CourseThe IBRA Advanced Course: Fixing Problems – from Fingertip to Wrist focuses on complex hand and wrist fractures, deformity correction and reconstruction. A seminar on 23 November is followed by a practical workshop using fresh anatomical specimens on 24 November 2026.
Audience: Fellows, attending physicians and consultants seeking advanced training in hand and wrist surgery.
Programme and practical training
The seminar covers phalangeal and metacarpal fractures, scaphoid fractures and non-union, complex distal radius injuries and salvage procedures. Sessions also explore 3D planning, correction of distal radius malunion and patient-specific implants.
The cadaver workshop includes fixation techniques for finger and metacarpal fractures, scaphoid reconstruction, volar rim fixation, spanning plates, partial wrist fusion and 3D-planned corrective osteotomy.
Course details
When: 23–24 November 2026.
Where: Van Swieten Saal, Medical University of Vienna, Van-Swieten-Gasse 1a, Vienna, Austria.
Organiser: International Bone Research Association (IBRA).
Course chairs: Christoph Pezzei and Stefan Quadlbauer.
Language: English.
Accreditation: 12.5 European CME credits (ECMECs); participants should claim only the credits corresponding to their attendance.
Registration and fees
Registration is offered for the seminar alone or for the seminar and workshop together. Standard fees, including tax, are:
Seminar and workshop: €340 for full IBRA members; €680 for basic members and non-members.
Seminar only: €70 for full IBRA members; €140 for basic members and non-members; €95 for residents with an acknowledgement letter.
Lunch and coffee breaks are included. The networking dinner costs an additional €45. The published registration deadline is 8 November 2026; use the official event website for registration and current availability.