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Report on Annual Meeting of
Indian Association of
Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
with ISAPS Symposium
1st
to 4th April, Port Blair, Andaman
INDIA
The annual meeting of the Indian Association of
Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons was held at Port Blair, Andamans, between
the 1st and 5th April 2010. This meeting was
being held in one of those beautiful but unexplored locations of the
east coast of
India
with the idea of having a meeting combined with a holiday. The
actual meeting was on the 2nd and 3rd while
the 1st and 4th were reserved for sightseeing.
The first day of the meeting was devoted to
ISAPS Symposium. The
symposium was held under the chairmanship of, Dr. Paraskevas (Vakis)
Kontoes, Plastic Surgeon, from Athens Greece. He made
great efforts to gather faculty from different parts of the world
.Following are the faculty members who participated in the
symposium.
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Dr.
Paraskevas (Vakis) Kontoes,
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Dr.
Javier de Benito from
Spain
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Dr.
Nazim Cerkes from Turkey
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Dr. Des
Fernandes from
South Africa
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Dr.
Kulwant S Bhangoo from the USA.
he symposium was in the form of didactic
lectures with videos prepared by faculty on different topics of
common interest and the faculty was fully geared for this symposium.
The symposium started with introductory remarks by the organizing
chairman. Dr. Kontoes pointed out the essential role of ISAPS in
sharing the knowledge of experts in plastic surgery, around the
world, and encouraged Indian plastic surgeons to seek membership in
the society. He also pointed out the role of the educational
committee of ISAPS on this matter. He congratulated the President of
the AESURG meeting Dr. Ramachandran for the excellent cooperation
that they had during the long organization period in order to bring
this symposium to a success. This was followed up by the
introduction of the ISAPS faculty by Dr. Kontoes.
Dr. Des Fernandes, first speaker, started
of the symposium with his lecture on Optimizing Roll cit needling
treatment for facial rejuvenation.
Dr. Javier de Benito presented the Silhouette lift.
He highlighted the need for less invasive options over the
conventional procedures in facial rejuvenation surgery. The videos
presentation on finer points of the procedure was appreciated by all
the delegates. The scar less brow lift was his second talk later in
the day. It gave audience an idea about the technique of brow
elevation using sutures.
Dr. Kontoes came out with a step by step
description of Blepharoplasty as well as a classical facelift. This
was supported well with the video clips and it helped the audience
to get a clear idea of the basic facelift and Laser blepharoplasty
technique. He also presented his personal technique on the
rejuvenation of the peri-orbital region with the Single Suture
Traction Technique (SSTT) technique.
Dr. Bhangoo presented his choice of
procedure when he combined breast augmentation with mastopexy. He
discussed the indications and how to choose between cases which
require simple augmentation and those which require combined
procedure. Dr. Bhangoo gave
his second lecture on dual plane breast augmentation. He also
explained the method and the advantages of using this method
Dr. Javier de Benito presented his views
on secondary breast augmentation and also the indications for the
various approaches as well as the placement of the implants.
Dr. Nazim Cerkes presented his work on
achieving balance in Rhinoplasty. He was able to highlight the areas
to be addressed in a rhinoplasty and how surgery could correct and
bring a balance in the results. His second lecture was on secondary
rhinoplasty. The various deformities following rhinoplasties could
be corrected by analyzing the deformity and by clever and judicious
use of autogenous materials.
Dr. Kontoes then presented a few of the
strange and interesting secondary cases which gave an insight into
keeping an open mind to post-operative problems reported
by patients so that
accurate diagnosis could be made and the necessary corrective
surgeries applied..
The symposium
ended with a panel discussion which generated lots of interest and
questions which were very eloquently answered by the various
speakers.
In the evening at official inauguration function of
the Aesurg 2010, the ISAPS faculty was felicitated by the Chief
Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Administration.
The next day was devoted to lectures by the Indian
faculty. A variety of topics were covered. It included lectures on
various aspects of rhinoplasty, Breast surgery, Non surgical
rejuvenation of the face, body contouring surgery as well as a
session on vitiligo.
The meeting was mixed with lots of
socializing. The schedule of the meeting allowed plenty of time for
sight seeing. One day trip to Havelock Island was particularly
enjoyed by the delegates. The Island is surrounded by plenty of shallow virgin beaches
which are famous for scuba diving, water sports, snorkeling etc.
The ISAPS Symposium which has become an integral part of the
annual meeting of the Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic
Surgeons has been a major draw for the good turnover of members and
many young plastic surgeons have benefited significantly from these
lecture and operative videos .This kind of educational activities
generate lots of membership queries from delegates and has resulted
in sharp increase
in no of applications for membership in recent years.
We are extremely thankful to Dr. Kontoes
for his great efforts to put together ISAPS symposium for the second
consecutive year and to the members of the faculty for having spared
their valuable time to take part in this meeting.
Dr. Lokesh
Kumar
National Secretary ISAPS INDIA
Dr. K.
Ramachandran
President IAAPS &Chairman Organizing Committee
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