Welcome

It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you, for the second time, to the Peripheral Nerve and Plexus Surgery Cadaver Course in Aachen, Germany. After the last year's successful course we have compiled a special content for you again and we hope you will find it interesting.

Why take part?

  • Course is ideal for those who want to get in close contact with peripheral nerve surgical exposure and especially nerve transfer techniques.
  • A unique occasion to work together with skilled colleagues and discuss hands-on.
  • The number of participants is strictly limited, there will be a maximum of 3 colleagues per limb.
  • 10 international skilled peripheral nerve surgeons will serve as instructors.
  • Peripheral nerve ultrasound examination by high resolution tools will be shown and discussed.
  • All major exposures and surgical techniques will be demonstrated.
  • A high end operation microscope (Zeiss) and full microsurgical instruments will be available.
  • A unique occasion to work together with skilled colleagues and to discuss hands-on.

We look forward to welcoming you in April in Aachen!



Jörg Bahm MD PhD
Course Director

Venue

RWTH CT² Center for Teaching and Training

RWTH Aachen University
Forckenbeckstraße 71
D-52074 Aachen
Germany

Program

Course Director

Jörg BAHM (Aachen, Germany)

Instructors

  • Robert BRUNKHORST (Aachen, Germany)
  • Adeline CAMBON (Paris, France)
  • Manuel LLUSA PEREZ (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Camille ECHALIER (Paris, France)
  • Tobias ESSER (Halle, Germany)
  • Wissam ELKAZZI (Brussels, Belgium)
  • Jean Noel GOUBIER (Paris, France)
  • Oleksandr HATSKII (Kyiv, Ukraine)
  • Benedikt SCHÄFER (Aachen, Germany)
  • Konrad SCHEGLMANN (Zürich, Switzerland)
  • Wim VANHOVE (Ghent, Belgium)
  • Nathalie WINTER (Tübingen, Germany)

We will expose all upper and lower limb nerves, including brachial and lumbosacral plexus

MONDAY - 8 April 2024
12:00-13:00 On site registration and secretariat open at CT2
13:00-13:15 Welcome
13:15-15:00 Ultrasound teaching and exercices
3 ultrasound work stations using Clarius hand-hold ultrasound devices
Experts:
  • Robert BRUNKHORST (Aachen, Germany)
  • Konrad SCHEGLMANN (Zürich, Switzerland)
  • Nathalie WINTER (Tübingen, Germany)
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-18:00 Anatomic hands-on among participants on fresh cadavers
3 ventral and 3 dorsal exposures
Our Surgical Experts will present specific surgical techniques, exposures, selective nerve transfers and nerve repair techniques.
With the presence of Axogen, we will also be able to handle various interposition materials, like Advance.
 
18:00-20:00 Dinner and networking at UKA Zhan 7
 
TUESDAY - 9 April 2024
   
09:00-09:30 Conference (first subgroup*)
Manuel LLUSA PEREZ (Barcelona, Spain): Anatomy and variations in brachial and lumbosacral plexus
09:30-10:00 Conference (second subgroup*)
Manuel LLUSA PEREZ (Barcelona, Spain): Anatomy and variations in brachial and lumbosacral plexus
  *NB due to local fire worker regulation, we may not receive all participants at the same time in the lecture hall. Therefore the lecture will be given twice and the group splitted into 2 subgroups.
 
10:00-15:30 Anatomical preparations:
basics and special topics

12:00-13:00 Finger food lunch
14:30-15:30 Coffee break
Anatomical preparations: basics and special topics
3 cadavers ventral, 3 cadavers dorsal

Experts:
  • Jörg BAHM (Aachen, Germany): supervision
  • Adeline CAMBON (Paris, France): exposure of sural nerve, lat. antebrachial cutaneous nerve, MC neurectomy
  • Camille ECHALIER (Paris, France): anterior approach to the nerve transfer from radial to axillary n.
  • Wissam ELKAZZI (Brussels, Belgium)
  • Tobias ESSER (Halle, Germany) lumbosacral plexus and collateral branches
  • Jean Noel GOUBIER (Paris, France): transfer rhomboid m. branch onto SSC n.
  • Oleksandr HATSKII (Kyiv, Ukraine)
  • Benedikt SCHÄFER (Aachen, Germany): dorsal approach to SSC nerve
  • Wim VANHOVE (Ghent, Belgium)
15:45-16:00 Discussion
Conclusions and Farewell
 

Registration


 
  ONLINE REGISTRATION

Early fees
paid before 14 February 2024
Late fees
paid after 14 February 2024
Fees include
Regular delegate 1'000 EUR 1'200 EUR Attendance to all scientific sessions & exhibition, coffee breaks, lunch, dinner
Observer 300 EUR 400 EUR
       

Confirmation

Acknowledgement of registration will be sent soon after registration and full payment are received. Upon request, a letter of invitation will be sent.

Payment

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Cancellation policy

All cancellations should be sent in written form to the Congress Secretariat. 80% of the registration fee will be refunded if cancellation arrives latest on 01 March 2024. No refund is available after this date, though substitution in person will be accepted.

No show up cases

The organizers take efforts to run a successfull conference. Based on the list of registrants and order status conference services will be provided in sufficient numbers. Please take into consideration that after deadlines some conference materials and meals or hotel rooms cannot be cancelled or resold and therefore no refund is available. However substitution in person is always acceptable.

Disclaimer

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