Saturday, September 8
1:30 - 5:30 PM
Location: Plaza Ballrom A/B, Hyatt Regency Convention Center
Co-Chairs: L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, William C. Pederson, MD, FACS, James P. Higgins, MD
Fees:
Members - $195
Nonmembers - $225
Senior Members - $145
Residents/Fellows - $75
Allied Health - $125
CME: The ASSH designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Audience Level: Intermediate
Description:
This course will highlight the basic principles of pedicle and free flaps to the upper extremity for soft tissue reconstruction. A combination of prosections, live “real time” dissection, videos and case examples will provide rich content as a review of time honored techniques that should be in the armamentarium of upper extremity surgeons. An international faculty of experienced soft tissue surgeons will explain the design, indications and execution of techniques for elbow, forearm, hand and digit coverage.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand principles of regional and free flap design and harvest
- Become familiar with the vascular anatomy of each flap and nuances of harvest
- Understand applications and limitations of each flap
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Faculty
Milan V. Stevanovic, MD
Gunter Germann, MD, PhD
Program
Welcome
L. Scott Levin, MD, James P. Higgins, MD, William C. Pederson, MD, FACS
Overview and Highlights of Soft Tissue Reconstruction
Presenter: L. Scott Levin, MD
Radial Forearm – presentation and demonstration
Including free and pedicle designs, radial artery and ulnar artery perforator flaps
William C. Pederson, MD, FACS
Lateral Arm Flap-presentation and demonstration
Including reverse lateral arm and olecranon coverage alternatives
Presenter: James P. Higgins, MD
Pedicle Latissimus Transfer -presentation and demonstration
Including free and pedicle harvest techniques, use with and without skin segment, and functioning muscle use for bicep and triceps deficiencies
Presenter: Milan Stevanovic, MD
Intrinsic flaps for hand and finger coverage- presentation and demonstration
Including DMCA (reverse) Kite, Homodigital Island Flap, Heterodigital Island Flap, Moberg, Cross Finger and Reverse Cross Finger, V-Y
Presenters: Drs Gunter Germann, MD and L. Scott Levin, MD
Posterior Interosseous Flap-presentation and demonstration
Including antegrade and retrograde harvests
Presenter: Michael A. Tonkin, MD