NZAPSICON-2013

                                                                                                                                                                                         7th-8th September

Department of Plastic Surgery  organized a two-day conference of North Zone Association of Plastic Surgeons of India and Live Workshops on FUE Hair Transplant & Lasers in Post Burn/Acne Scars.The conference was formally inaugurated by Vice-President of DMCH Managing Society Sh Amrit Nagpal and Secretary -Sh Prem Kumar Gupta. 

In his welcome address,Principal Dr.Daljit Singh emphasized the need of reconstructive plastic surgery in trauma cases besides the congenital deformities like cleft lip , hypospadias , etc. Dr Sanjeev Uppal delivered the inaugural address and told that DMC & Hospital has started the cosmetic surgery procedures like FUE Hair Transplant , Fat Injections, Lasers and body contouring .

Dr Rajesh Rajput from Mumbai conducted Live Workshop on FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) Hair Transplant. During the workshop, Dr Rajput informed that Hair loss is a plague affecting nearly 80% of men, even those who had a hair transplant. Follicular Unit Extraction and Transplant is a procedure where hair are transplanted from the permanent zone to the bald or balding areas of the scalp. Dr RB Ahuja , Head of Plastic Surgery at  Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi presented Dr RL Manchanda Oration. He spoke on ‘Reviewing surgical options for palatal fistula to position them in armamentarium’

The guest speakers during the conference were Dr Lokesh Kumar from Apollo Hospital, New Delhi and Dr Lalit Makhija from RML Hospital, New Delhi who spoke on ‘Gynaecomastia’ and ‘Perforator Flaps in Lower leg & Foot’ respectively.Dr Rakesh Khazanchi from Medanta Mediciti,Gurgaon elaborated on the topic ‘Breast Augmentation’ and Dr Mahesh Mangat from SGRH,New Delhi spoke on ‘Tissue expansion’

The first day of the conference had scientific sessions on ‘Intra Oral Reconstruction with PIMMC & DP Flap by Dr Adil Hafeez Wani from Srinagar and ‘Orbital Reconstruction’ by Dr Arun Goel from MAMC,New Delhi.Other topics include ‘Perpheral Vascular Injury-Protocol’ by Dr.Sanjeev Uppal from DMCH and ‘Forehead Flap-Revisted’ by Dr Karoon Aggarwal from VMMC, New Delhi.

The post-lunch scientific sessions include discussions on ‘Hand Re-implantation’ by Dr Ravi Mahajan from Amritsar and ‘Bat Ear Correction’ by Dr Lokesh Kumar from New Delhi. Dr Puneet Pasricha from Jalandhar spoke on ‘Modification in Cleft Lip Repair’ and Dr Rajinder Mittal of DMCH elaborated on ‘Infection Control in Burns ICU’           

The guest lectures held on the second and concluding day of the conference include lectures on ‘Legal Aspects of Plastic Cosmetic Surgery’ by Dr Atul Shah from Vadodara, ‘Vascular Birth Marks’ by Dr Surajit Bhattacharya from Lucknow, ‘Morphing Software in Plastic Surgery’ by Dr Rakesh Kalra from Dehradun and ‘Cleft Lip Nose’ by Dr Rajiv Aggarwal.

The scientific sessions held today include discussions on ‘Blepharoplasty & Mid face Lift by Dr VD Singh from Chandigarh and ‘Improving outcome in body liposuclpting’ by Dr Aditya Aggarwal from Medanta Mediciti, Gurgaon. Dr KM Kapoor from Fotis Hospital, Mohali deliverd a lecture on ‘Go Wrinkles Go’ followed by lectures on ‘Rhinoplasty’ and ‘Adminoplasty’ by Dr Manoj Johar from Fortis, Noida and Dr Ravinder Tah from Ludhiana.      

 Dr C.Balakrishnan best paper award was given to Dr Owais Habib from Srinagar.Dr Sanchit Garg from Ludhiana was the runner-up. 

Other topics that were discussed during the second round of scientific session include lectures on ‘Genital Rejiventaion’ by Dr Rakesh Kalra from Dehradun, ‘Vitiligo’ by Dr Atul Shah from Vadodara, ‘Vagnioplasty’ by Dr Vishaw Parkash from New Delhi and ‘Cancer & Reconstructive Surgery’ by Dr Adil Hafeez Wani from SKIMS,Srinagar.

Hands-on-workshop on Lasers on Post Burn & Post Acne Scars was also conducted, which was co-ordinated by Dr JS Kohli from Ludhiana.

The conference got concluded with free paper presentation and panel discussion on difficult cases.