Monday, May 11, 2026

8:30 a.m. | Welcome reception

8:45 a.m. | Welcome from BIRG and BIRG Chairpersons

Part 1 | Session on distal radius fracture management | 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. 

Chairs: Kask, Malhotra

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

Part 2 | Workshop on distal radius fracture management | 11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. 

Chairs: Kask, Malhotra

• Workshop instructions including presentation of available fractures and set features (Kask, Malhotra)
• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop (All)

Part 3 | Session on hand fracture management | 1:45 – 2:30 p.m. 

Chairs: Czarnecki, Walaszek

• PIPJ fracture dislocations (Malhotra)
• Metacarpal fractures (Bonczar)
• Scaphoid fractures (Walaszek)
• Scaphoid nonunions (Czarnecki)

Part 4 | Workshop on scaphoid fracture managment / metacarpal and phalangeal fracture management | 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. 

Chairs: Czarnecki, Walaszek

• Workshop instructions including presentation of available fractures and set features (Czarnecki, Walaszek)
• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop (All)

Part 5 | Session on PIP arthroplasty | 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. 

Chairs: Bonczar, Kask

• How I do? Why I do? − approaches, outcomes and results (Kask)
• Surgical pearls – tips and tricks (Bonczar)
• Hemi hamate PIP arthroplasty and other solutions (Czarnecki)
• Discussion (Bonczar, Kask)

Part 6 | Workshop on PIP arthroplasty | 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. 

Chairs: Bonczar, Kask

• Workshop instruction and surgical technique on CapFlex (Bonczar, Kask)
• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop (All)

8:00 p.m. | Official course dinner

The course program is subject to change.

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 

Part 1 | Session on all around the ulna | 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. 

Chairs: Bonczar, Walaszek

• Anatomy and stabilization of the DRUJ (Walaszek)
• Ulna shortening / wafer (Bonczar)
• Darrach and Sauve-Kapandji (Walaszek)
• Ulna head replacement (Bonczar)
• Discussion (Bonczar, Walaszek)

Part 2 | Session on all around the ulna | 10:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. 

Chairs: Bonczar, Walaszek

• Workshop instruction ulna shortening (Bonczar, Walaszek)
• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop (All)
• Workshop instruction UHP (Bonczar, Walaszek)
• Start of hands-on human specimen workshop (All)

Part 3 | Malunions following complex distal radius fractures | 1:45 – 3:30 p.m. 

Chairs: Czarnecki, Malhotra

• Principles in 3D planning and extra articular malunions (Kask)
• Congenital deformities (Czarnecki)
• Special cases (Malhotra)
• Live session with IPS Designer (simulation of planning) (Czarnecki)
• Discussion (Czarnecki, Malhotra)

The course program is subject to change.