"In spite of great surgical advances most severe hand injuries result in loss of function and impairment. The aim must be to support every kind of prevention with our expertise and knowledge."
Richarda Böttcher

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to the

2nd European Hand Trauma Prevention Congress in Berlin.

The first congress took place in Bursa, Turkey, in 2009 by the chairman Professor Tufan Kaleli. Our meeting has been resulting in an interdisciplinary approach to prevention especially safety at work. The success of this meeting enhances us to create a new platform that again will bring together the experts of hand trauma prevention. We expect hand surgeons, occupational safety and health managers, experts from the social accident insurance and health and care insurance providers. It is our aim to inform you about the latest technology and their implementation in preventing hand trauma. So we hope you will join us too. For this time we will meet in the wonderful German capital Berlin. The location belongs to one of the most recent accident hospitals in Germany.
Your contributions are the key to a successful congress. Your abstracts are welcome!

We are looking forward to meeting you

Richarda Böttcher, Walter Eichendorf, Thomas Linz


Richarda Böttcher
(HTC of FESSH)

left: Walter Eichendorf
(DGUV)

right: Thomas Linz
(VDSI)

Organizing and Presenting Institutions

DGUV German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)

FESSH Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH)

HTC Hand Trauma Committee (HTC) of FESSH

DGH German Society for Hand Surgery (DGH)

VDSI Association of German Safety Engineers (VDSI)

UKB Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (ukb)