No. 010: March-April 2021

This month, we are honored to feature an interview with David Dejour, MD, a leading figure of the Lyon school of knee surgery and past president of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA). His career is distinguished by a sustained commitment to translating foundational surgical traditions into standardized, evidence-based practice on a global scale. As president of ESSKA, he championed institutional continuity and the expansion of certification frameworks to broaden access to specialized orthopedic knowledge. This interview examines his perspective on the interplay between surgical heritage and scientific rigor, and his role as an advocate for collaborative research and the formal validation of emerging trends in knee surgery.

The clinical articles in this issue span several interconnected domains. In traumatology, a structured diagnostic algorithm is presented for acute syndesmotic injuries, commonly referred to as high ankle sprains, integrating clinical history, physical examination, and imaging findings. Attention then turns to lower limb alignment in arthroplasty, with a discussion of the functional knee phenotype concept and its implications for the ongoing debate surrounding frontal alignment in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Osteotomy technique is addressed through an evaluation of patient-specific cutting guides for both straightforward and complex intra-articular high tibial osteotomies. The issue also examines the long-term efficacy of fresh osteochondral allograft (FOCA) transplantation of the knee, a procedure underutilized in the European context, before concluding with a reflection on ESSKA @ Home 2021, a platform through which contemporary surgical trends were critically assessed against scientific evidence.