Michelle Razo attended the BSSH 9.1 Instructional Course in Manchester, focusing on soft tissue reconstruction, burns and infection within Hand Surgery and Hand Therapy. The programme addressed complex wound management, reconstructive strategies and rehabilitation considerations in high-risk clinical scenarios. Attendance supported advanced clinical reasoning and multidisciplinary understanding across surgical and therapeutic care.
Reflections on the BSSH 9.1 Instructional Course – Soft Tissue Reconstruction, Burns and Infection Course
I attended the BSSH 9.1 Instructional Course in Manchester, which focused on soft tissue reconstruction, burns and infection — a crucial and often complex area of hand surgery and Hand Therapy. It was an incredibly worthwhile course, packed with practical learning and thoughtful discussion.
Topics Covered in the Programme:
- Principles and initial management of wounds
- Upper limb replantation and amputation
- Pedicled flaps
- Microsurgical reconstruction of the upper limb
- Simple solutions to common wound problems in Hand Surgery
- Managing hand infections
- Soft tissue infections, osteomyelitis and joint infections
- Severe infections like necrotising fasciitis
- Initial management and early soft tissue coverage of burned hand
- Rehabilitation and scar management
- Management of perilunate dislocation
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
- Simple Solutions to Common Wound Problems in Hand Surgery
- Microsurgery workshop
- Rehabilitation and scar management
- Severe infections like necrotising fasciitis
