ITEMS-INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND American Society for Surgery of the Hand British Society for Surgery of the Hand Deutschsprachige Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Handchirurgie Grouped 'Etude de Ia Main (France) South African Society for Surgery of the Hand South American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Swiss Group for the Study of the Hand Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand Netherlands Society for Hand Surgery Spanish Society for Hand Surgery Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand

Portuguese Society for Surgery of the Hand Scandinavian Society for Surgery of the Hand Sociedade Brasi1eria de Cirurgia da Mao Societa Italiana di Chirurgia della Mano Israel Hand Club Manus Canada Australian Hand Club Belgian Hand Group Sociedad de Cirugia de Ia Mano del Caribe New Zealand Hand Club

Alfred B. Swanson, Secretary General

1982 Dec 2-4 G.E.M. (Group d'Etude de Ia Main)

Winter Meeting Paris, France Dec 2: Instructional course on traumatology

of the hand in the emergency room Dec 3: Panel on fixed posttraumatic flexion

contractures of the long digits Dec 4: Free papers session Information: Prof. J.- Y. Alnot Hopital Bichat-15 erne sud 46, rue Henri Huchard 75877 Paris, Cedex 18, France Registration: S.O.C.F.I. 7 rue Michel Ange 75016 Paris, France

542 THE JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY

1983 April17-23 G.E.M. with A.S.S.H.

Spring Meeting St. Francois, Guadeloupe Six panels:

Digital amputations and related problems

Internal bone fixation of metacarpals and phalanges

Tendon transfers for nerve palsies in the hand

Congenital abnormalities of the hand and their treatment

Postoperative care and rehabilitation in rheumatoid disease

Posttraumatic interphalangeal stiffness of long digits

Information: Prof. J.-Y. Alnot (See address at left)