3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 8023130GNR for all students in the 1st semester
at
a (G) Postgraduate - preliminary level.
- Semester
- 1st semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Pass/Non pass
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- English
- Faculty
- Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
- Department
- Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
- Educational team
- Benoit Hendrickx
Assaf Zeltzer
Marian Vanhoeij
Randy De Baerdemaeker
Moustapha Hamdi
(course titular)
Carola Brussaard
- Activities and contact hours
- 2 contact hours Lecture
14 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
47 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
- Surgical anatomy of the breast
- Breast conserving surgery: Tumorectomy. Quadrantectomy.
- Techniques of mastectomy: Simple mastectomy. Skin sparing. Nipple sparing
- The axilla Current management. Sentinel node biopsy. Lynmphedema prevention
- Partial breast reconstruction
- Oncoplastic surgery techniques for breast conserving surgery Local perforator flaps: TDAP, ICAP, LICAP, SEAP… Autologous platelet gel prosthesis to fill tumorectomy defect. Fat grafting
- Locally advanced breast cancer Oncological surgery management. Chest wall reconstruction
- Management of breast cancer sequelae Shoulder damage, chronic pain. Radiation induced angiosarcoma. Psychological impact
- Surgical guidelines for breast cancer Surgical approach to the axilla including sentinel lymph node biopsy. Surgical technique
- Psychosocial issues in breast cancer
- Basic Sciences on breast disease
- How to build a breast unit
- Breast cancer research: How, who and when
- Imaging Techniques for breast:
- Ultrasound. Mammogram. MR imaging. Breast PET Scan for diagnosis and follow-up.
- Interventional radiology: stereotactic breast biopsy, imaging-guided needle breast biopsy, ultrasound guided breast biopsy
- Additional info
List of articles on PubMed.
Slides on Canvas.
- Learning Outcomes
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Algemene competenties
The intended learning outcomes are situated in the organizational area of a department of plastic surgery, multidisciplinary consultation, intervention planning and preparation; as in a practical field with different surgical techniques and decision trees for treatment choice in the above mentioned domains. There is also a scientific part in which critical evaluation of scientific literature is taught, as is the writing & publishing of a scientific article.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Schriftelijk examen
with a relative weight of 100
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
An exam is taken after completing the theoretical and practical sessions of the course concerned. Students have the opportunity to resit orally after a purely written exam if they wish (faculty exam regulations). If the student was unlawfully absent during the practical sessions, he may receive a score of 0/20 for this, which will be settled in the final grade or, where appropriate, refused to participate in the practical exam (faculty examination regulations).
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Postgraduate Certificate Oncoplastic Surgery: Standaard traject