Dr Lars Blønd

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Blønd, Lars

Knee Surgeon

Particular Expertise:

Patello-femoral surgery, patellar dislocation, Trochleoplasty, KNEEguru Team Member, KNEEguru Clinical Advisory Board

Dr Lars Blønd is a knee, shoulder and elbow surgeon, specialising in arthroscopic procedures and all kinds of reconstructions. He is the inventor of the arthroscopic trochleoplasty and highly specialised in the management of dislocating patellae.

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Location

Aleris-Hamlet Hospitals,

Gyngemose Parkvej 66,

2860 Søborg

Denmark

Phone: +45-35-44-10-00

55° 43' 38.6184" N, 12° 28' 31.5984" E

Part-time Senior Consultant

University Hospital Koege Lykkebækvej 1

DK-4600 Køge

Denmark

55° 27' 27.0936" N, 12° 10' 55.8516" E

Contributions

Lateral Release - why the bad reputation?

A patellofemoral expert discusses the modern role of the now controversial lateral release procedure

MRI Scans - what you should be aware of

A paper about things in the knee that are easily missed on MRI.

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CV:

Current employment

Koege Hospital (Public - part time) and Aleris-Hamlet Hospital (Part time)

Postgraduate employment - Cph

Chief Surgeon Aleris-Hamlet Hosp 2014-present

Authorizations

Physician 1991

Specialist Orthopedic Surgery June 2001

Certificate of sportsmedicine 2003

Education

Graduate Gymnasium 1981

Military service Navy 1982

Matriculated Copenhagen (Cph) Uni 1984

Graduate Medicine University of Copenhagen (Cph) 1991

Primary skills and goals

Highly specialized and experienced arthroscopic and reconstructive surgeon primary in shoulder, knee and elbows and moreover I do shoulder prostheses and trauma surgery. I am inventor of the arthroscopic trochleoplasty and do this procedure routinely as the only one worldwide and with great success.

Current employment

Koege Hospital (Public - part time) and Teres Hospital Parken (Part time)

Postgraduate employment - Cph

Chief Surg. Teres Hosp Parken 2014-

Chief Surg. Koege Hospital 2013 -

Chief Surg. Gildhøj Private Hosp. 2008 - 14

Chief Surg. Herlev Uni. Hosp. 2006 - 08

Chief Surg. Gentofte Uni. Hosp. 2004 - 06

Consultant Amager Uni. Hosp. 2002 – 04

Part time

Consultant Parkens Private Hosp. 2003 – 04

Chief Surgeon Nygart Private Hosp. 2004 – 08

Team Physician - Superliga Soccer Team Hb Koege FC 09-12

Police Doctor Cph 98 to 01

Physician Several Sports Clinics 1996 - 06

Specialist training as orthop. surg. (Fellow)

Bispebjerg Uni. Hosp. 1997 – 99 & 2001– 02

Amager Uni. Hosp. 1999 - 01

Frederiksberg Uni. Hosp. 1997 - 99

Rigshospitalet Uni. Hosp. 1997 - 99

Hvidovre Uni. Hosp. 1997 - 99

Postgraduate training (Resident)

Ort. Dept. Gentofte Uni. Hosp. 1996 - 97

Surgery Dept. Glostrup Uni. Hosp. 1995 - 96

Ort. Dept. Glostrup Uni. Hosp. 1993 – 93

1. to 3. Practice Nyk Falster Hosp. 1991 - 93

Selected Management and administration

Board member of ESSKA Patella Instability Group

President Danish Association of Sports Medicine (DIMS) 10 - 14

Security Leader Gildhøj Private Hosp 2008 - 12

Board member, Danish Society Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Traumatology (SAKS) 03 to 07

Organizer of the symposium "ACL on a cross road" Denmark 06

Organizer of the Danish Sports Medicine Society Annual Meeting Denmark 2006

Chef Organizer ”The Danish Course for Basic arthroscopy" CPH annually 04 - 10

Coaching – Galileo Leader course Denmark 2005

Organizer of the symposium "Complication in arthroscopic surgery," Denmark 2005

Chief Organizer of the International Symposium of the Patellofemoral Joint Surgery, Denmark 2004

Chairman East Danish Shoulder Elbow Association 2002 to 04

Chairman of the Committee Patient Information Amager Uni Hosp. 2002

Committee for accelerated clinical pathway for hip surgery Amager University Hospital 02

Organizer of "Advanced Shoulder workshop" Denmark 2001

Board member, Amager University Hospital Sports Clinic 1999-04

Organizer "Tuesday Meetings for physicians." Amager Uni Hosp. 2000 to 01

Team Denmark Centre Director Sailing Vallensbæk 1989 – 93

Team Physician National Sailors Barcelona Pre-Olympics 91

Membership Medical Scientific Associations

ESSKA 2010 -

Danish Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 2002 -

Danish Society for Arthroscopic Surgery 1999 -

Danish Association of Sports Medicine Society 1988 -

Danish Association of Orthopedic Society 1995 -

Awards and Prizes

Youth leader Price Vallensbæk Municipality 1990

Received scholarship Guidal foundation 1994 and 2000

Award Winner Best Presentation: Danish Association of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting

Received Danish Orthopedic Society Fund 02

Selected Courses and Symposia

ESSKA Meeting, Budapest 1996, Nice 1998, Innsbruck 2006, Oslo 2010, Geneva 2012

ISAKOS Meeting, Switzerland 2001, Auckland 2003, Osaka 2009

SECEC Meeting, Rome 2005, Brugge 2008

Danish Association of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012

IMUKA congress Masterclass of Knees, Holland 12

Midland Controversies, England 11

Advanced Shoulder Surgery, France 2007

Medcalf artroscopic surgery U.S.A. 2004, 2011

Advanced cources on Shoulder Arthroscopy France 2003, 2005, 2007

Patellofemoral Meeting, Denmark 2004

Mitek Arthroscopic Surgery Italy 2004

International Skeletal Trauma cources Switzerland 2002

Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Denmark 2002

49 th. Continental cources of Surgeons, UK 2000

Advanced arthroscopic surgery, Italy 1999

AO – Course, Cph 1994

Winter Sports Medicine, France 1989

Selected recent presentations

Trochleoplasty - Joint Preservation Congress – Warsaw - Polen 13

Trochleoplasty for failed patellar stabilization – ICL 129 – AAOS, Chicago USA 2013

Patella instability symposium – Scandinavian Congress of Sports Medicine, Sweden 2012

Arthroscopic Deepening Trochleoplasty in combination with reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament -A prospective follow-up - ESSKA Congress Geneva, Switzerland 2012

Arthroscopic Trochleoplasty in cases with symptomatic Trochlear Dysplasia - IMUKA Masterclass of Knees Maastricht, Holland 2012

The arthroscopic trochleoplasty - Midlands Controversies Birmingham, UK 2011

The arthroscopic trochleoplasty. A prospective 2 year follow-up - Danish annual meeting Ort Surg 2010

Arthroscopic Deepening Trochleoplasty. Symposium - ESSKA Congress. Oslo – Norway 2010

Prospective evaluation of open trochleoplasty in patients with recurrent patellar dislocation and severe

trochlear dysplasia - Danish annual meeting Ort Surg 2009

The arthroscopic trochleoplasty. ISAKOS. Japan. 2009

Trochleoplasty. Danish Association of Orthopedics 2007

Hyper Mobility is not a problem in male soccer. ISAKOS. New Zealand. 2003

In addition to above mentioned I have been given several other presentations in courses for physians, medical students, nurses, physiotherapist and chiropractors etc.

Selected recent non scientific publications

Is there any indication for trochleoplasty? http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/blogs/patellofemoral-update/is-there-a...

A New and Rarely Performed Technique to Correct a Dislocated Kneecap: World Tourism Magazine Issue 25 2012

www.vumedi.com - 6 videos, including Bicepstenodese and Trochleoplasty

Video / book chapter: The operative technique arthroscopic trochleoplasty. TITLE: "Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability" Editor-In-Chief: Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Publisher: Springer-Verlag London. Second Edition, the 2010th

Book Chapter: Arthroscopic deepening trochleoplasty. Patellofemoral Pain, Instability and Arthritis "by Stefano Zaffagnini, David Dejour and Elizabeth Arendt 2010

Compendium Shoulder Test - Herlev Hospital 2007 – www.herlevhospital.dk

Danish Translation Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index 2005

Danish Translation Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index 2005

Publications

Publications:

1. Larsson, B., Beyer, N., Bay, P., Blønd, L., Aagaard, P., and Kjaer, M.: Exercise performance in elite male and female sailors. Int. J Sports Med. 17: 504-508, 1996.

2. Blønd, L. and Hansen, L.: Patellofemoral pain syndrome in athletes: a 5.7-year retrospective follow-up study of 250 athletes. Acta Orthop Belg. 64: 393-400, 1998.

3. Blønd, L. and Hansen, L. B.: Injuries caused by falling soccer goalposts in Denmark. Br. J Sports Med. 33: 110-112, 1999.

4. Blønd L. and Madsen J.L.: Scintigraphic method for evaluation of reductions in local blood volumes in human extremities. Scand J Lab Clin Inv. 60;(5): 333-339, 2000.

5. Blønd L., Kirketerp-Moeller K, Sonne-Holm S, and Madsen J.L.: Exsanguination of lower limbs before surgery. Acta Orthop Scand. 73;(1): 89-92, 2002

6. Blønd L. and Madsen J.L.: Exsanguination of upper limbs before surgery. JBJS (br). 84;(4):489-491, 2002.

7. Blønd L. and Madsen J.L: Exsanguination of limbs in elderly before surgery. A comparison with young individuals. Int. Orthop. 27;(2): 114-116, 2003.

8. Blønd L. and Madsen J.L: Bone marrow perfusion in healthy subjects assessed by scintigraphy after application of a tourniquet. Acta Orthop Scand. 74;(4): 460-464, 2003.

9. Husted H., Blønd L.,Sonne-Holm S.,Holm G.,Jacobsen T., Gebuhr P.:Tranexamic acid reduces blood loss and blood transfusion in primary total hip arthroplasty. Acta Orthop Scand. 74;(6): 665-669, 2003.

10. Blønd L., Jensen NV., Søe-Nielsen NH. Clinical Consequences of Different Exsanguination Methods in Hand Surgery. A Double-blind Randomised Study. Journal of Hand Surgery (Eur Vol) 2008; 33; 475

11. Konradsen L., Kirkegaard PR., Larsen VH., Blønd L. Suprascapular Nerve Block or Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block for Pain Relief after Arthroscopic Acromioplasty. Ambulatory Surgery. Vol 15-1 2009

12. Blønd L. and Schöttle P. “The arthroscopic deepening trochleoplasty” Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2010 Apr;18(4):480-5

13. Blønd L "Development in sportsmedicine" Ugeskr Laeger 2012;174(12):783.

14 .Blønd L., & Rechter S. Arthroscopic treatment for snapping scapula: a prospective case series. Eur J Orthop Surg & Traumatol 2014;24(2):159-64.

15. Blønd L., & Haugegaard M. Combined arthroscopic deepening trochleoplasty and reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament for patients with recurrent patella dislocation and trochlear dysplasia. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2014;22(10):2484-90.

16. Blønd L "Patella instability" Ugeskr Laeger. 2014;17;176(12A).

17. Blønd L., Kaewkongnok B. Reconstruction of delayed diagnoses simultaneous bilateral distal biceps tendon ruptures using semtendinosus and quadriceps tendon autografts. SpringerPlus 2015 4:111.

18.Blønd L. Arthroscopic deepening trochleoplasty - The technique. Oper Tech Sports Med 2015 23(2):136-42 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1060187215000349.

19. Blønd L & Donell S Editorial: Does the patellofemoral joint need articular cartilage. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2015 Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 23(12):3461-3.

20. Barfod K, Blønd L & Meier JF. Patellofemoral lidelse på grund af øget anteversion af collum femoris. 2016 Ugeskr Laeger 29;178(35) http://ugeskriftet.dk/videnskab/patellofemoral-lidelse-paa-grund-af-oege....

21. Paiva M, Blønd L, Hölmich P, Steensen R, Diederichs G, Feller J.A. and Barfod K.W. Quality assessment of radiological measurements of trochlear dysplasia; a literature review. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2018 26(3):746-755.

22. Eshoj H, Bak K, Blønd L& Juul-Kristensen B. Translation, adaptation and measurement properties of an electronic version of the Danish Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI). BMJ Open. 2017 Jul 10;7(7).

23. Gravesen KS, Kallemose T, Blønd L, Troelsen A, Barfod KW. High incidence of acute and recurrent patellar dislocations: a retrospective nationwide epidemiological study involving 24.154 primary dislocations. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2018 Apr;26(4):1204-1209.

24. Blønd L. Arthroscopic deepening trochleoplasty for chronic anterior knee pain after previous failed conservative and arthroscopic treatment. Report of two cases. Int J Surg Case Rep 2017 40;63-68.

25. Kaewkongnok B, Bøvling A, Millandt N, Møllenborg C, Viberg B, Blønd L. Does different duration of non-operative immobilization have an effect on the redislocation rate of primary patellar dislocation? A retrospective multicenter cohort study. The Knee. 2018;25(1):51-58.

26. Blønd L. Patellofemoral Instability - An update. Acta Orthop Belg 2017, 3, 367-383.

27. Blønd L. Does the patellofemoral joint need articular cartilage? - clinical relevance. Annals of joints 2018, May 1-6 http://aoj.amegroups.com/article/view/4350/4955.

28. Gravesen KS, Kallemose T, Blønd L, Troelsen A, Barfod KW. Persistent morbidity after Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction - A registry study with an eight-year follow-up on a nationwide cohort from 1996 to 2014. Knee 2019, 26, 20-25.

29. Rathleff MS, Straszek CL, Blønd L, Thomsen JL. Forreste knæsmerter hos børn og unge. Ugeskr Laeger. 2019 Mar 25;181(13).

30. Barfod KW, Blønd L. Treatment of osteoarthritis with autologous and microfragmented adipose tissue. 2019 66;10.

Book chapters

1. Arthroscopic deepening trocheloplasty." Patellofemoral Pain, Instability and Arthritis" by Stefano Zaffagnini, David Dejour and Elizabeth Arendt, Springer-Verlag, 2010.

2. The operative technique arthroscopic trochleoplasty. "Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability" Editor-In-Chief: Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Publisher: Springer-Verlag London. Second Edition 2010.

3. Arthroscopic trochleoplasty. "Patellar instability. Management Principles and Operative Technique" Shital Parikh, Wolters Kluwer 2019.

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Dr Lars Blond's own website

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What NICE says about arthroscopic trochleoplasty

NICE (1)

NICE (2)

Healio article

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Lateral Release - why the bad reputation?

MRI Scans - what you should be aware of

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Postgraduate employment - Cph

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Current employment

Postgraduate employment - Cph

Authorizations

Education

Primary skills and goals

Current employment

Postgraduate employment - Cph

Part time

Specialist training as orthop. surg. (Fellow)

Postgraduate training (Resident)

Selected Management and administration

Membership Medical Scientific Associations

Awards and Prizes

Selected Courses and Symposia

Selected recent presentations

Selected recent non scientific publications

Book chapters