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2019 ASSH/AAHS Specialty Day: Tips from the Masters: Stacking Your Deck

 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

With the fast-tracked changes occurring in orthopaedics, anyone treating hand and upper extremity problems needs to know what treatments work best for their patients. This symposium offers time-tested techniques and evidence-based solutions for dealing with a myriad of acute injuries and chronic pathology affecting the upper extremity, including fractures and soft tissue injuries, peripheral nerve problems, and arthritis about the hand and wrist.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Upon completion of the course, the learner will be confident in approaching everything from trauma including bony and soft tissue injury to managing arthritis of the hand and wrist.
• In addition, the course will offer an update on 'what every hand surgeon' should know about less commonly encounterd conditions such as pediatric trauma and vascular disorders.

SESSIONS INCLUDE

• Extensor and flexor tendon injuries
• Nerve injuries
• Fractures
• DRUJ injury and arthritis
• Wrist instability and arthritis

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

• David S Ruch MD
• David R Steinberg MD

MORE INFORMATION

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