The International ISAPS Fresh Cadaver Aesthetic Surgery Dissection Course on Facial Anatomy will be held on January 16th, 17th and 18th 2025
at the Anatomy Laboratory of University Hospital of Liège in Belgium.
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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.
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.
- Practice the surgical techniques.
Objectives for Plastic Surgeons (or 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.
18 January 2024 @ 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
19 January 2024 @ 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 Château des Thermes hotel
20 January 2024 @ 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