MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND COURSE
University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Croatian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Croatian Society of Radiology
Friday, May 15th – Saturday, May 16th, 2026

Course organisers:
Gordana Ivanac, Zagreb, Croatia
Eugen Divjak, Zagreb, Croatia

Faculty:
Keivan Daneshvar, Bern, Switzerland
Eugen Divjak, Zagreb, Croatia
Gordana Ivanac, Zagreb, Croatia
Suren Armeni Jengojan, Vienna, Austria
Vladka Salapura, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Žiga Snoj, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Danijela Veljkovic Vujaklija, Rijeka, Croatia

FRIDAY, MAY 15th

08.00-08.55 REGISTRATION
08.55 WELCOME INTRODUCTION
09.00-10.30 SHOULDER
1. Functional anatomy of rotator cuff and technique of US examination
E. Divjak
2. Rotator cuff pathology
E. Divjak
3. US approach for shoulder interventions: glenohumeral and acromioclavicular joint
V. Salapura
4. US approach for shoulder interventions: calcific tendinopathies
E. Divjak

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00 -12.00 KNEE
1. Functional anatomy of knee and technique of US examination
G. Ivanac
2. Pathology of tendons and ligaments
G. Ivanac
3. Pathology of menisci and cartilage: how much does the US see?
E. Divjak

12.00-13.00 WRIST
1. Functional anatomy of wrist and technique of US examination
E. Divjak
2. Tunnel syndromes: carpal and Guyon
S. Jengojan
3. US approach to wrist interventions
S. Jengojan

13.00-14.00 LUNCH

14.00–16.30 WORKSHOPS and MEET THE EXPERTS SESSIONS (in groups)

SATURDAY, MAY 16TH

09.00-10.30 HIP and SOFT TISSUE MASSES
1. Functional anatomy of hip joint and technique of US examination
V. Salapura
2. Pathology of bursae, tendons and ligaments
D. Vujaković Vujaklija
3. US approach for hip interventions: trochanteric pain syndrome, iliopectineal bursae
V. Salapura
4. Approach to soft tissue masses
K. Daneshvar

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break

11.00-11.40 ELBOW
1. Functional anatomy of elbow and technique of US examination
V. Salapura
2. US approach for elbow interventions: joint, bursae, distal biceps tendinopathy
Ž. Snoj

11.40-12.30 NEUROPATHIC PAIN TREATMENT
1. What to consider in MSK therapeutic injections
Ž Snoj
2. Diagnostics of pain/neuropathic pain
S. Jengojan
3. Minimally invasive image guided therapeutic interventions in neuropathic pain
S. Jengojan
4. Pelvic neuropathies and therapeutic injections
Ž. Snoj

12.30 – 13.00 ANKLE AND FOOT
1. Functional anatomy of ankle and foot
G. Ivanac
2. Pathology of tarsal tunnel
E. Divjak
3. US approach for ankle and foot interventions
S. Jengojan

13.00 -13.30 Selected MR topics:
Whole body MR in Multiple myeloma
K. Daneshvar

Schwannoma with ultrasound and MRI
K. Daneshvar

13.30-14.30 LUNCH

14.30–17.00 WORKSHOPS and MEET THE EXPERTS SESSIONS (in groups)