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The course directors are Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Nizet, Chair of the Plastic and Maxillo-facial Surgery Department of the University of Liège,
and Dr. Ivar van Heijningen, past president of EASAPS.
Program

Per two delegates, 1 fresh frozen cadaver is provided to:

  • Explore the anatomy and your injection accuracy on one side.
  • Practice the surgical techniques on the other side.
Objectives for Plastic Surgeons (in training)
  • Understand the external and anatomical features of aging.
  • Perform surgical and non-surgical procedures with attention to the pitfalls
    and anatomical danger zones under the guidance of the experts.
  • Interact with the experts during the presentations and the extensive dissections.
  • Maximize your learning experience by performing procedures on our fresh cadavers.
Faculty instructions
  • Max. 1/3 of the attributed time should be anatomical presentation with emphasis on relevant procedures, danger zones and surgical pittfalls.
  • Min. 2/3 of the time should be practical hands on dissection.
Equipment

Provided equipment is detailed on this page.

  1. Rhinoplasty
    Thursday, 19/01/2023
  2. Facial Anatomy
    Friday, 20/01/2023
  3. Facial Anatomy
    Saturday, 21/01/2023
19 January 2023 @ 08:00 - 18:00
Day 01 Full Program
08:00 - 08:15
Registration
08:15 - 08:30
Welcome - Course instructions
08:30 - 09:15
Basic anatomy of the nose - “keypoints”
09:15 - 09:30
Access to dissection room
09:30 - 09:45
Open Rhinoplasty approach
09:45 - 10:45
Hands on
10:45 - 11:00
Dorsum, hump reduction, osteotomies
11:00 - 12:00
Hands on
12:00 - 12:45
Lunch
12:45 - 13:00
Graft harvesting: septum, concha, rib + spreader flaps / grafts
13:00 - 14:00
Hands on
14:00 - 14:15
Spreader flaps / grafts, columella strut, septal extension grafts
14:15 - 15:15
Hands on
15:15 - 15:45
Coffee break
15:45 - 16:00
Sutures: tip, lateral crus, columellar suspension
16:00 - 17:00
Hands on
17:00 - 17:30
Take home messages
17:30 - 18:00
Preservation rhinoplasty versus regular pro’s & con’s
18:00
Adjourn
20 January 2023 @ 08:15 - 20:00
Day 02 Full Program
08:00 - 08:15
Registration
08:15 - 08:30
Welcome - Course instructions
08:30 - 09:15
Presentation faculty
09:15 - 09:30
Non-surgical injections
09:30 - 10:30
Hands on
10:30 - 10:45
Viterbo JBL lift
10:45 - 11:45
Hands on
11:45 - 12:00
Direct excision brow lift
12:00 - 13:00
Hands on
13:00 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 - 14:00
Upper eyelid
14:00 - 15:00
Hands on
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 - 15:45
Lower eyelid
15:45 - 16:45
Hands on
16:45 - 17:00
Midface lift
17:00 - 18:00
Hands on
18:00
Adjourn
19:30
Course dinner at Van Der Valk Sélys Hotel
21 January 2023 @ 08:15 - 17:45
Day 03 Full Program
08:15 - 09:00
Cheek & neck: “Auersvald Net”
09:00 - 09:15
Cheek 1 - MACS facelift
09:15 - 10:15
Hands on
10:15 - 10:30
Cheek 2 - Basic approach to facelift
10:30 - 11:30
Hands on
11:30 - 12:00
Coffee break
12:00 - 12:15
Cheek 3 - Deep plane?
12:15 - 13:15
Hands on
13:15 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:15
Neck 1 - Midline suturing of platysma, medial neck
14:15 - 15:15
Hands on
15:15 - 15:30
Neck 2 - Platysmaplasty, LSD
15:30 - 16:30
Hands on
16:30 - 16:45
Free dissection
16:45 - 17:45
Hands on
17:45
Adjourn