Wednesday 15th
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 af nerve injuries – regeneration Kåre Fugleholm
12.45-13.00
Entrapment in the upper extremity. Endoscopic and open carpal tunnel decompression – Ulnar nerve decompression – anterior interosseus nerve decompression
Ove Bergdal
13.00-13.30 The radial nerve. Typical lesions and surgical approach. Posterior interosseous nerve decompression. Marco Sinisi
13.30-14.00 Hand/digital nerve injuries. Anatomy, repair, nerve transfers. Kiran Anderson
14.00-17.00. Hands on + demo (Bergdal/Sinisi/Anderson)
19.00 Faculty dinner
Thursday 16th
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.
Lynda Young
8.45-9.00
Entrapment in the lower extremity.
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
Neurolysis and nerve anastomosis techniques.
End to end suture after transection lesion – sural nerve graft – fascicular dissection – nerve transfer technique
Ridvan Alimehmeti
09.15-12.15
Hands on + demo (Young/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 17th
7.45-8.00
Coffee
8.00-8.15
Lecture
Thoracic outlet syndrome.
Upper plexus – scalenotomy – cervical rib.
Vagn Eskesen
8.15-8.45
Lecture
Brachial plexus surgical anatomy.
Supraclavicular and infraclavicular access – plexus dissection
Yang
9.15-12.15
Hands on + demo (Yang/fox/Sinisi)
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/Yang/Sinisi/Alimehmeti)
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