GNF Lower Extremity Nerve Course
29 February - 1 March 2024
Max Participants
28
Location
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Bristol, UK
Accreditation
Course Introduction: lower extremity nerve course
Lower extremity nerve problems are of every day for nerve surgeon. The variety of compression neuropathies, idiopathic pathology or nerve reconstructions are a challenge. Therefore we designed a two-day course with theoretical and practical sessions offering almost all reconstructive (including nerve and tendon transfers), decompression and nerve pain interventions of nerve pathology in the lower extremity. The practical sessions will be performed on fresh frozen cadavers with two participants per extremity.
The program
| 07:30 | Registration |
| 08:00 | Welcome |
| 08:05 | Lumbosacral plexus: clinical relevant anatomy and pathology |
| 08:30 | Lumbosacral plexus: surgical indications and approaches |
| 09:00 | Sciatic nerve injuries: treatment options for different indications (hip fractures/dislocations, hip replacement, ballistic, sharp, iatrogenic, tumors) |
| 09:30 | Sciatic nerve repair: how do we bridge the gap? |
| 09:50 | Skillslab sciatic nerve: gluteal and posterior thigh approach |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Meralgia parenthetic: conservative vs. surgical |
| 11:30 | Femoral nerve injuries: treatment options (primary, graft, nerve transfers and tendon transfers: |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Skillslab LFCN and femoral nerve: decompression LFCN, anterior approach femoral nerve, nerve transfer obturator –> femoral and TFL –> femoral nerve, hamstring transer |
| 15:00 | Nerve transfers in lower extremity: do they really work? |
| 15:30 | Common fibular nerve compression neuropathies: differential diagnosis and treatment options |
| 15:50 | Peroneal nerve injuries: treatment options for different indications (sciatic nerve injury, stretch/rupture/avulsion) |
| 16:10 | Nerve vs. tendon transfer for peroneal nerve injuries |
| 14:30 | Skillslab: peroneal nerve decompression – nerve transfers for peroneal nerve paralysis |
| 18:00 | Dinner |
| 8:00 | Neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injury in lower extremity |
| 08:30 | Neuropathic pain and phantom limb pain after amputations in lower extremity |
| 09:00 | Surgical treatment for NP and phantom limb pain in lower extremity: is TMR the answer for everything? |
| 09:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:00 | Skillslab: TMR saphenous nerve -> vm branch, sural nerve -> branches in poplitea fossa or distal, allograft, wrap |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Tarsal tunnel syndrome: anatomy and surgical treatment |
| 13:30 | Tibial nerve injuries: treatment for different indications |
| 14:00 | Restoring foot sole sensation: nerve transfer options |
| 14:15 | Skillslab: tarsal tunnel decompression, saphenous nerve transfer -> tibial nerve and tendon transfer for foot drop |
| 16:00 | Coffee |
| 16:15 | Case-based discussion of different lower extremity nerve patients: how would you treat these patients |
| 17:30 | End: course certificates and drinks |
THE EXPERTS
The Global Nerve Foundation instructors and faculty are certified and dedicated nerve surgeons. This means that the GNF x Esser is focused on providing a tailored made and hands on international education by experts in the field across the globe. The Esser Masterclass is endorsed by the International Confederation of Plastic Surgery Societies (ICOPLAST).
The GNF x Esser Nerve Course will be submitted to the UEMS EACCME® for CME credits. If approved the UEMS logo will be depicted at the top of the course page.
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World leaders in the field giving highly informative lectures. Great cadaver sessions and high quality manual. 9/10
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Great lectures and discussion sessions with a large, diverse international faculty. The cadavers were very good quality for dissection. 9.5/10
Meet the faculty
DR. DOMINIC POWER
Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham United Kingdom
DR. AMY MOORE (online presence)
Plastic surgery department The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Ohio, USA
PROF. DR. OSKAR ASZMANN
Department for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
DR. KYLE R. EBERLIN
Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Micro Surgery Department, Massachusetts General Hospital,Massachusetts, USA
DR. TAHSEEN CHAUDHRY
Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham United Kingdom
DR. SAMUEL GEORGE
Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham United Kingdom
DR. PAUL MALONE
Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham United Kingdom
DR. MICHIEL ZUIDAM
Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery Department Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
DR. LIRON DURAKU
Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
DR. ERIK T. WALBEEHM
Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery Department HAGA Hospital, The Hague, the Netherlands
DR. DEAN BOYCE
NHS consultant, HMT Sancta Maria Hospital, Swansea, UK
DR. HYWEL DAFYDD
Specialist Hand Surgery, Peripheral Nerve Surgery, and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Cardiff, Swansea and across South Wales, UK
DR. WILLEM PONDAAG
Department of Neurosurgery LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
DR. JUSTUS GROEN
Department of Neurosurgery LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
DR. HUGO DEN BOOGERT
Department of Neurosurgery HMC, The Hague, The Netherlands
DR. STEVEN LO (online presence)
Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, Glasgow, Scotland
DR. TOMAS MADURA
Birmingham Hand Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
DR. JASON SOUZA
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
DR. MARCO SINISI
Stanmore Peripheral Nerve Injury Unit, London, UK
DR. KATE BROWN
The Pulvertaft Hand Centre within the Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK
Meet the organization
DR. DOMINIC POWER
Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham United Kingdom
DR. STEPHEN MCCONOUGHEY
Global Nerve Foundation
DR. LIRON DURAKU
Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
DR. MICHIEL ZUIDAM
Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery Department Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
DR. CAROLINE HUNDEPOOL
Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery Department Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
REGISTRATION
Please check for the FAIR-TRAED reduced registration rate
*Tickets are non refundable, exchange tickets to participants on the waiting list is possible.
NL – Rotterdam
SkillsLab Erasmus MC
UK – Bristol
Vesalius Clinical Training Centre, University of Bristol
FAIR-TRAED
Esser Masterclass introduced a new education principle: FAIR-TRAED (Fair Transparent Education). FAIR-TRAED means that the registration fees are directly invested in the Esser Masterclass educational materials to advance hand surgery trainings. The organisation and the faculty have a passion for hand surgery and support FAIR-TRAED which means that they do not receive any financial compensation. This enables Esser Masterclass to keep the registration fees at a minimum. Our mission is making high-quality handsurgery education accessible for every handsurgeon around the globe and our motto is training form handsurgeons to handsurgeons.
Special thanks to
Ella Nitters MSc, MA
“As a medical illustrator I am proud to be part of the Esser Masterclass. It’s my passion to draw the human anatomy and within Esser Masterclass I get the opportunity to explore this with devoted hand surgeons.”