AO Recon Courses—Complex Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Choose from nine world-class AO competency-based curriculum courses with dry bones, or anatomical specimen developed by renowned surgeons. 

Enhance Your Skills in Complex Arthroplasty: Advanced AO Recon Course for Orthopedic Surgeons

Discover the latest treatment concepts for patients requiring revision or complex primary arthroplasty in the hip and knee with our comprehensive course. Tailored specifically for certified and experienced orthopedic surgeons, this program offers valuable insights to augment your knowledge and surgical proficiency in complex arthroplasty.

From the AO Recon Complex Hip and Knee Curriculum, we offer nine different course types with anatomical specimen or dry bones that cover all single or combined topics.

Choose the course that suits you best:

Complex Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty (2.5 days)

This course is targeted at certified, experienced orthopedic surgeons who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in complex arthroplasty and the treatment of patients with a need for revision or complex primary arthroplasty in the hip and knee. Find this course | Download brochure

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    Module 1

    Indications for revision hip arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 2

    Revision arthroplasty of the hip

    Module 3

    Complex primary total hip arthroplasty (THA)

    Module 4

    Indications for revision knee arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 5

    Revision arthroplasty of the knee

    Module 6

    Indications for revision knee arthroplasty and patient optimization

    Module 7

    Complications

    Wet Lab

    Anatomical specimen laboratory—hip arthroplasty

    Anatomical specimen laboratory—knee arthroplasty

  • Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Optimize preoperative planning
    • Adopt a patient-centered approach
    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications
    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications
    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach
    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes

Revision Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty (2 days)

This course is targeted at certified, experienced orthopedic surgeons who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in revision arthroplasty. Find this course | Download brochure

  • View course modules

    Module 1

    Indications for revision hip arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 2

    Revision arthroplasty of the hip

    Module 3

    Indications for revision knee arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 4

    Revision arthroplasty of the knee

    Module 5

    Complications

    Wet Lab

    Anatomical specimen laboratory—hip arthroplasty

    Anatomical specimen laboratory—knee arthroplasty

  • Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Optimize preoperative planning
    • Adopt a patient-centered approach
    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications
    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for revision arthroplasty
    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications
    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach
    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes

Complex Total Hip Arthroplasty (1.5 days)

This course is targeted at certified, experienced orthopedic surgeons who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in complex arthroplasty and the treatment of patients with a need for revision or complex primary arthroplasty in the hipFind this course

  • View course modules

    Module 1

    Indications for revision hip arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 2

    Revision arthroplasty of the hip

    Module 3

    Complex primary total hip arthroplasty (THA)

    Module 4

    Complications

    Wet Lab

    Anatomical specimen laboratory—hip arthroplasty

  • Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Optimize preoperative planning
    • Adopt a patient-centered approach
    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications
    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications
    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach
    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes

Complex Total Knee Arthroplasty (1.5 days)

This course is targeted at certified, experienced orthopedic surgeons who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in complex arthroplasty and the treatment of patients with a need for revision or complex primary arthroplasty in the knee. Find this course

  • View course modules

    Module 1

    Indications for revision hip arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 2

    Indications for revision knee arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module3

    Revision arthroplasty of the knee

    Module4

    Complications

    Wet Lab

    Anatomical specimen laboratory—knee arthroplasty

  • Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Optimize preoperative planning
    • Adopt a patient-centered approach
    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications
    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications
    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach
    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes

Course details may be subject to change. Please check your chosen date, duration, and location for the detailed program.

Complex Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty (2 days)

This course is targeted at certified, experienced orthopedic surgeons who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in complex arthroplastyFind this course

  • View course modules

    Module 1

    Indications for revision hip arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 2

    Revision arthroplasty of the hip

    Module 3

    Complex primary total hip arthroplasty (THA)

    Module 4

    Indications for revision knee arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 5

    Revision arthroplasty of the knee

    Module 6

    Complex primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

    Module 7

    Complications

  • Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Optimize preoperative planning
    • Adopt a patient-centered approach
    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications
    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications
    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach
    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes

Complex Total Hip Arthroplastry (1,5 days)

This course is targeted at certified, experienced orthopedic surgeons who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in complex arthroplasty focusing on the hipFind this course

  • View course modules

    Module 1

    Indications for revision hip arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 2

    Revision arthroplasty of the hip

    Module 3

    Complex primary total hip arthroplasty (THA)

    Module 4

    Complications

  • Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Optimize preoperative planning
    • Adopt a patient-centered approach
    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications
    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications
    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach
    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes

Complex Total Knee Arthroplasty (1,5 days)

This course is targeted at certified, experienced orthopedic surgeons who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in complex arthroplasty focusing on the kneeFind this course

  • View course modules

    Module 1

    Indications for revision hip arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 2

    Revision arthroplasty of the knee

    Module 3

    Complex primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

    Module 4

    Complications

  • Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Optimize preoperative planning
    • Adopt a patient-centered approach
    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications
    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for revision and complex primary arthroplasty
    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications
    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach
    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes

Course details may be subject to change. Please check your chosen date, duration, and location for the detailed program.

Complex and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty and Joint Preservation (2.5 days)

This course is targeted at certified, experienced orthopedic surgeons who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in in complex and revision arthroplasty and joint preservation procedures of the hipFind this course

  • View course modules

    Module 1

    Complex primary total hip arthroplasty (THA)

    Module 2

    Indications for revision hip arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 3

    Revision arthroplasty of the hip

    Module 4

    Complications

    Module 5

    Diagnostics and indications for hip joint preservation

    Module 6

    Technical aspects of hip joint preservation procedures

    Wet Lab

    Anatomical specimen laboratory—hip arthroplasty

  • Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in complex and revision arthroplasty and hip preservation
    • Optimize preoperative planning
    • Adopt a patient-centered approach
    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications
    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for complex and revision arthroplasty
    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications
    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach
    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes


Complex and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty and Joint Preservation (2 days)

This course is targeted at certified, experienced orthopedic surgeons who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in in complex and revision arthroplasty and joint preservation procedures of the kneeFind this course

  • View course modules

    Module 1

    Indications for revision knee arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 2

    Revision knee arthroplasty and preoperative planning

    Module 3

    Revision arthroplasty of the knee

    Module 4

    Complications

    Module 5

    Diagnostics and indications for knee joint preservation

    Module 6

    Osteotomy techniques

    Module 7

    Repair

    Wet Lab

    Anatomical specimen laboratory—knee arthroplasty

    Anatomical specimen laboratory—knee preservation

  • Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in revision total knee arthroplasty and knee joint preservation
    • Optimize preoperative planning
    • Adopt a patient-centered approach
    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications
    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for revision knee arthroplasty
    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications
    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach
    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes

Course details may be subject to change. Please check your chosen date, duration, and location for the detailed program.

Why you should choose this course

Top national, regional, and international faculty

For surgeons who already treat (complex total hip and knee arthroplasty)

Network with expert faculty and peers from all over the world

CME credits, you get a certificate of completion

Developed by renowned surgeons and delivered by the world's most important orthopedic organization


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AO Recon Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Curriculum Task Force

Learn more about the AO Recon Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Curriculum Task Force members. Nominated by the Education Forum these expert groups of arthroplasty surgeons develop the educational content for AO Recon's curriculum-based courses.

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