On the way back from a truly inspiring Cross-Border Ultrasound Meeting 2025 at the Congress Center Davos.
With a clear interdisciplinary spirit, yesterday’s full-day hands-on seminar on ultrasound diagnostics of the upper extremity brought together experts from multiple specialties. Topics included infiltrations, nerve imaging, trauma, and rheumatology – all approached from a highly practical perspective.
A heartfelt thank-you to the outstanding speakers who made this event possible:
Tim Mäcken, Peter Schwarzkopf, Rainer Litz, Giorgio Tamborrini, Elvira Bodmer, Hannes Gruber, Esther Vögelin, Alexander Grimm, Christian Marx, Raphael Micheroli und Wolfgang Hartung.
This morning, I had the pleasure of leading a hands-on workshop on the ultrasonographic anatomy of the hand, supported by fantastic colleagues who jumped in as tutors:
Jürg Prim, Florian Huber, and Marco Guidi.
And finally, many thanks to our industry partners – Canon Medical, GE, and Samsung – for their generous support and commitment to advancing ultrasound education.
The 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand took place this year in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada — once again a fantastic opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences with colleagues from all over the world, not just North America.
It was especially nice to reconnect with members of our ultrasound community — Carla Nunes, Fernando Dávila Fernández, and Olivier Marès.
Many thanks to Frederik Verstreken for the kind invitation to contribute to the session “If James Bond Was a Hand Surgeon: Getting the Most from the Latest Tech” with a talk on „Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Treatment in the Hand, Wrist, and Forearm“.
#ultrasound #ultrasoundguidance #MSKultrasound #injectiontechniques #guidedinjections #ultrasoundguidedsurgery #handchirurgieseefeld
Injections into small joints can be particularly challenging in the hand. Ultrasound—shown here using the out-of-plane technique at the STT joint from palmar—allows highly precise placement of the medication.
Its advantages include direct joint penetration without the need to „search along the bone“, which greatly improves patient comfort during the procedure. The drug can also be placed entirely intra-articularly, as demonstrated by the distension of the joint capsule. Especially with corticosteroid injections, typical steroid-related side effects such as fat-tissue atrophy or skin discoloration can therefore be almost completely avoided.
#ultrasound #ultrasoundguidance #MSKultrasound #injectiontechniques #guidedinjections #smalljoints #handchirurgieseefeld
Today the XVI International Cadaver Course on “Ultrasound and Clinically Guided Joint and Spine Interventions” took place at the Institute of Anatomy, University of Basel. As always, it was an inspiring and truly hands-on experience — with amazing participants from around the world.
Many thanks to course coordinator and Chair Giorgio Tamborrini and TRB Chemedica International for the kind invitation and flawless organization. It was a real pleasure to share my experience with Ultrasound-guided Wrist Injections and to contribute the hand-infiltration part of the program.
Special thanks as well for all the new ideas that emerged from the discussions with an outstanding faculty—valuable both for our own work and, most importantly, for the benefit of our patients.
Michael Sager
Moritz Dau
Lukas Mangold
Peter Mandl
Piotr Urbaniak
Erik Deman
Christian Marx
Andrea Stärkle-Bär
Raphael Micheroli-Konuk
The next course will take place on March 20–21, 2026 — don’t miss it!
#MedicalEducation #UltrasoundGuidedInterventions #MSKUltrasound #AnatomyLab #KnowledgeExchange #HandchirurgieSeefeld
Together with Javier Ferreira, Jeff Ecker, and Gaurav Pagare, I had the privilege of co-leading the first day of the IRCAD India Ultrasound Surgery & Wrist Arthroscopy Course in Indore – a full day dedicated entirely to ultrasound surgery.
My sincere thanks go to the course supervisors Christophe Mathoulin, Greg Bain, and Toshiyasu Nakamura, as well as the course directors Olivier Mares, Abhijeet Wahegaonkar, and Andrew Chin, for their trust and support. It was a great pleasure to work alongside such an outstanding national and international faculty. I also truly enjoyed meeting legends like Jeff Ecker and Greg Bain and sharing thoughts on the future implications of ultrasound and ultrasound-guided surgery.
A very special thanks to Olivier Mares for his trust in my work and for giving me the opportunity to step in on his behalf. We missed you deeply, and I can only hope I managed to represent you in a way worthy of the wonderful mission you created.
#Ultrasound #UltrasoundSurgery #MSKUltrasound #WristArthroscopy #HandSurgery #IRCAD #MedicalEducation #NewFrontiers #HandchirurgieSeefeld
Fortbildungskurs Ultraschalldiagnostik der Hand … die Kurstermine für das Jahr 2026 stehen fest!
Die ganztägige Veranstaltung richtet sich sowohl an Anfänger als auch fortgeschrittene Ultraschalldiagnostiker, die Kenntnisse bezüglich der sonografischen Diagnostik an der Hand erwerben, erweitern oder vertiefen möchten. Im Rahmen des ganztägigen Workshops werden folgende Themen detailliert besprochen und in praktischen Übungen am Ultraschallgerät vermittelt:
• Physikalische Grundlagen und Geräteeinstellungen
• Sonografische Anatomie der Hand
• Sonografische Diagnostik häufiger Verletzungen und Erkrankungen an der Hand
• Ultraschallgesteuerte Infiltrationstechniken
Kursprogramm und Kursanmeldung finden Sie unter www.ultraschalldiagnostik-hand.ch
#workshop #CME #ultrasound #mskultrasound #diagnosticultrasound #ultrasoundguidedinfiltrations #handsurgery #handchirurgieseefeld
…back from Strasbourg with a few impressions from the 5th IRCAD course on Ultrasound-Guided Upper Limb Surgery – the second course of its kind this year.
This course is truly one of the most innovative events I’ve had the privilege to take part in over the past years. It brings together two highly specialized disciplines – ultrasound diagnostics and hand surgery – into one of the most forward-thinking minimally invasive treatment approaches of our time.
I’m deeply grateful to the organizers Olivier Mares, Jean Michel Cognet, and Francisco Javier Ferreira Villanova for the honor of being part of it. My sincere thanks also go to Fanny Kopferschmitt, and to Christophe Mathoulin for the support – and to the outstanding faculty for the inspiring exchange, new ideas, and the exciting projects we’ve shared in the past and look forward to in the future:
Eva-Maria Baur, Michiel Cromheecke, Fernando Dávila Fernández, Michel Levadoux, François Loisel, Vincent Martinel, Fabian Moungondo, Bérénice Moutinot, Carla Nunes, and Maxime Rousié
Learning, Teaching, and Growing Together — XV Interventional Cadaver Course in Basel
Yesterday, we wrapped up the XV International Cadaver Course “ADVANCED ULTRASOUND AND CLINICALLY GUIDED JOINT AND SPINE INTERVENTIONS” at the Institute of Anatomy, University of Basel.
Once again, it was an inspiring and hands-on experience — with amazing participants from around the world and a truly outstanding, interdisciplinary faculty team:
Alberto Schek
Moritz Dau
Jörg Dünkel
Lukas Mangold
Andrea Stärkle-Bär
Anja Hirschmüller
Erik Deman
Raphael Micheroli-Konuk
Giorgio Tamborrini
As part of this faculty I had the pleasure of covering hand infiltrations — and it’s always a real honor to be involved. Huge thanks to Giorgio Tamborrini and TRB Chemedica International for the kind invitation and flawless organization, and to all the tutors for the great exchange, insights, and team spirit.
Already looking forward to the next course on September 20th — don’t miss it!
#MedicalEducation #UltrasoundGuidedInterventions #MSKUltrasound #AnatomyLab #InterdisciplinaryCare #KnowledgeExchange #Teamwork #Basel #handchirurgieseefeld
