INTRODUCTION

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the ESSR meeting 2026 in Manchester. The Scientific Programme of the ESSR will include sessions by all the Sub-Committees of the Society including sports, tumours, intervention, metabolic diseases, arthritis, young club and ultrasound.  The primary focus of the Congress this year will be on spine and tumours, but all other Musculo-skeletal disorders will also be covered in the Congress.  For the first time, in addition to the usual two simultaneous streams, there will in fact be a third stream in this congress which will cover interesting and niche areas of being a Radiologist including diversity/equality, sustainability, wellness, leadership and how to avoid errors.   

On Thursday, June 18th, there will be four workshops.  The ever-popular ultrasound workshop will this time concentrate on imaging of the nerves which is an exciting area of musculoskeletal radiology.  In addition, there will be workshops on artificial intelligence, spinal intervention and post-op imaging (young club).  In addition, delegates will also have the opportunity to register for the Sports Imaging Workshop organised by the British Society of Skeletal Radiologists at Old Trafford Football Club.   

The European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology always is in favour of collaborations with other Societies.  This year, we expect to invite speakers from America, India, South Korea and other countries to enhance the collaborative nature of this Congress.

The 33st ESSR annual meeting cordially invites representatives of all musculoskeletal related disciplines both members and non-members of our society, to attend the meeting. Young members are especially welcomed. The Young Club of our society will provide an ideal platform for sharing ideas and experiences of different cultures and to network with new colleagues.

Thursday, 18.06.2026
Pre-Congress Day

QUAYS THEATRE + COMPASS ROOM - GROUP A

ULTRASOUND WORKSHOP

  • 8.30 – 8.50
    The ulnar nerve

    8.50 – 9.10
    The median nerve

    9.10 – 9.30
    The radial nerve

    9.30 – 9.50
    Small nerves around the shoulder: suprascapular, axillary and musculocutaneous

  • Interactive Hands-On Teaching with ESSR experts. Participants will be divided into groups.

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 11.40-11.50
    Median neuropathy: the carpal tunnel and beyond

    11.50-12.00
    Post op ultrasound imaging of the median nerve

    12.00-12.10
    Pathology of the radial nerve and its branches

    12.10-12.20
    Entrapment syndromes of the ulnar nerve

    12.20-12.30
    Brachial plexus ultrasonography

    10.30-12.40
    Ultrasound guided management of the carpal tunnel syndrome: evidence, techniques and outcomes

    12.40-12.50
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 13.50-14.10
    Nerve around the pelvis and thigh

    14.10-14.30
    The sciatic and tibial nerve

    14.30-14.50
    The common personal/branches and the sural nerve

  • Interactive Hands-On Teaching with ESSR experts. Participants will be divided into groups.

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 16.40-16.50
    Interdigital neuralgia: ultrasound diagnosis of Mortons neuroma and its mimics

    16.50-17.00
    Tibial nerve compression at the tarsal tunnel: ultrasound assessment

    17.00-17.10
    Traumatic nerve lesions: what the surgeon needs to know

    17.10-17.20
    High resolution ultrasound of nerve tumours and differentials

    17.20-17.30
    Landmarks for ultrasound guided lumbar nerve root/spine injections

    17.30-17.40
    Interventional ultrasound guided procedures for chronic neural pain

    17.40-17.50
    Q&A Discussion

QUAYS THEATRE + COMPASS ROOM - GROUP B

  • 8.30 – 8.50
    The ulnar nerve

    8.50 – 9.10
    The median nerve

    9.10 – 9.30
    The radial nerve

    9.30 – 9.50
    Small nerves around the shoulder: suprascapular, axillary and musculocutaneous

  • 10.00-10.10
    Median neuropathy: the carpal tunnel and beyond

    10.10-10.20
    Post op ultrasound imaging of the median nerve

    10.20-10.30
    Pathology of the radial nerve and its branches

    10.30-10.40
    Entrapment syndromes of the ulnar nerve

    10.40-10.50
    Brachial plexus ultrasonography

    10.50-11.00
    Ultrasound guided management of the carpal tunnel syndrome: evidence, techniques and outcomes

    11.00-11.10
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • Interactive Hands-On Teaching with ESSR experts. Participants will be divided into groups.

  • 13.50-14.10
    Nerve around the pelvis and thigh

    14.10-14.30
    The sciatic and tibial nerve

    14.30-14.50
    The common personal/branches and the sural nerve

  • 15.00-15.10
    Interdigital neuralgia: ultrasound diagnosis of Mortons neuroma and its mimics

    15.10-15.20
    Tibial nerve compression at the tarsal tunnel: ultrasound assessment

    15.20-15.30
    Traumatic nerve lesions: what the surgeon needs to know

    15.30-15.40
    High resolution ultrasound of nerve tumours and differentials

    15.40 -15.50
    Landmarks for ultrasound guided lumbar nerve root/spine injections

    15.50 -16.00
    Interventional ultrasound guided procedures for chronic neural pain

    16.00-16.10
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • Interactive Hands-On Teaching with ESSR experts. Participants will be divided into groups.

  • Produktbeschreibung

ATTENTION: The Ultrasound Workshop, including the Hands-On sessions, is highly popular and places fill up quickly. Make sure to secure your spot early!

STUDIO 1

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKSHOP

  • Assessing AI Solutions: More Than Diagnostic Accuracy

    AI Investment: Is It Worth It? Measuring Cost-Effectiveness

    Beyond Costs: Assessing the Broader Value of AI in MSK imaging

    Monitoring Performance After Deployment

    AI Footprint: the positive and negative environmental impacts

    Round table discussion including experts and industry partners

POST-OPERATIVE IMAGING WORKSHOP - MASTERCLASS ON HIP AND KNEE

  • Short lectures on radiographs and cross sectional imaging by surgeon and radiology experts followed by detailed carefully selected case-based discussions under the guidance of the experts, to cover all aspects of post-operative imaging assessment.

    Dr. Rob Banerjee, Complex Hip and Knee Orthopaedic Surgeon, Oswestry/ UK
    Prof. Reto Sutter, Chief of Radiology, Balgrist university Hospital, Zurich/Switzerland

    14.00-15.15
    Knee

    • Radiographs (14.00-14.15)
      Mr. Rob Banerjee

    • Cross sectional Imaging (14.15-14.30)
      Prof. Reto Sutter

    • Cases (Young Club) (14.30 - 15.15)
      All faculty members

    Break

    15.35-17.00
    Hip

    • Radiographs (15.35-15.50)

      Mr. Rob Banerjee

    • Cross sectional Imaging (15.50-16.05)

      Prof. Reto Sutter

    • Cases (Young Club)

      (16.05 - 17.00)

      All faculty members

STUDIO 2&3

  • 13:25 Introduction

    13:30 Basic principles of spinal intervention

    13.50 Spondylodiscitis

    14.10 SIJ pain

    14.30 Posterior column pain treatments

    14.50 Anterior column treatment and BVNA

    15.10 Electrochemotherapy for spinal metastases

    15:30 Break

    15:50 Hands on with radiation free spinal intervention simulators / Faculty Q&A

    17:00 End

SPINAL INTERVENTION WORKSHOP

BSSR Workshop

SPORT SESSION ON 'CORE INJURIES'

  • This workshop is organised by BRRS and ESSR delegates wishing to attend the BSSR 2026 Sports session on 'Core Injuries' can register at a discounted rate on their website. The workshop is held at Old Trafford Stadium.

    The ticket includes refreshments and stadium tour. Duration: 14:00 - 17:00.

    There is a ticket option for friends and family of BSSR or ESSR delegates who wish to attend the stadium tour.

    Register via BSSR Website

Friday, 19.06.2026

LYRIC THEATRE

  • Welcome from Society President & Congress President

    Honorary Ceremony

  • 09.00-09.15
    What Will Radiologists Actually Do in 10 Years?

    09.15-09.30
    Advanced imaging techniques: Quantitative imaging and biomarkers

    09.30-09.45
    How research may impact musculoskeletal imaging in the future

    09.45-10.00
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 10.30-10.45
    Low and zero echo imaging of spine

    10.45-11.00
    Accelerated spine imaging

    11.00-11.15
    AI in spine image interpretation

    1115-1130
    Opportunistic metabolic assessment on routine spine imaging

    11.30-11.45
    Role of imaging in surgical decision making

    11.45-12.00
    Q&A Discussion

  • 12.00-12.10
    Benign vs. malignant vertebral fractures MRI 

    12.10-12.20
    Modic type 1 end plate changes represent infection - for/against

    12.20-12.30
    Destructive degenerative disc disease (DDDD)

    12.30-12.40
    Disc related epidural haematoma

    12.40-12.50
    Atypical haemangiomas - tips for imaging diagnosis and differentiation from other entities

    12.50-13.00
    Diagnosing  Benign notochordal cell tumour (BNCT) with confidence

    13.00-13.10
    Post op imaging - when should I think of infection?

    13.10-13.20
    Evidence for/against Vertebroplasty

    13.20-13.30
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 14.30-14.45
    Post-operative Spine Imaging: MRI and CT - Technical Essentials

    14.45-15.00
    Normal post-operative spine

    15.00-15.15
    Complications - uninstrumented spine

    15.15-15.30
    Complications - instrumented spine

    15.30-15.45
    What do I worry about after operating and what do I want the radiologist to tell me - surgical perspective

    15.45-16.00
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 16.30-16.45
    Clearing the spine in acute trauma

    16.45-17.00
    Thoracolumbar fractures

    17.00-17.15
    Do we need to classify?

    17.15-17.30
    Spine trauma in children

    17.30-17.45
    Sports related stress lesions in the lumbar spine

    17.45-18.00
    Discussion

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QUAYS THEATRE

  • 10.30-10.50
    Harry Genant Memorial Lecture: Silent Vertebral Compression Fractures (UK Biobank study of prevalence and associations) 

    10.50-11.05
    Ultrasound techniques in the assessment of bone status

    11.05-11.20
    Metabolic Marrow Disorders

    11.20-11.35
    Sports and metabolic bone disease

    11.35-11.50
    Current state and challenges on opportunistic image of the muscle

    11.50-12.00
    Q&A Discussion

  • Paediatric musculoskeletal infections: from diagnosis to post-operative care

    12.00-12.10
    A Clinical Perspective: symptoms and signs

    12.10-12.20
    Radiographic Clues

    12.20-12.30
    Spot the US findings

    12.30-12.40
    What MRI Reveals

    12.40-12.50
    Inflammatory differentials

    12.50-13.00
    Oncological differentials

    13.00-13.10
    Therapeutic options: an overview

    13.10-13.20
    Interpreting Post-Operative Imaging Findings

    13.20-13.30
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 14.30-14.40
    Are there any features of chondrosarcoma grade 2 or higher in this cartilage tumour? 

    14.40-14.50
    Is it an aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) or a different tumour with ABC-like changes? 

    14.50-15.00
    An incidental sclerotic lesion - should I be worried?

    15.00-15.10
    Does this sarcoma invade the adjacent joint, muscles and neurovascular bundles? 

    15.10-15.20
    Is it a lipoma with fat necrosis or a liposarcoma? 

    15.20-15.30
    Cystic-like soft-tissue lesions: benign or suspicious for malignancy? 

    15.30-15.40
    Is it a haematoma or a sarcoma with haemorrhage? 

    15.40-15.50
    When is intravenous contrast necessary for evaluating bone and soft-tissue tumours? 

    15.50-16.00
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 16.30-16.40
    DTI in muscle imaging. Is it helpful?

    16.40-16.50
    Injectables in Sports imaging: where do we stand and what’s the evidence? 

    16:50-17:00
    TBA

    17.00-17.10
    Optimal imaging strategy for stress induced bone injuries

    17.10-17.20
    The female athlete: how do they differ from men?  

    17.20-17.30
    Diagnostics and management of chronic exertional compartment syndrome

    17.30-17.40
    ACL tear in young athlete. Repair or not? 

    17.40-17.50
    Imaging athletes after cartilage repair

    17.50-1800
    Q&A Discussion

STUDIO 1

  • Teleradiology: global freedom or economic enchantment?  

    10.30-10.40
    Welcome by ESSR President Philip Robinson

    10.40-11.00 
    Introduction

    11.00-12.00
    Round table discussion

  • TBA

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • TBA

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • TBA

Saturday, 20.06.2026

LYRIC THEATRE

  • 08.00 -08.20
    My 10 house rules for diagnosing bone tumours

    08.20-08.35
    Are advanced MRI sequences clinically worthwhile, or do they add complexity without altering management? 

    08.35-08.50
    MRI in Bone marrow assessment

    08.50-09.05
    Post operative imaging: recurrence and complications

    09.05-09.20
    The 2026 ESSR Consensus statements on bone tumours

    09.20-09.30
    Q&A Discussion

  • 09.30-09.45
    Ultrasound and MRI, how should we use them

    09.45-10.00
    An approach to MRI differential diagnosis in soft tissue tumours

    10.00-10.15
    Ultra-high T1 and ultra-low T2 lesions on MRI

    10.15-10.30
    Distant staging in sarcoma

    10.30-10.45
    My biggest mistakes-lessons learnt

    10.45-11.00
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • Round Table

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 14.00-14.10
    About MSS

    14.10-14.25
    From roots to cords - A Brachial plexus story

    14.25-14.40
    Untangling the Lumbar plexus

    14.40-14.55
    Peripheral nerves - signal to symptoms

    14.55-15.00
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • Organizers:
    Victor Pullicino, Rick Whitehouse

  • *For active members 2026 only

QUAYS THEATRE

  • 08.00-08.15 
    Anatomical consideration for spinal interventions

    08.15-08.30
    Degenerative spine: when and how to treat

    08.30-08.45
    Ultrasound guided interventions for lower back ache

    08.45-09.00
    Exploring strategies for managing vertebral metastases   

    09.00-09.15
    CT-Guided Transfacet Screw Fixation: A Minimally Invasive Solution for Postoperative Spinal Instabilit

    09.15-09.30
    Q&A Discussion

  • 09.30-09.45
    Classification in muscle injury - How, when and which?

    09.45-10.00
    Nerve entrapments in the upper limb

    10.00-10.15
    FAI since the Lisbon agreement in 2019 - What’s new?

    10.15-10.30
    BMEP as a guide through the injured knee

    10.30-10.45
    TBA

    10.45-11.00
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • 11.30-11.40
    Inflammatory Arthritis of the Hands: Basics of Imaging

    11.40-11.50
    Advanced Imaging Techniques for Quantification of Inflammation in Arthritis

    11.50-12.00
    Deep Learning in Rheumatoid Hand Arthritis: A New Era in Imaging?

    12.00-12.10
    From Old to New: Current Best Practices in Imaging Gout

    12.10-12.20
    Spondyloarthritis: Are Our Imaging Protocols Up to Date?

    12.20-12.30
    Structural Lesions in Sacroiliac Joints: Is MRI Alone Enough with CT-like Capabilities

    12.30-12.40
    Unraveling Chest Wall Inflammations: The Role of Imaging

    12.40-12.50
    Imaging Autoinflammatory Diseases: CRMO, SAPHO, and Beyond?

    12.50-13.00
    Q&A Discussion

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • TBA

STUDIO 1

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

  • Chat with Colleagues and Visit our Partners

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Spine:

  • To understand the current concepts, new technologies and their applications in spine

  • To discuss the impact of accelerated imaging, low echo MRI imaging, AI applications

  • To increase awareness of unusual and often unknown spinal conditions such as BNCT, destructive disc disease, epidural haematoma

  • To improve knowledge on imaging in post operative spine and spinal trauma 

Tumours:

  • To learn about important rules for diagnosing bone and soft tissue tumours

  • To learn about latest advances in MRI imaging in tumours including assessment of recurrence and complications

  • To discuss the ESSR consensus project on bone tumours

  • To review the ideal working partnerships of a tumour multidisciplinary board

Ultrasound workshop:

  • To review normal anatomy of various upper and lower limb nerves

  • To learn about the common pathologies affecting the nerves

  • To understand the role of ultrasound in the context of other imaging modalities in the assessment of nerves

Metabolic, inflammatory and intervention:

  • To learn about the silent vertebral compression fractures

  • To review the various facets of paediatric MSK infections

  • To learn about the various interventional procedures in the spine

  • To understand the current role of advanced imaging and deep learning in inflammatory arthritis

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