Welcome to the July 2022 Newsletter of FESSH
FESSH HAND OUT
Information Letter on Hand Surgery in Europe
Welcome to the 30. issue of FESSH HAND OUT, a bimonthly information letter for hand surgeons
ELECTION OF THE INCOMING SECRETARY GENERAL
On 3 June 2022 the FESSH Delegates elected the next secretary general from 2023:
Brigitte van der Heijden.
Brigitte van der Heijden is a plastic surgeon, specialized in Hand and Wrist Surgery. Her field of interest is treatment of arthrosis and trauma. She has been the treasurer of the Dutch Society of the Hand from 2009- 2017 and its president from 2017-2019. She works in the Jeroen Bosch Hospital in 's-Hertogenbosch and Radboudumc in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Brigitte van der Heijden has been contributing to the FESSH activities since 2017 as chair of the FESSH Congress Committee and member of the FESSH Executive Committee. She will start her position as secretary general on 11 May 2023, after the next Delegates' Assembly held in Rimini, Italy
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On the Delegates' Assembly the FESSH Bylaws was updated as well.
Check the new version of the by-laws
NEW FESSH COMMITTEE CHAIRS FROM 2023
New committee chairs were elected by the Council members on 6 June 2022:
– Ilse Degreef (Belgium) as chair of the Relationship Committee
– Leila Harhaus (Germany) as chair of the Research Committee
– Piotr Czarneczki (Poland) as chair of the Congress Committee and
– Guillaume Prunieres (France) as HTC Committee chair
They will start their offices from 11 May 2023.
Thanks for the work of the great outgoing team: Frederik Verstreken (Belgium), Simon Farnebo (Sweden) and Pierluigi Tos (Italy).
IFSSH – ISFHT – FESSH COMBINED CONGRESS 2022
FESSH is proud of being part of the biggest international hand surgery event in 2022 held 6-10 June, in ExCel Congress Centre, London, UK. More than 2700 participants arrived to the Congress from 87 countries around the world and more than 600 from 57 countries joined online to exchange and obtain knowledge. 48 companies introduced their products or services on the exhibition.
Thank you for the organizers including BSSH, the companies and the participants for the amazing event!
Looking forward to meeting you again next year on the 2023 FESSH Congress 10-13 May 2023, Rimini, Italy. Save the date!
EBHS EXAM 2022 REPORT
This year the EBHS Exam was held between 3-5 June in the Royal College of Surgeons in London, UK. 77 candidates participated on the oral and the practical parts of the face-to-face event. 11 failed, 66 passed. In 2022 the best examinee was Julia Ruston from Manchester, UK.
Congratulations!
JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY (EUR) NEWS:
3 free access articles from the courtesy of SAGE Publishing
Editorial: Solidarity, Support and Supply
We continue to stand with our Ukrainian hand colleagues in the on-going conflict. This editorial by Daniel Herren and Jonathan Hobby captures some of our thoughts.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17531934221097015
Article on Conflict injuries
This is a 2-part invited review article focusing on management of conflict injuries involving the upper limb. In support of our Ukrainian colleagues, we have arranged for these articles to be made open access and translated into the Ukrainian language.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17531934221098916
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17531934221105225
Article on COVID-19: A FESSH Perspective
Over the past 2 years, COVID-19 has affected all of us. In Europe, several countries were impacted on so many levels. In this article, five of the FESSH Executive Committee shared their perspective of how the pandemic had affected Hand Surgery, their personal lives and their careers.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17531934221093925
These articles have open access: readers can access them without needing to login.
WORKLOAD OF HAND SURGEONS IN EUROPE – SURVEY FINDINGS
Here you can find a brief summary by Brigitte van der Heijden, chair of the FESSH Congress Committee: At the IFSSH-IFSHT-FESSH 2022 Congress in London there was a session dedicated to "Hand surgery around the world". Hand surgeons from different parts of the world were asked to give an overview of their daily work and that of a hand surgeon from that particular continent, including Europe. It was a fantastic session in which the contrasts in which we live and work were once again clearly visible. Although the content of our work may not differ that much, the workload does; the conditions under which we work, the facilities, training and scientific possibilities differ enormously.
SURVEY: PUBLICATION PRACTICE OF YOUNG HAND SURGEONS
Please help YEHS (Young European Hand Surgeons) by filling in the survey!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WZ22C8S
MEET THE FESSH MEMBER COUNTRIES – Sweden
(a JHS(Eur) article 2017, Vol. 42E(5) 537–539)
Dr Erik Moberg is considered the 'father of hand surgery' in Scandinavia and had a great impact on the development of the speciality throughout the region. In 1951 Erik Moberg founded the Nordic Hand Club together with Nordic colleagues. This club was later renamed Scandinavian Society for Surgery of the Hand, and was the first European hand surgery society.
SPASTICITY MASTER CLASS: SURGICAL SKILLS IN UPPER LIMB SPASTICITY
20-22 October 2022 – Budapest, Hungary
The international faculty of the course is led by Caroline Leclercq (France).
Program overview:
Day 1: formal teaching for surgeon and non-surgeon participants, focusing on examination, botulinum toxin, surgical principles, indications and results
Day 2+3: surgical treatment workshop, including didactic lectures and cadaver lab demonstrations followed by hands-on dissections for surgeons and dedicated lectures for non-surgeons participants.
A day pass is available for Day 1, with special discount for students.
