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Welcome to the Website of the Scandinavian Society for Surgery of the Hand. The SSSH, founded in 1951, is an association dedicated to foster and promote research and collaboration among the Scandinavian and Baltic societies for surgery of the hand. The society is open to surgeons from the Scandinavian and Baltic countries with a special interest in surgery of the hand..

The Scandinavian Society for Surgery of the Hand deplores and condemns the unprecedented aggression in Ukraine by the Russian leadership. Our thoughts are with the victims of this criminal act: first of all, the Ukrainian people. Many of us work with Ukrainian and Russian doctors in the Scandinavian healthcare systems. The Scandinavian spirit is all about egalitarianism, friendship and peace. It is important for us to emphasize that the Russian aggression in Ukraine must not affect the relationship we have with those doctors or other colleagues who come from Russia and distance themselves from the inhuman and criminal acts of their national leaders. This is a war started by Putin and our Russian colleagues have no part in the decision on war. We strongly support the Russian doctors and scientists who showed great courage by signing the following letters:
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Open letter 1
Open letter 2

Scandinavian Society for Surgery of the Hand

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● Bylaws (under revision)
● Members of the Board
● Meetings in SSSH
● Member societies
● Moberg lecturers
● About the SSSH (article in the JHSE)
Next SSSH meeting
Notes

Members of the Board

Martin Clementson, Sweden (President)

Michel E. H. Boeckstyns, Denmark, mibo@dadlnet.dk

Kristo Kask, Estonia

Markus Pääkkönen, Finland

Ole Reigstad, Norway

Next SSSH meeting: Malmö, August 24-26 2022

✔️ Dear members of SSSH! The planning for the 28th SSSH meeting in Malmö August 24-26 is proceeding well. We are proud to present a program with both depth and width for surgeons and therapists alike. There is still a possibility to contribute to the meeting. The deadline for abstract submission is now extended to April 19. Read more on: Sssh2022.se. Other important dates: Author notification May 8. Early bird registration deadline May 31. Warm welcome to Malmö! Martin Clementson & Fredrik Järnkrants.

Links to National Societies

🇩🇰 Danish Society for Surgery of the hand (Dansk Selskab for Håndkirurgi)
🇪🇪 Estonian Society for Surgery of the Hand (Eesti Käekirurgia Selts)
🇫🇮 Finnish Society for Surgery of the Hand (Suomen Käsikirurgiyhdistys / Handkirurgförening i Finland)
🇱🇻 Latvian Association for Surgery of the Hand (Latvijas Rokas Kirurgijas Asociacija)
🇳🇴 Norwegian Society for Surgery of the Hand (Norsk Forening for Handkirugi)
🇸🇪 Swedish Society for Surgery of the Hand (Svensk Handkirurgisk Förening)

Upcoming courses, meetings and fellowships

👍 Microsurgery fellowship in Tampere, Finland, 1.1.2023-30.6.2023 and 1.7.2024-31.12.2024
👍Webinar: Surgery of the Spastic Upper Limb > Spastic-Hand 3. Amsterdam, April 21-23 2022.
👍 5th European Symposium on pediatric hand surgery and rehabilitation, Rotterdam POSTPONED
👍 Scandinavian Dissection Course for Hand Surgeons, Copenhagen
👍 SSSH Meeting Malmoe August 24-26 2022
👍 IFSSH-IFSHT combined meeting with FESSH, London, 6-10 June 2022
👍 28th Brussels Hand/Upper Limb Symposium: Peroperative Sonography. POSTPONED
👍 Wrist arthroscopy courses, Strasbourg
👍 FESSH congress Rimini, Italy, May 17-23 2023
👍 World Symposium on Congenital Malformations of the Hand and Upper Limb, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 17-20 May 2023
👍 FESSH 2024 congress Rotterdam Postponed from 2021

Links to other organizations

FESSH
IFSHT
IFSSH
ASSH
EWAS

Webmaster Michel E. H. Boeckstyns, mibo@dadlnet.dk