Ms Michelle Razo attended the BSSH 9.1 Instructional Course in Manchester on 10 June 2024, a specialist programme focused on soft tissue reconstruction, burns and infection — a clinically complex area spanning both surgical management and rehabilitation.
Programme content
The course covered both core principles and complex case presentations across surgical and therapeutic practice:
- Principles and initial management of wounds
- Upper limb replantation and amputation
- Pedicled flaps
- Microsurgical reconstruction of the upper limb
- Managing hand infections
- Soft tissue infections, osteomyelitis and joint infections
- Severe infections including necrotising fasciitis
- Initial management and early soft tissue coverage of the burned hand
- Management of perilunate dislocation
- Rehabilitation and scar management
Complex case workshops:
- Acute and chronic infections of the hand
- Reconstruction in complex soft tissue defects
- Thumb and fingertip reconstruction
- Planning local flaps and techniques for burned hand reconstruction
- Microsurgery workshop
Relevance to patient care
Patients referred to Ms Razo following complex hand trauma, wound complications or post-surgical reconstruction benefit from her understanding of the surgical context in which their treatment has taken place. Familiarity with reconstruction techniques, flap planning and the management of infection and burns allows her to design rehabilitation programmes that are appropriate to the specific repair and aligned with the surgical team’s objectives.
About the BSSH
The British Society for Surgery of the Hand is the leading professional body for hand surgery in the United Kingdom. Its instructional course series is a recognised continuing education programme for consultants, registrars and allied health professionals working across hand and upper limb care.