Friday, July 3, 2026 

8:00 a.m. | Welcome reception

Part 1 | 8:15 – 9:45 a.m. 

• Welcome from BIRG team and course chairman

Introduction into the session on distal radius fracture management

• Surgical considerations for distal radius fractures: When and how to operate – Which DRFs should be operated?
• Preoperative planning of DRFs – key fragments
• Volar and dorsal approach to distal radius, pearls and pitfalls
• Patterns of radio carpal fracture dislocations
• Volar and dorsal rim fractures
• Concomitant TFCC and SL lesions, should they be treated?
• Discussion

Part 2 | 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

Workshop on distal radius fracture management

• Workshop instructions including presentation of available fractures and set features
• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop
• Presentation of results

Part 3 | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. 

Session on metacarpal and phalangeal fracture management

• Treatment strategy – conservative treatment of metarcarpal fractures 
• Treatment strategy in metacarpal head and shaft fractures
• Metacarpal base fractures and dislocations
• Fractures on the base of the first metacarpal
• Treatment strategy in phalangeal fractures − conservative treatment
• Treatment strategy in phalangeal fractures − operative treatment
• Corrective osteomies in metacarpals free hand 
• Corrective osteomies in metacarpals 3D planning vs free hand 
• Discussion

Part 4 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 

Workshop on metacarpal fracture management

• Workshop instructions including presentation of available fractures and set features
• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop
• Presentation of results

Part 5 | 4:30 – 6:20 p.m. 

Session on malunions following complex distal radius fractures

• Principles in 3D planning 
• Extra articular malunions
• Intra articular malunions
• Principles in reconstruction of forearm deformities – case examples
• Challenges in forearm reconstructions
• 3D technologies in fracture cases – case example
• Madelung reconsutrction – 3D planning principles
• Madelung reconsutrction  – case example 
• Special cases
• Discussion 

8:00 p.m. | Get-together-dinner

The course program is subject to change.

Saturday, July 4, 2026 

Part 1 | 8:30 – 10:15 a.m. 

Session on all around the ulna

• Anatomy and stabilization of the DRUJ
• Ulna impaction syndrome and wafer
• Ulna shortening 
• Darrach and Sauve-Kapandiji
• Ulna head replacement
• Total or hemi replacement of DRUJ
• Wafer
• Discussion 

Part 2 | 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 

Workshop instruction ulna shortening 

• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop

Workshop instruction UHP

• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop

Part 3 | 1:15 – 3:15 p.m. 

Session on PIP arthroplasty

• Principles in PIP joint arthroplasty
• Different treatment options in PIP arthroplasty
• Surgical pearls – tips and tricks
• How I do? Why I do? − approaches, outcomes, tips and tricks
• A 13-years-follow-up of more than 450 cases with CapFlex PIP surface replacement
• Hemi hamate PIP arthroplasty − surgical technique
• Discussion 

Part 4 | 3:30 – 5:45 p.m. 

Workshop instruction and surgical technique on CapFlex

• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop
• End of course and farewell

6:00 p.m. | Dinner

The course program is subject to change.