The focus of the course will be to review, condense, and present the best available up to date evidence in carpal tunnel surgery. The style will be a practical, useful approach to the topic for those with emphasis on attempting to improve practice. Participants will be able to compare their practices to what the evidence is telling us. The best evidence on preoperative assessment, anesthesia, surgical plan, outcomes and complications will be presented. This course is also designed for the mature surgeon who has been performing carpal tunnel surgery for a number of years, and who may be undergoing MOC (maintenance of certification) requirements for the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS) or the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS).
Learning Objectives: - Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to compare the current evidence available for assessment and management of carpal tunnel syndrome to their own practice and make improvements that they deem necessary.
- Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to view recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome with an evidence based approach.
- Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to incorporate tourniquet free, sedation free carpal tunnel release into their practice if they choose to.
- Upon completion of this course, with the help of MOC data, participants will be armed with the knowledge of what the majority of American surgeons are doing in their carpal tunnel surgery practices.
- Upon completion of this course and its multiple choice question examinations at the beginning and at the end of the course, the participants will have satisfied and ABPS MOC requirements for part 2 (continuing medical education (ABOS and ABPS)) and part 4 (improvement in practice (ABPS)) for the carpal tunnel module.
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