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FELLOWSHIP REPORT
ISAKOS Teaching Centre Fellowship Report
May 2015, Munich, Germany
While drafting my fellowship proposal to ISAKOS, I felt an exquisite interest to visit centers of excellence in the world, especially in Shoulder Arthroscopic surgeries. Shoulder surgeries are beginning to gain popularity in India and there couldn’t be anything better than learning them from the masters.
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I chose Klinikum Recht Der Isar, Technische Universität München, Germany under the aegis of Prof Andreas Imhoff for learning arthroscopic surgeries. I arrived at Munich for a 4-week fellowship, and was greeted by the Prof Imhoff and his team and guided about the schedule for the day and the week. It started with the early morning clinical meeting discussing about the cases accomplished and to be done. We then headed to the patient wards where Prof. introduced me to the conditions of the patients and the postoperative protocols. I was amazed to see the up to date logs and protocols at the Clinic. Later we headed to the state of art OR complex where daily about 7 – 8 cases are done. I had an extremely good experience when I scrubbed in with Prof. Imhoff for the repair of a massive Rotator Cuff tear. He explained me the complaints of the patient and the reason for the techniques used. The arthroscopic visualization was fantastic. After the surgery he explained me the postoperative protocol and other salient points of the surgery, including the “Do’s and Don’ts.”
01 ArrivingatKlinikumRechtDerIsar, Technische Universität München, Germany
02 IntheOperatingRoomwithProf.Imhoff 03 Prof.ImhoffandDr.Potdar
02 Every day we used to discuss various aspects of arthroscopic surgeries and I really appreciate the whole team under Prof Imhoff to clear my doubts and endow me with their experiences. During the 4-week duration of the fellowship I was able to independently observe and assist in more than 70 surgeries of the shoulder, knee, ankle and the elbow. I was able to assist in few non-arthroscopic surgeries like Patellofemoral Arthroplasty, Inverse shoulder arthroplasty, hamstring, rectus femoris and distal biceps ruptures apart from the usual arthroscopic procedures. I also observed cartilage surgeries like OATS of Knee and Ankle. During the end of my fellowship I also got an opportunity to visit the Arthrex headquarters at Freiham, Munich, where I could have
a hands-on experience on a cadaveric shoulder.
During my stay I also managed to grab a glimpse of the Bavarian (South Germany) culture and tour beautiful city of Munich.
I would like to thank ISAKOS for giving me this opportunity and Prof Andreas Imhoff for teaching me the core principles and advanced techniques in Sports Orthopaedics.
Regards,
Prabodhan Potdar, MBBS, MS, DNB, INDIA
ISAKOS fellow (2015)
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