During this one-day course you will learn how to expose all the major nerves of the lower limb. Experienced faculty members will give short presentations on the different anatomical regions followed by demonstration-operations, after which you can perform the surgical approaches individually.
Learning objectivesAfter following this course you are able to carry out operations to the lower limb where the treatment of nerve pathology is central or where iatrogenic nerve injuries must be avoided.
Target groupNeurosurgeons, orthopaedists, general surgeons, trauma surgeons and plastic surgeons, and for those who are in training for one of these specialties.For Neurosurgery trainees in the Netherlands the course is a compulsory part of the curriculum.
The course takes place under the auspices of the Dutch Society for Neurosurgery.
AccreditationAccreditation for 6 points will be requested at the various professional associations.
Course languageIf there are no international participants the course language will be in Dutch.
Course committeeChair: prof.dr. M.J.A. Malessy, nervesurgeon of the department of neurosurgery of LUMCK.A. Bartlema, trauma surgeondr. J. Groen, nervesurgeon, LUMCdr. J. Nagels, orthopedic surgeon, LUMCdr. w. Pondaag, nervesurgeon, LUMC
After following this course you are able to carry out operations to the lower limb where the treatment of nerve pathology is central or where iatrogenic nerve injuries must be avoided, with confidence.
Boerhaave Nascholing is de oudste post-academische onderwijsorganisatie op geneeskundig gebied (PAOG) in Nederland.
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