Advanced AWAKE Liposculpture with Fat Transfer

20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Maximum of 6 attendees per workshop to assure adequate hands-on opportunity for all attendees


The didactic portion along with the clinical hands-on exposure will allow attendees to gain a comprehensive understanding of the procedure. The format used in this activity is an effective method for knowledgeable physicians to expand their surgical abilities safely.

At the conclusion of the activity, participants should be able to:
1. Discuss the history of liposuction and how it has transcended into an office-based procedure
2. Explain the clinical aspects of the procedure, including patient selection, safe dosing limits of lidocaine in tumescent anesthesia, and proper surgical methods and technique
3. Learn the proper technique in performing liposuction in the following areas: Upper/Lower extremities, head and neck line
4. Learn the process of removing localized fat from the abdomen or elsewhere and re-injecting the fat into the desired locations
5. Apply the procedure into the existing office setting from a marketing standpoint
6. Use the most efficient layout in a facility to perform the procedure
7. Calculate the start-up costs and instrument set up for the procedure
8. Define issues of medical malpractice and how it relates to the physicians
9. Assess the financial benefit of the fee-for-service cosmetic procedure
10. Describe effective methods to manage patients dissatisfied or challenging.


COURSE OUTLINE:

Day One
7:30-8:00 Greeting

8:00-8:30 Introduction
-History of Abdominoplasty
-Interface with Liposculpture
-Techniques of Fat Grafting

8:30-9:00
-Basics of Abdominoplasty
-Patient Selection
-How to Mark the patient
-How we incorporate safe use of Liposculpture into Abdominoplasty

9:00-9:30 Introduction to Patient
-How to Photograph
-How to Mark the patient

9:30-10:15 OR setup - Preparation of patient for surgery

10:15-3:15 Abdominoplasty with Liposculpture fat grafts
*Note - Lunch will be available during this time with assigned breaks

3:30-5:30 Emphasis and review on key principles
-Surgical
-Anesthetics
-Legal
-Wrap up Day 1

Day Two
8:00-10:00 Review of Abdominoplasty, Advanced
-Liposculpture and fat transfer
-Gluteal area
-Questions about procedure

10:00-11:30
Introduction to patient number II of course
-Photographs, marking
-Operating Room setup
-Liposculpture tumescent infusion etc

11:30-4:00 Live Surgery
*Lunch will be available with breaks during this time

4:00-5:00
-Complications and treatments
-Medical Legal Implications
-Wrap up and future seminars