University of Pisa Summer - Winter Schools & Foundation Course
Summer School in Local Flaps in Facial Reconstruction after Skin Cancer Surgery
- Pisa, Italy
- Baratti, Italy
Course
DURATION
5 days
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 750
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: The Summer School "Local flaps in facial reconstruction after skin cancer surgery" is organized by the Plastic Surgery Unit of the University of Pisa. A 5-day on-campus course at Ospedale Santa Chiara, it pairs lectures with hands-on training in local flap design and facial reconstructive techniques. Each day covers a different facial unit with morning and afternoon sessions. The course runs with minimum 4 and maximum 16 participants and includes workshops.
Career Outcomes: The course suits trainees and clinicians in plastic, dermatologic, ENT and maxillofacial fields. Graduates may enter reconstructive surgery, oncologic reconstruction, academia, education, or outpatient facial practice.
The Summer School “Local flaps in facial reconstruction after skin cancer surgery” is organized by the Plastic Surgery Unit of the University of Pisa.
The Summer School is structured in a 5-day course characterized by lectures and hands on training covering all the most useful techniques involved in facial reconstruction after skin cancer excision.
Each day a different anatomical unit of the face will be covered and the daily schedule will be divided into two sessions:
- Morning: frontal lecture regarding the clinical anatomy of the district and description of the different reconstructive options.
- Afternoon: practical training in the OR during which the participants will be involved in the patient evaluation, the design and planning of the different reconstructive options and assist during surgeries.
The Summer School will be activated with at least 4 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 16 students.
The Summer School will be held on campus in Pisa, at Ospedale Santa Chiara, Ed. 15 Chirurgia Plastica, Via Bonanno Pisano, 10.
The anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of the facial skin and muscles will be addressed and followed by OR experience to evaluate and understand patients’ variability.
Focus on proper skin cancer resection with adequate margins will be followed by the evaluation of multiple reconstructive options.
The decision-making process will be critically explained to the student and the techniques of flap planning, flap harvesting and donor site morbidity will be discussed.
Reconstructive surgery of the nose, lip, eyelid, forehead and ear will be specifically reviewed to give the student a wide spectrum of possible reconstructive options, with a step-by-step approach to each procedure, completed by tips and tricks from leading experts. Moreover, skin closure options will be reviewed including updates on the latest materials used and the new technologies involved in wound closure. In conclusion, prevention and treatment of complications will be addressed.
3 ECTS
The school is open to medical doctors and residents in Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial surgery, Head and Neck surgery, Dermatology.