Program

The Master’s program in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery includes the following modules:

  • Extensor Tendon Injuries
  • Flexor Tendon Injuries
  • Metacarpal and Phalangeal Fractures
  • Base of the Thumb Fractures: Bennett and Rolando
  • Osteoarthritis of the Base of the Thumb Joint: Classification, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Rhizarthrosis
  • Dislocations and Ligament Injuries of the Fingers
  • Finger Joint Stiffness
  • PIP and MCP Arthroplasty of Fingers
  • MCP, PIP, and DIP Arthrodesis of Fingers
  • Dupuytren's Contracture
  • De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
  • Acute Hand Infections
  • Chronic Infections

  • Wrist arthroscopy: anatomy, diagnosis, and surgical procedures.
  • Scapholunate ligament ruptures: classification, diagnosis, and treatment.
  • Partial and total wrist arthrodesis.
  • Wrist arthroplasty.
  • Distal radioulnar joint instability.
  • Rupture of the triangular fibrocartilage complex: classification and treatment.
  • Distal radius fractures.
  • Treatment of the sequelae of radius fractures: Corrective osteotomy, Sauvé-Kapandji and Darrach techniques, and ulnar head implants.
  • Ulna-carpal impingement syndrome: Ulnar shortening osteotomy.
  • Kienböck's disease.
  • Fracture and nonunion of the carpal scaphoid. Classification and surgical treatment (vascularized bone grafting).
  • Perilunar and transscaphoid dislocations.
  • Fractures of other carpal bones.

  • Compression Neuropathies
  • Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndrome
  • Nerve Repair
  • Radial Nerve Palsy
  • Median Nerve Palsy
  • Ulnar Nerve Palsy
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Upper Extremity Dysfunction Following Stroke or Brain Injury
  • Tetraplegia
  • Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries
  • Principles of Microsurgery
  • Reimplantation
  • Skin Grafts and Skin Flaps
  • Free and Composite Skin Flaps
  • Thumb Reconstruction
  • Hand and Finger Deformities
  • Compartment Syndrome
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Burned Hand
  • Skin, Bone, and Soft Tissue Tumors
  • Vascular Disorders

  • Anatomy of the shoulder
  • Congenital anomalies of the shoulder
  • Clinical examination and radiological evaluation of the shoulder
  • Anesthesia in shoulder surgery
  • Indications, access routes, and biomechanics of open shoulder surgery
  • Indications for shoulder arthroplasty: Anatomical and reverse
  • Neurological problems in the shoulder. Tendon transfers in shoulder paralysis
  • Shoulder tumors
  • Shoulder infections
  • The shoulder in sports
  • Clavicle and scapula fractures
  • Acromioclavicular and sternoclavicular joint disorders
  • Proximal humerus fractures: Classification and treatment
  • Humeral shaft fractures: Treatment and associated injuries

  • Principles of arthroscopic shoulder surgery
  • Rotator cuff
  • Glenohumeral instability
  • Calcific tendonitis
  • Bicipital tendon injuries
  • Stiff shoulder
  • Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair techniques
  • Arthroscopic repair techniques for shoulder instabilities
  • Acute repair of distal clavicle fractures and dislocations.
  • Repair of chronic distal clavicle fractures and dislocations.
  • Upper extremity tumor reconstruction surgery (modular shoulder megaprostheses, composite megaprostheses, intercalary grafts, osteoarticular grafts).

  • Elbow Arthroscopy: Portals, Indications, and Techniques
  • Distal Humerus Fractures: Access Routes, Internal Fixation, Osteotaxis
  • Radial Head Fractures: Internal Fixation versus Prosthesis: Indications and Techniques
  • Proximal Ulna Fractures
  • Treatment of Sequelae and Pseudarthrosis of Elbow Fractures
  • Complex Traumatic Elbow Dislocation or Terrible Triad
  • Recurrent Elbow Instability
  • Forearm Fractures: Galeazzi, Essex-Lopresti, and Monteggia
  • Treatment of the Stiff Elbow
  • Total Elbow Arthroplasty: Implant Design, Indications, Access Routes, Techniques, and Results
  • Elbow Arthrodesis

  • Final project

To obtain the Master’s degree during the academic year, students must enroll in the 60 ECTS credits, which include the modules Wrist and Hand Surgery (1 to 3) and Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (4 to 6), as well as module 7 of the Master’s Final Project. The teaching period is year-round, for the entire academic year, 60 ECTS credits.

The Master’s degree will allow them to acquire sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge to take the European Diploma in Hand Surgery from the Federation of European Societies of Hand Surgery – European Board of Hand Surgery Diploma examination (FESSH).

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