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ITEMS-INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

American Association for Hand Surgery

SECRETARY GENERAL Miguel Vargas-Busquets, M.D.

Western Institute of Plastic Surgery 165 E. Mendez Vigo Street

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00708 (809) 833-7259

American Society for Surgery of the Hand Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia de la Mano

Australian Hand Club Belgian Hand Club British Society for Surgery of the Hand Bulgarian Society for Surgery of the Hand Deutschsprachige Arbeitsgemeinschaft fiir Handchirurgie Eastern Mediterranean Hand Society Egyptian Club for Surgery of the Hand Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand Iranian Society for Hand Surgery

Israel Hand Club

Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand

Korean Society of Hand Surgery Manus Canada Netherlands Society for Hand Surgery New Zealand Society for Surgery of the Hand Philippine Society for Surgery of the Hand Portuguese Society for Surgery of the Hand

Third Vienna Muscle Symposium

The Third Vienna Muscle Symposium will be held June 21 to 23,

1990 in Parkhotel Schonbrunn, A-l 140 Vienna.

The main topic will be muscle, nerve and muscle-nerve trans-

plants: basic science, experimental research, and clinical application,

English will be the language of the symposium.

The organizer is G. Freilinger, MD, Department of Plastic and

Reconstructive Surgery, 2. Surgical University Clinic, Spitalgasse

23, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. The Congress-secretary is Maria Deu-

tinger, MD, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,

2. Surgical University Clinic, Spitalgasse 23, A-1090 Vienna, Aus-

tria: Telephone: (222)4800-2371, 2422.

Belgian Hand Group-Spring Meeting

The Spring Meeting of the Belgian Hand Group will be. held May

Scandinavian Society for Surgety of the Hand

Section for Surgery of the Hand - Hungarian Society for Traumatology

Section of Surgery of the Hand - Polish Ortopedic and Traumatologic Association

Singapore Society for Hand Surgery Sociedad Argentina de Cirugia de la Mano Sociedad Colombiana de Cirugia de la Mano Sociedad de Cirugia de la Mano de1 Caribe Sociedad de Cirugia de la Mano de Puerto Rico Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia de la Mano Sociedad Sudamericana de Cirugia de la Mano Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia da Mao Societa Italiana di Chirurgia della Mano Societe Francaise de Chirurgie de la Main (G.E.M.) South African Society for Surgery of the Hand Swiss Society for Surgery of the Hand Thai Society for Surgery of the Hand Turkish Hand Society Venezuelan Society for Surgery of the Hand Western Pacific Society for Surgery of the Hand

19, 1990, Academic Hospital, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeek-

laan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.

The theme will be Dupuytren’s Disease.

For information contact: P. Wylock, MD, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090

Brussels, Belgium.

Japanese Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery

The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Re-

constructive Surgery will be held November 30 and December 1,

1990, Ube, Japan. English-speaking sessions are planned.

For information contact: Kazuteru Doi, MD, Department of Or-

thopaedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine, 1144

Kogushi, Ube 755, Japan.

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