Foreword
ISAKOS Knee Committee: Biologics in Orthopaedics
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n 2011, in Rio de Janeiro, as a prelude to the biennial ISAKOS congress, the ISAKOS Knee Committee organized a one-day precourse on the topic of “biologics” in the area of knee surgery. The term biologics was intended to address the many areas of knee surgery involving either the use of biologically derived products, or procedures intended to preserve or restore the biology of the knee joint. This was a topic selected by the committee as an emerging area of orthopaedics of great relevance to ISAKOS members. The committee felt that one of the main problems with this topic was the abundance of information of variable quality, without a clear message for the orthopaedic surgeon regarding the valid evidence base for each product or technique required to guide clinical management. The committee therefore approached many world authorities to prepare evidence-based presentations on the many diverse areas of biologics relevant to knee surgery. Several of the participants were from the ISAKOS Knee committee, and there were also a number of invited speakers from outside the committee. The chairman for the precourse was Tony Miniaci from the United States, ably assisted in the organization of the course by several other committee members, and speakers were instructed to perform a systematic review of the literature to provide the current evidence base for each topic, to help guide ISAKOS members in clinical management. The result was a very successful day, attended by many orthopaedic surgeons, who all gave excellent feedback on the value of the course to their practice.
Given the high quality of the presentations and enthusiastic response from the participants, the committee felt that this was an excellent opportunity to produce a document detailing the content of the precourse to provide this valuable information to a wider audience. The committee therefore approached the Arthroscopy Journal, whose editorial staff were similarly enthusiastic, and each speaker was asked to update and then convert the information covered in their presentation into a systematic review for peer review prior to acceptance. The result is two sequential special sections in the April and May issues, representing authorship from over 10 countries in the spirit of global participation promoted by ISAKOS, and which I believe will be an excellent resource for orthopaedic surgeons and their colleagues in understanding and utilizing this important technology. I want to thank all of the contributing authors for their hard work in completing the articles to a very high quality. I would also like to thank the ISAKOS office for their support, and give particular thanks to Hank Hackett and Jim Lubowitz from the Arthroscopy Journal for having the foresight to see the value in this work, and for providing the ongoing assistance and encouragement in bringing this to completion. I do hope that you all will find the articles interesting and useful to your practice, and will serve as an inspiration for future study in this important area. David A. Parker, M.B.B.S.(Hons), B.Med.Sci., F.R.A.C.S. Sydney, Australia
Ó 2015 by the Arthroscopy Association of North America 0749-8063/14998/$36.00 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2014.11.036
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Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, Vol 31, No 4 (April), 2015: p 714
ISAKOS Knee Committee: Biologics in Orthopaedics
I
n 2011, in Rio de Janeiro, as a prelude to the biennial ISAKOS congress, the ISAKOS Knee Committee organized a one-day precourse on the topic of “biologics” in the area of knee surgery. The term biologics was intended to address the many areas of knee surgery involving either the use of biologically derived products, or procedures intended to preserve or restore the biology of the knee joint. This was a topic selected by the committee as an emerging area of orthopaedics of great relevance to ISAKOS members. The committee felt that one of the main problems with this topic was the abundance of information of variable quality, without a clear message for the orthopaedic surgeon regarding the valid evidence base for each product or technique required to guide clinical management. The committee therefore approached many world authorities to prepare evidence-based presentations on the many diverse areas of biologics relevant to knee surgery. Several of the participants were from the ISAKOS Knee committee, and there were also a number of invited speakers from outside the committee. The chairman for the precourse was Tony Miniaci from the United States, ably assisted in the organization of the course by several other committee members, and speakers were instructed to perform a systematic review of the literature to provide the current evidence base for each topic, to help guide ISAKOS members in clinical management. The result was a very successful day, attended by many orthopaedic surgeons, who all gave excellent feedback on the value of the course to their practice.
Given the high quality of the presentations and enthusiastic response from the participants, the committee felt that this was an excellent opportunity to produce a document detailing the content of the precourse to provide this valuable information to a wider audience. The committee therefore approached the Arthroscopy Journal, whose editorial staff were similarly enthusiastic, and each speaker was asked to update and then convert the information covered in their presentation into a systematic review for peer review prior to acceptance. The result is two sequential special sections in the April and May issues, representing authorship from over 10 countries in the spirit of global participation promoted by ISAKOS, and which I believe will be an excellent resource for orthopaedic surgeons and their colleagues in understanding and utilizing this important technology. I want to thank all of the contributing authors for their hard work in completing the articles to a very high quality. I would also like to thank the ISAKOS office for their support, and give particular thanks to Hank Hackett and Jim Lubowitz from the Arthroscopy Journal for having the foresight to see the value in this work, and for providing the ongoing assistance and encouragement in bringing this to completion. I do hope that you all will find the articles interesting and useful to your practice, and will serve as an inspiration for future study in this important area. David A. Parker, M.B.B.S.(Hons), B.Med.Sci., F.R.A.C.S. Sydney, Australia
Ó 2015 by the Arthroscopy Association of North America 0749-8063/14998/$36.00 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2014.11.036
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Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, Vol 31, No 4 (April), 2015: p 714
