Massive cuff tears and scapular disorders: cadaver course on tendon transfer, reverse shoulder arthroplasty, and beyond
Beschrijving
Target audience: Doctors/Orthopaedic surgeons and Physiotherapists
This comprehensive course will feature cutting-edge presentations, cadaver demonstrations, and hands-on cadaver-based workshops focused on the management of complex rotator cuff tears and disorders of the scapulothoracic joint. Emphasis will be placed on the principles, surgical techniques, and outcomes associated with tendon transfers around the shoulder and scapula, including advanced arthroscopically-assisted procedures. The program will also explore alternative salvage options such, reverse shoulder arthroplasty, scapulothoracic fusion or plexus exploration. A dedicated portion of the course will give participants the opportunity to perform tendon transfers on whole torso and upper extremity cadaveric specimens.
Day 1 is focussed on massive cuff tears and day 2 on scapular disorders. Seperate workshops are embedded in the program for doctors and physiotherapists.
Registration
Early bird registration before December 1st 2025. You can find registration fees and shopping cart at the bottom of this page. Registration deadline is Friday January 16th 2026.
Surgeons (max 40 participants): 1 or 2-day registration
Physiotherapists (max 40 participants): 1.5 day + optional registration for the cadaver session on 31-01-2026 in the afternoon
Accreditation
Will be aplied for for doctors and physiotherapists.
Programma
Please find the detailed programme below. The programme might be subject to minor changes and will be kept up to date.
Friday 30-01-2026: Massive cuff tears
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-8:40 What is reparable/ What is irreparable? - Pol Huysmans
8:40-8:50 Basics of tendon transfers - JD Werthel
8:50-9:00 How to measure force around the shoulder? - Dominiek Vandenbosch
9:00-9:15 Pectoralis transfer for irreparable subscapularis tear - Mattijs Jacxsens
9:15-9:30 Latissimus Dorsi transfer for irreparable subscapularis tear - Jean Kany
9:30-9:40 Registries - Eva De Vries
9:40-9:50 Multicentric studies template SECEC - Anne Karelse
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Practical sessions
- Surgeons: cadaver session (beach chair - 2 surgeons per shoulder)
- Pectoralis Major transfer for Subscapularis tears
- Latissimus Dorsi transfer for Subscapularis tears
- Physiotherapists:
- Half of the group (max 20) joins the cadaver session
- Other half follows a clinical shoulder workshop
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:15 Latissimus Dorsi transfer for posterosuperior cuff tear - Filip Verhaegen
13:15-13:30 Lower Trapezius transfer for posterosuperior cuff tear - Bassem Elhassan
13:30-13:45 Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis + Latissimus Dorsi - Bart Berghs
13:45-14:00 Rehab after cuff repair - Dorien Borms
14:00-14:15 Open plexus exploration - Wim Vanhove
14:15-14:30 Arthroscopic plexus release - Thibault Lafosse
14:30-14:45 The green shoulder circle - Vincent Martinel
14:45 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 17u15 Practical sessions
- Surgeons: cadaver session (beach chair - 2 surgeons per shoulder)
- Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis + Episcopo
- Plexus exploration
- Physiotherapists: Switch of groups
- Half of the group (max 20) joins the cadaver session
- Other half follows a clinical shoulder workshop
17u15 End of day
Saturday 31-01-2026: Scapular disorders
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:10 Normal thoracoscapular mobility - Alexander Van Tongel
9:10-9:25 Thoracoscapular motion and subacromial problems - Annelies Maenhout
9:25-9:40 Scapular position and relevance in RSA - Paul Siegert
9:40-9:55 Scapular motion after RSA - Dominiek Vandenbosch
9:55-10:10 Scapular motion after anatomic shoulder arthroplasty - Tjarco Alta
10:10-10:40 Generation X - Menno De Bree
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:20 STAM: clinical examination - Bassem Elhassan
11:20-11:35 Tendon transfer for STAM - JD Werthel
11:35-11:45 Thoracoscapulair fusion for FSHD - Ofer Levy
11:45-12:00 Nerve surgery for STAM - Thibault Lafosse
12:00-12:15 Transfer for Deltoid palsy - Bassem Elhassan
12:15 -13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:45 Cadaver session for surgeons (Physiotherapists optional)
- Half of the group: Arhtroscopy of Latissumus dorsi and Lower trapezius (beach chair)
- Other half of the group: live cadaver surgery
- Thoracoscapular fusoin - O Levy
- Scapuloexy - El Hassan
- Endoscopic brachial plexus release - T Lafosse
14:45-15u15 Break
15u15-16u45 Cadaver session for surgeons (Physiotherapists optional)
- Switch in groups
16u45 End of day
Opmerkingen
Registration Fees:
Early bird fees before December 1st 2025
Doctors:
2-day registration: base price €1600; member of a scientific organisation €1400 (BELSS, SECEC, DVSE, SOFEC); Doctors in training €1200
1-day registration: base price €850; member of a scientific organisation €750 (BELSS, SECEC, DVSE, SOFEC); Doctors in training €650
Physiotherapists:
1.5-day registration: €400
+ Optional extra registration Saturday afternoon: €500
Registration fees from December 1st 2025
Doctors:
2-day registration: base price €1700; member of a scientific organisation €1500 (BELSS, SECEC, DVSE, SOFEC); Doctors in training €1300
1-day registration: base price €950; member of a scientific organisation €850 (BELSS, SECEC, DVSE, SOFEC); Doctors in training €750
Physiotherapists:
1.5- day registration: €450
+ Optional extra registration Saturday Afternoon for cadaver session: €600
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Cadaver course - Doctor - 1 day registration 31-01-2026
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