AO Trauma Course - Approaches and Fracture Care in Practice with Anatomical Specimen
AO Trauma Course - Approaches and Fracture Care in Practice with Anatomical Specimen is organized by AO Foundation and will be held from Oct 17 - 18, 2024 in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands.
Description:
This is an interactive practical course in which participants will be able to understand and practice surgical approaches and internal fixation techniques for fractures of the upper and lower extremities. The course will mainly concentrate on practical training in which the participants will focus on the surgical approaches, definition of anatomical landmarks, fixation techniques, and potential pitfalls at the conclusion of the course, participants will have a broader and more secure comprehension of approaches to fractures of the upper and lower extremities in clinical practice.
Goal:
The AO Trauma Course – Approaches and Fracture Care in Practice aims to create a clinically centered learning environment where principles and techniques of surgical exposures and techniques of internal fixation can be understood, applied, and demonstrated.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:
• Demonstrate understanding of pre-operative decision-making and the indications and contraindications of those decisions
• Identify anatomical landmarks per specific anatomical area
• Apply anatomical principles of dissection
• Identify potential risks of approaches per specific anatomical area
• Perform the standard surgical approaches to the wrist, forearm, and elbow
• Describe and apply the most common principles of internal fixation in the wrist, forearm, and elbow
• Perform the standard surgical approaches to the ankle and tibia plateau
• Describe and apply the most common principles of internal fixation in the ankle and tibia plateau
• Recognize and treat compartment syndromes of the lower and upper extremities.