Preliminary program: 9th International Tampere Plastic Surgery Flap Dissection Course

”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

November 26th – 28th, 2025

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

Program

Wednesday 26.11.2025

08:00-08:15 Registration and coffee

8:15-8:20 Opening words and course overview

08:20-09:00 Anesthesia and planning

8:20-8:40 Anesthesia for free flap surgery

8:40-9:00 Perforator and recipient vessel mapping and perioperative imaging

09:00-09:50 Head&Neck

09:00-09:25 Maxilla and mandible reconstruction

09:25-09:50 Facial reconstruction from local to free flaps

09:50-10:10 Coffee and exhibition

10:10-11:00 Trunk

10:10-10:40 Pelvic reconstruction

10:40-11:00 Abdominal and thoracic wall reconstruction

11:00-12:00 Lunch at Ellipsi Restaurant

12:00-13:10 Breast

12:00-12:25 Microvascular breast reconstruction

Supplementary surgical video: Breast reconstruction with a DIEP flap

12:25-12:50 Surgery for breast cancer-related lymphedema

Supplementary surgical video: SCIP flap for lymphedema

12:50-13:10 Extraglandular perforator flaps for partial breast reconstruction

13:10-13:30 Extremities / orthoplastic surgery

13:10-13:30 Lower extremity reconstruction: Knee, upper and middle third of tibia

Supplementary surgical video: ALT flap for lower extremity

13:30-14:00 Coffee and exhibition

14:00-15:20 Extremities / orthoplastic surgery (continues)

14:00-14:25 Lower extremity reconstruction: Ankle and foot reconstruction

14:25-14:50 Local and pedicled flaps for the defects of the forearm and hand

14:50-15:20 Functional reconstruction of the extremities

15:20-15:40 Flap Monitoring

15:20-15:40 Free Flap monitoring

15:40-16:00 Discussion

18:00- Get Together at Norlandia Tampere Hotel lobby

Thursday 27.11.2025

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), TBA

Friday 28.11.2025

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.