Instructional Course on Arthroplasty of the Hand & Wrist

Instructional Course on Arthroplasty of the Hand & Wrist is organized by Arthroscopy & Arthroplasty Utrecht and will be held on Jul 02, 2018 at University Medical Centre Utrecht - Stratenum, Utrecht, Netherlands. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7 Points.

Surgical reconstruction of the hand and wrist comprises many different joints and techniques and is still evolving. In this course on Monday, instructional lectures are followed by cadaver lab sessions. Demonstrated surgical techniques can be put into practice on fresh cadavers while being supervised by experienced hand surgeons. Novel techniques using state of the art surgical equipment and implants can be experienced. The topic this year is operative treatment of scaphoid fractures, distal radius fractures and radiocarpal/midcarpal instability.

Topics :
• Treatment of scaphoid fractures: including new plates, screws, bone-grafts
• Treatment of distal radius fractures: including plates and pins/nails
• Treatment of radiocarpal/midcarpal instability and perilunate dislocations

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.