Mr Muir wishes all candidates every success in the online written MCQ examination on Friday 15 March.
For the first time we are using the exam system provided by Televic.
Anatomy teaching
On Saturday 10 March Mr Muir and his colleague Mr Tomos Richards joined a number of hand surgeons from across the North West in teaching anatomy and surgical approaches to a group of enthusiastic trainees in orthopaedic and in plastic surgery. The course was held at the University of Manchester.
BSSH Instructional Courses
Mr Muir chaired a session on distal radius fractures at the Instructional Courses in Manchester on 2 February 2024.
It was a privilege to be invited back as a former chairman of the courses.
Mr Muir congratulates Mr David Clark on his chairmanship and welcomed the new joint chairmen Mr Michael Lamyman and Mr Nick Riley who take over this year.
EBHS diploma examination
On Thursday and Friday 19 and 20 May 2021 the viva voce examinations for the above diploma will take place on line.
We wish everyone every success in their exams and look forward to congratulating the successful candidates.
Pulvertaft Hand Surgery Lecture Series
Mr Muir was greatly honoured to be invited to give a talk in this prestigious lecture series.
Along with his colleague Professor Ariane Herrick he gave a presentation on the surgical management of systemic sclerosis in the hand.
The talk is available to view on the Pulvertaft YouTube channel.
EBHS diploma exam
This year the written will be held on Friday 19 March. Mr Martin Richter (Bonn), the Chairman and Mr Lindsay Muir (co-chairman) are grateful to our IT colleagues at Asszisztencia for working so hard to allow this take place securely on line.
The oral exams will also be on line (via Zoom) after the success of last year’s diet.
If you are interested in sitting next year, details of the exam are available on the exam page of the FESSH website.
Latest publication
Along with his plastic surgery colleagues Mr Ross Weale and Mr Richard Atkinson, Mr Muir has published his latest article on flexor tendon repair.
The article is available to read free on line in JPRAS Open
Steroid injections
The British Society for Surgery of the Hand has published links relating to the safety of steroid injections (cortisone).
An editorial from the Bone and Joint Journal can be found by following this link.
The BSSH advice can be found here.
Mr Muir is offering steroid injections after appropriate discussion.
Election to the Council of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH)
Mr Muir is grateful to his colleagues who have honoured him by electing him to the Council of the BSSH.
He will serve from 2021 to 2023
Scaphoid fracture paper
The above Lancet paper was picked up by Reuters and by Medscape.
The link to the Medscape article is here.