Ms Michelle Razo attended the BSSH 8.8 Instructional Wrist Course in Manchester on 5 February 2024, a specialist programme focused on complex wrist pathology, instability, degenerative conditions and reconstructive options. The course included practical hands-on workshops alongside faculty presentations.
Programme content
- Distal radius fractures
- Scaphoid fractures
- Injuries of the forearm
- Triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC)
- Distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ)
- Kienbock’s disease and other avascular necroses
- Carpal instability
- Acute and chronic scapholunate ligament injury management
- Assessment of ulnar-sided wrist pain and lunotriquetral (LT) instability
- Management of perilunate dislocation
- Work-related upper limb and factitious disorders
Relevance to patient care
Wrist conditions — particularly those involving instability, ligament injury and TFCC pathology — are among the more diagnostically and clinically demanding presentations in Hand Therapy. Many patients with these conditions have seen multiple clinicians before receiving an accurate diagnosis. A thorough understanding of the surgical assessment and management of wrist pathology directly informs Ms Razo’s clinical reasoning and allows her to work more effectively alongside surgical colleagues in the management of these complex cases.
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.