MICROSURGERY TRAINING PROGRAM

To teach the skills required to perform microvascular, microneural, and microtubular surgeries required in a variety of surgical specialties including Plastic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Urology, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Cardiothoracic Surgery. More advanced training is available and is tailored to the individual's special needs and interest.

This course focuses on training students to acquire a higher level of basic skills in microvascular surgery by means of intense laboratory practice. This forty hour course involves six sessions which cover the following topics:>

• Session 1: Basic Microsurgical Techniques
• Session 2: Arterial End-to-End Anastomoses
• Session 3: Femoral Venous End-to-End Anastomoses
• Session 4: Interpositional Vein Graft Placement
• Session 5: Sciatic nerve repair
• Session 6: End-to-Side Anastomoses, along with additional advanced microsurgical methods

A certificate of Completion is issued by the Division of Plastic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine.

Advanced Microsurgical Course (12 hours)

This course is designed for training senior residents and surgeons to acquire advanced skills in microvascular replantation and free tissue transfer focusing on clinical applications. This twelve hour course involves two sessions which cover the following topics:

• Session 1: Complete replantation of the rabbit's two ears. The practicum consists of a series of exercise, including:
  
  1. Complete amputation of ear.
  2. dissection of amputated stumps
  3. Identifying and marking vessel ends
  4. Fixation of the cartilage ends
  5. Anastomoses of artery and vein
  6. Anastomosis of the nerve
• Session 2: Free flap transfer. The inguinal flaps of both the rabbit and rat are utilized. This involves dissecting the flap and vascular pedicle, resituating the flap in the contralateral inguinal region or in the neck, revascularizing the flap by arterial and venous anastomosis.
  

A Certificate of Completion is issued by the Division of Plastic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine.

Basic Microsurgical Course
( 40 hours)

This includes all supplies and instructional materials. Courses begin each Monday and run through Friday. Course hours are 8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.

John J. Coleman, III, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Director of Division of Plastic Surgery
Indiana University Medical Center

Jing Ge, M.D.
Director of Microsurgery Laboratory
Division of Plastic Surgery
Indiana University Medical Center

Rajiv Sood, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Director of Burn Unit of Wishard Memorial Hospital

Arrangements with the University Place Hotel, 850 W. Michigan Street, ( 317 ) 269-9000 (adjacent to Indiana University Hospital) have been made for registered course participants. Notify our office to receive reduced room rates ($129 per night). University Place Hotel Home Page.    You can also stay at any downtown hotel. Free buses are available to take you around downtown and back to campus every 15 minutes.

Please send an email with the preferred dates to jge@iupui.edu and reserve a position in training courses at least 45 days prior to the initiation of the course. The registration fee for the Basic Microsurgical Course is $300.00 and is refundable.

For additional information please contact Jing Ge, M.D., at jge@iupui.edu or write to:

Jing Ge, MD
Section of Plastic Surgery
Emerson Hall, Room 232
545 Barnhill Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5124
E-Mail: jge@iupui.edu
Phone: (317) 274-8795
Fax: 317-278-7829