8th International Tampere Plastic Surgery Flap Dissection Course Program

”The versatility of the work-horses– hands on cadaver dissection course”

Course includes both lectures by experienced specialists and dissection with fresh cadavers in an operating room setting.

Date

December 2nd – 4th, 2024

Venue

Lectures: FM5 Epsilon Building, Big meeting room, 1st floor. Address: Biokatu 12, 33520 Tampere, Finland

Hands-on training: Tampere Surgical Education Centre (TSEC), O Building, 2nd floor. Address: Arkkiatrinkuja 6, 33520 Tampere, Finland

Course Faculty

Professor Hannu Kuokkanen, Course Director

Adrien Daigeler, BG Klinik Tubingen, Germany

Yves Harder, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Switzerland

Ilkka Kaartinen, Tampere University Hospital

Minna Kelloniemi, Tampere University Hospital

Juha Kiiski, Tampere University Hospital

Marika Kuuskeri, Tampere University Hospital

Andrew Lindford, Helsinki University Central Hospital

Eero Lääperi, Tampere University Hospital

Katriina Joensuu, Tampere University Hospital

Marja Majava, Tampere University Hospital

Johanna Palve, Tampere University Hospital

Program

Monday 2.12.2024

08:00-08:20 Registration at FM5 Building, 1st floor

08:20-08:30 Opening words and course overview - Kuokkanen

08:30-09:40 Lectures

• Anesthesia
  • 08:30-08:50 Anesthesia for free flap surgery -Vlasa
• Head and Neck
  • 08:50-09:15 Maxilla and mandible reconstruction - Kelloniemi
  • 09:15-09:40 Facial reconstruction from local to free flaps - Lindford

09:40-10:10 Coffee and exhibition

10:10-11:00 Lectures continue

• Trunk
  • 10:10-10:35 Pelvic reconstruction - Kiiski
  • 10:35-11:00 Gender affirming surgery - Ojala

11:00-12:00 Lunch at Ellipsi Restaurant (FM5) and exhibition

12:00-13:30 Lectures continue

• Breast
  • 12:00-12:20 Microvascular breast reconstruction - Majava
  • 12:20-12:35 Breast reconstruction with a DIEP flap, surgical video - Kaartinen
  • 12:35-13:00 Surgery for breast cancer related lymphedema - Harder
  • 13:00-13:15 Mini-lecture: Extraglandular perforator flaps for partial breast reconstruction - Joensuu
  • 13:15-13:30 Mini-lecture: Perioperative flap imaging - Lääperi

13:30-14:00 Coffee and exhibition

14:00-16:05 Lectures continue

• Extremities / orthoplastic surgery
  • 14:00-14:25 Ankle and foot reconstruction - Kaartinen
  • 14:25-14:50 Lower extremity reconstruction - Kiiski
  • 14:50-15:15 Local and pedicled flaps for the defects of the forearm and hand - Jokihaara
  • 15:15-15:45 Functional reconstruction of the extremities – Daigeler
• Flap monitoring
  • 15:45-16:05 Free flap monitoring - Palve

16:05-16:20 Discussion

18:00-          Get Together at Norlandia Tampere Hotel lobby

Tuesday 3.12.2024

08:00-12:00 Cadaveric dissections at TSEC / Session 1

• Hands-on track participants will be dissecting Latissimus dorsi, TDAP, LICAP, scapular/parascapular, serrate fascia/muscle, trapezius muscle, SGAP and LAP flaps.

12:00-13:00 Lunch (Norlandia Hotel Tampere) and exhibition

13:00-16:00 Cadaveric dissections at TSEC / Session 2

• Hands-on track participants will be dissecting Supraclavicular, DIEP / ms-TRAM, SIAE, lymph node transfer with groin / SIEA / SCIP flap. Also, the participants will get to practice the exposure of internal mammary vessels for microvascular anastomosis with/without cartilage removal.

Refreshments and exhibition are available at TSEC coffee area during sessions.

19.00- Course Dinner (for Hands-on track only), Restaurant LiV, Laukontori 6 B

Wednesday 4.12.2024

08:00-12:00 Cadaveric dissections at TSEC / Session 3

• Hands-on track participants will be dissecting ALT, TFL, Vastus lateralis, gracilis muscle / TMG flaps. The participants also get to practice Medial Condyle/trochlea flap, rectus femoris and Sartorius flaps.

12:00-13:00 Lunch (Norlandia Hotel Tampere) and exhibition

13:00-15:30 Cadaveric dissection at TSEC / Session 4

• Hands-on track participants will be dissecting fibula flaps with/without muscle and skin. Also, the participants will get to practice the most common exposures of the lower extremity for microvascular anastomosis and dissecting propeller flaps.

15:30-16:00 Farewell and closing remarks

Refreshments and exhibition are available at TSEC coffee area during sessions.