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Treatment of Wrist Injuries -- Advanced Surgical Techniques

October 31 - November 2, 2008

 

Course Syllabus

 

 


Abbreviated course curriculum (syllabus subject to change)
  Day 1
  6:30 Case of the day / breakfast
  7:00 Introduction and essential radiography of the wrist
  7:30 Pediatric wrist fractures  -- avoiding problems in small packages
  8:00 Volar plating: pearls and pitfalls
  8:20 Dorsal plating -- does it still have a role?
  8:40 Fragment specific fixation
  9:00 Bridging and non-bridging external fixation
  9:20 Casts, pins, and braces
  9:35 Distal radius fractures: what are the outcomes?
  9:55 Case presentations/questions
 
  10:15 Break
  10:30 - 13:00 Hands-on breakout surgical labs (three labs 45 minutes each)
 
 

  Day 2
  6:30 Case of the day / breakfast
  7:00 Fractures in the elderly
  7:20 Rehabilitation of distal radius fractures
  7:40 Anatomy of the carpus
  8:00 Treatment of acute scaphoid fractures
  8:20 Scaphoid non-unions
  8:40 Scapholunate ligament tears
  9:00 Other carpal fractures and ligament injuries
  9:20 Wrist salvage 1: Proximal row carpectomy
  9:35 Wrist salvage 2: Intercarpal fusions
  9:55 Case presentations / questions
  10:15 Break
  10:30 - 13:00 Cadaveric surgical demonstration
  Limited and extensile exposures to the distal radius
  Scaphoid ORIF: open vs percutaneous, antegrade vs retrograde
  Surgical approaches to the carpus
Proximal row carpectomy
Scapholunate ligament repair/reconstruction

  Day 3
  6:30 Case of the day / breakfast
  7:00 Arthroscopy for wrist trauma
   7:20 Osteoporosis and wrist fractures
   7:40 Anatomy and injuries of the ulnar column
   7:55 Treatment of the TFCC
   8:15 The unstable DRUJ
   8:35 Options for DRUJ arthroplasty
     Complications of wrist injuries
   8:55   Malunions and hardware issues
   9:15   The stiff hand
   9:35
Complex regional pain syndrome
9:55 Case presentations / questions
    10:15 Break
    10:30 - 13:00 Hands-on breakout surgical labs (three labs 45 minutes each)
       
       

This course is sponsored by the Hawaii Consortium for Continuing Medical Education, a joint venture of the Hawaii Medical Association and the John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii. Presented by the Department of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii.  The Hawaii Consortium for Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

The Hawaii Consortium for Continuing Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.