9th Annual Microvascular Anastomosis Course

Date 
November 4, 2022 - 8:00am to 5:00pm
Location 
Schindler Lab, MCB 1855 Folsom Street, Room 258

PIs: Chase Heaton, MD / Daniel Knott, MD

AGENDA

Group A: R1, R2, R3
Group B: R4, R5, Fellows

8:00 AM

Welcome Remarks

8:15 AM

Group B: Lab

  • Nerve co-adaptor demo
  • Micro-vessels for 30 minutes
  • Rat micro
 

Group A: Lectures

  • How to recognize a failing flap – Knott
  • How to optimize outcomes in microvasculature surgery – Seth/Heaton/Park
  • Neve co-adaptor lecture

If time allows, lectures on fibula, forearm, and ALT free flaps

10:15 AM

Group A: With Loupes on Back Table

  1. Suture diaphragms
  2. Tubule end to end anastomosis (repeat 2-3 times)
  3. Tubule end to side anastomosis

11:45 AM

Group A: Lunch while watching Femoral Artery Video

12:15 PM

Group A: Lab

  • Nerve co-adaptor demo
  • Micro-vessels for 30 min
  • Rat micro

Group B: Lunch and Lecture

  • How to recognize a failing flap – Knott
  • How to optimize outcomes in microvasculature surgery – Seth/Heaton/Park
  • Neve co-adaptor lecture

If time allows, lectures on fibula, forearm, and ALT free flaps

2:00 PM

Group B: Dismissed

4:15 PM

Group A: Dismissed