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Basic Skills in Hand Surgery

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Written by Vaikunthan Rajaratnam

Sunday, 13 December 2009 08:26

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Date: 12 - 14 January 2010

Fee: £1300

Held at: The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Status: Course Full

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15 - 17 June 2010	Central London	more details »

Convenor

Mr Fortune Iwuagwu
Consultant Plastic and Hand Surgeon
Broomsfield Hospital, Chelmsford

Level

ST 2-3 in plastic and orthopaedic surgery

Content

Day one
Anaesthetics and Soft tissue cover

Local and regional blocks
Compartment syndrome / fasciotomies
Applied anatomy
Incision for common access and exposure
Finger tip
Thumb and prox digit
Hand and wrist

Day two
Nerve and bone

Applied anatomy
Physiology of bone healing
Fracture fixation

Day three
Tendon, joints and ligaments

Applied anatomy and healing
Flexor tendon repair and rehabilitation
PIPJ hyperextension injury
Nerve access and repair plus graft
Thumb abduction injury
Ulna collateral injury
Fusion of DIPJ

Format

High faculty:participant ratio
Practical skills training using cadavers, simulators, plastic bones and microscopes
Lectures
Videos

Duration

Three days

Key benefits

This course is designed to teach trainees in plastic and orthopaedic surgery safe surgical techniques in dealing with hand trauma, with emphasis on soft tissue injuries and administration.

Applying for this course

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BSSH Spring 2010 Scientific Meeting

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Written by Vaikunthan Rajaratnam
Sunday, 13 December 2009 08:18

Date:	22 - 23 April 2010
Length:	2 days
Location:	Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester Link

MEGA Hand Conference

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Written by Vaikunthan Rajaratnam
Sunday, 13 December 2009 08:15
3rd MEGA HAND International Symposium (Multidisciplinary European Group for Aesthetics of the Hand) to be held in Paris, France on March 19-20, 2010. LINK This meeting is a multidisciplinary symposium covering all surgical, medical and paramedical fields of the Hand and Upper Limb aesthetics and unaesthetics, from nail to shoulder and from reconstruction to rejuvenation. The multidisciplinarity is one of the essential characteristics of this unique symposium which will gather essentially plastic surgeons, hand surgeons, dermatologists, rheumatologists and aesthetic physicians but will also be open to paramedics, technicians, artists and to any physician or person having a special interest in the hand or upper limb aesthetics. For this 3rd edition, the key topic will be Hand and Upper Limb Fat Grafting. Seven round tables will be also organized on Hands burns and skin substitutes - Fingertip reconstruction - Upper limb perforator flaps - Dupuytren's disease - Inner arm rejuvenation - Lasers, lights and peelings on hands - Filler injections and mesotherapy in hands.

XVth FESSH Congress in Bucharest, Romania,

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Written by Vaikunthan Rajaratnam
Sunday, 13 December 2009 08:12
FESSH, the Federation of Hand-Surgery Societies of Europe. in June 23rd-26th 2010. Congres Venue RIN GRAND HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER 7D Vitan - Barzesti Street, Bucharest, Romania Phone: + 4031 106 1111 Fax: + 40731 111 000 WEB: http://www.ringrandhotel.ro The Rin Grand Hotel Conference Center is situated at 8 Km from the city center and 25 Km from the 'Henry Coanda' International Airport. LINK