Date: 25 - 29 November 2024 
Location: Jinnah Burns and Reconstructive Surgery Centre, Alama Iqbal University, Lahore, Pakistan                                                 
Event description: 
An instructive course based on lectures, hands-on training and live clinics and an instructional cadaveric flap dissection day as well as live surgery for those wishing to train in micro-vascular surgery. 

Target audience: 

Senior trainees and established consultants

Registration fees: 
Trainees: £30; consultant : £43 for hands-on: £100 and flap dissection £100

Find out more and register: microsurgery@jbrsc-aimc.edu.pk

Programme: 

MONDAY 25^TH NOVEMBER

 0800: Registration

0900: welcome address: Professor Kamran Khalid, Director of JBRSC

0910: Aims of the course: Professor Moazzam N Tarar, founder of JBRSC

0920 Themes for this year: Mr Umraz Khan, Director of the course

 

MICROSURGERY

0930: Basics of microsurgery: U Khan

0945: Requisites for success: Mamoon Rashid

1000; Questions & discussions

 

TEA

 

SARCOMA

1030: Surgical Oncology. Tom Chapman

1145: Extremity Sarcoma principles of surgical planning: Rachel Clancy

1200: Questions & discussions

 

Peripheral nerve

1215: Assessing functional loss in peripheral nerve loss. Davide Ciclamini

1230: Options for loss of function/movement Rob Djikman

1245: flaps to restore function Omar Ahmed

1300:  Questions and discussion

 

Lunch 1345

 

LIVE CLINIC 1415-1600

 

Day 2:

HANDS ON ; team U Khan, A Emam, D Ciclamini,  A Bhatti

0800: Registration

0900: hands-on groups divided

0910: Basics of microscope setup:

0925: Video on instrument handing:

0940: Demonstration of suturing etiquette:

0950-1030. practice suturing on latex gloves

1030: Video on chicken thigh:

1045: Demonstration on chicken thigh:

1100-1300: Practice on chicken thighs nerve and end-to-end

 

1300 LUNCH

 

1400-1600 Second group practice on chicken thigh

 

LIVE SURGERY-2 cases (Sarcoma/ peripheral nerve)

 

Day 3:

0800: Registration

0900: Hands-on. Day 2

0900: video of microsurgery interposition vein graft and end-to-side

0915: demonstration of interposition vein graft and end-to-side;

1000-1200: Practice on chicken thighs vein graft and end-to-side anastomosis

 

1200: LUNCH

 

1300-1500 Practice on chicken thighs vein graft and end-to-side anastomosis

 

1500-1600 further practice

 

 

LIVE SURGERY- 2 cases facial palsy/sarcoma

 

Day 4. Live surgery. H&N & limb

 

Day 4. Symposium on Burn care (C Wearn)

 

Day 5. Live surgery. Hand/lower limb

 

Day 5 Cadaver dissection course:

The following flap dissections will be demonstrated on fresh cadavers and registered delegates. The plan is for a short (5min…please keep to time.. take note Omar) slide presentation then a live demo

1. Scapular flap . Luigi Troisi
2. Lateral arm. Davide Ciclamini
3. Groin/SCIP. Ahmed Emam
4. ALT. Ahmed Bhatti
5. Gracilis. Omar Ahmed
6. DCIA. Omar Ahmed
7. MSAP. Farrukh Aslam
8. Fibula. Vittorio Ramella
9. MPA. Thomas Chapman