Course description

This ‘hands-on’ course aims to strengthen the understanding of the basic concepts behind local flap design. It is designed to teach the principles of conceptual analysis for planning a local skin flap to achieve the optimal result with minimal donor site morbidity, while taking functional and aesthetic aspects into account. Each theoretical session will be accompanied by a practical skills session on a simulation model.

Course speakers

• Matthijs Botman, MD, PhD; Plastic Surgeon; AUMC, The Netherlands
• Hay Winters, MD, PhD; Plastic Surgeon, AUMC, the Netherlands
• Katja Bogomolova, MD, PhD; Plastic Surgery Resident, AUMC, the Netherlands

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