Mr Muir will be examining in Santander for the above examination. Full details are available from the exam website.
Good luck to all candidates who have been successful in the written exam.
Latest publication
Our latest publication is on reverse hemi hamate arthroplasty in the PIP joint.
The PIP joint is the middle of the three joints of the finger. Often if there is a fracture that runs into the joint the joint can dislocate also. Usually the end of the finger falls off the back of the joint (dorsal fracture dislocation, but in the case reported the tip of the finger displaced towards the palm.
We believe that this is the first ever recorded instance of this technique, which is more normally used for the commoner dorsal fracture dislocation, as described above.
The link to the paper is here.
European Board of Hand Surgery (EBHS) diploma exam course
The 2016 course has just been announced. It will be held in the Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Manchester on Thursday 28 January 2016, just before the instructional course. Please see the BSSH website for the details.
The course will give participants a clear idea of how the exam is conducted and of the types of questions that will arise. The feedback for this course has been universally excellent. Last year's feedback may be seen here.
For further details please email Lindsay Muir (lmuir@tmhc.co.uk) or Miss Angela Rausch at the BSSH (Angela.Rausch@bssh.ac.uk)
Spire Manchester GP talks
On Thursday 5 November Mr Muir and a number of colleagues from Spire hospitals across the North West gave a GP symposium hosted by Spire. Mr Muir's talk was on hand conditions. The feedback has been positive and can be seen here .
Please contact us if you would like to hear the talk again. Alternatively contact Miss Beverley McNamara at Spire Hospital Manchester.
British Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Autumn meeting took place in London on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October. Mr Muir had the privilege of chairing the first session along with Mr Rupert Eckersley.
The link is here.
Journal of Hand Surgery
Our latest publication is in conjunction with the departments of hand surgery in Birmingham and in Hull and East Yorkshire. It is on scaphoid fractures. The Journal of Hand Surgery website with the details may be accessed here.
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BMJ Blog
Professor Herrick and Mr Muir have written an article on Raynaud's disease for the BMJ blog. It was published today. The blog may be accessed here.
Senior Lectureship
Mr Muir has been appointed Honorary Senior Lecturer (Teaching) at the University of Manchester (Manchester Medical School) as from 27 April 2015. Formerly he was honorary lecturer.
Lecturing
Mr Muir has been lecturing this week to the British Society of Rheumatology in Manchester and at the British Society for Surgery of the Hand in Bath
Dupuytren's Paper
Our latest publication is on classification in Dupuytren's disease. It has just been published in the European volume of the Journal of Hand Surgery, online only for now. Here is the link