Professor Dr Peter Verdonk
Knee Surgeon
Degrees: MD, PhD
Particular expertise: Knee arthroplasty, ACL reconstruction, PCL reconstruction, Meniscal repair, Articular cartilage restoration, Meniscus Transplantation, Osteotomy, Complex knee surgery, Revision surgery
Website: http://www.verdonk.be
Location: Antwerp orthopaedic Center, Monica Hospitals, Harmoniestraat 68, Antwerp, 2018, Belgium
Professor Dr Peter Verdonk, MD, PhD is a full time Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon at Orthoca, Antwerp and Researcher at the Antwerp University and the Monica Research Institute. He is also a Visiting Surgeon at the Aspetar Hospital in Doha, Qatar and an Attending Surgeon at the Antwerp University Hospital. His clinical and research interests are knee surgery and arthroplasty with a particular focus on meniscus substitution and cartilage repair.
Professor Verdonk obtained his PhD degree at the Ghent University in 2006 on ‘The Human Meniscus: characterization, transplantation and tissue engineering’. He received his orthopaedic training in Ghent University, and was a fellow of Prof. Bellemans in Leuven and of Prof. Neyret in Lyon. He has been an international traveling fellow of the International Cartilage Repair Society in 2004 and of the European Society of Sport Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy in 2007. He is current president of the Belgian Knee Society (2019-2022) and member of the board of director of ISAKOS. He is author of more than 100 peer reviewed papers and has lectured internationally. He is also involved in a number of national and international scientific organization (ICRS, ISAKOS, ESSKA, ABA, BVOT, BKS,…).
For more info www.verdonk.be
Contributions
Meniscus Tears - filling the treatment gap
Meniscus injuries are quite common. Most often a meniscus tears as a result of a forceful twist or rotation of the knee, but it is important to understand that very often the injuries are rather more degenerative in nature. That means that people pretty often start tearing their meniscus once they pass the age of 45-50 and basically those are not very forceful or very traumatic injuries. A degenerative tear may thus have a minor onset, meaning that the person has a twisting injury perhaps just getting out of the car. Many of these patients will cope with this kind of problem but sometimes this injury becomes too bad, too symptomatic, with pain or a clicking situation or a swelling of the knee, and that's when the surgeon has to act.
Meniscus substitution - Webinar presented by Professor Peter Verdonk and Mr Tim Spalding
Webinar recording of event hosted in July 2020 about current options for patients who have lost their medial meniscus