Advanced Course in Microsurgery Session II

Advanced Course in Microsurgery Session II

22/09/2014 - 26/09/2014

Venue and date: Naples, Centre of Biotechnologies, September 22-26 2014

Coordinators: Santolo Cozzolino (Centre of Biotechnologies), Riccardo Luchetti (Italian Society of Surgery of the Hand), Pierluigi Tos (Italian Society of Microsurgery)

DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE

The course, lasting 15 days, is characterized by theoretical and practical lessons on animal models for a total of 137 hours. The proposed didactic path can be modified according to the learning curve of each participant.
Practice on anesthetized rat will be performed in the operating room under the guide of tutors. The utilization of rats as anilìmal model has been made possible thanks to the specific ministerial authorization in derogation of the art. n. 8 – 116/92 Law regarding the “animal use for training purposes” n. 113/2008-C. The course is open to 13 Italian surgeons members of SICM-SIM societies interested in vascular and nervous microsurgical techniques and to 3 foreigner surgeons.
Participants must provide basic instruments (2 microsurgery forceps n. 3 and n. 5 and a pair of microsurgery scissors), sutures (9/0, 10/0, 11/0) and approximators to be added to the one provided by the organization.

SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISOR

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE / COORDINATORS OF THE COURSE

Pierluigi Tos Chairperson of the Italian Society of Microsurgery ‐ S.I.M.
Santolo Cozzolino Coordinator of the Centre of Biotechnologies A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli” – Napoli
Riccardo Luchetti Chairperson of Italian Society of Surgery of the Hand ‐ S.I.C.M.
Ignazio Marcoccio A.O. Istituto Clinica Città di Brescia – Brescia
Francesco Croce A.O. “V. Monaldi” – Napoli
Guglielmo Lanni Delegate Società Italiana di Chirurgia della Mano
Alessia Pagnotta Delegate Società Italiana di Microchirurgia
Antonio Apolito Delegate A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli”