64th DAH Symposium 2025
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Thu, 8 May 2025, 09:00
End:
Sat, 10 May 2025, 17:00
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Dear Sir or Madam,
dear colleagues,
dear hand therapists,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 64th Symposium of the German-speaking Association for Hand Surgery (DAH) from May 8th to 10th, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
The federal capital, Berlin, is distinguished not only as a center of culture and diversity, but also as Germany's scientific metropolis. The southwest of Berlin, with its decades-long history of life sciences development (since 1912, the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes for Chemistry and Physical Chemistry – forerunners of today's Max Planck Institutes; the Harnack House, the conference center of the Max Planck Society; and, since 1948, the Free University of Berlin), has developed into the "German Oxford" and an excellent German scientific center with international appeal.
Accordingly, it is obvious that the conference venue of the Max Planck Society – the Harnack House – will provide the appropriate setting for our 2025 annual meeting.
The core scientific topics of the 64th DAH Symposium will be, in addition to current osteosynthesis concepts for fractures of the hand and wrist, rheumatic surgery and endoprosthetics in the hand area, with particular attention being given to the questions of the necessity of the therapies, but also their financing, taking into account the current developments in European health systems.
We are already looking forward to three exciting days in the beautiful southwest of Berlin, where we will not only exchange medical and scientific ideas but also have personal and friendly conversations.
Sincerely, your Conference Presidents DAH 2025,
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Eisenschenk, em.
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Lautenbach,
Prof. Dr. Mohssen Hakimi,
Scientific Director 2025
Participation fees
| DAH members | Non-members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| until 31.3.2025 | from April 1, 2025 | until 31.3.2025 | from April 1, 2025 | |
| specialist | 270 € | 350 € | 370 € | 420 € |
| Doctor in training¹ | 170 € | 220 € | 290 € | 340 € |
| Ergo/Physiotherapist/Student | 80 € | 100 € | 120 € | 140 € |
Included: admission to all sessions, coffee breaks, lunch and industry exhibition.
¹) Written confirmation from the supervisor is required.
Virtual participation is possible on May 9 and 10. Please select "Virtual Symposium Participation" under product selection in the checkout form in the web shop.
Participation fees for workshops on Thursday, May 8
| Workshop | Participation fee |
|---|---|
| Hand sonography (waiting list only) | 150 € |
| Static plaster and plastic techniques for acute treatment of the hand and wrist – basics for hand surgeons and hand therapists | 70 € |
| Construction of dynamic splints for doctors and therapists | 70 € |
| Basic knowledge of hand surgery with osteosynthesis course | 50 € |
Continuing education points
German participants are asked to bring their barcode stickers and check in at the registration desk each day. The DAH will submit the scores to the Berlin Medical Association.
International participants can have their points credited to their local medical association by submitting a confirmation of participation.
Program
64th DAH Symposium from 8-10 May 2025 in Berlin
Topics: Hand Surgery 2025 – What is necessary? What is affordable?
– Current osteosynthesis concepts for fractures of the hand and wrist
– Rheumatic hand surgery
– Endoprosthetics in the hand area
Program overview
Thursday, May 8, 2025
9:00-11:30: Board meeting
13:00 – 17:00: Workshops in the pre-program:
Workshop on hand sonography (waiting list only):
Anatomy of the peripheral nerves (median nerve, ulnar nerve, radial nerve) theory and practice, knowledge of nerve compression syndromes and case studies
Speakers: Esther Vögelin, Bettina Juon Personeni (Bern – CH)
Flyer: Sonography Workshop Program
Workshop on static plaster and plastic techniques for acute treatment of the hand and wrist – basics for hand surgeons and hand therapists
Synthetic splints: IP (2-4 fingers), thumb, wrist, wrist with thumb inclusion
Circular split cast: wrist +/- thumb inclusion
Speaker: Simon Kim (Greifswald – Germany)
Workshop on building static splints for doctors and therapists
• Thumb sleeve
• Stack or finger support
• Relative motion splint
• Removable metacarpal plastic splint (metacarpal brace)
• Removable splints for early functional follow-up treatment of radius fractures
Speakers: Julia Helm (Munich – Germany), Anneke Wedel (Mannheim – Germany)
Workshop Young Forum: Basic knowledge of hand surgery with osteosynthesis course
Osteosynthesis of the radius, metacarpal and carpus
Speakers: Lisa Oezel (Düsseldorf – Germany), Julia Glaser (Berlin – Germany), Masuma Rahimli (Berlin – Germany), Cleo Habel (Würzburg – Germany), Maniglio Mauro (Zurich – Switzerland), Simone Bode (Innsbruck – Austria)
Friday, May 9, 2025
08:30 – 09:00 Opening
9:00 – 10:30 Session 1: Distal Radius 1: Current osteosynthesis concepts for fractures – What is necessary? What is affordable?
10:30 – 11:00 Morning break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 2: Distal Radius 2: Current
Osteosynthesis concepts for fractures – What is necessary? What is affordable?
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch break (30 min)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch symposia 60 min
14:00 – 14:20 Obituary & Tribute
2:20 PM – 3:50 PM Session 3: Carpal/Metacarpal Osteosyntheses – What is necessary? What is affordable?
15:50 – 16:20 Afternoon break
16:20 – 17:20 Session 4: DAH Whatsapp Discussion Group Selected Cases
17:20 – 18:00 General Meeting
7:30 PM Gala evening at the Tennis Club 1899 eV Blau-Weiss
Saturday, May 10, 2025
08:30 – 09:00 Session 5: Short presentations
9:00 – 10:20 Session 6: Rheumatic Hand Surgery 1 – What is necessary? What is affordable?
10:20 – 10:50 Morning break
10:50 – 12:30 Session 7: Rheumatic Hand Surgery 2 – Endoprosthetics 1 – What is necessary? What is affordable?
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch break
1:00 PM – 2:40 PM Session 8: Endoprosthetics 2 – What is necessary? What is affordable?
14:40 – 15:10 Round table: Hand surgery still necessary and affordable in 2025 – Current developments
15:10 – 15:30 Presentation of the next DAH Symposium, thank you, handover
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