FESSH Academy Webinars

When: 1 October 2026 19:30-21:00 CET
Topic: Prevention of Most Common Mistakes and Complications in Hand Surgery: pills to remember

Presenters and panellists: Luciana Marzella (Italy), Pedro J Delgado (Spain), Marlène O‘Donoghue (Germany), Sophia Syngouna (Greece)
Hosts of the webinar: Elisabeth Haas (Germany), Jonathan Hobby (UK)

Details:

– Knowing  anatomy to avoid mistakes – Luciana Marzella

–  All the mistakes surrounding the scaphoid – Pedro J Delgado

–  Common diagnosis errors and misdiagnosis of metacarpal and falangial fractures – Marlène O‘Donoghue

– How to prevent flap failures – Sophia Syngouna

The registration is free and compulsory, please register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_prx7GnoRQla7j9H91STEgg

Scientific background of the Presenters:

Luciana Marzella EBHS diploma holder, Head of Hand Trauma and Microsurgery Service Galeazzi Sant’Ambrogio Hospital Milan, Member of the Italian Board of Hand Surgeons, Coordinator of the Italian Guidelines for Wrist Fractures, special interest in Trauma and Vascular Malformations and Prevention in Care.

Pedro J. Delgado, M.D., is a certified Orthopaedic Surgeon specialized in Hand Surgery and Microsurgery. He is Head of the Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Unit at HM Montepríncipe, HM Madrid Río and HM Nuevo Belén University Hospitals in Madrid, Associate Professor at the School of Medicine of Camilo José Cela-CUHMED University, and Medical Director of the European Institute of Reconstructive Surgery (IECR). He is Past President of the Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand (SECMA) and International Wrist Arthroscopy Society (IWAS). His main areas of interest include wrist arthroscopy, distal radius fractures and their sequelae, carpal injuries, and elbow surgery.

Marlène O‘Donoghue, Consultant in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at Waldfriede Hospital Berlin, Department of Hand Surgery, Upper Extremity and Foot Surgery, Berlin Centre for Rheumatoid Orthopaedics. Extended Board Member of the German Society for Hand Surgery (DGH), with special interest in rheumatoid hand surgery, prevention in care, and surgical education.

Sophia Syngouna, MD, Msc, PhD, consultant orthopaedic hand and upper limb surgeon, in Hand, Upper Limb and Microsurgery Department, KAT Hospital Athens Greece, the national center of reference and FESSH-certified Hand Trauma and Reimplantation center since 2019, board member of national Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Societies.  Her main areas of interest include hand, upper limb trauma, brachial plexus and peripheral nerves, wrist arthroscopy and paediatric hand complex cases.

Further information:
A recording of the webinar will be uploaded on the FESSH YouTube channel within 2 weeks: https://www.youtube.com/@fessh-Europe

There are no CME points offered for the webinar, neither attendance certificate is provided. Thank you for your understanding.