Conference program

The Baltic Hand 2014 conference program is built around the following main topics:

• Hand trauma
• Hand diseases
• Hand reconstruction

All lectures and presentations will be in English by invited specialist speakers and a from a selection of submitted abstracts.

Preliminary conference program

Friday, September 26

• 08:00 – 09:00 Registration
• 09:00 – 11:00 Session I: Lectures of invited speakers
  • Peter Stern. Treatment of metacarpal and phalangeal fractures.
  • Peter Stern. Current concepts in the management of small joint injuries and arthroses.
  • Ernest Zacharevskij. Comparison of debridement methods for treatment of the forearm and hand deep dermal burns.
• 11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
• 11:20 – 13:00 Continuation of Session I
  • ​Peter Stern. Update: Distal radius fractures.
  • Radek Kebrle. 3D planning and specific instrumentation for forearm malunions.
  • Terry Light. Pediatric Hand and wrist injuries.
• 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
  Workshops & small exhibition of the sponsor products
• 14:30 – 16:00 Session II: Lectures of invited speakers
  • ​Radek Kebrle. Arthroscopic resection, spongioplasty and osteosynthesis of scaphoid nonunion.
  • Mariusz Bonczar. Wrist instability treatment.
• 16:00 – 16:20 Coffee break
• 16:20 – 18:00 Continuation of Session II
  • ​Darius Jauniškis, Arūnas Jankauskas, Indrė Kuropatkinaitė. Comparision of proximal row carpectomy and four corner arthrodesis postoperative results.
  • Mantas Sakalauskas. Successful replantations of the amputated thumbs during residency.
  • Karlis Verdins, Martins Kapickis. Late results of Oberlin transfer operation for upper brachial plexus injury in Latvia.
  • Tigran Zotov, Juozas Ravinskas. Soft tissue and nail bed reconstruction in the thumb: a case report.
• 20:00 Gala dinner (optional attendance)

Saturday, September 27

• 08:30 – 10:30 Session III: Lectures of invited speakers
  • ​Martins Kapickis. Chronic Pain Syndromes in upper extremity.
  • Darius Radzevicius. Management of spastic hand in Cerebral Palsy.
• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
• 11:00 – 13:00 Continuation of Session III
  • ​Ernest Zacharevskij. Hand reconstruction after chemotherapy drug extravasation.
  • Šarūnas Mažeika. Usefulness of Medicines for Replantation Success.
  • Kęstutis Bliznikas, Vytautas Mikelevičius. Arthroscopic dorsal wrist ganglion excision – The treatment of choice?
  • Janis Zarins. Functional outcome of patients after toe to hand transplantation.
  • Mindaugas Jasinskas, Mindaugas Minderis. Prospects for hand functions recovery after an operation due to severe cubital tunnel syndrome.
  • Mindaugas Jasinskas, Mindaugas Minderis. Thoracic outlet syndrome: the evaluation of clinical features and long-term postoperative results.
  • Rytis Rimdeika. Proximal carpal crease incision for carpal tunnel release: A pilot study.
• 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
  Workshops & exhibition of sponsor products
• 14:30-16:30 Session IV: Lectures of invited speakers
  • ​Rytis Rimdeika. Mutilated Hand in Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa: Correction Goals and Surgical Modalities.
  • Saulius Spokevicius.  A Review of Thumb Reconstruction.
  • Darius Radzevicius. Review of the congenital thumb reconstruction.
  • Terry Light. Advances in Congenital Hand Care.

Register to conference.