AOTrauma Course-Hand and Wrist Fracture Management - Englewood

AOTrauma Course-Hand and Wrist Fracture Management is organized by AO North America and would be held on Nov 11, 2017 at Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, Colorado, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event are surgeons, hand fellows, and residents in plastic, orthopaedic and general surgery. This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 8 CME Credits.

Target Audience:
Enrollment in this Course is open to surgeons and hand fellows in orthopedic, plastic and general surgery. Residents who are interested in expanding their knowledge, skills and judgment in selecting patients for internal fixation procedures should also attend.

This course is designed to teach participants at every level of training and practice to systematically analyze hand and wrist fractures and to apply a treatment methodology based upon fracture management principles rather than upon any one implant, group of implants or singular universal technique.

These AO Principles will be stressed:
• Anatomic reduction
• Stable fixation
• Preservation of the blood supply
• Functional aftercare
• Early mobilization

Objectives:
• Differentiate between management of nonoperative fractures and fractures that need operative stabilization
• Identify and apply the AO Principles to hand and wrist fracture management
• Describe the indications for internal fixation of hand and wrist fractures, and the criteria for implant selection
• Identify alternative fixation methods and their role in fracture management
• Explain the importance of soft tissue preservation in the operative management of unstable hand fractures