Intermediate Oncoplastic Skills Course

With Mastotrainer and Cadaver Lab

This intermediate course is designed for general surgeons and breast surgeons who understand beginner level oncoplastic surgery, and who want to learn more advanced oncoplastic surgical techniques. The morning lectures will provide information on intermediate level strategies and techniques for delivering oncoplastic breast care related to breast conservation.

The afternoon will provide a hands-on surgical cadaver skills lab including a mastotrainer section for supervised practice of procedures taught in the morning lectures. Attendees will be assigned to stations to practice skin markings and intermediate oncoplastic surgical techniques. Attendees will be provided with required reading material prior to the course.

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Comfortably apply common volume displacement and replacement oncoplastic techniques and strategies in their practice by ways of understanding when to perform intermediate oncoplastic surgery or collaborate with a plastic surgeon when performing oncoplastic surgery
• Select the most appropriate oncoplastic procedures for individual patients
• Gain knowledge about the possible complications when performing oncoplastic surgical techniques.

Badge Pick-Up

Badge pickup is located at the ASBrS Registration Desk, Hynes Convention Center, Level 2, Pre-function Hall C. Badge pickup will not be available at the off-site lab. You must have your badge to board the shuttle and enter the lab facility. Badge pick-up hours:

• Tuesday, April 25, 5:30 PM–7:30 PM
• Wednesday, April 26, 6:00 AM–5:00 PM

Transportation:

Attendees must meet at the ASBrS Registration Desk, Hynes Convention Center, Level 2, Pre-function Hall C, by 6:15 AM to be led to the shuttle pickup area. Attendees that arrive after the shuttles depart at 6:30 AM will be responsible for their own transportation to the course. Shuttles will transport attendees back to the Hynes Convention Center at the conclusion of the course at 4:30 PM.

Cadaver Lab Dress Code:

Boston BioSkills Lab will provide all PPE, including scrubs.

Cadaver Lab Preliminary Agenda:

Each attendee will be assigned to a station, led by a workshop faculty member, to perform all of the following procedures:

• Skin markings and quadrant by quadrant decision making for type of volume displacement pedicle and skin marking use
• Superomedial and inferior pedicle development
• Wise and vertical skin incision design with glandular tissue elevation
• De-epithelialization
• Basic description of some volume replacement flaps
• Understanding of what constitutes an inferior dermal flap

The American Society of Breast Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.