FESSH Academy Webinars

When: 3 September 2026 19:30-21:00 CET
Topic: Cubital tunnel and ulnar nerve entrapment

Presenters and panellists:  Uldis Krustins, Martins Kapickis, Iveta Beinarovica, Inese Breide (Latvia)
Hosts of the webinar: Elisabeth Haas (Germany), Jonathan Hobby (UK)

Details:

• Cubital tunnel syndrome : types, manifestations, actions – Uldis Krustins, M.D., PhD., Microsurgery Center of Latvia, Riga
• What to do with subluxing ulnar nerve? – Martins Kapickis, M.D., PhD., Microsurgery Center of Latvia, Riga
• Revision surgery for recurrent ulnar neuropathy – Iveta Beinarovica, M.D., Microsurgery Center of Latvia, Riga
• Case discussions – Inese Breide, M.D., Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Riga

The registration is free and compulsory, please register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P10LLOcqSra0C6y1kUxoig

Scientific background of the Presenters:

Inese Breide, M.D., is a consultant orthopedic surgeon at the State Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopedics in Riga, specializing in upper limb and hand surgery, and is the head of the outpatient clinic. She is Chair of AO Trauma Latvia, regularly serves as faculty for international surgical courses, and chaired the 2025 Hand and Wrist Course in Davos, organized by the AO Foundation.

Iveta Beinarovica, M.D., certified plastic surgeon, working in the Microsurgery Center of Latvia. She has a special interest in brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery.

Martins Kapickis M.D., PhD., consultant plastic and hand surgeon, board member of the SSSH, IFSSH National delegate from Latvia, member of the certification committee of the LASH ( Latvian Association for Surgery of the Hand)

Uldis Krustins, M.D., PhD., consultant orthopedic and hand surgeon, Associate Professor in the Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics at Riga Stradins University, Head of the Microsurgery Center of Latvia, FESSH national delegate from Latvia, member of the certification committee of the LASH and LATO ( Latvian Association of Traumatology and Orthopedics).

From courtesy of the JHSE publisher, SAGE, you can read the following articles related to the topic of the webinar for free between 27 August and 10 September 2026:

Round table discussion: the management of idiopathic cubital tunnel syndrome by Jane E. McEachan 1, Lars B. Dahlin2 3,4, Chye Yew Ng 5, David Ring 6 and Mike Ruettermann 7,8.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17531934241238942

Force loss and distribution of load in the hands of patients with cubital tunnel syndrome by Angelina Garkisch 1, Kristina Rohmfeld 2,
Dagmar-Christiane Fischer 3, Karl-Josef Prommersberger 2,4 and Marion Mu¨hldorfer-Fodor 2.

 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17531934231198660

State of the art review. Upper extremity revision nerve compression surgery by Brigitte van der Heijden 1,2 , Zoe H. Dailiana 3 and Henk P. Giele 4.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17531934241238533
 

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.