Thursday, December 4, 2025 

1:00 p.m. | Welcome reception

Part 1 | 1:30 – 3:15 p.m. 

• Welcome from BIRG and BIRG Chairpersons (Richter, Sgarbossa, Schindele)

Session on distal radius fracture management (Duerinckx, Sgarbossa, Schep)

• Surgical considerations for distal radius fractures: When and how to operate – Which DRFs should be operated? (Pickard)
• Preoperative planning of DRFs – key fragments and classification (Avis)
• Volar and dorsal approach to distal radius, pearls and pitfalls (Malhotra)
• Patterns of radio carpal fracture dislocations (Schmidle)
• Volar and dorsal rim fractures (Schep)
• Concomitant TFCC and SL lesions, should they be treated? (Haerle)
• Distal ulna fractures – treat it or leave it? (Duerinckx)
• Discussion (All)

Part 2 | 3:45 – 5:30 p.m. 

Workshop on distal radius fracture management (Duerinckx, Sgarbossa, Schep)

• Workshop instructions including presentation of available fractures and set features
• Start of hands-on cadaveric workshop

Part 3 | 5:45 – 7:15 p.m. 

• Malunions following complex distal radius fractures (Avis, Pickard, Schmidle)
• Principles in 3D planning (Avis)
• Extra- and intra articular malunions (Schep)
• Principles in forearm reconstructions – case examples (Søreide)
• Tips and tricks in reconstruction of forearm deformities (Schmidle)
• Madelung reconstruction (Krimmer)
• Special cases (Malhotra)
• Discussion (All)

7:15 p.m. | Get-together-dinner

The course program is subject to change.

Friday, December 5, 2025 

Part 1 | 8:30 – 10:15 a.m. 

Session on metacarpal and phalangeal fracture management (Haerle, Malhotra, Søreide)

• Treatment strategy – conservative treatment of metarcarpal fractures (Hobby)
• Treatment strategy in metacarpal head and shaft fractures (van Schoonhoven)
• Metacarpal base fractures and dislocations (Richter)
• Fractures on the base of the first metacarpal (Sgarbossa)
• Treatment strategy in phalangeal fractures – conservative vs. operative (Leversedge)
• Corrective osteotomies in phalanges and metacarpals – free hand vs. 3D planning (Pickard) 
• Discussion (All)

Part 2 | 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

Workshop on metacarpal fracture management (Haerle, Hobby, Malhotra)

• Workshop instructions including presentation of available fractures and set features
• Start of cadaveric workshop

Part 3 | 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. 

Session on all around the ulna (Krimmer, Leversedge,van Schoonhoven)

• Anatomy and stabilization of the DRUJ (Leversedge)
• Ulna impaction syndrom wafer (Haerle)
• Ulna shortening (Krimmer)
• Darrach and Sauve-Kapandji (Schindele)
• Ulna head replacement (van Schoonhoven)
• Total or hemi replacement (Schep)
• Discussion (All)

Part 4 | 3:30 – 6:00 p.m. 

• Workshop instruction ulna shortening (Krimmer)
• Start of hands-on cadaver workshop
• Workshop instruction UHP (van Schoonhoven)
• Start of hands-on cadaver workshop

8:00 p.m. | Dinner

The course program is subject to change.

Saturday, December 6, 2025 

Part 1 | 8:30 – 10:15 a.m. 

Session on PIP arthroplasty (Hobby, Richter, Schindele)

• Different treatment options in PIP osteoarthritis (Haerle)
• Principles in PIP joint arthroplasty (Schindele)
• How I do? Why I do? − approaches, outcomes and results (Richter)
• Surgical pearls – tips and tricks (Hobby)
• 7 years with CapFlex – The Basingstoke experience (Avis)
• A 15-years-follow-up of more than 500 cases with CapFlex PIP surface replacement (Schindele)
• Hemi hamate PIP arthroplasty − surgical technique (Pickard)
• Discussion (All)

Part 2 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. 

• Workshop instruction and surgical technique on CapFlex (Hobby, Richter, Schindele)
• Start of hands-on cadaver workshop
• End of course and farewell

The course program is subject to change.