History

The European Group of Wrist Arthroscopy, European Wrist Arthroscopy Society, was created on the 19 th of March 2005 by the initiative of Prof. Christophe Mathoulin (Paris - France) helped and supported by Mr. Jean-Jacques Dupuy from Storz and by a group of enthusiastic surgeons of various interests.

The working patterns for this assembly was split up in several parties:
- Analysis, discussion and creation of the foundation for:

• Course Project of the IRCAD/EITS
• European course Project
• Scientific Publications
• IT Project
• Approach of the « technical and instrumentation » problems

The Status were accepted and signed by all the present members:

• Michel Levadoux Hopital Sainte-Anne Toulon - France
• Xavier Martinache Clinique Reims - France
• Michel Rigault Clinique Les Cédres Brives la Gaillarde - France
• Pierre Mouton Institut Aquitain de la Main Bordeaux - France
• Philippe Samson Institut de la Main Marseille - France
• Christian Dumontier Institut de la Main Paris - France
• Christophe Mathoulin Institut de la Main Paris - France
• Philippe Moreel CHU Clermont-Ferrand - France
• Philippe Tchenio Centre de la Main Toulon - France
• Marc Limousin CHU Pr. Fontaine Lille - France
• Antoine Cousin CHR Fort de France Martinique - France
• Jane Messina Milan - Italy
• Ferdinando Darin Cortina d'Ampezzo ITALIE
• Sherif Wilson Bristol ANGLETERRE
• Sherif Amin Le Caire EGYPTE
• Didier Fontes Paris
• Philippe Roure Paris
• Max Haerle Luxembourg Allemagne
• Massimo Masserella Perugia ITALIE
• Christophe Camps Nancy
• Vytautas Gasiunas Vilnius LITUANIE

Many French surgeons and foreigners not being able to be present had given their agreement in principle:

• Jérome Garret Lyon
• Jean-Michel Cognet Strasbourg
• Hervé Pichon Grenoble
• Pierre Mouton Bordeaux
• Jean-Luc Pellat Marseille
• Caroline Leclercq Paris
• Michel Schoofs Lille
• Minh Khauh Nguyen Toulon
• Christophe Michaut Toulon
• Amadio Marti Toulon
• Constantin Drossos BELGIQUE
• Sami Roukos Beyrouth LIBAN
• Daniel Cloutier Québec CANADA
• Philippe Liverneaux La Rochelle
• Michel Rongières Toulouse
• Olivier Delattre Martinique
• Claude Serra HR Martinique
• Laurent Obert Besançon
• Bouali Amara Montpellier
• Ferdinando DARIN Cortina d'Ampezzo ITALIE
• Dominique Della-Santa Genève SUISSE
• Philippe Pradel Grenoble
• José Médina Iles Canaries ESPAGNE
• Grégorio Martinez-Villen Zaragosse ESPAGNE
• Riccardo Luchetti San Marin ITALIE
• Andréa Atzei Vérone ITALIE
• Tommy Lindau Holsingborg SUEDE
• Jean-Noel Goubier Pontault-Combault
• Gérard Gaujoux Aix -en-provence
• Christian Thomas Toulon
• Mario Lando Trente ITALIE
• Jacques Sellah La Réunion
• Paolo Panciera Silea ITALIE
• Carla Baldrighi Vérone ITALIE
• Dimitri Yanni Londres ANGLETERRE
• Lorenzo Rocchi Rome ITALIE
• Philippe Bellemere Nantes
• Guillaume Robert Marseille

This is therefore by a wide European consensus, indeed more, than this corporation was created under the lawful form of an association law 1901.

The Aim is:

• Teaching of the wrist arthroscopy
• Creation of scientific works on a large scale -
• Coordination of the activity of the members by a website

This corporation received the support of many corporations:

• Federation of the European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH)
• La Société Française de Chirurgie de la Main (SFCM-GEM)
• La Société Française d'Arthroscopie.
• Websurg.com

I salute your leadership and accomplishment with EWAS.  It continues to amaze me that as I began to explore the possible reliable application of arthroscopy and arthroscopic surgery to the wrist twenty years ago that it would prove so useful to so many surgeons and patients.  I am impressed with the continued improvements and techniques that have been developed, and I thank you for sustaining the growth and expansion of these techniques through education and fellowship.

Sincerely yours,

Terry Whipple ( 2012/12/12)

October 29th 2012

Dear Terry