Course on Surgical Reconstruction and Plasticity-Guided Treatments for Postamputation Pain

This course was held at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Dr. Paolo Sassu, from the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli in Italy, will share his expertise with South African surgeons, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to apply advanced microsurgical procedures in the management of people undergoing or living with limb amputations.
• Prof. Max J. Ortiz Catalán from the Prometei Pain Rehabilitation Center and the Center for Complex Endoprosthetics, Osseointegration, and Bionics in Ukraine, will share his expertise with South African rehabilitation clinicians, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to conduct novel plasticity-guided treatments for managing postamputation pain.
  

The course is organised by Dr. Katleho Limakatso (PhD), Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Cape Town.

This initiative is made possible through the support of the National Research Foundation, the University of Cape Town, the Departments of Surgery and Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital.