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 2026
Incl. of VAT
Resources
Wrist Arthroscopy Course 2026.pdf
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