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PRELIMINARY PRogRAM
GENERAL inFoRMATionCoURse venUe
AC HOTEL FIRENZE Via Luciano Bausi, 5 - 50144 Firenze, Italy
CMe CRediT· Italian Continuing Medical Educational program (ECM)· Continuing Medical Education Credit hours by EACCME(European Accreditation in Council for ContinuingMedical Education) by the UEMS
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THE RheUMAToid UPPeR LiMb
FLORENCE 23-25 February
RA CourseHotel AC
AREZZO26 February
Cad. Lab.ICLO Center
4th
Florence RA Course
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Early Registrationup to 30 sept. 2016
Late Registration1 oct. / 31 dec. 2016
On site Registration
Società Italiana di Chirurgia della Mano
FACULTY
Nicola Borisch (Germany)
Massimo Ceruso (Italy)
Kevin Chung (Usa)
Maurizio Corradi (Italy)
Giulia Guidi (Italy)
Daniel Herren (Switzerland)
Massimo Innocenti (Italy)
Philippe Kopylov (Sweden)
Alberto Lluch (Spain)
Marco Matucci Cerinic (Italy)
Sandra Pfanner (Italy)
Adam Watts (England)
RegisTRATion Fees(vat 22% included)
Surgeons/Rheumatologists € 732,00Physical/Occupational Therapists € 560,00Residents and Under 35 € 450,00CADAVER LAB (26 february) € 854,00
Surgeons/Rheumatologists € 915,00Physical/Occupational Therapists € 671,00Residents and Under 35 € 450,00CADAVER LAB (26 february) € 915,00
Surgeons/Rheumatologists € 976,00Physical/Occupational Therapists € 732,00Residents and Under 35 € 450,00
* 15% special discount offered to Attendees of 2014 FlorenceRA Instructional Course
ThURsdAY, 23 FebRUARY 2017Florence
FRidAY, 24 FebRUARY 2017 Florence
sATURdAY, 25 FebRUARY 2017 Florence
sUndAY, 26 FebRUARY 2017 Arezzo, Cad. Lab. iCLo Center
14.00-14.30 Welcome address
14.30-16.00 Upper Limb session PANEL → RA: Pathogenesis, Classification & Medical treatment
16.15-19.00 Upper Limb sessionLECTURES shoULdeR And eLbow
08.30-13.00 Upper Limb sessionLECTURES wRisT
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.30 Upper Limb session
14.00-14.20 Rehabilitation and splinting: key-points
14.30-15.30 video-surgery
15.30-16.30 Clinical cases interactive discussion
16.30-16.45 Coffee break
16.45-17.30 LECTUREdupuytren’s disease
17.30-19.15 PANEL iMAging in RA
08.30-13.00 Upper Limb sessionLECTURES Long FingeRs And ThUMb
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.30 Upper Limb session
14.00-14.20 Rehabilitation and splinting: key-points
14.30-15.30 video-surgery
15.30-16.30 Clinical cases interactive discussion
16.30-17.00 LECTUREhow should the rheumatologist and the surgeon liaise
17.30-19.15 PANEL haemophilic arthropathy
18.00 CLosURe oF The CoURseCertificates of attendance and eCM
08.30-18.00- TOTAL ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY
- TOTAL WRIST ARTHROPLASTY
- MP and PIP ARTHROPLASTY
The aim of the Course is to provide an
exhaustive diagnostic algorithm for rheuma-
toid arthritis and rheumatic conditions and to
present the most innovative surgical and
therapeutic solutions for such patients.
The course is intended for Hand Surgeons,
Orthopedic Surgeons, Rheumatologists and
Hand Therapists.
The course will be held in English and will be
open to applicants of any nationality.
The course will start with a common session
dedicated to an overview of RA diagnosis,
imaging and medical treatment and will then
be structured into sections, each of which
involving one of the different areas of expertise
required in the treatment of rheumatoid
patients: Rheumatology, Hand Surgery and
Hand Therapy, Orthopedic Surgery.
Daily sessions will be dedicated to the patho-
anathomy of rheumatoid diseases in the
different areas, the descriptive aspects of
upper-limb surgical procedures, video-surgery
and interactive discussions of clinical cases.
February 26th in Arezzo a cadaver lab-session
will be available to a maximum of 16
participants. This will consist in surgical
demonstrations and hands-on workshops on
elbow, wrist and MP-PIP finger joint implants.
Applicants will be registered on a first-come
first-served basis.