Sunderland free flap course
Head and neck reconstructive surgery
Date: September 3 - 4, 2025
Venue: Sunderland, United Kingdom
Learn. Connect. Experience.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course delegates should understand:
- How to plan harvest of composite free flaps using the virtual surgical table
- Refresh on anatomy for composite flap harvest
- How to set up and plan 3d/simulated resection and reconstruction of composite mandibular defects
- Hands on cadaver based harvest of composite free flaps
Vessel depleted neck
Deep circumflex iliac artery free flap
Subscapular artery axis free flap
Osteocutaneous radial artery free flap
Fibula free flap
How is the Sunderland free flap course structured?
Faculty/delegate ratio 1:1
Maximum delegate/specimen ratio 2:1
Day 1 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
- Neck dissection
- The vessel depleted neck – alternative strategies
- Deep circumflex Iliac artery free flap
Day 2 Thursday, September 4, 2025
- The subscapular artery axis free flaps
- Osteocutaneous radial artery free flap
Dissection supported throughout the course with case based discussion and expert commentary
Course lead
Mr Ajay Wilson
Course fee
£ 750 (Including all refreshments, lunches and course dinner.)
Course language
English (no simultaneous translation provided)
Course venue
Anatomy Centre
University of Sunderland
City Campus
Chester Road, Sunderland
SR1 3SD
Organizer
Sunderland Royal Hospital
Kayll Road
Sunderland
SR4 7TP
Registration
£ 750 (Including all refreshments, lunches and course dinner.)
Cancellation policy
Cancellation by course organizer
- The course organizer reserves the right to cancel an event due to low enrollment or other circumstances which would make the course non-viable until 2 weeks prior to the training date.
- If the organizer cancels a course, registrants will be offered a full refund of registration fees.
- Should circumstances arise that result in postponement of a course, the organizer has the right to either issue a full refund or registration to the same event at the new, future date.
Registration cancellation by participant
- The deadline to receive a refund for your registration is 2 weeks before the course.
- Cancellations received after the stated deadline will not be eligible for a refund.
- Refunds will not be available for registrants who choose not to attend the course.
- Cancellations will be accepted in writing only and must be received by the stated cancellation deadline. When writing your cancellation please include the details of your credit card or bank details (SWIFT / IBAN).