TENDON TRANSFER COURSE
NEXT COURSE: 11th March 2027
REGISTRATION 1st October 2026 on this site and through info@donaldsammut.com
CONTACT: info@donaldsammut.com
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Cadaveric demonstration course dedicated to instruction on Tendon Transfers in the Hand
Course Organiser: Donald Sammut
Venue: The Vesalius Clinical Training Centre, Southwell Street, Bristol (University of Bristol)
Faculty:
Henk Giele, Hand Surgeon, Oxford
Donald Sammut, Hand Surgeon, Bath and London
Participants:
1. Specialist Trainees in Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery
2. Hand Therapists
3. Consultant Hand Surgeons
Maximum 21 participants, 7 per table
Format:
1. General introduction to biomechanics and principles of tendon transfer
2. Lecture on Median Nerve anatomy and paralysis
3. Dissection session on Tendon transfer for Median Nerve paralysis
a. The 4 main opposition plasties
b. Surgery for high median palsy
4. Lecture on Ulnar Nerve anatomy and paralysis
5. Dissection session on Tendon Transfer for Ulnar nerve paralysis
a. Correction of the Intrinsic minus hand
b. Adductorplasty of the thumb
c. Adductorplasty of the little finger
d. Supplementary techniques (tenodesis, stabilisation etc.)
6. Lecture on Radial Nerve Palsy anatomy and paralysis
7. Dissection session on Tendon transfer for Radial nerve paralysis
a. Restoration of Thumb extension
b. Restoration of Wrist extension
c. Restoration of long digit extension
8. Miscellaneous dissection e.g. Swan neck correction
NEXT COURSE 11th March 2027
Venue: Vesalius Clinical Training Centre, University of Bristol
Cost of Course: Tendon Transfer Course:
– If enrolled to follow Anatomy Course: £770
– If enrolled for only the one day, Tendon Transfer course: £825
CME Points: 6
Application/Enquiry: info@donaldsammut.com
Places are secured only by payment of fee.
Note that this course is a charitable, not-for-profit undertaking; the cost reflects the high cost of material and specialist space.
Any proceeds go to the Charity Working Hands, led by Donald SAMMUT, conducting a programme of Leprosy Surgery and teaching in Nepal.