Mr Wee SIm Khor is presenting the results of our work on scapho lunate injury at the spring meeting of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand in Bath today.
EBHS diploma examination
Good luck to all candidates sitting the MCQ today.
Mr Muir looks forward to meeting the candidates sitting in Manchester
EBHS preparation course
The 2017 course was run by Mr Anuj Mishra. The feedback has now been collated. The average score for the course was 9.4/10. One candidate wrote: "brilliant course, I would prefer whole day with more vivas please". Another: "make it whole day".
The next course will be run in Manchester in February 2018.
EBHS written examination Friday 17 March
If you are sitting the above MCQ examination at Salford Royal and have any questions that we can help with, please do not hesitate to email Mr Muir, who will do his best to help.
Latest publication
In conjunction with his colleagues Miss Victoria Deans and Mr Zaf Naqui, Mr Muir has published a systematic review of the surgical treatment of STT joint osteoarthritis. The abstract may be found via this link.
Instructional Course in Hand Surgery
Mr Muir was very grateful to the organising committee for the series 7 courses, of which he has the honour of being the chairman, and to the speakers who made the course such a success.
We had outstanding contributions from our international speakers, Professor Christian Dumontier from Guadeloupe, Professor Steven Hovius and Professor Paul Werker from the Netherlands and Professor Raja Sabapathy from Coimbatore in India. The standard of the lectures was outstanding.
We are looking forward to the June course which covers nerve disorders and brachial plexus disorders. Our international speakers are Professor Maurizio Calcagni, Professor Gursel Leblebcioglu, Dr Susan Mackinnon and Professor Christophe Oberlin.
Full details are as always on the BSSH website.
Professor Herrick and Mr Muir answer questions on Raynaud's
Professor Raja Sabapathy, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore
Miss Emily West from Bristol and Professor Raja Sabapathy answer questions on sever hand injuries
Scaphoid chapter
In conjunction with Mr Brewster from Birmingham and Mr Pinder from Newcastle, Mr Muir has sent off the final draft of their section on Evidence based medicine: The Scaphoid. This is due to be published in the FESSH instructional course hand book to accompany the FESSH meeting in Budapest - Eurohand 2017.
New Spire Hospital Manchester
The old Spire Hospital in Whalley Range closed this week.
We are excited about moving to the new state of the art Spire Hospital in Didsbury. Mr Muir will look forward to treating patients in this high tech facility.
The same expert team will strive to offer the highest standards of hand surgery care.
The new Spire Hospital Manchester in Didsbury as photographed by Mr Muir
EBHS diploma exam
Co chairmen Martin Richter, Frederyk Verstreken and Lindsay Muir were glad to have the support of the examiners for the exam last weekend in Nice where we steeled ourselves to work hard despite the lovely sunshine out of doors.
Instructional Courses in Hand Surgery
The next course in the series, of which Mr Muir is the Chairman, will be held in Manchester on 3 and 4 February 2017. It will be preceded by a preparation course for the Hand Diploma exams, organised by Mr Anuj Mishra.
Full details are available on the BSSH website.
For this series of courses we are going to be more interactive, so we hope that you will come and join in.