Medicine
Target audience: Doctors/Orthopaedic surgeons and Physiotherapists
This comprehensive course will feature cutting-edge presentations, cadaver demonstrations, and hands-on cadaver-based workshops focused on the management of complex rotator cuff tears and disorders of the scapulothoracic joint. Emphasis will be placed on the principles, surgical techniques, and outcomes associated with tendon transfers around the shoulder and scapula, including advanced arthroscopically-assisted procedures. The program will also explore alternative salvage options such, reverse shoulder arthroplasty, scapulothoracic fusion or plexus exploration. A dedicated portion of the course will give participants the opportunity to perform tendon transfers on whole torso and upper extremity cadaveric specimens.
Day 1 is focussed on massive cuff tears and day 2 on scapular disorders. Seperate workshops are embedded in the program for doctors and physiotherapists.
Early bird registration before December 1st 2025. You can find registration fees and shopping cart at the bottom of this page. Registration deadline is Friday January 16th 2026.
Surgeons (max 40 participants): 1 or 2-day registration
Physiotherapists (max 40 participants): 1.5 day + optional registration for the cadaver session on 31-01-2026 in the afternoon
Social event: on Friday evening there will be a social event in the beautiful Ghent city center including food and drinks (Visit Gent). You can find registration fee and shopping cart at the bottom of this page.
Accreditation is requested for doctors (RIZIV - Orthopeadics) and already approved for Physiotherapists (PQK - 22 NE for 1.5 day registration).
Please find the detailed programme below. The programme might be subject to minor changes and will be kept up to date.
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-8:40 What is reparable/ What is irreparable? - Pol Huysmans
8:40-8:50 Basics of tendon transfers - Jean-David Werthel
8:50-9:00 How to measure force around the shoulder? - Dominiek Vandenbosch
9:00-9:15 Pectoralis transfer for irreparable subscapularis tear - Matthijs Jacxsens
9:15-9:30 Latissimus Dorsi transfer for irreparable subscapularis tear - Jean Kany
9:30-9:40 Registries - Eva De Vries
9:40-9:50 Multicentric studies template SECEC - Anne Karelse
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Practical sessions
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:15 Latissimus Dorsi transfer for posterosuperior cuff tear - Filip Verhaegen
13:15-13:30 Lower Trapezius transfer for posterosuperior cuff tear - Bassem Elhassan
13:30-13:45 Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis + Latissimus Dorsi - Bart Berghs
13:45-14:00 Rehab after cuff repair - Dorien Borms
14:00-14:15 Surgical treatment after Parsonage Turner - Wim Vanhove
14:15-14:45 The green shoulder circle - Vincent Martinel
14:45 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 17u15 Practical sessions
17u15 End of day
Information on workshop for physiotherapists:
In cases of serratus anterior dysfunction, we used to frequently teach patients to consciously “stabilize” their scapula. Time for a paradigm shift: robustness throughout movement is more important than static stability, and conscious stabilization shows very low transfer to daily activities. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to elicit the synergistic action of the muscles around the scapula—based on the latest insights—without giving explicit instructions.
What can you expect?
• From stability to robustness: Discover why a dynamic, mobile scapula is essential for functional recovery and how to apply this principle in your exercise therapy.
• Implicit serratus anterior recruitment: Learn to select and adapt exercises that naturally stimulate the serratus anterior, without the patient needing to consciously focus on the scapula.
• Practical application: Get hands-on with exercise formats that engage the serratus anterior in functional movement patterns, based on motor learning principles.
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:10 Normal thoracoscapular mobility - Alexander Van Tongel
9:10-9:25 Thoracoscapular motion and subacromial problems - Annelies Maenhout
9:25-9:40 Scapular position and relevance in RSA - Paul Siegert
9:40-9:55 Scapular movement after RSA - Dominiek Vandenbosch
9:55-10:10 Scapular movement after anatomic shoulder arthroplasty - Tjarco Alta
10:10-10:40 Informing ourselves to death. How to deal with the infodemic? - Ignaas Devisch
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:30 STAM: clinical examination with patients - Bassem Elhassan
11:30-11:45 Tendon transfer for STAM - Jean-David Werthel
11:45-12:00 Thoracoscapulair fusion for FSHD - Ofer Levy
12:00-12:15 Transfer for Deltoid palsy - Bassem Elhassan
12:15 -13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:45 Cadaver session for surgeons (Physiotherapists optional)
14:45-15u15 Break
15u15-16u45 Cadaver session for surgeons (Physiotherapists optional)
16u45 End of day
Early bird fees before December 1st 2025
Doctors:
2-day registration: base price €1600; member of a scientific organisation €1400 (BELSS, Dutch Shoulder and Elbow Society, DVSE, SECEC, SOFEC, Swedish Shoulder and Elbow Society, Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Society); Doctors in training €1200
1-day registration: base price €850; member of a scientific organisation €750 (BELSS, Dutch Shoulder and Elbow Society, DVSE, SECEC, SOFEC, Swedish Shoulder and Elbow Society, Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Society); Doctors in training €650
Physiotherapists:
1.5-day registration: base price €450; member of a a scientific organisation €400 (schoudernetwerk Vlaanderen, SchouderNetwerken Nederland, EUSSER)
+ Optional extra registration Saturday afternoon: base price €550; member of a a scientific organisation €500 (schoudernetwerk Vlaanderen, SchouderNetwerken Nederland, EUSSER)
Registration fees from December 1st 2025
Doctors:
2-day registration: base price €1700; member of a scientific organisation €1500 (BELSS, Dutch Shoulder and Elbow Society, DVSE, SECEC, SOFEC, Swedish Shoulder and Elbow Society, Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Society); Doctors in training €1300
1-day registration: base price €950; member of a scientific organisation €850 (BELSS, Dutch Shoulder and Elbow Society, DVSE, SECEC, SOFEC, Swedish Shoulder and Elbow Society, Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Society); Doctors in training €750
Physiotherapists:
1.5- day registration: base price €500; member of a a scientific organisation €450 (schoudernetwerk Vlaanderen, SchouderNetwerken Nederland, EUSSER)
+ Optional extra registration Saturday Afternoon for cadaver session: Base price €600; member of a a scientific organisation €550 (schoudernetwerk Vlaanderen, SchouderNetwerken Nederland, EUSSER)
Payment via the SME portfolio (KMO) has been approved (Belgium).
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