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Hanson

FACULTY

Chad Hanson
Desert Orthopaedic Center
Chad Hanson practices Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics in Las Vegas, Nevada. He serves as the Head Team Physician for the Las Vegas Raiders and also is an Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Vegas Golden Knights and Cirque du Soleil. He also loves his family, music and triathlon.

All Sessions by Chad Hanson

Time Topic Faculty
Thursday, January 22, 2026
1:34 PM - 1:59 PM
(25 min)
Case Presentations with Questions and Answers and Audience Participation Multiligament Controversies Early Vs Staged, Allograft Vs Autograft, Role of External Fixation And Neurovascular Injuries
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
(14 min)
Match 1: First-Time ACL Injury in an Elite Soccer Athlete Case: 18-year-old winger, non-contact injury, isolated ACL Debate Points: Graft selection (BTB vs. quad vs. hamstring) Role of LET or ALL recon in primary When to clear for return: functional vs. timeline Psychological readiness and re-injury rates Does treatment in case of Elevated Posterior Slope (18-20) Does treatment change In case of Revision?
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11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
(15 min)
Match 2: 14 Year-Old Female Soccer Athlete With a Lateral Meniscus Bucket Handle Tear Debridement vs Repair Repair Techniques (All-Inside, Root Repair, Inside-Out) Rehab Restrictions – Brace or Not? WB Status? Managing Lateral Vs. Medial Tears in High-Load Cutting Sports
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11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
(15 min)
Match 3: 23 Year-Old Male International Premeir League Soccer Player With a Painful Medial Isolated Femoral Condyle Defect 2.5 cm ICRS Grade IV Lesion In Season Management—Injections? Aspirations? Biologics? Conservative Management: Biologics (PRP, BMAC), Load Management, Rehab When to Operate? What Operation? Debridement, Microfracture, OAT, OCA, MACI? Role of Unloading Osteotomy Imaging and Functional Criteria for Return Role of Second-Look Arthroscopy
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11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
(15 min)
Match 4: 25 Year-Old Recreational League Soccer Player With In-Season Proximal Hamstring With Two-Tendon and 3 cm Gap In Season Management—Injections? Biologics? Conservative Management: Biologics (PRP, BMAC), Load Management, Rehab When to Operate? What Operation? Repair, Reconstruction? Recovery and Timing for Return to Play?
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4:17 PM - 4:27 PM
(10 min)
Patellar and Quadriceps Repair Techniques-- What Works in 2026!
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4:32 PM - 4:57 PM
(25 min)
Case Presentations with Questions and Answers and Audience Participation
Techniques, Indications, and Outcomes for Augmentation of ACL Reconstructions, Patella Tendon and Quad Ruptures
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