XVIII INTERNATIONAL POZNAN COURSE IN UPPER EXTREMITY SURGERY – FOREARM, WRIST, HAND

 

POZNAN, 20.03.2026 - 21.03.2026

Print version of the program
19
March
Thursday
13:30 - 18:00
3D PRINTING PRECOURSE



This precourse will cover recent knowledge and advancements in 3D printing in hand surgery including patient specific instruments for malunion osteotomy, process of planning, clinical cases and many more.
13:30 - 14:00
Welcome reception
14:00 - 14:30
Introduction and Development in IPS Implants®
Lecturer
Jan Ragnar Haugstvedt
14:30 - 14:50
Extra - and intraarticular radius reconstruction
Lecturer
Urs Hug
14:50 - 15:10
Live 3D-planning session of distal radius reconstruction case
Lecturer
Urs Hug
15:10 - 15:25
IPS® meets standard – 3D-planning in phalangeal and metacarpal reconstruction using standard implants
Lecturer
Urs Hug
15:25 - 16:00
COFFE BREAK
16:00 - 16:30
Forearm Reconstruction
Lecturer
Jan Ragnar Haugstvedt
16:30 - 17:00
Madelung Deformity Reconstruction
Lecturers
Piotr Czarnecki
Piotr Czarnecki
Jan Ragnar Haugstvedt
17:00 - 17:40
IPS® Case Experience in Poland
Lecturers
Piotr Czarnecki
Piotr Czarnecki
Paweł Flont
Paweł Flont
17:40 - 18:00
Discussion
18:00
Farewell
20
March
Friday
08:00
Opening
Chairpersons
Leszek Romanowski
Leszek Romanowski
Piotr Czarnecki
Piotr Czarnecki
08:30 - 09:30
TENDONS
Moderators
Piotr Czarnecki
Piotr Czarnecki
Xavier Gueffier
08:30 - 08:40
Practical remarks on extensor tendons
Lecturer
Ilse Degreef
08:40 - 08:55
Advances in flexor tendons surgery
Lecturer
Ahmed Elsaftawy
08:55 - 09:05
Most common and useful tendon transfers
Lecturer
Xavier Gueffier
09:05 - 09:15
Hand therapy after tendon surgery
Lecturer
Marta Jokiel
Marta Jokiel
09:15 - 09:30
Cases and discussion
Lecturer
09:30 - 09:45
COFFEE BREAK
09:45 - 10:45
WORKSHOPS
10:45 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00
NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN HAND SURGERY
Moderators
Maciej Bręborowicz
Maciej Bręborowicz
Brigitte Van der Heijden
11:00 - 11:15
4D CT
Lecturer
Brigitte Van der Heijden
11:15 - 11:25
From virtual reality to Mixed reality: future perspectives and expectations
Lecturer
Xavier Gueffier
11:25 - 11:40
3D printing
Lecturer
Urs Hug
11:40 - 11:50
Fat graft injections in CMC1 OA
Lecturer
Enrico Carita
11:50 - 12:00
Discussion
Lecturer
Michał Harasymczuk
Michał Harasymczuk
12:00 - 12:15
COFFEE BREAK
12:15 - 13:15
WORKSHOPS
13:15 - 13:30
COFFEE BREAK
13:30 - 14:30
LUNCH
14:00 - 14:30
POSTER SESSION
Moderators
Ewa Bręborowicz
Ewa Bręborowicz
Ilse Degreef
Paweł Reichert
Paweł Reichert
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch symposium
14:30 - 15:30
ELECTIVE SURGERY
Moderators
Alex Lluch
Paweł Reichert
Paweł Reichert
14:30 - 14:45
Think twice before you operate. Red flags in outpatient clinic
Lecturer
Alex Lluch
14:45 - 15:05
My approach to Duputrens
Lecturer
Ilse Degreef
15:05 - 15:20
Overuse syndromes - simple hand surgery?
Lecturer
Marta Ślęzak
Marta Ślęzak
15:20 - 15:30
Cases and discussion
Lecturer
Karolina Beigert
15:30 - 15:45
COFFEE BREAK
15:45 - 16:45
WORKSHOPS
16:45 - 17:00
COFFEE BREAK
17:00 - 18:00
NERVES AND MICRO
Moderators
Ireneusz Walaszek
Ireneusz Walaszek
Bruno Battiston
17:00 - 17:10
Advances in nerve surgery
Lecturer
Piotr Czarnecki
Piotr Czarnecki
17:10 - 17:20
Contralateral C7 for brachial plexus reconstruction
Lecturer
Bruno Battiston
17:20 - 17:30
Up-to-date of italian indications and our experience in replantation surgery
Lecturer
Bruno Battiston
17:30 - 17:45
Most useful flaps in the hand
Lecturer
Ireneusz Walaszek
Ireneusz Walaszek
17:45 - 18:15
Cases and discussion
Lecturer
Piotr Koschel
Piotr Koschel
21
March
Saturday
08:00 - 09:00
FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS
Moderators
Enrico Carita
Leszek Kaczmarek
Leszek Kaczmarek
08:00 - 08:10
Surgical anatomy of the fractures
Lecturer
Brigitte Van der Heijden
08:10 - 08:25
PIPJ injuries
Lecturer
Zaf Naqui
08:25 - 08:35
Specific distal radius fractures
Lecturer
Paweł Reichert
Paweł Reichert
08:35 - 08:45
Physiotherapeutic Management of Distal Radius Fractures
Lecturer
Ewa Bręborowicz
Ewa Bręborowicz
08:45 - 09:00
Cases and discussion
Lecturer
Michał Górecki
Michał Górecki
09:00 - 09:15
COFFEE BREAK
09:15 - 10:15
WORKSHOPS
10:15 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 11:30
WALANT AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES
Moderator
10:30 - 10:50
How and why to introduce WALANT and ultrasound into daily practice
Lecturer
Xavier Gueffier
10:50 - 11:00
Practical tips on WALANT surgery
Lecturer
Ilse Degreef
11:00 - 11:10
Minimaly invasive surgery in my hands
Lecturer
Zbigniew Szlosser
Zbigniew Szlosser
11:10 - 11:30
Cases and discussion
Lecturer
11:30 - 11:45
COFFEE BREAK
11:45 - 12:45
WORKSHOPS
12:45 - 13:00
COFFEE BREAK
13:00 - 14:00
HAND AND WRIST ARTHRITIS
Moderators
Zaf Naqui
Ireneusz Walaszek
Ireneusz Walaszek
13:00 - 13:15
Partial wrist fusions
Lecturer
Alex Lluch
13:15 - 13:30
Modern approach to CMCJ arthritis
Lecturer
Zaf Naqui
13:30 - 13:40
Total wrist replacement
Lecturer
Enrico Carita
13:40 - 13:50
Wrist denervation
Lecturer
Maciej Bręborowicz
Maciej Bręborowicz
13:50 - 14:00
Cases and discussion
Lecturer
Katarzyna Kozłowska
Katarzyna Kozłowska
14:00
Closure, awards
Lecturer
Piotr Czarnecki
Piotr Czarnecki