WEDNESDAY 13th
11.45-12.00
Registration and light snack
12.00-12.15
Welcome
12.15-12.45
Degeneration and regeneration in the peripheral nervous system – the basics. Degeneration – classification of nerve injuries – regeneration Kåre Fugleholm
12.15-12.45
Entrapment in the upper extremity Endoscopic and open carpal tunnel decompression – Ulnar nerve decompression – anterior interosseus nerve decompression Ove Bergdal and Peter Birkeland
13.00-13.30 The radial nerve Typical lesions and surgical approach. Posterior interosseus nerve decompression Marco Sinisi
13.30-14.00 Hand/digital nerve injuries. Anatomy, repari, nerve transfers in hand. Anders Kjørup
14.00-17.30 Hands on + demo (Bergdal/Birkeland/Sinisi/Kjørup)
19.00 Faculty dinner
THURSDAY 14th
7.45-8.00
Coffee
8.00-8.30
Lectures
Surgical management of peripheral nerve tumors.
Classification – when to worry, and about what? -surgical technique – case review.
Lars Bøgeskov
8.30-8.45
Entrapment in the lower extremity.
Meralgia paraesthetica – Mortons metatarsalgia – Tarsal tunnel syndrom.
Kåre Fugleholm
8.45-9.00
Neurolysis and nerve anastomosis techniques.
End to end suture after transection lesion – sural nerve graft – fascicular dissection – nerve transfer technique
Ridvan Alimehmeti
09.00-12.15
Hands on + demo (Fox/Alimehmeti)
12.15-13.00
Lunch
13.00-13.25
Lecture
Sciatic/peroneal/tibial nerve exploration, tendon transfer
Sciatic nerve-tibial nerve- superficial and deep peroneal nerve, sural nerve – posterior tibial tendon transfer.
Michael Fox
13.25-17.00
Hands on + demo (Sinisi/Fox)
20.00 Course Dinner
FRIDAY 15th
7.45-8.00
Coffee
8.00-8.15
Lecture
Thoracic outlet syndrome.
Upper plexus – scalenotomy – cervical rib.
Ove Bergdal
8.15-8.45
Lecture
Brachial plexus surgical anatomy.
Supraclavicular and infraclavicular access – plexus dissection
Michael Fox/Marco Sinisi
9.15-12.15
Hands on + demo (Fox/Sinisi/Bergdal)
12.15-13.00
Lunch
13.00-13.20
Lectures
Upper extremity proximal nerve transfers.
Ridvan Alimehmeti
13.20-13.40
Upper extremity distal nerve transfers.
Michael Fox
13.40-17.00
Hands on + demo (Fox/Sinisi/Alimehmeti/Kjørup)