Liposuction, Body Sculpture and Fat Grafting (Cardiff)

This exciting new course is designed to provide comprehensive training in the technology and techniques involved in liposuction, body sculpture and fat grafting, for all trainees intending to pursue aesthetic or reconstructive surgery. It is highly recommended to ST 3-5 trainees in Plastic Surgery.

The course will be run in conjunction with the British Association of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) and the European Association of Societies of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (EASAPS). It will precede the BAAPS / EASAPS Congress Meeting in Cardiff County Hall which participants may attend at a reduced rate. Speakers include at this event include; Norman Waterhouse, Foad Nahai, Sydney Coleman and Roger Khouri.

Convenor

Mr Andrew Batchelor
Aesthetics Tutor
Royal College of Surgeons of England, London

Level

ST3-5

Content

The course will involve didactic teaching with a standardised talk on all covered topics. Each talk will be broken down into the following:

• Anatomy and assessment
• Obtaining consent and counselling
• Operative technique with a slide by slide sequence
• Post-operative management/instructions and the management of complications

Topics covered will include:

• Liposuction (hips, buttocks, Abdomen, Loins/”lovehandles”, Thighs, Knees, Chin, Axillary fat pads/arms/back)
• Liposuction as an adjuvant to;
• Breast reduction
• Abdominoplasty
• Gynaecomastia correction
• Fat Grafting
• Physiology/pathology
• Predictability (volume)
• Complications
• Indications and uses in
• Post trauma & deformity
• Breast surgery
• Facial rejuvenation
• Hand rejuvenation
• Management of complications from other procedures

Format

• Lectures
• Interactive discussions