Subspecialties | The Wrist and Elbow Society of Canada (WECAN)

Meetings

June 21-24, 2023, Calgary, Alberta
Calgary TELUS Convention Centre

The COA Annual Meeting is the Association’s premiere event offering educational and networking opportunities in one of Canada’s finest cities.

Both the Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (CORS) and the Canadian Orthopaedic Residents’ Association (CORA) hold their respective Annual Meetings each year in conjunction with the COA event. Triple your opportunities to share best practices and learn from experts and thought leaders in all areas of orthopaedics.

Hand & Wrist (WECAN) Program Overview – Annual Meeting

The Hand & Wrist (WECAN) Executives are proud to present a thoughtfully constructed program ensuring members gain educational benefits from this year’s Annual Meeting. Please see the Hand & Wrist (WECAN) overview program below.

Please check this page for frequent programming updates as we approach the meeting date.

Hand & Wrist Program Overview – Annual Meeting 

Hand & Wrist Program Overview – Annual Meeting

Thursday, June 22nd, 2023

  • 5:15 pm – WECAN Research Meeting

Saturday, June 24th, 2023

  • 8:00 am – 9:30 am – Hand and Wrist Paper Session
  • 9:30 am – 9:45 am – Break
  • 9:45 am – 11:15 am – Management of Distal Humerus Fractures in Elderly Patients
  • 11:15 am – 11:30 pm – Break
  • 11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Kienbock’s Disease: Treatment Throughout the Ages
  • 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm – Lunch Break
  • 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – Complex Distal Radius Fractures and Associated Injuries – Challenges and Controversies
  • 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm – Break
  • 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm – Complex Distal Radius Fractures and Associated Injuries – Challenges and Controversies

Past Events

2022 COA Annual Meeting

The COA Annual Meeting is the Association’s premiere event offering educational and networking opportunities in one of Canada’s finest cities. Mark your calendars for the upcoming in-person 2022 COA, CORS, and CORA Annual Meeting. The 2022 Annual Meeting event was held in Québec city at the Convention Center from June 8-11th. Hand & Wrist had a Specialty Day on June 11, 2022. You can consult their program below:

Hand & Wrist (WECAN) Subspecialty Day – Saturday, June 11

  • 08:00-09:30 Symposium: Malunion of the Distal Radius – Identifying the Problem, Making a Treatment Plan
  • 09:45-11:15 Symposium: Stiffness in the Upper Extremity after Trauma or Surgery: How to Stay out of Trouble and What to do When it Happens Anyways
  • 11:30-12:30 Paper Session: Hand and Wrist
  • 12:30-13:30 Lunch
  • 13:30-15:00 Symposium: An Update on Carpal Instability Patterns from Diagnosis to Treatment
  • 15:15-16:45 WECAN Annual Business Meeting
2021 COA Virtual Annual Meeting

The 2021 COA Annual Meeting was held virtually from June 15-19, 2021. The conference was delivered over 4 evenings  and 1 day of online education, including subspecialty programming, CORA and CORS sessions, presentation and networking opportunities. The hand and wrist programming included 1 paper session and 1 symposium. The most popular session was the COA Symposium: Hand and Wrist – Technical Tips for the Tough Distal Radius Fracture. You can consult their complete program below:

COA Paper Session: Hand and Wrist

Friday, June 18 | 7:15 PM – 8:15 PM ET

Session Chairs:
Armin Badre, Western Upper Limb Facility
Andrea Chan, University Health Network/Toronto Western Hospital
Ruby Grewal, Hand and Upper Limb Centre

COA Symposium: Hand and Wrist – Technical Tips for the Tough Distal Radius Fracture

Friday, June 18 | 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET

Outline:
Good outcomes can be expected for open reduction and fixation of simple extra articular and undisplaced intra-articular distal radius fracture using many treatment techniques. Failure of fixation still occurs with challenging subsets of distal radius fracture. The volar and dorsal fracture dislocation of the wrist may be challenging to fix because of comminution and difficulty with fixation of small fragments. Fixation of the ’smashed ‘ distal radius can be frustrating and unsatisfying.

This symposium aims to improve surgeon confidence with exposure and fixation of these unique fractures, with case based description of tips and tricks and bail out solutions to gain confidence and improved outcomes.

Session Chairs:
Thomas Goetz

Presentations:

  1. Tips for Improved Access for Volar Plating
    Thomas Joseph Goetz
  2. Tips and Pearls for the Volar Lip Fracture Dislocation
    Matthew Furey
  3. Tips and Pearls for the Comminuted Dorsal Bartons with Instability
    Gurpreet Dhaliwal
  4. Tips and Sequence for Reconstruction of the Smashed Distal Radius Fractures
    Nina Suh
2020 COA Virtual Annual Meeting
  • The WECAN meeting took place in conjunction with the COA Annual Meeting on June 19-20, 2020 virtually. You can review the hand and wrist programming delivered by WECAN below:
    1. COA Paper Session: Hand and Wrist 1
      Moderator: Andrea Chan
    2. COA Paper Session: Hand and Wrist 2
      Moderator: Armin Badre
    3. Hand and Wrist Open Case Discussion
      Moderator: Thomas GoetzObjective: To share ideas, tips, and tricks on complex hand and wrist problems.Presentations:
      – Elbow case by Armin Badre
      – Wrist Arthritis case by Braden Gammon
      – Carpal Injury case by Neil White
      – Distal Radius Fracture case by Ruby Grewal

    For full program details, please visit https://www.xcdsystem.com/coa/program/f35ozZ7/index.cfm