Course Programme
Below is a preliminary course programme. Faculty and sessions are subject to change.
Registration
08:15 – 09:00 Registration and Beverages
Session 1
09:00 – 09:20 Chest Wall Perforator Flaps: Anatomy & Patient Selection (Amit Agrawal)
09:20 – 09:40 TDAP, LTAP, LiCAP: Marking & Intra-op videos (Tuabin Rasheed)
09:40 – 10:00 MiCAP, AiCAP: Anatomy & Utility, Intra-op videos (Laszlo Romics)
10:00 – 10:20 Approaches to wide local excision, stages, intra-op videos (PG Roy)
10:20 – 10:30 Q & A
Tea / Coffee 10:30 – 11:00
10:30 – 11:00 Discussion over tea / coffee
Session 2
11:00 – 11:15 Radiotherapy in flaps: boost planning and consequences (Peter Barry)
11:15 – 11:30 PROMS – patient perspective (Amit Agrawal)
11:30 – 11:45 Flap literature (Andreas Karakatsanis)
11:45 – 12:00 The Flap Journey (Moustapha Hamdi)
Lunch Break 12:00 – 14:00
13:30 – 14:00 Sponsor’s presentation
Session 3
14:00 – 14:20 Introduction to mammoplaty: Focus on wise-pattern pedicles (Yazan Masannat)
14:20 – 14:40 Vertical scar & similar patterns (Moustapha Hamdi)
14:40 – 15:00 Managing complications (John Murphy)
15:00 – 15:15 Q & A
Tea / Coffee 15:15 – 15:45
Session 4
15:45 – 16:00 When is mastectomy necessary? (Laszlo Romics)
16:00 – 16:20 Implant reconstruction: Patient and ADM selection (Fabio S di Pompeo)
16:20 – 16:40 Can axillary de-escalation influence RT decisions in mastectomy (Thorsten Kühn)
16:40 – 17:00 Q & A
Signing off 17:00
Educational evening over dinner 19:00 – 21:00
19:00 Chairman’s welcome (Amit Agrawal)
19:05 A New Paradigm for treating HR+ HER2- EBC patients at high risk of recurrence – surgical considerations (M Mukesh)
19:35 Q & A
20:05 Chairman’s closing (Amit Agrawal)
20:10 Dinner
Registration
08:00 – 08:45 Registration and tea / Coffee
08:45 – 09:00 Centre and tissue safety briefing
Session 1 Perforator-based volume replacement flaps
09:00 – 12:00
LiCAP, LTAP, TDAP, AiCAP, MiCAP flap anatomy
Vessel preservation: principles and techniques
Flap harvest & inset into breast cavity
Lunch in skills centre 12:00 – 13:00
Session 2 Therapeutic Mammoplasty
13:00 – 15:00
Marking: Vertical Scar followed by wise-pattern mammoplasty
Pedicle selection and nipple-areolar complex repositioning
Dissection: Vertical scar, followed by wise pattern mammoplasty
Tea / Coffee break in skills centre 15:00 – 15:30
Optional for delegates, or can carry on with session 3
Session 3 Immediate implant-based reconstruction
15:00 – 16:30
Nipple Sparing and/or Skin Sparing mastectomy
Pre-pectoral followed by sub-pectoral pocket creation
ADM fixation techniques and variations; implant-ADM placement
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