Division of Orthopaedic Surgery

Hand Fracture Management Course

CPD Accredited

Invited Speakers Michael Craigen Tim Davis Rupert Eckersley Grey Giddins John Oni Jill Arrowsmith Nick Downing

Birmingham Nottingham London Bath Nottingham Derby Nottingham

Course Convenors Aamer Ullah Bhaskar Bhowal Joe Dias Clare Wildin Nge Yii Lucy Cutler

11 and 12 November 2013

Tigers Ground, Leicester, LE2 7TR

Hand Fracture Management Course

Course Summary
The course summary is as follows: A two-day residential course for Trainees, Consultants and others who are or will be called upon to deliver care for hand fractures. The programme offers two days of keynote lectures, demonstrations, practicals and interactive discussion emphasising maximum integration between delegates and experienced faculty (practicals to cover conservative wiring, internal and external fixation techniques).

Monday 11 November 2013

08.30 09.00 Session 1 09.00 09.05 09.05 09.35 09.35 10.20 10.20 10.50 Session 2 10.50 11.20 11.20 11.40 11.40 11.50 11.50 12.00 12.00 13.00 Session 3 13.00 13.10 13.10 13.20 13.20 13.35 13.35 14.00 14.00 14.25 14.25 14.50 14.50 15.20 Registration and coffee Overview 1 (Chairman Aamer Ullah) Welcome Decision Making Implants and kit Fracture patterns Coffee Overview 2 Surgical planning and principles of fracture fixation Approaches and safe wiring Practical 1 Neighbour strapping Practical 2 Traction with Zimmer splint Lunch Shaft Fractures Non-operative management of shaft fractures Wiring of shaft fractures Screw and plate fixation of shaft fractures Practical 3 Intramedullary wiring Practical 4 Lag screw and neutralisation plate Practical 5 Compression plating Coffee John Oni Lucy Cutler Michael Craigen Clare Wildin Clare Wildin Clare Wildin Michael Craigen Jill Arrowsmith Joe Dias Joe Dias Aamer Ullah Joe Dias Discussion Groups

Session 4 15.20 15.30 15.30 15.45 15.45 16.15 16.15 17.30 19.00

Periarticular Fractures Non-operative management of perarticular fractures Operative management of perarticular fractures Practical 6 Locking plate Shaft and periarticular fractures Course Dinner John Oni Nick Downing Aamer Ullah Discussion Groups

Tuesday 12 November 2013

Session 5 09.00 09.20 09.20 09.40 09.40 10.00 10.00 10.20 10.20 10.40 10.40 11.00 Session 6 11.00 11.10 11.10 11.20 11.20 12.10 12.10 13.10 Session 7 13.10 13.30 13.30 13.45 13.45 14.45 14.45 15.15 15.15 15.30 15.30 Complex Injuries (Chairman Bhaskar Bhowal) Management of soft tissues Traction techniques and external fixation Practical 7 Extension block splint Practical 8 Push traction Practical 9 External fixation Coffee Special Situations Childrens fractures Thumb fractures Practical 10 Practice/test session Lunch Complications Infection and stiffness Malunion and non union Complex and Complications Outcomes Feedback Issue certificates Rupert Eckersley Tim Davis Discussion Groups Clare Wildin Bhaskar Bhowal Tim Davis Nick Downing Clare Wildin Rupert Eckersley Grey Giddins Bhaskar Bhowal Bhaskar Bhowal Bhaskar Bhowal

Registration
Due to limited places, full registration can only be confirmed with full payment.

For further details, please contact:

Mrs Elaine James Course Administrator Department of Health Sciences Division of Orthopaedic Surgery Clinical Sciences Unit, Off Ward 11 Leicester General Hospital Gwendolen Road Leicester LE5 4PW t: 0116 258 4702 e: ej9@le.ac.uk
Whilst every attempt has been made to ensure that the following programme is correct, the organisers reserve the right to change elements due to unforeseen circumstances without prior warning to delegates.

Cancellation Policy
Any cancellation received prior to 30/09/2013 will incur a refund administration fee of 10.00. Thereafter, 50% of the course fee will be charged for cancellations received later than 30/09/2013 and 100% for cancellations received later than one week prior to the course.

Course Fees and Administration

The fee for this years course is 300. A discount of 50 is available for early bookings (before 30/09/2013).

Sponsored by

University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK www.le.ac.uk

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