Open Meeting B.K.S.

Venue: UHasselt, Aula Louis Roppe, Campus ‘Oude Gevangenis’, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt

PROGRAM

19.00    Registration and walking dinner.

20.00   Scientific meeting 
Moderators: William Colyn, AZ Turnhout & Kristof Smeets, AZ Vesalius Tongeren

Cartilage Uncovered: What we should know! 
Timothy Vranken, AZ Vesalius Tongeren

 When to Perform an Osteotomy? Strategies for Offloading Cartilage Lesions
 François Hardeman, AZ Jan Yperman Ieper

Treatment Options for Cartilage Defects: Evidence-Based Approaches
    Effective Conservative and Minimally Invasive Treatments
    Jan Truijen, ZOL Genk
    Regenerative Therapies for Cartilage Defects: From AMIC to MACI and Beyond.
    Pieter Emans, University Hospital Maastricht
    Transplanting Cartilage: The Role of Allografts and Autografts
    Pieter-Jan Vandekerckhove, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge
    Implant-Based Solutions
    Peter Verdonk, AZ Monica, Antwerpen

Cartilage Defect Treatment Algorithm Anno 2025
Aad D’Hollander, AZ Klina Brasschaat 

Real cases, Real Solutions: A Panel Discussion

22.00  General Assembly (only for full members).
22.00  Networking at the dessert buffet.

Registration fee:  free for BKS members and ASO - € 50 for non-members

Please register (mandatory) at secretariaatBKS@outlook.com

Tel info: 0478 53 15 57