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Adding Microsurgery to Your Private Practice

Are you thinking about adding the element of reconstructive microsurgery to your private practice? Where do you begin partnering with a local hospital? How do you navigate reimbursements? What staff is needed in the operating room and post-op? How do you prepare for complications that may arise? These questions and more are answered. We cover the basics from what additional steps should be taken at patient check-in to ensure timely reimbursement, to the free flap microsurgery codes you should know, the additional microsurgery equipment, supplies, and instruments needed in the operating room and what to look for during postoperative flap monitoring.

Getting Started with Ultrasound in Plastic Surgery

Have you considered all the uses for portable ultrasound as a plastic surgeon? You may not be aware, but there are many applications for portable ultrasound in your practice. Ensure anesthetic is injected in the proper plane during regional nerve blocks - PECS I Block, TAP Block, and SAP Block; confirm size, depth, and flow rate of perforators pre-operatively reducing the rate of flap failure; diagnose ruptured implants without the use of costly imaging. This interactive course will display all of these applications demonstrated through patient videos in conjunction with corresponding CPT codes and ultrasound images, including perforator mapping for: DIEP Flap, ALT Flap, TDAP Flap, LA Flap, MSAP Flap, and TFLP Flap. Learn the signs of broken implants with the use of portable ultrasound and typical patterns you may see to indicate rupture.