The International ISAPS Fresh Cadaver Aesthetic Surgery Dissection Course on Facial Anatomy will be held on January 19th, 20th and 21st 2023
at the Anatomy Laboratory of University Hospital of Liège in Belgium.
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The course directors are Pr 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.
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.
20 January 2022 @ 08:00 - 17:45
Day 01 Full Program
08:00 - 08:30
Registration
08:30 - 09:15
Welcome - Course instructions
09:15 - 09:30
Basic Anatomy of the Nose
09:30 - 09:45
Access dissection room
09:45 - 10:15
Open Rhinoplasty
10:15 - 12:15
Dissection
12:15 - 13:15
Lunch
13:15 - 13:45
Spreader flaps and grafts, graft harvesting
13:45 - 15:15
Dissection
15:15 - 15:45
Coffee break
15:45 - 17:15
Columella strut, septal extension grafts, tip sutures
17:15 - 17:30
Basic Rhinoplasty theory
17:30 - 18:00
Rhinoplasty demo: "Tips & tricks in Rhinoplasty"
18:00 - 18:15
Take home messages
18:15
Adjourn
21 January 2022 @ 08:00 - 20:00
Day 02 Full Program
08:00 - 08:30
Registration
08:30 - 09:15
Welcome - Course instructions
09:15 - 09:30
Basic Anatomy of the Face
09:30 - 09:45
Non-surgical injections
09:45 - 10:30
Dissection
10:30 - 10:45
Forehead and Brow - Temporal lift
10:45 - 11:00
Forehead and Brow - Direct Excision
11:00 - 12:30
Dissection
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch - During lunch: possible sponsor lecture
13:30 - 14:00
Upper eyelid + Ptosis correction
14:00 - 15:30
Dissection
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:15
SST, Canthopexy, Lower Blepharoplasty
16:15 - 16:30
Direct excision
16:30 - 18:30
Dissection
18:30 - 19:00
Facial nerve danger points
19:00
Adjourn
20:00
Course dinner Van Der Valk Sélys Hotel
22 January 2022 @ 08:15 - 17:00
Day 03 Full Program
08:00 - 08:30
Cheek & Neck: the fixation points
08:30 - 08:45
Basic approach to facelift
08:45 - 09:00
Pre-SMAS MACS
09:00 - 09:15
SMAS plication, smasectomy, SMAS advancement
09:15 - 10:45
Dissection
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:45
Dissection
12:45 - 13:30
Lunch - During lunch: Face demo: "Facial fixation points"
13:30 - 13:45
Platysmaplasty, Neck SMAS flaps
13:45 - 14:00
Midline suturing of platysma, transection of platysma
14:00 - 16:00
Dissection
16:00 - 16:30
Lipofilling
17:00
Adjourn