vandekerckhove
  • 14.10 – Reconstructing your phenotype: The (future) impact of Robotics – Michael Hirschmann
  • 14.35 – What are the long-term results of Robotics – William Colyn
  • 14.50 – Discussion

15.05 – The future of robotics

  • 15.05 – Will we still train manual TKA? Robotics as a teaching tool for residents – Stefaan Van Onsem
  • 15.15 – The future of Robotics : AI & Machine learning – Lennert Schijs
  • 15.30 – Discussion

15.45 – Closing – Thomas Luyckx

16.00 – Farewell drink

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