Wednesday 10th
11.45-12.00
Registration and light snack
12.00-12.15
Welcome
12.15-12.40
Degeneration and regeneration in the peripheral nervous system – the basics.
Degeneration – classification of nerve injuries regeneration.
Kåre Fugleholm
12.40-13.00
Entrapment in the upper extremity
Endoscopic and open carpal tunnel decompression – Ulnar nerve decompression-anterior interosseus nerve decompression
Peter Birkeland
13.00-13.20
The radial nerve.
Typical lesions and surgical approach. Posterior interosseus nerve decompression.
Marco Sinisi
13.20-13.40
Hand/digital nerve injuries
Anatomy, repair, nerve transfers in hand.
Casper Ottosen
14.00-17.30
Hands on + demo
19.00 Faculty Dinner
Thursday 11th
7.45-8.00
Coffee
8.00-8.15
Lectures
Surgical management of peripheral nerve tumors
Classification – when to worry, and about what? -surgical technique-case review.
Damiano Barone
8.15-8.30
Entrapment in the lower extremity
Meralgia paraesthetica – Peroneal nerve entrapment – Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Christian Heinen
8.30-8.45
Neurolysis and nerve anastomosis techniques
End to end suture after transection lesion – sural nerve graft-fascicular dissection-nerve transfer technique
Ridvan Alimehmeti
8.45-9.15
MRI
MR neurography
Daniela Binaghi
9.15-12.15
Hands on + demo
12.15-13.00
Lunch
13.00-13.20
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
13.20-17.00
Hands on + demo
20.00 Course Dinner
Friday 12th
7.45-8.00
Coffee
8.00-8.15
Lecture
Thoracic outlet syndrom
Upper plexus – scalenotomy – cervical rib.
Ove Bergdal
8.15-8.45
Lecture
Brachial plexus surgical anatomy.
Supraclavicula and infraclavicular access – plexus dissection
Michael Fox
Ultrasound for peripheral nerve surgery
Ultrasound in the peripheral nerve surgeons hand
Christian Heinen
9.00-12.15
Hands on + demo
12.15-13.00
Lunch
13.00-13.15
Lectures
Upper extremity proximal nerve transfer
Ridvan Alimehmeti
13.15-13.30
Lectures
Upper extremity distal nerve transfer
Michael Fox
13.30-13.40
Neuroprosthetics current states
Damiano Barone
13.40-17.00
Hands on + demo