The 9th Wrist Course

Oct 27 - Oct 29, 2017
Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii

Course directors:
Robert Medoff, MD
Alexander Shin, MD


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Course Syllabus 



Course curriculum (syllabus subject to change)
Day 1  Distal radius fractures -- persistent questions
 6:00 CME questions / breakfast
 7:00 Wrist pathology overview
 7:15 Radiographic markers of fracture complexity
 7:35 Volar plate panel: Do designs matter, plate position, dorsal fixation from volar side, distal fixation, are outcomes superior?
 8:20 Peri-articular instability panel: How to recognize, when to treat, methods of fixation, critical corner, dorsal instability, radial column, reduction tricks and tips
 9:00 Lab 1:  Group A. Distal radius fixation
            Group B. Exposures and case presentations
 9:45 Lab 2: Group A. Exposures and case presentations
           
Group B. Distal radius fixation
10:30 Break
10:45 Panel: Alternate fixation, is there a role?  Nails, cages, pins, external fixation, casts, neglect
11:15 Damage control orthopaedics
11:35 Distal radial malunions
11:55 The pediatric wrist: Growth plate and congenital problems
12:15 Panel:  Myths and Dogma -- The Sexagenarian and Septuagenarian View
 1:00 Adjourn
Day 2  Disorders of the carpus
 6:00 CME questions / breakfast
 7:00 Basic and not so basic carpal anatomy
 7:20Questions/discussion
 7:25 Scaphoid fractures
 7:45 Scaphoid nonunions/malunions
 8:00 Questions/discussion
 8:05Scapholunate instability -- are we close to a solution?
 8:25 Perilunate and other carpal injuries
 8:45 Questions/discussion
 8:50 Lab 3:  Group A. Carpal instability
            Group B. Case presentations carpal instability
9:35 Lab 4:  Group A. Case presentations carpal instability
           
Group B. Carpal instability 
10:20Break
10:35Salvage procedures for sequelae of intercarpal injuries
10:55Kienböck's disease
11:15 Questions/discussion
11:25 Surgical technique tricks and tips:  Scaphoid ORIF, scapholunate ligament reconstruction, limited intercarpal fusions, proximal row carpectomy, scaphoid non-union
12:15 Case presentations: Strange and unusual cases of carpal pathology over my career
12:50Questions/discussion
1:00 Adjourn


Day 3   Wrist reconstructive
 6:00 CME questions / breakfast
 7:10 Instability of the distal radioulnar joint: recognition and treatment
 7:20 Ulnar impaction
 7:40 Ulnar head excision -- does it still have a place
 8:00 Questions/discussion
 8:05 Salvage procedures: fusions and future directions in total wrist arthroplasty
 8:20 Questions/discussion

 8:25Miscellaneous causes of ulnar sided wrist pain
 8:40Questions/discussion
 8:45 Lab 5:  Group A. DRUJ arthroplasty
            Group B. Case presentations carpal reconstructive
 9:30 Lab 6:  Group A. Case presentations carpal reconstructive
            Group B. DRUJ arthroplasty
10:15 Break
10:30 Coding, compliance, and political correctness
10:45 CMC arthritis
11:05 Surgical techniques - tricks and tips
Arthroscopic TFCC repair, arthroscopic ulno-triquetral debridement, arthroscopic ganglion cyst excision, open reconstruction DRUJ instability, ulnar head replacement, total wrist arthroplasty
11:50 Questions / discussion
11:55 Naked and afraid -- A complication game show
12:55 Questions/closing comments
1:00 Adjourn



This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hawai‘i Consortium for Continuing Medical Education and the Wrist 2017 Planning Committee.

The Hawai‘i Consortium for Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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