Mr Dan Brown and Mr Graham Cheung attended the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Lisbon this June to present together on the following papers.

• Anatomical Classifications In Distal Radius Fractures: Are They Accurate In Complex Fractures?

• Modes Of Failure Of Surgical Fixation Of The Distal Radius Fail Using A Contemporary Locking Plate: Analysis Of 774 Consecutive Cases

These same papers were also presented in London from June 6^th to 10^th at the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH) alongside further papers below

• Complex distal radius fractures: limitations of plain radiographs in identification of individual fragments and fracture lines

• How often does surgical fixation distal radius fail using a contemporary locking plate and can it be predicted? Analysis of 798 consecutive cases.

Mr Cheung was also delighted to be a guest lecturer at an industry sponsored meeting on thumb base replacements in the treatment of thumb base osteoarthritis.