LASER LIPOSUCTION

Agenda

• DAY 1:
  • 9:00am Registration and Welcome
  • 9:25am History of the Procedure

    “How it Got Started and By Whom”

  • 9:45am The Overview:

    Office-based Liposuction Using Local Tumescent Anesthesia

  • 10:00am Anatomy Review

    “Break it down”

  • 10:15am Patients:

    Procedural Candidates, Patient Consents and Patient Exam

  • 11:00am Patient Preparation & Preoperative Meds
  • 11:10am Patient Markings

    Identifying Fat Deposits (topography format)

  • 11:30am Local Tumescent Anesthesia Preparation
  • 12:00pm Lidocaine

    Identifying Safe Limits and Side Effects

  • 12:15pm Keys to Pre/Postoperative Photography
  • 12:45pm Operating Room and Supplies

    Procedure Room Set-up, Instrument Selection and Layout, Surgical Dressing

  • 1:15pm Tumescent Anesthesia Infiltration

    Infiltration using Spinal Needles Or Infiltration Cannulas

  • 1:45pm Hands-On Case #1
  • 3:00pm Working Lunch
    • Aspiration methods
    • Postoperative Discussion
    • Potential complications
  • 3:45pm Hands-On Case #2
  • 7:00pm Q&A and Review
  • 8:00pm Adjourn
• DAY 2:
  • 9:00am Case Presentation

    Tips and Pearls

  • 9:30am Hands-On Cases #3 and #4
  • 2:00pm Working Lunch

    Case Reviews
    Question & Answer

  • 3:00pm Malpractice Considerations
  • 3:30pm Introducing Liposuction in Your Practice

    Business model for Liposuction implementation

  • 4:00pm Marketing

    Internally and externally marketing Liposuction for your practice

  • 5:15pm Establishing a Fee Schedule for Liposuction
  • 5:45pm Your Liposuction Suite

    Physical space requirements and your ideal set-up

  • 6:00pm Costs of Getting Started

    Procedure room set-up and equipment
    Instrument selections

  • 6:30pm Patient Management

    Challenging and Unsatisfied Patients

  • 7:00pm Course Review and Q/A
  • 8:00pm Course Adjournment