Surgical Rationales in Functional Reconstructive Surgery of the Upper Extremity

Dr. Bahm received his medical degree in 1987 and completed his surgical training in France, Belgium and Germany. He trained in Hand Surgery in Lille, Strasbourg and Paris. He finished his surgical training at the University Hospital Aachen, Germany in 1995, and then worked as assistant physician at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Germany, from 1994 to 2000. Dr. Bahm received his degree in Plastic Surgery in 1998 and in Hand Surgery in 2001. Since 2000, he has been head of the Unit for Reconstructive Microsurgery and Hand Surgery at Franziskus Hospital in Aachen, Germany before becoming in 2020 head of the section for Plexus Surgery within the Department of Plastic, Hand and Burn surgery at the University Hospital Aachen. Since 2007, he has also been a consultant for peripheral nerve surgery at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Erasmus University Hospital in Brussels, Belgium. In 2011, he completed his Ph.D. in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, ULB University of Brussels, Belgium. His main research interest is in reconstructive plastic surgery in children, in particular for brachial plexus lesions. Dr. Bahm is a member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC) and the German Society of Hand Surgeons (DGH), and was president of the Belgian Society of Hand Surgeons (BHG) in 2013. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 scientific publications in journals and books and authored two books.

Foreword.- 1. Decision Making in Reconstructive Surgery.- 2. Pre- and Postoperative Functional Evaluation in Reconstructive Surgery.- 3. Biomechanics and Physiology in Reconstructive Surgery of the Upper Limb.- 4. Invited Contributions - Fields Outside of My Work.- 5. Specific Peripheral Nerve Surgery for the Upper Limb.- 6. Working on Targets: Reconstructive Surgery of Muscles, Tendons, Joints, Bones.- 7. Growing Joints: Disbalance, Incongruence, Dysplasia.- 8. Postoperative Rehabilitation After Reconstructive Surgery - Interaction With Physio- and Occupational Therapists.- 9. Dialogue Between Surgical Clinics and Research: How Could We Share Projects And Strategic Directions?.- 10. Complications, Pitfalls, the Worst Case: How We Learn From Our Mistakes in Reconstructive Surgery.- 11. Continuity in Surgical Education.- 12. Conclusions.- 13. General References.