AO Trauma Course – Management of Hand and Wrist Fractures

The AO Surgery Reference covers a set of modules for all anatomical areas of the hand and wrist.

Each module covers the following topics:

• Clinical and radiological evaluation
• Complications and technical failures
• Fracture descriptions
• Indications and detailed treatment options
• Approaches
• Patient preparations
• Postoperative treatment  

These are further chapters relevant to hand and wrist courses:

• Basic techniques
• Compartment syndrome in the hand

The general concepts in hand and wrist entails the following chapters:

• Functional anatomy and biomechanical concepts
• Extensor tendon mechanism
• Flexor tendon mechanism
• Ligament injuries
• Digital nerve lesions
• Ulnar and median nerve lesions

• All approaches to the distal forearm
• Intraoperative imaging of the distal forearm
• ORIF – Dorsoradial double plate fixation of a complete multifragmentary fracture of the radius
• ORIF – Hook plate fixation of an extraarticular multifragmentary fracture of the ulna

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• Distal forearm

• Scaphoid waist fracture
• Perilunate injury classification
• All approaches to the carpal bones

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• Carpal bones

• All approaches to the thumb
• Lag-screw fixation of a Bennett fracture
• Rolando fracture

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• Thumb

• All approaches to the metacarpals
• Lag-screw fixation of a simple oblique diaphyseal fracture
• Lag-screw fixation with a neutralization plate of a simple oblique diaphyseal fracture
• Compression plating of a simple transverse diaphyseal fracture
• Intramedullary K-wire fixation of a metacarpal neck fracture

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• Hand – Metacarpals

Also relevant in this course:

• Basic techniques of fracture management

• All approaches to the proximal phalanges of the hand
• Complete articular fracture of the distal end segment

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• Hand – Proximal phalanges

• All approaches to the middle phalanges of the hand

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• Hand – Middle phalanges

• All approaches to the distal phalanges of the hand

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• Hand – Distal phalanges