General info
Orsi Academy offers a 2-day course in wrist arthroscopy with hands-on training for senior residents in plastic and orthopedic surgery. This course emphasizes mastering the practical aspects of wrist arthroscopy, with a strong focus on hands-on techniques, ensuring participants gain essential skills.
What you will learn
- Understanding of wrist anatomy for athroscopic approach
- Understanding of radial sided wrist arthroscopy
- Understanding of ulnar sided wrist arthroscopy
- Understanding of arthroscopically scapholunate ligamentous complex and distal radius fracture repair
Faculty
Program
Registration at Orsi Academy
Welcoming and course introduction
Dr. C. K. Goorens, Dr. B. Vanmierlo
Theoretical session: Anatomy, technique & radial sided wrist arthroscopy
Moderator: Dr. C. K. Goorens
- Wrist arthroscopy anatomy (8 min.) - Dr. K. Van Royen
- Principles of wrist arthroscopy, technique and portals (8 min.) - Dr. K. Van Royen
- How to assess the TFCC complex (10 min.) - Dr. B. Vanmierlo
- How to assess the SL complex (8 min.) - Dr. C. K. Goorens
- How I perform a CMC1 arthroscopy (12 min.) - Prof. dr. J. Goubau
Coffee break and change into scrubs
Hands-on session at Orsi skills lab: diagnostic wrist arthroscopy & radial sided wrist arthroscopy
- Wrist arthroscopy setup
- Application of the portals
- Exploration of the normal wrist joint
- Removal of a foreign body, synovectomy
- Removal of synovial cyst
- Radial styloidectomy
- CMC1 arthroscopy
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Theoretical session: Ulnar sided wrist arthroscopy
Moderator: Dr. B. Vanmierlo
- How I remove a dorsal and volar synovial cyst (8 min.) - Dr. L. Van Melkebeke
- How I perform a radial styloidectomy (8 min.) - Dr. L. Van Melkebeke
- How I perform the resection of the distal ulna (Wafer) (8 min.) - Dr. A. Vermeiren
- How I repair the peripheral TFCC lesion (10 min.) - Dr. M. Cromheecke
- How I repair the foveal TFCC lesion (10 min.) - Dr. M. Cromheecke
Hands-on session at Orsi skills lab: Ulnar sided wrist arthroscopy
- TFCC assessment
- Peripheral TFCC repair
- Foveal TFCC repair
- Wafer procedure
End of day 1
Course dinner
Wrap-up of the previous day
Dr. B. Vanmierlo
Theoretical session: Scapholunate ligamentous complex and distal radius
Moderator: Dr. C. K. Goorens
- The arthroscopic dorsal capsuloligamentous repair (ADCLR) (8 min.) - Dr. P. Van Hoonacker
- The DICL roundblock capsuloligamentoplasty (8 min.) - Dr. C. K. Goorens
- The arthroscopic radiocarpal volar extrinsics plicature (8 min.) - Dr. Bert Vanmierlo
- The arthroscopically assisted scaphoid non-union (8 min.) - Dr. P. Van Hoonacker
- The arthroscopically assisted distal radius fracture (8 min.) - Prof. Dr. M. Van Nuffel
Coffee break & change into scrubs
Hands-on session at Orsi Skills Lab: Arthroscopically assisted scapholunate ligamentous complex and distal radius
- Volar plicature
- AVCLR
- ADCLR
- Roundblock
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Hands-on session at Orsi Skills Lab: Free wrist arthroscopy
- STT fusion
- 4CF
- Intra-articular distal radius fracture
- Scaphoid non-union
Round table discussion
Moderator: Dr. C. K. Goorens
- Practical questions from participants to experts, honest answers from the experts
- Discussion of clinical cases
- Case presentation and discussion
Disclosure & end of the course
Prices
Standard fee (incl. VAT)
Since this training is held in Belgium and Orsi Academy is the event organiser, Belgian VAT (currently 21%) must be charged on the participation fee, regardless of the participant’s country of establishment or VAT registration status.
The reverse charge mechanism does not apply to admission to physical events. Therefore, even EU VAT-registered businesses are subject to Belgian VAT for in-person training taking place in Belgium.
Resources
Flyer Hands-on Wrist Arthroscopy Course 2025
Endorsed by
€2.433,00 (incl. VAT)
14 Nov - 15 Nov '25
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