6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 8023136INR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (I) Postgraduate - specialised level.

Semester
2nd 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
Assaf Zeltzer
Randy De Baerdemaeker
Moustapha Hamdi (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
7 contact hours Lecture
40 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
52 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Perforator flaps in breast reconstruction: DIEAP, SIEA , SGAP, IGAP, LAP, PAP, extended TDAP

  • How to get out of trouble intraoperative
  • How to prepare and plan: assesment of smoking, diabetes…, prior surgery to harvest site
  • Breast reconstruction with implant vs autologous tissue reconstruction
  • Imaging in perforator flaps

Immediate and delayed reconstruction

  • Oncoplastic breast surgery: glandular and perforator flap techniques
  • Breast reconstruction: DIEP flap, SIEA flap, TAP flap, SGAP flap, IGAP flap, fat grafting, transverse myocutaneous gracilis flap (TMG), extended TAP, PAP, lumbar perforator flap, Latissimus Dorsi
  • Partial breast reconstruction: oncoplastic and perforator flap techniques
  • Autologus flap reconstruction with fat grafting
  • Thoracic wall reconstruction

Postoperative management

  • Flap monitoring
  • How to manage complications

Managing breast tumors

  • Oncological management in breast tumors
  • Reconstructive planning in breast tumors
Additional info

List of articles on PubMed.

Slides on Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

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